Students' natural use of language for academic library concepts
dc.contributor.author | Fitchett, Deborah Jane | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-08T22:51:35Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-06T22:22:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-08T22:51:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-06T22:22:21Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2006 | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.description.abstract | Library jargon is a barrier to users in their interactions with library staff and systems. Comprehension testing has shown that many students do not understand common library jargon. Usability testing and preference testing have successfully sought user feedback in order to develop more user-friendly interfaces. In this study into language preferences, a questionnaire was based on 20 concepts taken from New Zealand university library websites. Participants were asked to label these concepts with terms of their own choosing. New Zealand university summer school coordinators were asked to forward a URL for the web-based questionnaire to students in their classes. Fifty valid responses were received. Concepts that were central to students' library experiences were labelled with as few as 4 different terms, while less central concepts were labelled with more than 30. Library jargon was an important influence on students' choice of terminology. For many concepts, however, students used terms that had not been found on library websites. Further research is recommended into a broader range of concepts, and into whether user-derived terminology outperforms library jargon in whole-library context usability testing. | en_NZ |
dc.format | en_NZ | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/18831 | |
dc.language.iso | en_NZ | |
dc.publisher | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington | en_NZ |
dc.rights | CC- BY | en_NZ |
dc.subject | library jargon | en_NZ |
dc.subject | preference testing | en_NZ |
dc.subject | academic libraries | en_NZ |
dc.title | Students' natural use of language for academic library concepts | en_NZ |
dc.type | Text | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.discipline | Library and Information Studies | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.grantor | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Library and Information Studies | en_NZ |
vuwschema.contributor.unit | School of Information Management | en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor | 080706 Librarianship | en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2 | 461006 Library Studies | en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo | 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences | en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrctoaV2 | 280115 Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences | en_NZ |
vuwschema.type.vuw | Masters Research Paper or Project | en_NZ |
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