Well-Designed Digital Libraries

Well-Designed Digital Libraries

Well-Designed Digital Libraries (WDDLs) that turned out  in fifteen subject areas by seven evaluations are listed as below. Unfortunately, in Music and books on music, and Philosophy, psychology and religion subject areas, there are no WDDLs. Thus, in 13 out of 15 subject areas, 34 out of 62 digital libraries turn out as well-designed digital libraries.

Based on Subjects Areas, the Well-Designed Digital Libraries

• Geography (4.1316)
  • NASA’s Visible Earth
  • Census Atlas of the United States
  • David Rumsey Map Collection
• Medicine (3.5571)
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services HHS.gov
  • National library of medicine
  • AMA (American Medical Association)
  • Children’s Medical Center
• Military science (3.496)
  • United States Department of Defense
  • US Military Academy Digital Collections
• Political science, and law (3.4524)
  • GPO Access
  • Civil RIghts Digital Library
  • THOMAS
• Science (3.4454)
  • National Science Foundation
  • National science Digital Library
  • S. Department of Energy
  • Public Library of Science
• Agriculture (3.3849)
  • Western Waters Digital Library
  • Core Historical Literature of Agriculture in Cornell University
• Arts (3.3577)
  • William Blake Archive
  • NYPL Digital Gallery
• Language and literature (3.2733)
  • International children’s Digital Library
  • Southeast Asia Digital Library (SADL)
• World History and history of Europe (3.254)
  • British Library Online Gallery
• Technology (3.2505)
  • Dspace@MIT
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • JSC Digital Image Collection
• History of the America (3.0743)
  • The National Archives Online Exhibits
  • Library of Congress: Historic Newspapers
  • University of California Digital library- calisphere
  • American Journeys
  • Library of Congress: American History & Culture
  • Documenting the American South
• Education (2.6131)
  • The National Library of Education
• Social Sciences (2.2341)
  • The National Archives, Education Resources, UK

Based on Scores, the Well-Designed Digital Libraries

Subject Areas	Well-designed Digital Libraries
1. Geography	NASA’s Visible Earth (4.452381)
2. Geography	Census Atlas of the United States (4.263889)
3. Medicine	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services HHS.gov (4.261905)
4. Political science, and law	GPO Access (4.142857)
5. Science	National Science Foundation (4.138889)
6. Science	National science Digital Library (4.119048)
7. Science	U.S. Department of Energy (4.08333)
8. AgricultureHistory of the America	Western Waters Digital Library (4)The National Archives Online Exhibits (4)
10. Language and literature	International children’s Digital Library (3.892857)
11. Language and literature	Southeast Asia Digital Library (SADL) (3.821429)
12. Military science	United States Department of Defense (3.809524)
13. Medicine	National library of medicine (3.785714)
14. Medicine World History and history of Europe (Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zeal, and ETC) History of the America	AMA (American Medical Association) (3.738095) British Library Online Gallery (3.738095)   Library of Congress: Historic Newspapers (3.738095)
17. Arts	William Blake Archive (3.72619)
18. Education	The National Library of Education (3.714286)
19. Arts	NYPL Digital Gallery (3.702381)
20. Geography	David Rumsey Map Collection (3.678571)
21. Political Science and Law	Civil RIghts Digital Library (3.607143)
22. History of the America	University of California Digital library- calisphere – (3.583333)
23. Social Sciences	The National Archives, Education Resources, UK (3.52381)
24. Technology Technology	Dspace@MIT (3.5) National Institute of Standards and Technology (3.5)
26. Military science	US Military Academy Digital Collections (3.488095)
27. Medicine	Children’s Medical Center (3.464286)
28. History of the America	American Journeys (3.452381)
29. History of the America	Library of Congress: American History & Culture (3.440476)
30. Science	Public Library of Science (3.402778)
31. History of the America	Documenting the American South (3.305556)
32. Political Science and Law	THOMAS (3.285714)
33. Agriculture	Core Historical Literature of Agriculture in Cornell University (3.261905)
34. Technology	JSC Digital Image Collection (3.238095)