A preliminary study on criteria weights for a library's digital resource selection:From the viewpoints of both users and librarians

作     者：Qiong TANG Gang WU Danni LIANG Yingliang ZHANG Mingjun TAN 

作者机构：School of Information ManagementSun Yat-sen University School of Information ManagementWuhan University Wuhan University Library 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Library and Information Science》 (中国文献情报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第4卷第Z1期

页      面：82-96页

学科分类：1205[管理学-图书情报与档案管理] 12[管理学] 120501[管理学-图书馆学] 120502[管理学-情报学] 

基　　金：the Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Chinese Ministry of Education(Grant No.:10CTQ011) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.:20100470971) 

主　　题：Library digital resources Selection criteria Criteria weights Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) 

摘      要：Through investigating both users and librarians perceptions of the relative importance of the major criteria governing the selection of digital resources, we attempted to develop a criterion weight framework for a library s selection of digital resources, which can meet both the users requirements and the library s goal of developing digital collections. The respective weight of each specific criterion is decided through the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Method. The findings of this study indicate that, when assigning weights to the selection criteria, it is important to consult the opinions of a wide crosssection of people, especially the views of different users. As a result, the digital resource selection system characterized by the criteria weights can reflect more comprehensively the users requirements, and meanwhile it enables librarians more rational selection of digital resources.