Visualizations of bibliographic information: A user experience study. (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salaba, Athena; Merčun, Tanja
• Is Part Of: Journal of librarianship and information science. Volume 52:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 271
• Page End: 287
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: Bibliographic information -- bibliographic information systems -- FRBR-based displays -- functional requirements -- information visualization -- user interactions -- user interfaces; Library science -- Periodicals; 025.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0961000618804014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-0006

Abstract

Bibliographic information was presented using five different prototype systems, including four different visualizations of FRBR-based bibliographic information and one more traditional bibliographic information system. This study reports user performance and perceptions using the same tasks across the different visualizations. Users include undergraduate students of a large university in the USA. The study's methodology is based on a continuation of a study testing the same prototype interfaces in Slovenia, with a number of modifications. The findings show visualization displays performing better on a number of measures than the traditional library catalog interface. A comparison of results highlights some of the differences in findings between the two groups of users. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications for the design of future bibliographic information interfaces.