The Study Of Usability Of University Library Websites Based On The Information Architecture

With the development of network technology and the acceleration of the speed of economic globalization, website has achieved vigorous development. The number of websites is growing, the type is increasing and the function is continuously stronger. In this paper, University library website has been selected as a target in the website usability research. It is hoped that the usability construction of China's university library website can be better regulated by developing a "university library website usability evaluation system".At present, the development of China's network economy is immature. The research on the status of university library website construction is rare and mostly limited to the technical level. The research focused on the usability of university library website is also less. From the view of the systematic and global properties, the usability of China's university library website is studied, adopting a method of combining both theoretical inference and empirical research. Firstly through the review of related papers, the fundamental theory of information architecture is arranged. The university library website usability research is placed under the theoretical background of information architecture..The research situation and the evaluation methods of website usability are concluded. Secondly, taking Microsoft Usability Guide (MUG) for reference, the assumption is presented based on the characteristic of China's university library website. Thus the conceptual model of usability evaluation system is constructed, which is suitable to China's university library website. Thirdly, the assumption, valuation system and test scale in this research are testified by a method of combining in-depth interview with questionnaire survey. Finally, the conclusion is obtained based on the empirical study, called "university library website usability evaluation system scale". By the analysis, it's concluded that the content, technology, architecture, emotion, promotion and made for the medium are the six key indicators of valuating and improving China's university library website usability. The university library website usability evaluation system mainly includes the following aspects. The quantity and the diversification degree of the website contents are the key factors for customers to measure the website usability. Customers can feel the reliability and good service of the website if it has fine technique support. The usability of the website system structure is an important factor to guarantee the website available. The consideration of the website emotion factor is the higher level request to the website. Whether it is convenient in the whole shopping process and the website promotion are the important factors that affect the utilization of the website. The improvement of made for the medium usability is the important mean to completely increase the website usability. The service quality directly affects the movement of the website. The scale is adopted to test the usability of university library website. Several issues are comprehensively revealed, which need in-depth consideration in the usability construction of university library website. It's hoped that some operable proposals can be provided to promote the usability construction of university library websites, and the study can plays a promoting role in regulating the usability construction of university library websites.