Accessibility of Cultural Heritage in the Virtual Environment of Latvia Memory Institutions
The aim of research is to evaluate the level of e-service provision in digital collections created by memory institutions (libraries and archives) of Latvia. The problem under study is as follows: digital collections have insufficient usability due to lack of appropriate e-services. The empirical b...
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| Language: | English |
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Vilnius University Press
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Bibliotheca Lituana |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journals.vu.lt/Bibliotheca-Lituana/article/view/15572 |
| Summary: | The aim of research is to evaluate the level of e-service provision in digital collections created by memory institutions (libraries and archives) of Latvia. The problem under study is as follows: digital collections have insufficient usability due to lack of appropriate e-services. The empirical basis for research is e-services of digital collections created by national and regional level libraries, as well as the National Archives of Latvia. The evaluation of e-services is based on 14 indicators within 7 categories: visibility, search, reference, personalization, user participation, instructions, and document delivery. The analysis reveals that the level of eservice development is quite low (only satisfactory): e-services have low visibility, three indicators in personalization category are represented incompletely, and the category of user participation has the lowest rate.
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| ISSN: | 2424-3477 2424-4422 |