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Chisman, Janet, Karen Diller, and Sharon Walbridge. "Usability Testing: A Case Study." College & Research Libraries 60, no. 6 (November 1, 1999): 552–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.60.6.552.
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Usability testing is a technique for identifying difficulty that individuals may have using a product. Usability tests of the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries’ online public access catalog (OPAC), Article Indexes, Full Text, More, and Other Library Catalogs sections revealed problem areas. A task force used test findings to recommend solutions that led to the participation of the working group involved in designing search screens, the libraries’ User Education Department, and Innovative Interfaces Inc., the OPAC vendor. Solutions are currently being implemented.
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Kumar, Shiv. "Relationship of OPAC users' satisfaction with their demographic characteristics, computer skills, user education, user assistance and user-friendly OPAC." Electronic Library 32, no. 1 (January 28, 2014): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-01-2012-0002.
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Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to identify whether user demographic characteristics, computer skills, user education, user assistance and user-friendly OPAC (online public access catalog) have an impact on their satisfaction in the context of users in an Indian university setting. Design/methodology/approach – The survey method was utilized and a questionnaire was designed to collect data. The study is based on a sample of the 384 questionnaires from the three universities located in the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Punjab State. To analyze the data collected, SPSS package (version 14.0) was used, and also to produce requisite cross-tabulations. Chi-square testing was performed to determine the association of user satisfaction with the variables covered in the study. Findings – The findings highlighted that overall there was a low degree of satisfaction among the users. With the exception of academic majors, in general, there were no significant differences between satisfaction and user demographic characteristics. Overall satisfaction was significantly higher for those who were possessed with adequate knowledge on OPAC, and had received staff assistance, as well as necessary education on OPAC. The study showed that satisfaction with ease of usage of OPAC was higher. It was also found that users were well-equipped with computers and had attained skills while frequently searching the web, however, it was also revealed that mere possession of computer skills was not sufficient for efficient use of OPAC, resulting in the attainment of a high level of satisfaction. Originality/value – The paper brings out the fact of how user demographic characteristics, computer skills, user education, user assistance, and user-friendly OPAC, influence user satisfaction in a university educational set up. The findings will be beneficial for increasing user satisfaction levels in order to retain existing OPAC users because OPAC will continue to be a necessary tool for accessing quality academic information available in both print and electronic format.
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Mubdik, M. Ahsanul, Delliana Eka W, and Fachrul Kurniawan. "Development of E-Business towards Labor Market for Higher Education." Letters in Information Technology Education (LITE) 1, no. 2 (November 9, 2019): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um010v1i22018p034.
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The internet business is used for information exchange, product catalogs, promotional media, e-mails, bulletin boards, electronic questionnaires, and mailing lists. The internet can also be used to dialogue, discuss, and consult with consumers online, so that consumers can be involved proactively and interactively in the design, development, marketing, and sale of products. By using the internet, we can run an electronic business or commonly called e-business as a means of expanding employment opportunities. Given the smaller quota to find employment, that ebusiness is the right solution for college graduates.
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Tjiptasari, Fitriana. "Evaluasi katalog online perpustakaan menggunakan pendekatan Salton and Mcgill." Jurnal Penelitian Ilmu Pendidikan 11, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 48–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/jpipfip.v11i1.23797.
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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk evaluasi katalog online perpustakaan FIP UNY dalam perspektif manajemen dan pengguna perpustakaan menggunakan pendekatan Salton and McGill. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif, dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif-analitis. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan data sekunder. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Nilai recall menunjukkan angka 30.61%, sedangkan nilai precision menunjukkan angka 75.92% untuk subjek pendidikan anak, dengan penggunaan pada simple search dan advanced search. 2) Sistem mampu menemukan informasi yang dibutuhkan dalam kurun waktu 0,4 detik. 3) Pada poin upaya pengguna, belum ada modul khusus yang disediakan untuk memudahkan pengguna dalam mengakses katalog online. Terutama pada bagian menu pengguna, di mana belum ada menu HELP, tentang tata cara menelusur. Perpustakaan hanya menyediakan fasilitas “Live Chat” dan “Ask Librarian”. 4) Tampilan katalog online sesuai dengan standar SLiMS Meranti. Kendala pengguna adalah apabila pengguna tidak menekan menu “detil cantuman”, maka pengguna tidak akan mengetahui keberadaan koleksi yang tersebar di tiga kampus. 5) Koleksi yang dihimpun perpustakaan FIP masih didominasi oleh buku teks. This study aims to evaluate the library's online catalog of UNY FIP in perspective of management and library users use the approach of Salton and McGill. The research approach used is qualitative, with a type of descriptive-analytical research. The data used are the primary data and secondary data. The results of a study indicates that 1) the value of recall demonstrated numbers 30.61%, while the value of precision showed numbers 75.92% at subject of child’s education, with usage on simple search and advanced search. 2) the system is able to find the needed information within 0.4 seconds. 3) On the point of user effort, there is no special module provided to facilitate users in accessing the online catalog. Especially in the user menu section, where there is no HELP menu, about how to search. The library only provides "Live Chat" and "Ask Librarian" facilities. 4) Display online catalog in accordance with SLiMS Meranti standard. The constraints of the user if the user is not pressing the menu "listing details", then the user will not know the existence of the collection dispersed across three campuses. 5) Collections compiled by the library FIP still dominated by textbooks.
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Novotny, Eric. "I Don’t Think I Click: A Protocol Analysis Study of Use of a Library Online Catalog in the Internet Age." College & Research Libraries 65, no. 6 (November 1, 2004): 525–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.65.6.525.
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A protocol analysis study was undertaken to explore how a Web-savvy generation of library users searches the online catalog. Eighteen users, including experienced and novice searchers, were recruited. Participants agreed to be recorded and to express their thoughts aloud while searching. Analysis of these data has revealed several distinct trends. Most notable among these trends has been the impact of Internet search engines on user expectations. Given the influence of the Web, these assumptions are likely common throughout higher education. This research reveals where bottlenecks occur and provides insights into how libraries can design systems that help users around trouble spots.
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Chewe, Pailet Chewe, and Eness M. M. Chitumbo. "Perceptions of distance students on the efficacy of Online Public Access Catalogue as an information retrieval tool at the University of Zambia." Zambia ICT Journal 2, no. 1 (June 29, 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33260/zictjournal.v2i1.40.
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The survey aims to investigate distance students’ perceptions of the efficacy of the online catalogue as a tool for information retrieval at the University of Zambia. A survey research design has been adopted in the study. Convenient sampling method was used to select 160 distance students. A structured questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate distance students. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse quantitative data into frequencies and percentages. The study established majority of distance students rarely used the online public access catalogue in exploiting the resources in the university library. Instead they employed shelf-to-shelf browsing in information searching and retrieval skills. Lack of proper orientation and user education were identified as major factors militating against their maximum utilization and exploitation of the resources in the university library. The findings of the study will inform stakeholders on how best to turn around the negative trends of OPAC.
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Krishnamoorthy, P., and C. Muthusamy. "Usage of Online Public Access Catalogue by Faculty Members of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College: A Case Study." Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology 8, no. 3 (November 5, 2018): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.3.209.
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This paper aims to gift the results of a survey conducted to see the effective use of online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC) at the library of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai. The paper examines the result from a questionnaire based survey conducted at the library. 50 samples of the form were distributed in a random way between the employees of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai out of which 48 completed and valid questionnaires (96.00 %) were received for analysis. The information received from the respondents through these questionnaires was analyzed. Thus, the study clearly highlighted the requirement for associate degree education programme module for users to market the effective use of OPAC. An effort is formed through this study to gift the difficulties Janus-faced by users at engineering college libraries, in looking for data victimization OPAC. This paper provides helpful empirical proof for librarians and therefore the analysis community on the usage of OPAC in libraries of engineering colleges. The results of this study are going to be helpful for librarians at Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai and additionally to different librarians around the state and country. This paper provides original information from library finish users in engineering college, relating to their expertise whiles victimization OPAC.
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Smith, Virginia. "Online Catalogs and the User." Public Library Quarterly 7, no. 3-4 (December 1986): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j118v07n03_09.
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Rachmadita, Renanda Nia, and Wibowo Arninputranto. "Analisis kepuasan pemustaka terhadap kualitas layanan perpustakaan di perguruan tinggi vokasi dengan metode servqual dan importance-performace analysis." Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 14, no. 2 (December 4, 2018): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bip.32602.
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Introduction. Library in Vocational Higher Education is required to provide the best services in facilities, learning environmentbased on the characteristics of vocational education. This study aims to measure the level of satisfaction of library services in vocational colleges. Data Collection Method. The questionnaires were distributed to 150 respondents including students and lecturersbased on five dimensions of Servqual. Data Analysis. The analysis was conducted by identifying the gap between perception and expectation using Importance-Performance Analysis method. Results and Discussions. Overall, the analysis if the gap for all Servqual dimensions was negative. Some services needto be improved to meet user expectations. By using Importance-Performance Analysis, itwas found that the attribute P10 (Library needs to provide an adequate online catalog) should be prioritized..Conclusions. It is expected that the library can improve the services based on the users’ needs.
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Muslim, Budiman. "Strategi Penyelenggaraan Pelayanan Perpustakaan Umum Selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19." LIGHT : Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.20414/light.v1i1.4358.
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In connection with the enactment of Work From Home (WFH) for employees engaged in public services, physical distancing policies, and other health procedure rules so that public services are not carried out optimally, the phenomenon of an online service system appears. Noting this phenomenon and seeing the efforts made by public service providers in dealing with this pandemic situation, library services also need to adapt by implementing an online service system. Changes or adjustments to services are a must so that the function of the library remains in demand and is useful for many people. The research was conducted qualitatively by utilizing secondary data sources obtained from official publications of agencies and institutions, applicable laws and regulations, and other related publications. Limitations in the implementation of services during the pandemic should be an opportunity for libraries to innovate. During the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries can use the following library service strategies: online public access catalog-based online search services, independent circulation services, delivery-based services, on-site reading services, user education services, collection proposal services, webinar services, information literacy services, and library and librarian consulting services.
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Bakare, Abdullahi A., and Nnajiofor Ogochukwu. "Perceptions and attitudes towards manual and online catalogues among undergraduate students in some selected university libraries in North Central, Nigeria." Ghana Library Journal 27, no. 2 (November 14, 2022): 199–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/glj.v27i2.6.
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This study examined perceptions and attitudes towards the uses of manual and automated catalogues among undergraduate students with a focus on three selected university libraries in North Central Nigeria, namely the University of Abuja Library, Abuja, Federal University of Technology Minna Library, Niger State and Kwara State University Library, Malete. The research design used in this study is a descriptive survey. The research population comprises the total number of undergraduate students registered with each of the libraries of the three selected universities in North Central, Nigeria. The University of Abuja Library had two thousand and seventeen (2,017) registered users, Federal University of Technology Minna, Library had two thousand four hundred and forty (2,440), and Kwara State University Malete library had four thousand eight hundred and twenty-four (4,824). This brings the total number of undergraduate library users registered with the three university libraries to 9,281. The sample size for the study was established using the random sampling table published by Israel in 1992. The table provided 200 for a population of 10,000 at ±7% Precision level and 95% confidence level. Therefore, 200 respondents were selected randomly which represent a cross-section of the population in each of the three selected universities in North Central. The instrument used to collect data was a structurally designed questionnaire. To ensure clarity of expressions and appropriateness of language used, the instrument went through face validation from some lecturers in library and information science in the selected universities. Reliability Test measurement yielded a value of 0.71 for Cronbach’s Alpha. A total number of two hundred (200) copies of the questionnaire were distributed randomly to the selected samples from the three selected institutions. Out of this, one hundred and twenty (120) copies, forty from each university library, were successfully filled, retrieved and found usable for the analysis, giving a response rate of 60%. The data generated from the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results were then presented in tabular forms and charts using simple percentages and frequency counts to facilitate a better understanding of the proportions in terms of particular responses. The study concluded that undergraduate students in the three selected university libraries prefer OPAC over the card catalogue; and that despite the availability of the OPAC many students still patronized the card catalogue, which means that in terms of patronage the gap between the OPAC and card catalogue is not that much. A periodic user education program for undergraduate students should be organized by the library management. This will give them the knowledge and abilities they need to find books and other information resources in the library using the card catalogue and OPAC as an effective searching tool.
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Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. "User interface for FRBR user tasks in online catalogs." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 46, no. 1 (2009): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2009.1450460371.
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Rakhmatullaev, Marat, and Uktam Karimov. "MODELS OF INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 5 (May 25, 2018): 420–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2018vol1.3308.
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At present a lot of automated systems are developing and implementing to support the educational and research processes in the universities. Often these systems duplicate some functions, databases, and also there are problems of compatibility of these systems. The most common educational systems are systems for creating electronic libraries, access to scientific and educational information, a program for detecting plagiarism, testing knowledge, etc. In this article, models and solutions for the integration of such educational automated systems as the information library system (ILS) and the anti-plagiarism system are examined. Integration of systems is based on the compatibility of databases, if more precisely in the metadata of different information models. At the same time, Cloud technologies are used - data processing technology, in which computer resources are provided to the user of the integrated system as an online service. ILS creates e-library of graduation papers and dissertations on the main server. During the creation of the electronic catalog, the communication format MARC21 is used. The database development is distributed for each department. The subsystem of anti-plagiarism analyzes the full-text database for the similarity of texts (dissertations, diploma works and others). Also it identifies the percentage of coincidence, creates the table of statistical information on the coincidence of tests for each author and division, indicating similar fields. The integrated system was developed and tested at the Tashkent University of Information Technologies to work in the corporate mode of various departments (faculties, departments, TUIT branches).
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Sheikh, Arslan. "Evaluating the usability of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology library website: a case study." Electronic Library 35, no. 1 (February 6, 2017): 121–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-08-2015-0149.
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Purpose Library websites serve as gateways to the information resources and services of their libraries. In today’s digital age, the development of websites is inevitable for libraries as a means to provide users with online services at their desktops. This case study reports the findings of a usability study of an academic library website from the user’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach An online survey on the efficacy of the website and statistical reports from Google Analytics were used as tools to assess and track the use of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) Institute of Information Technology’s (CIIT’s) library website resources by national and international users. A sample of 550 users was invited by e-mail to respond to the questionnaire covering various usability features of the website. Findings Findings reveal that users are largely satisfied with the usefulness, convenience, design and quality of CIIT library website. Moreover, the users are mostly making use of the website for accessing research papers through the Higher Education Commission (HEC) digital library, exploring free online open access journals, searching for e-books and examining the library collection via online public access catalog (OPAC). This shows that the library website has a significant role in the pedagogical activities of the CIIT community. Research limitations/implications The results are limited to a case study of CIIT, Islamabad campus library website. Practical implications The findings of this study will help the library administration to overcome existing deficiencies in the CIIT library website. Originality/value The study is a foremost usability evaluation of CIIT, Islamabad campus library website from the user perspective.
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Ballard, Terry, and Anna Blaine. "User search‐limiting behavior in online catalogs." New Library World 112, no. 5/6 (May 17, 2011): 261–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03074801111136293.
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Asogwa, Brendan E., Cyprian I. Ugwu, and Ferdinand C. Ugwuanyi. "Evaluation of electronic service infrastructures and quality of e-services in Nigerian academic libraries." Electronic Library 33, no. 6 (November 2, 2015): 1133–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-04-2014-0071.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the quality of online services in academic libraries in Nigeria. It seeks to assess the functionality of electronic infrastructures, to expose areas where the service needs of users are not adequately provided and to recommend solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The sample population was 210 staff and students who used electronic resources in Nigerian university libraries during the 2012-2013 academic session. A questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. Modified WebQual four performance indicators were designed and used to measure: library equipment, library website, online public access catalogue (OPAC) and e-user education in the university libraries. The five-point service performance scale that ranged from very poor performance to excellent was used in measuring the views of the respondents. Findings – None of the indicators was rated excellent; six were rated good; nine were average; two and five indicators scored poor and very poor, respectively. Poor funding, intermittent power supply and weak telecommunication infrastructures were among the major impediments to online services in Nigerian universities. Through adequate funding and prudent management of library funds, online services in Nigerian university libraries could meet global standards. Practical implications – Results from this paper could guide library management on several concrete remedial actions to sustain e-service performance that could meet the missions and visions of contemporary academic libraries. Originality/value – This paper was the first to apply WebQual model in the evaluation of electronic performance quality of academic libraries in Nigeria.
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Boratto, Ludovico, Gianni Fenu, and Mirko Marras. "Interplay between upsampling and regularization for provider fairness in recommender systems." User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 31, no. 3 (July 2021): 421–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11257-021-09294-8.
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AbstractConsidering the impact of recommendations on item providers is one of the duties of multi-sided recommender systems. Item providers are key stakeholders in online platforms, and their earnings and plans are influenced by the exposure their items receive in recommended lists. Prior work showed that certain minority groups of providers, characterized by a common sensitive attribute (e.g., gender or race), are being disproportionately affected by indirect and unintentional discrimination. Our study in this paper handles a situation where (i) the same provider is associated with multiple items of a list suggested to a user, (ii) an item is created by more than one provider jointly, and (iii) predicted user–item relevance scores are biasedly estimated for items of provider groups. Under this scenario, we assess disparities in relevance, visibility, and exposure, by simulating diverse representations of the minority group in the catalog and the interactions. Based on emerged unfair outcomes, we devise a treatment that combines observation upsampling and loss regularization, while learning user–item relevance scores. Experiments on real-world data demonstrate that our treatment leads to lower disparate relevance. The resulting recommended lists show fairer visibility and exposure, higher minority item coverage, and negligible loss in recommendation utility.
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Safriansyah, Nur Hafsah Yunus MS, Arifin TAHIR, Syarli, and Wahyuddin. "PEMANFAATAN DIGITAL LIBRARY PADA PERPUSTAKAAN KAMPUNG PENDIDIKAN DESA KUAJANG KABUPATEN POLEWALI MANDAR." Diseminasi: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat 2, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.33830/diseminasiabdimas.v2i1.753.
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The lack of interest in reading nowadays is one of the factors in the decline of the nation's regeneration that loves literacy. The Education Village Library Group of Kuajang Village, Binuang District is one of the literacy movements established in Kuajang Village. This library is part of a project of teenagers and hamlet residents to build a literacy village to feel the equal distribution of education without having to abandon the value of local wisdom. In addition, it also aims to increase public interest in reading through the development of an appropriate technology as a solution, namely the digital library. The method of implementation is in accordance with the planning stages that have been prepared, namely the stages of activities that begin with the coordination and analysis of needs (Phase I), digital library application design (Phase II), application integration in the framework model (Phase III), and the use of systems in the field (Stage IV). The results show that the application development uses the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) model that can facilitate the user in the process of searching for books and the initial display of the digital library system in the form of a catalog. To optimize the use and utilization of this application, training is carried out to users and managers of the Education Village Library Group. In addition, periodic monitoring and assistance will be carried out to ensure the use of this system can be operated and the benefits are felt by the community
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Grace Dolapo, Pelemo, O. Onanuga Ayotola, O. Ilori Olufemi, and Ugbala Chukwuemeka Peter. "Library Orientation and Information Literacy Skills as Correlates of Scholarly Research of Postgraduate Students of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria." Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services 10, no. 1 (May 5, 2020): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2020.10.1.479.
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This study focused on library orientation, information literacy skills as correlate of scholarly research of postgraduate students at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. The university has ten colleges with various departments. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all 1,361 postgraduates in Diploma, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy from the ten (10) colleges in the institution. Out of the population, 900 postgraduates were randomly selected using purposive sampling technique, while data were collected using questionnaire. Findings of the study revealed that there is no library orientation programme for postgraduates at FUNAAB, while the only form of information literacy available to them is the use of computer course. It was also found that information literacy skills of postgraduate are still low given that majority of them either cannot access the library’s online catalogue or its electronic databases without assistance. The study therefore concluded that library orientation and information literacy skills are essential for postgraduate’s quality research output and recommends for inclusion of library orientation, information literacy and any other user education programmes into postgraduate curriculum. Also, seminars and workshops on the online catalogue and electronic databases for research should equally be periodically organised for postgraduate students.
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Akanbi, Mohammed Lawal, Rebecca Olufunmilola Adekanbi, and Qudus Ajibola Bankole. "Perception and Use of OPAC by Users in Academic Libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria." Record and Library Journal 7, no. 2 (November 18, 2021): 228–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v7i2.205.
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Background of the study: The study investigated the use and perception of Online Public Catalogue (OPAC) by users in academic libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Purpose: The study adopted descriptive survey research method were a total number of 203 questionnaires were distributed amongst library users in both selected academic libraries. A simple random sampling technique was used for this study.
Method: The descriptive analysis was used to analyze the collected data using frequency counts and simple percentages.
Findings: The study revealed that majority of the respondents is aware of the existence and availability of OPAC. Although a very small percent of respondents in Unilorin and Kwara State Polytechnic got their awareness of OPAC through the library. The study also revealed that an average percent of respondents in both institutions can make use of the library OPAC effectively. Based on user’s perception of OPAC, the findings show that majority of respondents highly acknowledge OPAC, well perceived and more preferred to card catalogue. A high percent of respondents admitted that the library OPAC enable them to locate materials quickly on the shelf. However, most of the respondents showed that they are facing some challenges which include poor network services, power failure, poor assistance from the library staff etc.
Conclusion: The researchers recommend that the library should create more awareness and effective user education for students on the use of OPAC at various levels to ensure maximum utilization of the library resources.
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Mairaj, Muhammad Ijaz. "Use of University’s Library Websites in Pakistan: An Evaluation." Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries 14 (December 1, 2013): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.47657/201314722.
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This study presents findings from a user-based evaluation of the use of Pakistani university's library websites. A questionnaire [printed and electronic] was used to collect the data from 17 universities. A purposive sample of 60 users from each university based on their academic role difference [faculty, researchers, graduates and undergraduates] was drawn. The findings of the study show that use of university library websites in Pakistan was satisfactory. Patrons who frequently used the Internet and library were found as frequent users of the library websites. University websites were found to be vital sources of awareness about the presence of the library websites and computers physically available at the university libraries were the significant places to use the library websites. Regarding users' academic role difference, faculty connected to the library websites from departments/faculties, while researchers and students preferred to use them from university libraries. The library websites were mainly used to find course related materials or search in online public access catalogue (OPAC). However, on the basis of users' academic role difference, faculty used the library websites to search in Higher Education Commission (HEC) Digital Library offering international scholarly literature; researchers accessed them to search in OPAC, while students preferred them to find course-related materials. The study recommends creating dynamic websites in all university libraries of Pakistan with useful content and state-of-the-art services for wider use
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Kapralyuk, Oksana. "Information resources of the network of agrarian libraries as a composition of the domestic information space: formation, use, access." Вісник Книжкової палати, no. 1 (January 27, 2022): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.36273/2076-9555.2022.1(306).42-47.
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The article analyzes the activities of the network of agricultural libraries. The main statistical indicators are given, namely: library stock, its structure; the number of serviced users, issued documents, receipts of publications for the year, held informational mass events; volume and content of the electronic catalog; electronic resources; information and bibliographic activity (preparation and publication of retrospective, industry, bio- and bibliographic indexes, bibliographic lists of literature), research and publishing activities, material and technical base, human resources. It was noted that agricultural libraries in 2020 satisfied the requests of 420 000 users. Readers were served by 509 specialists. The volume of the electronic catalog amounted to more than 3 million bibliographic records, the number of calls to the EC exceeded 2 500 000. Organized virtual exhibitions amounted to 1 064, literature views were 4 699, scientific works were prepared and published, mainly abstracts. Agrarian library specialists had 954 computers at their disposal. It was found that specialists with higher education prevailed in the structure of the library staff. The problems faced by libraries in their activities are characterized and suggestions for improving their work are provided, in particular: conduct more active research work by library specialists, periodically study user requests using online surveys and directly in libraries, study the experience of the country's leading libraries and abroad, transferring the main fund of printed publications to open access, using the possibilities of the Internet, including social networks, to maintain the library page and popularize their activities.
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McGiverin, Rolland H. "Curriculum materials in online catalogs." College & Research Libraries News 51, no. 6 (June 1, 1990): 562–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.51.6.562.
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Sloan, Bernie. "Online Public Access Catalogs: Remote Access and the Invisible User." Academic and Library Computing 9, no. 1 (January 1992): 11–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb027470.
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Ternenge, Tofi Simon, Tarbo Nguwasen Dorcas, Agor Cornelius Terwase, and Tyopev Comfort Member. "Perceived Impact of Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) On effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi." Journal La Edusci 1, no. 6 (December 31, 2020): 25–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37899/journallaedusci.v1i6.250.
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The study investigated the perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi. The study looked at the perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources, purpose of utilizing OPAC by postgraduate students, search strategies used by postgraduate students for effective retrieval of information resources, challenges as well as strategies to enhance the use of OPAC by postgraduate student for effective retrieval of resources. Five (5) objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was made up of 38 postgraduate students who are registered with Benue State University Library. However, the census sampling was adopted for the study due to the small nature of the population. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire titled “Perceived Impact of OPAC on Information Retrieval Questionnaire” (PIOPACIRQ) which was validated by experts and a reliability coefficient of 0.947 was obtained. Data was collected and analyzed using frequent count and means. Findings of the study revealed that, there is a high perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi. Finding also revealed that, postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi utilize OPAC for various purposes such as to know the available resources in the university library, to locate books by author, title and subject, assists in obtaining books from the university library, among others. Finding also revealed the search strategies used by postgraduate students for effective retrieval of information resources in Benue State University Makurdi to include by author, title, subject and edition. The study further revealed the challenges hindering the use of OPAC for effective retrieval of information resources in Benue State University, Makurdi to include: lack of skilled library professionals to assists students, lack of orientation from library staff, lack of time to retrieve the vast information, slow internet connectivity speed, among others. Findings finally revealed some key strategies to enhance the use of OPAC for effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi which include: employment of skilled/competent library staff, need to design user-friendly OPAC template, improvement of internet connectivity speed, and organizing user education program to orientate postgraduate students on the use of OPAC, among others. Recommendations were also made based on the findings of the study.
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Yee, Martha M. "System design and cataloging meet the user: User interfaces to online public access catalogs." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 42, no. 2 (March 1991): 78–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199103)42:2<78::aid-asi2>3.0.co;2-2.
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Veremchuk, Olena, and Liudmyla Trachuk. "LIBRARY OPAC: EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGIES." Scientific journal “Library Science. Record Studies. Informology”, no. 2 (September 1, 2021): 42–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.32461/2409-9805.2.2021.238780.
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The purpose of the article is an analysis of evolutionary stages in the development of online-catalog and the requirements to these services in the context of customer orientation. The methodological basis of scientific intelligence is a customer-oriented approach that allows studying library products and services through the prism its accordance and level of satisfaction needs of customers (users) in the library; the principle of historicism, allowed to identify the origins of online cataloging, the stages of its development and quality of online-catalogs; source analysis and synthesis. The scientific novelty is the technological evolution of online catalogs were studied the first time in the Ukrainian library and the modern requirements to these services in the context of customer orientation and web 2.0 technologies are defined. Conclusions – automation of library at the current stage should be concentrated on developing and deploying electronic catalogs which are suited to the expectation of the new generation as competent web users. Improving the search tools should not be directed at the library staff but used for breaking down the barriers that users have when trying to navigate in different library resources and websites therefore will be possible while the architecture of modern automated library information systems does not interfere with the cooperation of the user and catalog. The evolutionary solution to this problem can be a reconstruction of automated libraries and information systems in the way by changing their architecture to one the user is orientated.
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Ballard, Terry. "Comparison of User Search Behaviors with Classic Online Catalogs and Discovery Platforms." Charleston Advisor 12, no. 3 (January 1, 2011): 65–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.12.3.65.
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Salata, H. "Trends and Development of Libraries in the Digital Environment." Visnyk of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, no. 61 (June 29, 2022): 30–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31516/2410-5333.061.03.
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Problem statement. Rapid globalization and integration processes are significantly reflected in almost all spheres of human activity, including cultural and educational institutions that collect printed and handwritten materials. Currently, domestic libraries are at the stage of active translation of paper catalogs into digital format, integration of various types of literature from the library fund into e-space. The main keys to the success of the development of cultural space are new standards of educational, cultural and leisure services, interesting creative projects, access to information technology and erudite employees.
Users need comfortable conditions, modern resource base, new services, advanced technologies. New standards are, first of all, renewed spaces, modern forms of work, interesting and useful for community members, paradigm shift in general.
In light of this, it is interesting to explore the features of library development in the digital space, highlighting their potential.
The methodology. The methodology consists in the application of theoretical methods (documentary analysis, analytical and synthetic information processing, comparison). The chosen methods contribute to the identification and more thorough study of general trends in image-making and external PR, and at the same time — to outline the problems that need to be addressed for the further successful operation of libraries in the digital space.
The results of the study are a comprehensive analysis of the formats of development of electronic and stationary libraries. The outlined ideas can form the basis of the concepts of library modernization at the municipal level and, accordingly, practical solutions.
The scientific topicality. In the process of development of information and communication technologies, digitization of most literary and documentary materials, prevalence (due to socio-economic conditions) of distance education, cyberspace is gradually being mastered by online libraries. This trend is typical of most institutions designed to preserve monuments of science and culture (including museums, galleries). Undoubtedly, this makes more accessible locations that are physically remote from the user, allows you to easily access the required amount of information and materials in which it is contained, as well as significantly saves time of the subject of the requested information. Digitalized libraries solve one of the global problems of modern society, which has no borders and barriers — the unimpeded use of the necessary materials by people with disabilities.
The practical significance. The practical significance of the work lies in the possibility of using some of its materials in teaching theoretical courses, lectures. In addition to the above, some of the proposed positions may form the basis of further research.
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Vasudavan, Hemalata. "Investigation and Design of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) for Non-Smartphone Users." Information Management and Business Review 5, no. 10 (October 30, 2013): 514–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v5i10.1082.
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This research focuses on providing Online Public Access Catalog services to university students via mobile phone in order to enhance the traditional library walk in services and online library access using a computer. This research comprises of three main findings in relation with mobile OPAC services. First, it investigates student’s perception in using mobile phone to access OPAC services in the educational environment. Next, it identifies and adopts mobile content design guidelines in the development of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) prototype application. Third, it develops MOS prototype Application for NonSmartphone users. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques conducted to identify student’s uses and needs for mobile library services access. The survey derived 73% of the students prefer to access the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) via mobile phone. The reason being is that OPAC provide major services of the library such as searching for learning materials, new titles in the library, reservation list and other related services. By conducting the survey, we discovered 71% of the students are using non-smart phone because they are still studying and unable to buy a smart phone which is expensive. Based on this finding we design a Mobile OPAC Service (MOS) prototype application for university students to access Online Public Access Catalog services via non-smart phones. The mobile OPAC services will bring libraries one step ahead in the wireless information technology world in meeting their patrons needs and providing quality education resources.
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Mead, Sherry E., Brian A. Jamieson, Gabriel K. Rousseau, Richard A. Sit, and Wendy A. Rogers. "Online Library Catalogs: Age-Related Differences in Query Construction and Error Recovery." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 40, no. 3 (October 1996): 146–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193129604000309.
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Online library catalogs have become pervasive in today's library. Unfortunately, these systems have been developed by computer programmers or librarians with little analysis of user behavior on the system. The present study compared the search performance of younger and older adults with general computer experience who were novice online catalog users on a set of ten search tasks of varying difficulty. This study examined types of errors made by novice users in database query construction and subsequent error recovery. Younger adults achieved a higher overall success rate than did older adults and were more efficient in performing these searches. Older adults made more query construction errors and recovered from them less efficiently than did younger adults. These data have important implications for identifying the specific needs, limitations, and capabilities of online library catalog users and the design of online library catalog systems for adults of differing ages.
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Kéhar, Ota. "Data from Catalogues of Solar System Objects in Education." International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 40–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijicte-2015-0004.
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Abstract This contribution contains attractive examples that use catalogues of astronomical objects available at Astronomia web pages (astronomia.zcu.cz) to improve the teaching of selected astronomical topics. The main focus is to Solar system objects, list of numbered minor planets is used to demonstrate the current position of objects in the Solar system, to construct a Kirkwood gap graph or to interactively verify Kepler’s laws. I put emphasis on involving students in practical activities, so the results of my research are several worksheets. All worksheets include basic procedure. Each part of worksheet is complemented by sub-questions that deepen knowledge of students and it provides welcomed feedback for teacher. All these features are available as online applications on web pages and it can be used during ICT lessons. I tried worksheets on a significant sample of secondary school pupils and university students. As a result I discovered that students usually do not have possibility to solve this kind of exercise (using data from catalog of astronomical objects) at school. Students cannot handle basic transactions in the Excel spreadsheet, especially inserting formulas into cells, data sorting or constructing a simple chart.
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GUPTA, MANSI, AMRENDER KUMAR, SHELLY SHARMA, KAJOL RANA, NIDHI VERMA, P. S. PANDEY, and N. S. RATHORE. "Digital Agricultural Knowledge Platform (IDEAL) using KOHA for National Agricultural Research and Education System." Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92, no. 3 (March 29, 2022): 292–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v92i3.122540.
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Digital libraries are equipped to provide access to multiple contents with potentially infinite number of resources to users. The libraries of the Indian National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) mainly the ICAR institutions and Agricultural Universities have a collection of huge literature of immense value available in various print and digital forms. These resources if made available at a single platform will go a long way in facilitating its sharing and minimizing the duplication efforts by the partner libraries. Realizing its importance, a requirement of a national level union catalog was felt to ensure single point access for the valuable information on the vast resources of NARES libraries. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) brought solution to a lot of challenging issues to all facets of the university system and the library is not an exemption. The Indian Digital Ensemble of Agricultural Libraries (IDEAL) is a customized platform for Agricultural Libraries of Indian National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) by adopting the KOHA-an open source integrated library management software for their routine operations in all libraries. KOHA is a software platform built on ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) concept to provide hassle free, ready to use based platform for sharing library holdings through a union catalogue as per the international standards. In this catalogue, the information can be shared at a single platform for all the users for example, students, researchers and faculties, extension workers and others. The system also provides search facilities through various parameters example, title, author, subject, number etc. The libraries of the State Agriculture Universities and its constituent colleges (SAUs) and ICAR institutes have been connected at a central server for its routine activities through IDEAL Platform. An online public access catalog (OPAC) of each library has been created, which provides easy and enhanced experience of accessing the library resources 24 × 7 to the users. This has greatly facilitated sharing and access of library resources among the NARES partners.
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Wintermute, Edwin H., Matthieu Cisel, and Ariel B. Lindner. "A survival model for course-course interactions in a Massive Open Online Course platform." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (January 22, 2021): e0245718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245718.
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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms incorporate large course catalogs from which individual students may register multiple courses. We performed a network-based analysis of student achievement, considering how course-course interactions may positively or negatively affect student success. Our data set included 378,000 users and 1,000,000 unique registration events in France Université Numérique (FUN), a national MOOC platform. We adapt reliability theory to model certificate completion rates with a Weibull survival function, following the intuition that students “survive” in a course for a certain time before stochastically dropping out. Course-course interactions are found to be well described by a single parameter for user engagement that can be estimated from a user’s registration profile. User engagement, in turn, correlates with certificate rates in all courses regardless of specific content. The reliability approach is shown to capture several certificate rate patterns that are overlooked by conventional regression models. User engagement emerges as a natural metric for tracking student progress across demographics and over time.
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Yu, Holly, and Margo Young. "The Impact of Web Search Engines on Subject Searching in OPAC." Information Technology and Libraries 23, no. 4 (September 17, 2017): 168–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v23i4.9658.
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This paper analyzes the results of transaction logs at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and studies the effects of implementing a Web-based OPAC along with interface changes. The authors find that user success in subject searching remains problematic. A major increase in the frequency of searches that would have been more successful in resources other than the library catalog is noted over the time period 2000-2002. The authors attribute this increase to the prevalence of Web search engines and suggest that metasearching, relevance-ranked results, and relevance feedback ( "more like this") are now expected in user searching and should be integrated into online catalogs as search options.
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Reed, Kathleen. "Follow-Up Study on Free Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Service Demonstrates Customer Satisfaction and Generates Improvements." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8, no. 3 (September 13, 2013): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8960m.
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Objective – Texas A&M University Libraries have delivered free documents and interlibrary loans for ten years via the Get it for me service. This study explores whether the needs of customers are being met, areas for improvement, acceptable turnaround times, why some resources are never picked up, preferred format and steps to obtaining resources, places searched before submitting a request, and whether users ever purchased resources after obtaining them through Get it for me.
Design – Online questionnaire.
Setting – Large academic library system located in Texas, United States.
Subjects – Researchers used responses from 735 registered users of the Get it for me service (12% undergraduates, 49% graduate students, 21% faculty, 15% staff, 1% distance education, 2% other).
Methods – The authors emailed all currently registered users of the Get it for me service (n=23,063) inviting them to participate in a survey. The survey ran for two weeks, with no follow-up emails sent.
Main Results – The return rate of 3.18% (n=735/23,063) surpassed the participant goal to achieve a confidence level of 95%, with a confidence interval of 4%. Researchers found that 79% of respondents are satisfied with turnaround time, with 54% of respondents desiring items within three days. Expectations increased with position in the academy. Time is the significant factor in users not retrieving ordered items; items are no longer needed after deadlines pass or other related materials are found. Responses revealed that 55% of users prefer print to e-books, although 70% of participants would accept an e-book version if print is not available. Participants were evenly split between reading documents online and printing them to read offline. About one quarter of respondents bought or suggested that the library purchase an item requested via Get it for me. When participants encountered a problem, 55% of respondents would contact library staff and 45% would check the service FAQ. Of those that contacted staff, there is a 94% satisfaction rate. Overall, 95% of respondents checked the libraries’ online catalogue for availability, 83% looked in e-journal collections, and 74% checked Google or Google Scholar. Get it for me was complimented on its user-friendly interfaces and policies, and the money and time it saves its users. In terms of criticism, users requested better quality scanned documents, longer interlibrary loan times, and a PDF instead of a link when an article is found by staff.
Conclusion – The author concludes that the document delivery and interlibrary loan services delivered by Get it for me are meeting the expectations of users, with 99% of respondents reporting that the Get it for me service meets or somewhat meets their needs. Areas that required improvement were identified and strategies put in place to improve service. This questionnaire can be applied to other libraries to assist them in learning about document delivery and interlibrary loan service users and their expectations.
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Haigh, Susan. "Children’s input is vital to creating an online library that meets children’s information needs." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 1, no. 1 (March 15, 2006): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b83012.
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Druin, Allison. “What Children Can Teach Us: Developing Digital Libraries for Children with Children.” The Library Quarterly 75.1 (January 2005): 20-41.
Objective – Through use of an interdisciplinary research team that included children, the study aimed to demonstrate that including children in the design of a digital library for children would result in some new approaches that would improve the site’s usability for the target user group.
Design – Case study.
Setting – The research was conducted at University of Maryland over a four-year period and involved an interdisciplinary research team of adult researchers from information studies, computer science, education, art, and psychology as well as seven children aged 7-11.
Subjects – Seven children participated in the design team over two years; 153 children were observed and interviewed in the design phase; and the resulting new approaches were validated post-launch by analysis of International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) (http://www.icdlbooks.org) users and usage patterns from November 2002-November 2003 (over 90,000 unique users and 19,000 optional questionnaire respondents).
Method – The study included seven children in the design team for a digital library of international children’s books, which resulted in new approaches to collection development, cataloguing, and the search interface. In the design phase, research methods involving the seven children included brainstorming techniques, “cooperative inquiry”, low-tech prototyping; and lab use studies. The team also undertook observation and interviews of 153 children engaged in searching and selecting books from public library catalogues. In validating the new approaches that resulted from the design research, the team employed web log analysis, a voluntary online survey, and working with children in local schools to understand their use of ICDL.
Main results – The inclusion of children’s viewpoints in the design stage of the ICDL had an impact in three areas: collection development, metadata, and interface design.
For collection development, the research showed that kids were interested in books about children from other cultures and other times in history; in animals, both real and make-believe; in books that are sensitive to other cultures; and in books that are in good condition. For metadata, the research showed that children do not distinguish ‘fiction’ and ‘non-fiction’; look for ‘scary stuff’ or ‘gross stuff’; are often seeking books that make them feel a certain way; care about the look of book covers and may recall books by jacket colours; and use free vocabulary like ‘princesses’ and ‘jokes’. For interface design, the children’s involvement led to more search options (utilizing the new categories of metadata that were created), and customization options such as ability to choose different forms and colour palettes for book readers (e.g. the comic book reader, the spiral book reader).
Web log and survey data, as well as lab tests, showed that the innovations resulting from the children’s design input were used. Of the over 90,000 unique users who visited the site in its first year, “genre” and “color” were statistically the fourth and fifth most popular search categories. In lab tests, girls used “color” twice as often as boys, and older boys preferred “genre” while younger children did not pay attention to that category.
Conclusions – A first conclusion is that children’s input is vital to creating an online library that meets children’s information needs, tendencies and preferences. Also, seven design principles emerged:
1. Children’s input is invaluable and they should be involved in the design of their libraries.
2. Digital collections for children should consider works both contemporary and historical, and in different languages and representative of different cultures.
3. A variety of search interfaces are needed and it is particularly important to express categories with visual icons.
4. Additional metadata can be needed to reflect children’s views of relevant search criteria.
5. Interfaces should be customizable, such as providing various formats of reader that could themselves be customized in colour.
6. Tools should be suitable for use from the home and for collaborative use, such as use by a parent with a child.
7. Innovation requiring high bandwidth must be balanced with a low bandwidth version to assure broadest possible use.
Lastly, the researchers concluded that more research is merited to assess the broader impact of digital libraries on children as searchers and readers.
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Beaton, Barbara, Sue Davidsen, and Linda TerHaar. "Dial in 1992: An annual guide to online public access catalogs." Journal of Academic Librarianship 19, no. 1 (March 1993): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333(93)90837-u.
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Holzenberg, Eric. "Bridging the Gap: Education and Special Collections—The 46th RBMS Preconference." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2006): 12–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.7.1.252.
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Like most of their colleagues in other branches of the profession, special collections librarians often act as teachers, informally with individual users or formally as leaders of classes. But because of the preservation and security needs of the rare books and manuscripts under their care, special collections librarians must take on the additional roles of interpreter, impresario, advocate, and cheerleader. Fragile and valuable materials not browsable by the casual user must be showcased and interpreted through exhibitions and catalogs; faculty and students must be proselytized about the value of special collections in the curriculum; library and university administrations must be . . .
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Kuster, Judith Maginnis. "Online Fluency Disorders Resources for School-Based Clinicians." Perspectives on School-Based Issues 12, no. 2 (June 2011): 49–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/sbi12.2.49.
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Speech-language clinicians working in a school setting are some of the busiest people I know. They see a full caseload of children with a variety of communication disorders, keep data for each session, schedule diagnostic sessions, plan and prepare for therapy, meet with parents and school staff, deal with tons of paperwork (IEPs, reports, maybe billing for services), pore over catalogs to order supplies, register for continuing education to maintain licensure and certification, serve on committees, and sometimes even help with lunch room and playground duty. Added to all of that is a requirement in IDEA to provide “evidence-based” services.
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A, Thilaka Dharmarajan, Velmurugan G, Saravanabhavan N, and Subashini R. "An Empirical Study on Students’ Satisfaction Towards Sustainable Online Education." ECS Transactions 107, no. 1 (April 24, 2022): 10225–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/10701.10225ecst.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted and upset the education system globally. As such, online education has gained prominence, and has become an ideal option for learning. This study analyses the satisfaction level of the students towards online education during this pandemic period. This study focuses to identify the most influencing factor of user satisfaction towards online education and the relationship dimension of user satisfaction towards online education namely: instructor knowledge, course syllabus, responsiveness, self-motivation, studying method, and interaction. A sample size of 90 students studying arts and management in a private educational institution at Pondicherry was taken into account. Results concluded that instructor knowledge, course syllabus, response, enthusiasm, and studying method and communication has a constructive relationship with user satisfaction. While self-motivation highly influences user satisfaction followed by learning styles, course structure and interaction does not influence user satisfaction in online education.
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Chen, Xi, Erya Xia, and Wen Jia. "Utilisation Status and User Satisfaction of Online Education Platforms." International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) 15, no. 19 (October 5, 2020): 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i19.17415.
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In the information age, the proliferation of online education platforms is accompanied by various problems. This paper aims to solve the problems of online education platforms, making them more useful and adaptable. Targeting at a key online education platform (SmartStudy) in China, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey among users on their utilization and perception of online education platforms. Based on the survey data, the current state of the platform was summarized, followed by an analysis on the degree of impact from each factor on the selection between platforms. Next, the platform development and user satisfaction were discussed in the light of platform security, credit rating and user experience. Finally, several suggestions were put forward to improve the online education platform. The research results are of great importance to the development of online education in China.
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Ge, Shuzhi Sam, and Meng Yong Tok. "Enhancing Online Education Using Collaboration Solutions." Journal of Educational Technology Systems 31, no. 4 (June 2003): 361–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/bgqm-pff7-84ad-xca8.
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With the advances in Internet technologies, online education is fast gaining ground as an extension to traditional education. Webcast allows lectures conducted on campus to be viewed by students located at remote sites by streaming the audio and video content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. However when used alone, webcast does not provide the form of user-to-user interaction that is so important in education. This article presents a collaboration system that can be used to facilitate interaction among users in a live webcast environment. The collaboration system supports real-time communication in both text and audio modes. To allow discussions to be carried out in an orderly manner, a virtual hand-raising scheme is implemented to put more control in the hands of the instructor. Using a topic browser, students can access content of previous discussions and use them as reference sources for any new question they may wish to raise. To allow offline viewing, the discussion content are automatically saved to the local computer at the end of each collaboration session.
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Kalwara, James, Melody Dale, and Marty Coleman. "Notes on Operations: GMD or No GMD: RDA Implementation for a Consortial Catalog." Library Resources & Technical Services 61, no. 3 (July 14, 2017): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.61n3.162.
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This paper explores the benefits of establishing item-specific terms for General Material Designations (GMDs) for library consortia implementing Resource Description and Access (RDA). While RDA includes a new approach towards the description and categorization of an item’s physical medium through the assignment of content, media, and carrier types (CMCs), thus replacing the GMD, libraries may still benefit from GMD retention in their online catalogs to help support user tasks and help contextualize CMC information. This paper presents the challenges that Mississippi State University Libraries experienced in leading RDA enrichment for the Mississippi Library Partnership (MLP) consortium. Additionally, it discusses parameters for libraries to consider when working with a vendor for RDA enrichment in a consortial environment.
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Yu, Eun. "A Case Study of Online User Experience Design Education." Journal of Basic Design & Art 21, no. 6 (December 31, 2020): 379–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.47294/ksbda.21.6.28.
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Jurnal, Redaksi Tim. "PERANCANGAN E-KATALOG PADA PERPUSTAKAAN DIGITAL STT-PLN BERBASIS WEB." Petir 9, no. 2 (January 3, 2019): 119–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.33322/petir.v9i2.178.
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STT-PLN library has had a website before, but there is no catalog features whose books have not owned by the library STT-PLN. This research will discuss about how to design the development of perpusatakaan digital STT-PLN in the added features of e-catalogs. The application of research methods using User Centered Design (UCD). In this application development using UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagram for designing the research development of perpusatakaan digital STT-PLN which includes use case diagrams, class diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams. Solving the problem of system design include database design, application menu hierarchy and application interface design. UML which has been designed and then translated into web-based programming language that is PHP and using MySQL as the database. Then the last application tested using the User Acceptance Test (UAT), the direct testing of applications by users of the application. Implementation of the development of perpusatakaan digital is obtained results of a dynamic web based applications that can help users in accessing library applications online through the Internet and to members can facilitate the conduct of order books online, as well as facilitate the administrator library to manage the application.
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Spiteri, Louise F. "The Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library Catalog." Information Technology and Libraries 26, no. 3 (September 1, 2007): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v26i3.3272.
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This article examines the linguistic structure of folksonomy tags collected over a thirty-day period from the daily tag logs of Del.icio.us, Furl, and Technorati. The tags were evaluated against the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) guidelines for the construction of controlled vocabularies. The results indicate that the tags correspond closely to the NISO guidelines pertaining to types of concepts expressed, the predominance of single terms and nouns, and the use of recognized spelling. Problem areas pertain to the inconsistent use of count nouns and the incidence of ambiguous tags in the form of homographs, abbreviations, and acronyms. With the addition of guidelines to the construction of unambiguous tags and links to useful external reference sources, folksonomies could serve as a powerful, flexible tool for increasing the user-friendliness and interactivity of public library catalogs, and also may be useful for encouraging other activities, such as informal online communities of readers and user-driven readers’ advisory services.
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Chow, Lena. "BINUS Online Learning Web User Experience Improvement." Engineering, MAthematics and Computer Science (EMACS) Journal 2, no. 1 (January 28, 2020): 5–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/emacsjournal.v2i1.5816.
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With the technology nowadays where information is one click away, news travels within seconds through online news, social media, chat, etc. It’s not impossible anymore for someone who lived miles away to get information at the same time with someone who live near the news’ source. New business starts to grow aligned with advancement in information technologies to tap bigger market. Each of them have different ways of showcasing their products, and how they showcase products can influence their customers to continue using it and to eventually make decision to purchase. Stores are available in e-market form, public transportations’ tickets are available online, education industries start to have websites, some of them even have online classes. Whether you are a busy professional looking for the next career step or a school leaver wanting to start your career without sacrificing your education, online study would be the solution. Committed to providing a world class education with international learning experience that makes positive contributions to the global community, BINUS University implemented a method called BINUS Online Learning. The method allows students not to come to campus, because almost all lectures conducted through the online system. Learning-teaching activities are in BINUS Online Learning web (Learning Management System). To ensure Binus online web can be used as tool to achieve Binus online mission, then improvement should be done continuously. This paper will search for continuous improvement especially user experience.
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Chen, Tinggui, Lijuan Peng, Xiaohua Yin, Jingtao Rong, Jianjun Yang, and Guodong Cong. "Analysis of User Satisfaction with Online Education Platforms in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Healthcare 8, no. 3 (July 7, 2020): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030200.
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The outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in various countries at the end of last year has transferred traditional face-to-face teaching to online education platforms, which directly affects the quality of education. Taking user satisfaction on online education platforms in China as the research object, this paper uses a questionnaire survey and web crawler to collect experience data of online and offline users, constructs a customer satisfaction index system by analyzing emotion and the existing literature for quantitative analysis, and builds aback propagation (BP) neural network model to forecast user satisfaction. The conclusion shows that users’ personal factors have no direct influence on user satisfaction, while platform availability has the greatest influence on user satisfaction. Finally, suggestions on improving the online education platform are given to escalate the level of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic, so as to promote the reform of information-based education.
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