Usability evaluation of chilean academic public library web sites using the SIRIUS method

 

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Auteurs: Saldías Kiefer, Leslie, Reyes-Lillo, Danilo
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2021
Description:This article presents the results of a heuristic usability evaluation applied to 17 websites of libraries of public chilean universities, using the SIRIUS method ”System of Web Usability Evaluation, User Oriented and Based on the Determination of Critical Tasks”  For data collection, SIRIUS fixed guideline was used, which contains 10 heuristics that are subdivided into a total of 83 sub-heuristics evaluated by 5 experts with knowledge about libraries and usability websites. The results indicate that the best evaluated university libraries have good labeling mechanisms, layout and ease of interaction, while, as a whole, the websites lack navigation aids for their users. Finally, it is concluded that heuristic evaluation is a valid, fast, easy and applicable method in university library websites, as long as experts and heuristics are properly defined. Likewise, SIRIUS is an adequate tool since it has a fixed guideline that allows evaluations to be obtained quickly and to facilitate the comparison of its results.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41476
Accès en ligne:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/eciencias/article/view/41476
Mots-clés:Information Architecture
usability
heuristic evaluation
websites
chilean university libraries
Arquitectura de la Información
usabilidad
evaluación heurística
sitios web
bibliotecas universitarias chilenas