An Evaluation of Faculty use of the Digital Library at Ankara University, Turkey

Bayram, Özlem and Atılgan, Doğan An Evaluation of Faculty use of the Digital Library at Ankara University, Turkey. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006, vol. 32, n. 1, pp. 86-93. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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New consortial buying models have dramatically increased the availability of online resources, particularly journal articles, in the universities and technical institutes of developing countries. The degree of acceptance and pattern of use of such materials is of great interest to library collection development. Ankara University surveyed faculty members regarding their awareness and use of these electronic materials.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: digital libraries, user studies, usability of electronic databases
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
C. Users, literacy and reading. > CA. Use studies.
Depositing user: Özlem Bayram
Date deposited: 21 Mar 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:02
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7338

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