The People in Digital Libraries: Multifaceted Approaches to Assessing Needs and Impact

This chapter contains sections titled: Human Information Needs, Characteristics, and Contexts, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation, Digital Libraries: Integrating People, Information, and Systems, The Perseus Project Evaluation, Baltimore Learning Community Project, Library of Congress National Digital Library Program, The LC NDL Context and High-Level Goals, Needs Assessment Stakeholders, Data Collection Procedures, Results of Reading Room Visits and Interviews: Users and Strategies, Questionnaire Results, LC Document Analysis, User Type and Task Taxonomy, Design Implications, Conclusion