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University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 1: Twenty Year Vision for the UNT Library Facilities (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 1: Twenty Year Vision for the UNT Library Facilities

First volume of a space-planning report by architectural consultants PSA-Dewberry, Inc. regarding the needs and vision of the University of North Texas Libraries in Denton, Texas. This volume contains: Executive Summary, A Vision for the UNT Libraries, Existing Facilities Assessment, Peer Institution Research, User Research, Preliminary Program Assessment, Planning Options, Sustainability, Construction Cost and Scheduling, and Appendix.
Date: November 2011
Creator: PSA-Dewberry, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Citing UNT: Scholarly Works that have Utilized UNT Resources (open access)

Citing UNT: Scholarly Works that have Utilized UNT Resources

This document is a citation list of the scholarly works that were found to have utilized University of North Texas (UNT) resources.
Date: 2011
Creator: Wilson, Kristi & LeBlanc, Danielle
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
User-Centered Evaluation of the Quality of Blogs (open access)

User-Centered Evaluation of the Quality of Blogs

Blogs serve multiple purposes, resulting in several types of blogs that vary greatly in terms of quality and content. It is important to evaluate the quality of blogs, which requires appropriate evaluation criteria. Unfortunately, there are minimal studies on framework and the specific criteria and indicators for evaluating the quality of blogs. Moreover, quality is related to user perception, and should therefore be evaluated by the receivers. This dissertation examines the criteria and indicators that blog users consider important for evaluating the quality of blogs, and develops a user-centered framework for evaluating quality by conducting user surveys and post-survey email interviews. The personal characteristics that affect the users’ choices of criteria to evaluate the quality of blogs are examined as well. The study’s findings include 1) the criteria that users consider important when evaluating the quality of blogs are content quality, usability, authority, and blog credibility; 2) the indicators that blog users consider most important for evaluating the quality of blogs are understandability, accuracy, believability, currency, ease of use, and navigation; and 3) gender, education level, age, profession, purpose of use, and specific interests affect the user’s choices of criteria for evaluating the quality of blogs. Future research may involve …
Date: August 2011
Creator: Chuenchom, Sutthinan
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library