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Considering the strategical groups (users, LIS professionals, library managers and top managers), the research team developed four different web\u2010survey versions to evaluate the different gaps. In the first step of this study, they looked for measures validity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The scale proved good psychometric proprieties. This study also showed the usefulness of the Digital Library Service Quality Model to evaluate and analyze digital libraries' service quality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The scale is valid and useful to evaluate digital libraries' service quality and it can provide valuable performance information to digital libraries' decision\u2010makers. 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