Evaluation of the Software of Digital Libraries which are member of
International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
Esmat Momeni
Lecturer of LIS, Allame University
Mitra Samiei
Lecturer of LIS, National Library & Archive of IR of Iran
Hamideh Hayeri (Corresponding Author)
Iran Public Libraries Foundation, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: With development of technology and even-increasing extension of digital libraries, quick and
easy access to information resources is one of the fundamental needs of users and important task of libraries an
information centers. Therefore, identifying software for digital libraries that is conforming to international standards
and needs of users is very important. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the software of digital libraries
which are member of International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC).
Methodology: The present study is an applied one. Its methodology is interview, sending a checklist
composed of 190 criteria to the librarians of digital libraries for measurement, investigation, identification and
evaluation of the software of digital libraries. The validation of research provided by technique Delphi method and
its reliability has been done with SPSS software. The society of research is digital libraries which are [in] member
of International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) and 5 digital libraries selected for sample. Collected data
was analyzed with Microsoft Excel.
Findings: The status of software of digital libraries under study was analyzed in 7 features, including
Content Management and Acquisition, Metadata and Standards, Search and Retrieval, Reports and Inquiry,
Preservation and System Support and Maintenance, User Interface, Automatic Tools. The obtained results indicated
that regarding the criteria studied in this research, libraries support Content Management and acquisition with
52/34%, Metadata and Standards with 37/33%, Search and Retrieval with 53/14%, Reports and Inquiry with 88%,
Preservation and system support and maintenance with 48%, User Interface with 27/77%, and Automatic Tools with
52%.
Results: The software of digital libraries under study have more attention to Content Management and
Acquisition, Search and Retrieval, Reports and Inquiry, Automatic Tools and less attention to Metadata and
Standards, Preservation and System Support and Maintenance, User Interface.
Keywords: Digital Library; Library software; Library Evaluation criteria; International Internet
Preservation Consortium
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