MEDLIS: Model for Evaluation of Digital Libraries and Information Services Chowdhury Gobinda*, Mcmenemy David**, Poulter Alan*** Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XH, UK *gobinda.chowdhury@cis.strath.ac.uk
**david.mcmenemy@cis.strath.ac.uk
***alan.poulter@cis.strath.ac.uk
Online published on 25 November, 2013. Abstract The review of literature revealed that there is no uniform model or framework for evaluation of digital libraries. A generic model for evaluation of digital libraries and information services, called MEDLIS, is discussed in this paper. It proposes a generic framework for evaluation of digital libraries, which takes into account a number of pertinent issues related to a digital library service including the usage and usability issues, users’ as well as service providers’ perspectives, and most importantly, the business model of the concerned digital library. A multi-method evaluation strategy is proposed, which can be used for evaluation of any type of digital library. Top |