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Jouguelet, Suzanne. "Subject Access in Online Catalogs." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, no. 1-2 (December 13, 1989): 213–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v10n01_15.
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Dale, Doris Cruger. "Subject Access in Online Catalogs." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, no. 1-2 (December 13, 1989): 225–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v10n01_16.
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Bland, Robert N., and Mark A. Stoffan. "Returning Classification to the Catalog." Information Technology and Libraries 27, no. 3 (September 1, 2008): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v27i3.3248.
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The concept of a classified catalog, or using classification as a form of subject access, has been almost forgotten by contemporary librarians. Recent developments indicate that this is changing as libraries seek to enhance the capabilities of their online catalogs. The Western North Carolina Library Network (WNCLN) has developed a “classified browse” feature for its shared online catalog that makes use of Library of Congress classification. While this feature is not expected to replace keyword searching, it offers both novice and experienced library users another way of identifying relevant materials.
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Xu, Hong, and F. W. Lancaster. "Redundancy and Uniqueness of Subject Access Points in Online Catalogs." Library Resources & Technical Services 42, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.42n1.61.
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Drabenstott, Karen M. "Enhancing a new design for subject access to online catalogs." Library Hi Tech 14, no. 1 (January 1996): 87–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb047986.
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Brady, Susan. "Library Internet Resources: Conducting Performing Arts Research Online." Theatre Survey 40, no. 1 (May 1999): 97–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s004055740000329x.
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Over the past decade academic and research libraries throughout the world have taken advantage of the enormous developments in communication technology to improve services to their users. Through the Internet and the World Wide Web researchers now have convenient electronic access to library catalogs, indexes, subject bibliographies, descriptions of manuscript and archival collections, and other resources. This brief overview illustrates how libraries are facilitating performing arts research in new ways.
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Byrum Jr., John D., and David W. Williamson. "Enriching Traditional Cataloging for Improved Access to Information:Library of Congress Tables of Contents Projects." Information Technology and Libraries 25, no. 1 (March 1, 2006): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v25i1.3324.
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T<span>raditionally, standard catalog records have provided bibliographic data that mostly address the basic features of library resources. At the same time, catalogs have offered access to these records through a limited array of names, titles, series, subject headings, class numbers, and a relatively small number of keywords contained within descriptions. Today’s catalog users expect access to information well beyond what can be offered by traditional approaches to bibliographic description and access. By pursuing a suite of projects, the Library of Congress (LC) has responded to the challenge of enticing patrons to continue to include the online catalog among the tools they use for information retrieval. Drawing extensively on the power of automation, staff of LC’s Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) have created and implemented a variety of initiatives to link researchers, catalogs, and Web resources; increase the content of the catalog record; and link the catalog to electronic resources. BEAT’s ongoing work demonstrates how, in the electronic era, it is possible to provide new and improved ways to capitalize on traditional services in the digital age. This paper will illustrate these points by focusing on BEAT’s tables of contents projects to demonstrate how library automation can make significant bibliographic enhancement efforts quick, easy, and affordable to achieve.</span>
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Holley, Robert P. "Subject Access in the Online Catalog." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, no. 1-2 (December 13, 1989): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v10n01_02.
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Weinberg, Bella Hass. "Book Review: Using Subject Headings for Online Retrieval: Theory, Practice, and Potential; Enhancing a New Design for Subject Access to Online Catalogs; and Testing a New Design for Subject Access to Online Catalogs." Library Resources & Technical Services 41, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 60–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.41n1.60.
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Clack, Doris Hargrett. "Subject Access to African American Studies Resources in Online Catalogs: Issues and Answers." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 19, no. 2 (February 14, 1995): 49–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v19n02_04.
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Rolland-Thomas, Paule, and Gérard Mercure. "Subject Access in a Bilingual Online Catalogue." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, no. 1-2 (December 13, 1989): 141–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v10n01_10.
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WANG, CHIH. "THE ONLINE CATALOGUE, SUBJECT ACCESS AND USER REACTIONS: A REVIEW." Library Review 34, no. 3 (March 1985): 143–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb012795.
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Dahms, Moshie. "Redesign of Catalogs and Indexes for Improved Online Subject Access: Selected Papers of Pauline A. Cochrane (Book Review)." College & Research Libraries 47, no. 4 (July 1, 1986): 406–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl_47_04_406.
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Moulaison, Heather Lea. "Subject access to materials in online library catalogues: discovery of Moroccan publications." Journal of North African Studies 15, no. 3 (September 2010): 385–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13629380902727544.
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Kartina, Linda, Purwaka Purwaka, and Fransiska Timoria Samosir. "Efektivitas Sistem Temu Kembali Informasi Online Public Catalog (OPAC) Dengan Tinjauan Precision Menggunakan Pendekatan Judul Dan Subjek Di Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Bengkulu." Pustakaloka 11, no. 2 (November 28, 2019): 163–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.21154/pustakaloka.v11i2.1697.
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Library as a centre for information resources is the backbone of the progress of an educational institution. Imbalance between the use of information retrieval system facilities advance search and a quick search of the catalogue are very common in a search. This study was aimed to know and to describe how the precision of information retrieval system by using title field and subject on OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) ) at Muhammaddiyah University Library of Bengkulu is effective as an information retrieval system. This study was a quantitative descriptive study using analytical methods. The technique of data collection in this study was by using trace observation on the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). The study was carried out by using the title of the names of study programs and the subject to study program as the study sample a mounted to 206. Sample were taken by using purposive sampling techniques. The result of the study showed that search using advanced search features by using the section title of sociology subject obtained a precision marks of 0,98 while the use of advanced search features by using biology education subject obtainrd precision mark of 0,66. The use of quick search feature by using the sociology subjects get a precision marks of 0,98 while the use of quick search feature by using biology education subject obtained a precision marks of 0,99. The testing on the four search shows that the quick search and advanced search features in the title and subject are in the average range of 0,90 so it is said that the search system of OPAC at Muhammadiyah University Library of Bengkulu is effective as an information retrieval system.
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Skaruk, Galina A. "Multiple Use of Linguistic Means of Subject Searching in the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 2 (March 31, 2010): 34–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2010-0-2-34-40.
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Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) is the basis of Automated Library and Informational System. Linguistic ware quality of OPAC is prerequisite for information service quality. Discussion on the structure of linguistic ware of OPAC and a role of individual informational search languages in it is far from being finished. Its key points are determined in the article. There is also the description of the experiment for comparison of informational languages functional opportunities of State Rubricator (Systematic headings) on Scientific and Technical Information, Library Bibliographical Classification, subject headings and words from documents titles in OPAC of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was described. Hierarchical classification and subject headings language are analyzed. The conditions of subject headings’ usage in the electronic environment are considered.
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Svenonius, Elaine. "Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Application. Lois Mai ChanTesting a New Design for Subject Access to Online Catalogs. Karen M. Drabenstott , Marjorie S. Weller." Library Quarterly 67, no. 2 (April 1997): 201–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/629943.
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Flaherty, Mary Grace, and Samantha Jan Kaplan. "Health information: print materials assessment in public libraries." Reference Services Review 44, no. 2 (June 13, 2016): 163–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-02-2016-0010.
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Purpose The purpose this study was to determine currency of print health materials readily available in North Carolina public libraries, through a statewide assessment. Two subject areas were examined: health reference and diabetes. Design/methodology/approach In total, 30 randomly selected public libraries were visited and unobtrusive stacks assessments were completed. Some months later, the libraries’ websites were examined for collection development policies, and online catalogs were searched using the keyword diabetes to identify possible discrepancies and additions. Findings For visits, publication dates for reference books ranged from 1899-2014 and the average number of holdings was 10 (range 0-30). The most common reference item, the AMA Family Medical Guide (2005), was available in 6 of 30 libraries. In diabetes collections, publication dates ranged from 1983-2013; the average number of books was nine (range 0-26). The Atkins Diabetes Revolution (2004) was the most common, available in 9 of 30 libraries. Two-thirds of libraries did not have a collection development policy online. Catalog searches revealed 10 titles prior to 1983 and 18 titles (non-cook books) from 2014-2016. Practical implications The study found overall that print health reference books were outdated. In diabetes collections, there were also many outdated items. It appears that regular weeding to assure currency of print health literature is not taking place. Originality/value The study demonstrates that public libraries may not be providing optimal print health information. With unprecedented access, it is imperative that librarians in all types of settings aid in health literacy promotion by assuring access to reliable and timely health information.
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Walker, Stephen. "Improving subject access painlessly: recent work on the Okapi online catalogue projects." Program 22, no. 1 (January 1988): 21–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb046984.
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Harrington, Thomas R. "THE DEAF COLLECTION AT THE GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY LIBRARY." Education Libraries 22, no. 3 (September 5, 2017): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.26443/el.v22i3.131.
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This paper describes the special collection on deaf people and deafness in the Gallaudet University Library, Washington, DC. The collection's background, history, and scope are given. Its collection policy is covered, and the special classification system and subject headings developed for it are briefly described. Access to the collection's holdings via the library's online catalog and various periodical indexes are discussed, as are its reference aspects. The paper concludes with a descriptionof the Gallaudet University Archives and access to other deaf information through the library's WWW home page and other Internet resources.
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El-Sherbini, Magda, and Sherab Chen. "An Assessment of the Need to Provide Non-Roman Subject Access to the Library Online Catalog." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 49, no. 6 (August 2011): 457–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2011.603108.
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Haigh, Susan. "Library Catalogue Users Are Influenced by Trends in Web Searching." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 1, no. 3 (September 14, 2006): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8ks33.
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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, 65.6 (Nov. 2004): 525-37.
Objective – To explore how Web-savvy users think about and search an online catalogue.
Design – Protocol analysis study.
Setting – Academic library (Pennsylvania State University Libraries).
Subjects – Eighteen users (17 students, 1 faculty member) of an online public access catalog, divided into two groups of nine first-time and nine experienced users.
Method – The study team developed five tasks that represented a range of activities commonly performed by library users, such as searching for a specific item, identifying a library location, and requesting a copy. Seventeen students and one faculty member, divided evenly between novice and experienced searchers, were recruited to “think aloud” through the performance of the tasks. Data were gathered through audio recordings, screen capture software, and investigator notes. The time taken for each task was recorded, and investigators rated task completion as “successful,” “partially successful,” “fail,” or “search aborted.” After the searching session, participants were interviewed to clarify their actions and provide further commentary on the catalogue search.
Main results – Participants in both test groups were relatively unsophisticated subject searchers. They made minimal use of Boolean operators, and tended not to repair failed searches by rethinking the search vocabulary and using synonyms. Participants did not have a strong understanding of library catalogue contents or structure and showed little curiosity in developing an understanding of how to utilize the catalogue.
Novice users were impatient both in choosing search options and in evaluating their search results. They assumed search results were sorted by relevance, and thus would not typically browse past the initial screen. They quickly followed links, fearlessly tried different searches and options, and rapidly abandoned false trails.
Experienced users were more effective and efficient searchers than novice users. They used more specific keyword terms and were more persistent to review their search options and results. Through their prior experience, they knew how to interpret call numbers, branch library location codes, and library terminology such as ‘periodicals’.
Participants expected the catalogue to rank results based on relevancy like an Internet search engine. While most were observed to understand intuitively the concept of broadening or narrowing a search, a ‘significant minority’ added a term to an already too-narrow search to improve their search results.
When interviewed, participants suggested several ways to improve the catalog search query, such as adding summaries and contents, ranking results by relevance and degree of exact match to search terms, including an Amazon-like “find more like this” feature, and providing context-sensitive and interactive online help, especially at the point when a search has produced too many or too few hits.
Conclusions – The study concluded that library catalogue users are heavily influenced by trends in Web searching. No matter what type of search a task called for, the participants tended to expect a simple keyword search to lead to optimal results presented in relevancy-ranked order.
Because users do not generally know or care about the structure of a bibliographic record, and many have little concept of what a library catalogue is for or what it contains, Novotny suggests that user instruction needs to address these basics. He also suggests that library professionals and library system vendors must work together to address the clear evidence that library catalogues are failing their users.
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D. Hall-Ellis, Sylvia. "Accept, coach, and inspire: a formula for success." Bottom Line 27, no. 3 (November 4, 2014): 103–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bl-06-2014-0020.
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Purpose – Technical services librarians, catalogers and metadata specialists serve as the integral managers of comprehensive integrated systems designed to facilitate the ingestion, annotation, cataloging, storage, retrieval and distribution of organized, discoverable resources. Yet, despite the escalating costs to upgrade integrated library systems, maintain authority control for name and subject heading points of access and create original surrogate records for new library resources, technical services departments did not grow. Design/methodology/approach – The goal of sharing metadata is to reduce the local cost of its creation with minimal changes. However, research suggests that catalogers and metadata specialists review and authenticate the standards-compliant work of others, thus negating the goal of sharing and increasing the cost of building and maintaining online catalogs and discovery tools. How can a library administrator encourage the acceptance of metadata created at other information organizations and make prudent investments to support technical services functions? Findings – There are four strategies that administrators can adopt regarding these issues. Research limitations/implications – All libraries can benefit from considering the four strategies. Practical implications – First, cultivate a robust community of practice within the information organization. Second, recognize the importance of accepting standards-compliant bibliographic metadata with few modifications. Third, provide opportunities for managers to become skilled at coaching their team members. Fourth, inspire confidence. Social implications – Librarianship is a profession that an individual enters through graduate education in library and information science. As a new entrant, an individual becomes of a member of the community of practice and assumes personal responsibility for learning and mastering technical skills and competencies through experience, mentoring, professional development and continued actions (or tasks) comprising activities situated in a library or information environment. Originality/value – This is an original opinion piece.
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Ndumbaro, Faraja. "Understanding user-system interactions." Information Development 34, no. 3 (February 15, 2017): 297–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666917693885.
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This paper presents findings of a study that examines how the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of the University of Dar es Salaam library is used; the extent to which users succeed in locating information; and the reasons behind search failure. OPAC transaction logs were collected unobtrusively between January and December 2015, which were then subjected to transaction log analysis. The results indicate a relatively low use of OPAC, with default keyword search, author, title and subject terms being the most preferred access points. Only 102,037 (19.2%) of the search queries received zero hits. Reasons for search failure were multiple. They included spelling mistakes, use of wrong syntax, searching in inappropriate search fields, users’ lack of knowledge of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and materials unavailability. Thus, the paper suggests redesigning OPAC interface to include features of the ‘next generation’ catalogue and exposing users to evidence-based information literacy.
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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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Hoyer, Rüdiger. "The library of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich." Art Libraries Journal 30, no. 4 (2005): 10–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200014188.
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The library of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, although the ‘youngest’ of the three big German art libraries, is today one of the most comprehensive art libraries in the world. It offers a unique combination of open access to the shelves for some 85% of the holdings, which are arranged in classified order, and in-depth subject indexing. Nowadays, the library’s traditional strengths are enhanced by its crucial contributions in the field of national and international online co-operation, above all to the Florence-Munich-Rome union catalogue and the future Virtual Library for Art History.
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Arshad, Alia, and Farzana Shafique. "What do users prefer, card catalogue or OPAC?" Electronic Library 32, no. 3 (May 27, 2014): 286–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-07-2012-0093.
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Purpose – The purpose of the study is to determine the most preferred catalogue format – card catalogue or online public access catalogue (OPAC) for searching library material in Oriental languages, i.e. Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Sindhi and Pashto of the Central Library, University of the Punjab, Lahore. It also explores the users’ searching behaviour for finding the library material in Oriental languages. Design/methodology/approach – A purposive sample of 100 respondents was chosen for this study. The questionnaire contained both close- and open-ended questions. SPSS (version 11.5) was used for quantitative analysis of data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for reaching conclusions. The qualitative data analysis software “X-Sight” was used for analysing the qualitative data. Findings – The study highlights the importance of both types of catalogue. Many of the findings of the study related to the card catalogue and OPAC are surprising when compared to their general perceptions. It is important to note that the users perceived the card catalogue as more effective for searching the library material in Oriental languages. However, they also face many problems while using both types of catalogues. Originality/value – It is the first study of its type in Pakistan that explored the users’ perceptions and behaviour of searching Oriental language material from the card catalogue and OPAC. The findings of the study are valuable for library management, not only at the Central Library of Punjab University but also for other libraries. These findings can help in making both card catalogue and OPAC more effective and user-centred. It will also assist them to improve weaknesses of both types of catalogues. Implications of the study – This study compares the users’ preferences for card catalogue and/or OPAC when searching Oriental language material. There are very few studies available on this subject and most of them are dated.
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Katagi, Sachin, and Dr Bhakti Gala. "Social Tags of Select Books Written by Mahatma Gandhi a Comparative Study of Library Thing Tags and OCLC Fast Subject Headings." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 40, no. 01 (February 17, 2020): 382–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.40.01.15138.
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Retrieval to specific information is critical to user satisfaction in today’s semantic web environment. Users use various terms, nomenclatures and words for aiding mnemonic value to identify concepts for future access and sharing with community members. Social tagging has emerged as a popular option for the millennials to address this issue Tagging is a convenient way used by today’s users for naming their web resources in their own terms. In this study a comparative study was carried out between the standardised Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) Subject headings and the popular user-generated tags observed on the LibraryThing website for select books written by Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic Father of Modern India, who was also a prolific writer. M K Gandhi wrote many books, letters, newsletters, essays and edited journals on various subjects like health, vegetarianism, diet, religion and social reforms. A close examination of the subject headings and tags given by users to works authored by M K Gandhi reveal that there is a vast amount of difference between the standard terms assigned using OCLC FAST Subject Headings and tags assigned by the users. The study reveals that neither subject headings nor tags are perfect systems by themselves, but they may complement each other in library catalogues. The inclusion of user-generated keywords into catalogues will greatly enhance representation, organisation and retrieval of resources in a library environment.
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Bestari, Melati Purba. "Fulfillment Research Resources through Access Financial Report fo Go Public Company at Library STIE Perbanas Surabaya Perpustakaan STIE Perbanas Surabaya." Record and Library Journal 2, no. 1 (July 25, 2016): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v1i3.2125.
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Modern libraries are characterized by the diversity of information services to users, including to fulfill the information needs of researchers. Fulfilling the information requirements for this research group is very important because the information provided affect the quality of research. Library of STIE Perbanas Surabaya efforts to fulfill the information needs of researchers is to provide research resources through the provision of access annual and financial report for go public company. To provide convenience to users who do research and need annual and financial report for go public, library of STIE Perbanas Surabaya provide easy access through online catalog. To fulfill the annual and financial report for go public company, library tracked data on Indonesian stock exchange and go public company. Library attempts to provide easy access to information is expected to support a process that requires researchers and annual and financial report data so as to improve the quality and quantity of scientific works in the field of economics science, especially for subject of banking, finance and business.
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Bestari, Melati Purba. "Fulfillment Research Resources through Access Financial Report fo Go Public Company at Library STIE Perbanas Surabaya Perpustakaan STIE Perbanas Surabaya." Record and Library Journal 2, no. 1 (January 5, 2018): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/rlj.v2-i1.2016.43-50.
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Modern libraries are characterized by the diversity of information services to users, including to fulfill the information needs of researchers. Fulfill the information requirements for this research group is very important because the information provided affect the quality of research. Library of STIE Perbanas Surabaya efforts to fulfill the information needs of researchers is to provide research resources through the provision of access annual and financial report for go public company. To provide convenience to users who do research and need annual and financial report for go public, library of STIE Perbanas Surabaya provide easy access through online catalog. To fulfill the annual and financial report for go public company, library tracking data on Indonesian stock exchange and go public company. Library attempts to provide easy access to information is expected to support a process that requires researchers and annual and financial report data so as to improve the quality and quantity of scientific works in the field of economics science, especially for subject of banking, finance and business.
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Rushendi, Rushendi. "Keputusan pemustaka dalam penelusuran informasi di Perpustakaan Balai Penelitian Tanaman Rempah dan Obat." Jurnal Kajian Informasi dan Perpustakaan 6, no. 1 (June 30, 2018): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jkip.v6i1.14502.
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The needs of library information need to be met to complete the information needs of the library users who generally have a variety of reasons to perform activities in accordance with their purpose. Information retrieval activity is one of the main activities of the library users at the library of the Research Institute for Spices and Medicinal Herbs (RISMH) to find the source of literature through the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) facility. The purpose of the research was to determine the decision of the user in searching for information. The study was conducted from November to December 2017, with materials obtained from the library literature search 2015 -2017 results form. The study used the quantitative descriptive method, while the observed variables were: searching users; sources of the required information; subjects needed, and the relationship of the user with the library material searched. Data were analyzed descriptively. The result of the study showed the dominant user searching for information was the researcher; source of information required was documentation, and subject/commodity needed by the user which was medicinal plants. There is a correlation between the researcher’s decision and the searching of journal literature and documentation; student decisions by searching books, journals, and documentation; as well as the general/private user’s decisions with book search and documentation. The information retrieval service at the Balittro Library needs to be improved by linking the online search database with the Balittro website so it can increase the number of online collections.
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Abayigbodi, Aruere Rita, and Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta. "Use of online public access catalogue among library and information science undergraduates in Southern, Nigeria." Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research 3, no. 1/2 (2021): 121–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.47524/jictdar.v3i1.122.
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The study investigated the use of online public access catalogue among library and information science undergraduates in Southern Nigeria. The objectives of this study were to find out the purpose of OPAC use among LIS undergraduates, to find out the extent undergraduates use OPAC, level of satisfaction of OPAC use and to identify the constraints associated with the use of OPAC among the undergraduates. The descriptive survey design was used adopted for this study. One thousand, four hundred and forty (1,440) questionnaires were distributed and nine hundred and twenty (920) were retrieved. The total enumerative sampling techniques was used to select the entire population. Data generated were analysed using simple percentage and frequencies. Finding revealed that LIS undergraduate in Southern Nigeria use OPAC for the purpose of identifying books using author, title and subject. However, they use it to a little extent and they were satisfied to a large extent with its use. power failure, inadequate OPAC terminals or workstations, lack of proper guidance from the library staff and lack of skills to use OPAC independently were some of the constraints associated with use of OPAC. The recommended among others, that alternative sources of power supply should be provided in libraries considering the erratic nature of power supply in Nigeria. Also, librarians and libraries should ensure that LIS undergraduates are sufficiently trained to make effective use of the OPAC.
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Yi, Zhixian. "The Relationship between International Student Library Use and Information Needs." Library and Information Research 37, no. 116 (February 20, 2014): 23–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg562.
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This study examines how international student library use relates to their information needs and the factors influencing their information needs. The collected quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentages) and inferential statistics (ordinal regression). The regression analysis confirms that demographics, human capital, and library use variables play significant roles in predicting international student information needs. Demographic variables such as age, human capital data such as education level, databases, interlibrary loan, e-journals, library reserve, ready reference, online subject guides, browsing the Internet, email and print materials are significant predictors of international student information needs, but this study indicates that gender, library catalog, and remote access to the library offerings make no difference. The findings will help library directors, managers and librarians to reflect on the factors’ influences and to use the results to break down international students into smaller groups and evaluate, develop and enhance services and resources to satisfy their increasing information needs.
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Wijaya, Didik Prata, Letizia Dwi Murti, and Mochamad Reinnal Rachman. "Recall dan Precision pada Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) Dinas Arsip dan Perpustakaan Kota Bandung." VISI PUSTAKA: Buletin Jaringan Informasi Antar Perpustakaan 24, no. 1 (July 22, 2022): 81–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.37014/visipustaka.v24i1.2915.
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Disarpus Bandung is a technical institution that has the task and function of developing the habit of reading fondness through library empowerment. The role of the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) as an information retrieval system is very supportive as a means or facilities to improve services to the community, especially in the field of libraries in the city of Bandung. This study aims to determine (1) How is recall and precision in the OPAC of the Disarpus Bandung. (2) effectiveness of OPAC as an information retrieval system in the city of Bandung. The data collection method used is by conducting keyword searches on the OPAC of the Disarpus Bandung through the website page http://layanan.dispusip.bandung.go.id/inlislite3/opac/. These 10 keywords were the most searched or searched by library users in March 2022 in Disarpus Bandung. Every keyword used in the search process, the result is a number of catalog data. The catalog data obtained is then analyzed and determined which data are relevant and irrelevant to the information needs sought based on the title, the subject of the book, and the availability of the collection. Then the recall and precision calculations will be carried out to determine the effectiveness of the INLISLite application retrieval. Based on the results of testing on the OPAC of the Disarpus Bandung with 10 keywords most frequently searched by users during March 2022, it can be concluded that the information retrieval system has been effective. This can be seen from the average recall value of 0.96 or 95.79% and the average precision value of 0.92 or 92.31%. Of the 10 keywords, namely nursing, human resources, communication, research methods, accounting, taxation, information systems, skills, parenting, and psychology, the keywords with the highest recall and precision values are research methods and parenting keywords, namely the recall value of 1 or 100% and a precision value of 1 or 100%. Meanwhile, the lowest recall and precision values are communication keywords, with a recall value of 0.90 or 90.34% and a precision value of 0.88 or 88.33%. Overall, the OPAC at the Disarpus Bandung has been effective as an information retrieval system.
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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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Desrochers, Nadine, Audrey Laplante, Kim Martin, Anabel Quan-Haase, and Louise Spiteri. "Illusions of a “Bond”: tagging cultural products across online platforms." Journal of Documentation 72, no. 6 (October 10, 2016): 1027–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-09-2015-0110.
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Purpose Most studies pertaining to social tagging focus on one platform or platform type, thus limiting the scope of their findings. The purpose of this paper is to explore social tagging practices across four platforms in relation to cultural products associated with the book Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming. Design/methodology/approach A layered and nested case study approach was used to analyse data from four online platforms: Goodreads, Last.fm, WordPress, and public library social discovery platforms. The top-level case study focuses on the book Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming and its derivative products. The analysis of tagging practices in each of the four online platforms is nested within the top-level case study. Casino Royale was conceptualized as a cultural product (the book), its derived products (e.g. movies, theme songs), as well as a keyword in blogs. A qualitative, inductive, and context-specific approach was chosen to identify commonalities in tagging practices across platforms whilst taking into account the uniqueness of each platform. Findings The four platforms comprise different communities of users, each platform with its own cultural norms and tagging practices. Traditional access points in the library catalogues focused on the subject, location, and fictitious characters of the book. User-generated content across the four platforms emphasized historical events and periods related to the book, and highlighted more subjective access points, such as recommendations, tone, mood, reaction, and reading experience. Revealing shifts occur in the tags between the original book and its cultural derivatives: Goodreads and library catalogues focus almost exclusively on the book, while Last.fm and WordPress make in addition cross-references to a wider range of different cultural products, including books, movies, and music. The analyses also yield apparent similarities in certain platforms, such as recurring terms, phrasing and composite or multifaceted tags, as well as a strong presence of genre-related terms for the book and music. Originality/value The layered and nested case study approach presents a more comprehensive theoretical viewpoint and methodological framework by which to explore the study of user-generated metadata pertaining to a range of related cultural products across a variety of online platforms.
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Wells, Matthew Jason. "Social semiotics as theory and practice in library and information science." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 4 (July 13, 2015): 691–708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-01-2014-0018.
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Purpose – Information scholars frequently make use of “conceptual imports” – epistemological and methodological models developed in other disciplines – when conducting their own research. The purpose of this paper is to make the case that social semiotics is a worthy candidate to add to the information sciences toolkit. Design/methodology/approach – Both traditional and social semiotics are described in detail, with key texts cited. To demonstrate the benefits social semiotic methods may bring to the information sciences, the digital display screen is then employed as a test case. Findings – By treating the display as a semiotic resource, the author is able to demonstrate that, rather than being a transparent window by which the author may access all of the data, the screen actually distorts and conceals a significant amount of information, and severely restricts the control users have over software packages such as online public access catalogues. A programming paradigm known as language-oriented programming (LOP), however, can help to remedy these issues. Originality/value – The test case is meant to provide a framework by which other information sciences issues may be explores via social semiotic methods. Social semiotics, moreover, is still evolving as a subject matter, so IS scholars could also potentially contribute to its continued development with their work.
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Haddow, Gaby. "Open Access Pricing Models would Reduce Journal Expenditure at Most Colleges and Universities." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2, no. 4 (December 7, 2007): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b88w2z.
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Objective – To determine journal expenditure at nine colleges and universities using three pricing models, and to investigate the impact of an open access pricing model on journal costs according to institution type.
Design – Cost analysis of three pricing models for journals.
Setting – Nine college and university libraries in the United States.
Subjects – 349 journal titles indexed by the Science Citation Index from four subject fields (general biology, cell biology, organic chemistry, and applied physics).
Methods – Institutions included in the study were selected from America’s Best Colleges (2004) on the basis of type of institution and quality ratings. Stratified sampling was used to randomly select an institution from the top 25% (Tier 1) and bottom 25% (Tier 4) from four institutional categories (doctoral national universities, master’s universities, bachelor’s liberal arts colleges, and bachelor’s comprehensive colleges). An additional institution was selected from Tier 1 of the doctoral universities category to ensure both a large and small institution was represented in the sample.
Institutional access to the 349 journals was determined by searching the nine institutions’ library catalogues between August and October 2004. Print, online and combined print/online access was identified for each title at each institution.
A component of the pricing models (below) included costs incurred when academics at the institutions published articles in some journals. To arrive at an estimate of these fees, articles published by authors at each institution were identified in the journal titles. All articles in the 349 titles by staff (first author only) at the nine institutions were costed at the lowest rate listed and assigned as journal expenditure for the institution.
The cost analysis of institutional journal expenditure at each institution was conducted using three pricing models:
1. A conventional subscription model
Journal expenditure was calculated from four elements: individual title subscriptions; online journal collection costs; online journal aggregator costs; and submission/publication fees. These costs were determined from: online information about journal subscription prices; estimating a proportion of journal collection and aggregator databases costs; and page charges, publication and submission fees for authors from the institution.
2. An open access publishing model based on the Public Library of Science (PLoS) pricing model
Two costs comprised the open access publishing model: publication fees and print title subscriptions. Publishing fees were calculated from determining the average number of articles published by authors from an institution in one year. This number was then multiplied by $1,500 – the rate charged by PLoS in 2005. The second component was the cost of existing subscriptions to print titles, on the assumption that libraries will continue these subscriptions despite receiving online access to them. Print titles were costed at $160 per subscription.
3. An equal revenue open access model (designed by the researcher to allow for the assumption that publishers considering taking up the PLoS model would not accept a reduction in revenue).
If the PLoS model was implemented across the 349 titles, a substantial reduction in revenue to publishers would occur. Therefore, a multiplier was calculated for each subject area by dividing the aggregate amount (in the conventional model) paid for journals in a subject area by the amount paid under the PLoS model. The multiplier was then applied to the PLoS title cost. An adjustment was also made to reduce the effects of the non-representative sample of institutions.
Main results – The conventional pricing model calculations indicate that the association between journal expenditure and library size is stronger than the association between journal expenditure and type of institution. However, type of institution is a factor in journal expenditure with doctoral universities’ expenditure much higher than that of other types of institutions. No associations or trends were found when comparing journal expenditure across institutions for the four subject fields.
Under the PLoS pricing model, journal expenditure at all nine institutions would be substantially reduced. If this model was adopted by all publishers they would receive only 15% of the total amount expended on journals by the institutions under the conventional pricing model. The PLoS model would affect institutions’ proportion of total expenditure, with doctoral universities paying 96% of journal expenditure compared with 86% under the conventional model. This result is directly related to publishing activities at institutions. Large research universities, where staff publish at higher rates, would pay a proportionally higher amount of the total expenditure than other types of institutions, where publishing activity is low.
The equal revenue model, when compared with the conventional model, would provide substantial reductions in journal expenditure for seven of the institutions. However, under this model the largest doctoral university would see an increase in journal expenditure of 337% from conventional model expenditure: an increase primarily due to the higher publishing activity at the university. Institutions with low publishing activity and least print subscriptions would see the greatest reductions in expenditure if publishers moved from the conventional model to the equal revenue model.
Up to 90% of American colleges would see a reduction in journal expenditure if publishers adopted the PLoS or the equal revenue pricing models.
Conclusion – Most colleges and universities are consumers rather than producers of scholarly literature and, therefore, a shift from the conventional subscription model to a model based on publication activity will reduce their proportion of total expenditure. On the other hand, large research universities will see an increase in their expenditure as a proportion of total journal costs.
Given the cost savings and the access to journals, a pricing model such as the PLoS would benefit most colleges and universities. In turn, under this model revenues to publishers would be reduced substantially.
The equal revenue model would benefit the majority of colleges and universities by increasing their access to journal titles while reducing their journal expenditure. For example, a master’s university journal holdings could increase up to ten times with expenditure reduced by between 20–60%. Large research universities, however, would see an increase in journal expenditure for very few additional journal titles.
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Kharybina, Tatiana N., and Elena V. Beskaravajnaja. "Results of bibliometric analysis of the publication activity on the scientific library website." Science management: theory and practice 2, no. 3 (2020): 165–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2020.2.3.9.
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The main function of the scientific library is to provide information support and library services to meet the needs of research scientists engaged in research activities and it is becoming increasingly important to enhance the outreach services, build public awareness of science reducing the evidence-practice gap. With that in mind, library websites are among the most appropriate platforms, that hold potential in addressing these concerns, providing online access to a wide range of library and information science sources, visualization of the results both of scientific research carried out by scientific institutions and the librarydevelopments. In this paper we focus on the website of Central scientific library (CSL), department of Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS), in Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PRS RAS). This website has been designed as the multifunctional information system offering the users, on one hand, the means for searching the requested information in electron catalogs of the library and all its departments, dissertation database, branched index system in physico-chemical biology, publications of the research scientists from the Center, databases by subject relating to research activities performed in PSC RAS), and, on the other hand, the results of a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of published research of the scientific institutes in the Center (https://cnbp.ru/). The scientific community of PSC RAS has appreciated posted on the library website research projects such as “Achievements of Schools of Science in Pushchino Scientific Center”, “Scientific dynasties in Pushchino”, a database of the former research scientists who worked in PSC continuing their research activities abroad”. Of special interest is the website section created after the study of the information needs of the PCL users which present the results of a bibliometric analysis. Mature researchers may find information on number of times their individual articles have been cited by others, track the impact of their scientific theme, communicate with potential research partners; postgraduate and graduate students may gain insight into a variety of research activity carried out in the scientific Center, enabling them to see the magnitude of the Center’s scientific developments; the administration of institutes may assess the published research of their employees, compare the position in the institutes ranking with respect to other ones in the scientific world, evaluate international activity.
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Zhai, Xiaojuan, and Jingjing Wang. "Improving relations between users and libraries: a survey of Chinese academic libraries." Electronic Library 34, no. 4 (August 1, 2016): 597–616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/el-03-2015-0041.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of library services according to user experiences (UXs). The study discusses underlying internal problems existing in libraries that affect user satisfaction. Furthermore, it seeks to identify ways to improve the UX. Design/methodology/approach The methodology comprised a questionnaire administered at Nanjing University Library, China. The survey examined users’ satisfaction with the online public access catalogue, locating books on the shelves, and users’ participation in the organization of library resources. This study used the annual reading quantity of users system, a new system of measurement that distinguishes between informal and avid library users. Findings The data analysis indicated poor user satisfaction. The problems were mainly associated with the libraries’ resource organization, such as descriptive cataloguing, subject headings and classification, which is controlled by library administration. Moreover, users’ feedback is not integrated within the library system. Because of the process-oriented architecture of the current integrated library system, librarians and users do not communicate effectively. These barriers between users and the library staff members are difficult to overcome. Originality/value The study describes that the results relate to user satisfaction with searching and locating books based on the patron’s reading level. Differences were observed between light and avid readers in terms of satisfaction with the ease of searching and finding books. This demonstrates the internal connections of these results with library procedures. Furthermore, this study identifies improvement measures to resolve these problems.
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Zaher, Célia Ribeiro, and Angela Bettencourt. "Electronic Consortium of Libraries: A Bibliographical Cooperation Scheme." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 17, no. 2 (August 2005): 105–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574900501700207.
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In 1982 a Brazilian joint venture of cooperative automated cataloging at national level started, which developed in the 1990s with the greater use of the Internet and changes of format and software to provide Internet access to online catalogues. In consequence, major changes were made from 1997 on to operate with new software entirely online, with full Internet access for remote users and an Intranet for cataloguing from 80 workstations. The launching, in 1998, of a website with one million records, including the current National Bibliography, linked to images and sounds, legal deposit records and ISBN registration, as well as full text classical Brazilian literature, has created an impact on users. In 1999 registers of copyright records were also made available on the web, and today encompass 200,000 items. An Electronic Consortium of Libraries was created in 1998 which caters to users and also deals with libraries individually through its outreach programme. The sophisticated system of copy cataloguing permits libraries which become members of the Consortium to download full bibliographical records and multimedia, free of charge, from the National Bibliography. The online cataloguing software has built-in automated Portuguese translation offering cataloguers at their workstation access to official translated terms of subject headings used by the Library of Congress. Several thematic sites have been developed to cater to cultural awareness, targeting social, economic and cultural aspects of the different history and life of all states in Brazil, showing the cultural diversity of the North and South of the country.
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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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Krueger, Stephanie. "LIS Students at a Japanese University Use Smartphones for Social Communication more often than for Educational Purposes." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 13, no. 3 (September 13, 2018): 97–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29412.
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Lau, K. P., Chiu, D. K. W., Ho, K. K. W., Lo, P., & See-To, E. W. K. (2017). Educational usage of mobile devices: Differences between postgraduate and undergraduate students. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 43(3), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2017.03.004
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Objective – To discover how undergraduate (UG) and graduate (G; “postgraduate” [PG] in the original article) students of library and information science (LIS) use mobile devices and to understand preferences and perceived barriers to educational use.
Design – Survey questionnaire.
Setting – University in Japan.
Subjects – Ninety undergraduate students (30 male, 60 female) and 30 graduate students (13 male, 17 female). Nineteen additional recruits were excluded from the study due to incomplete surveys. Almost all subjects (>98%) were born between 1982 and 2002.
Methods – Subjects were recruited without incentives from one LIS department. An online survey was conducted with the purpose of gathering information on how often devices were used for various activities, perceived barriers to mobile learning (m-learning), and demographic data. The survey was modeled on a 2015 study of LIS students in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan (Ko, Chiu, Lo, & Ho, 2015). The Mann-Whitley U test was used to investigate possible significant differences between UG and G responses.
Main Results – 94.2% of participants had smartphones with Internet access; both UG and G subjects reported weekly to daily use for social communications (email, short message service [SMS], chat, and social media) and for querying search engines. Both UG and G subjects reported using finance and banking services less than once a month. Other activities (shopping, finding locations, entertainment, sports, tools and productivity software, casual reading, academic reading, accessing reference materials, accessing libraries) for both groups fell within the range of less than once per month to weekly use. Unlike G subjects, UG subjects reported significant (p < 0.05) engagement with social media and marginal (p < 0.10) engagement with accessing libraries, and productivity tools.
In terms of educational use, neither UG nor G subjects reported daily m-learning behaviors, instead reporting monthly to weekly browsing of online information and social networking sites, with far less (i.e., less than once a month) engagement with professional articles, e-books, learning management platforms, and several other activities (listening to podcasts, viewing videos, “other”). UG subjects reported significant marginal (p < 0.10) engagement with “other” materials, unlike G subjects. Library catalogs and databases were less likely to be used when compared to reference sources, with UG and G subjects reporting monthly or less use for these. When asked if they would use mobile library services, respondents answered “maybe interested if available”, with UG subject reporting significant marginal (p < 0.10) engagement vs. G subjects for several of these services. Regarding productivity activities, both UG and G subjects reported monthly or less use of note taking, word processing, and scheduling tools. For communication and sharing activities, subjects reported monthly or less activity for communicating with classmates, using email for study-related issues, posting to discussions on learning management platforms, posting or commenting about their studies on social networking sites, sending photos or videos to social media, moving document files, and scanning Quick Response (QR) codes. UG subjects were marginally (p < 0.10) more engaged in communicating with classmates than G subjects.
Barriers to m-learning were not considered “high” barriers, with “low” to “medium” barriers for both UG and G subjects being small screen size, non-mobile format, difficulty typing, challenges with authentication, no Wi-Fi, difficulty reading, lack of specialized apps, and slow loading times.
Conclusion – This study provides a snapshot of how participants used mobile devices at the time the survey was conducted. Both UG and G subjects used their devices for social communication more than for educational purposes.
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Corman, Sheila. "Subject Analysis in Online Catalogs." Serials Review 28, no. 3 (September 2002): 253–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2002.10764754.
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Landesman, Betty. "Online Public Access Catalogs and Serials." Serials Librarian 11, no. 3-4 (April 28, 1987): 85–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j123v11n03_07.
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Wilkes, Adeline, and Antoinette Nelson. "Subject Searching in Two Online Catalogs." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 20, no. 4 (January 8, 1996): 57–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j104v20n04_05.
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Bates, Marcia J. "Subject access in online catalogs: A design model." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 37, no. 6 (November 1986): 357–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(198611)37:6<357::aid-asi1>3.0.co;2-h.
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Hunsucker, R. Laval. "Master’s Students in History Could Benefit from a Greater Library Sensitivity and Commitment to Interdisciplinarity, and from More Efficient Document Delivery." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 6, no. 3 (September 14, 2011): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8xk81.
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Objective – This study sought to determine the characteristics of research materials used by history students in preparing their master’s theses. Of which information resources formats did such students make use, and in what proportions? What was the age distribution of resources used? What was the dispersal over journal titles and over subject classification, i.e., the degree of interdisciplinarity? To what extent did the master’s students make use of non-English-language materials? To what extent did their institution’s library hold the resources in question?
The investigator was especially interested in finding quantitative support for what he terms two “hypotheses.” The first of these is that historical research depends to a high degree on monographs, journal articles being far less important to it than they are to research in, especially, the natural sciences and technology. The second is that the age distribution of resources important to historical research is much flatter and longer than that of resources upon which researchers in the natural sciences and technology rely.
Design – Citation analysis, supplemented with comprehensive catalogue searches.
Setting – Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), a mid-sized public university located in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Subjects – MA and MS theses (N=47) successfully submitted to the Department of History over the period from academic year 1998/1999 through academic year 2007/2008, inclusive.
Methods – The investigator initially identified the theses through a search of the online catalogue (“Consuls”) of the Connecticut State University system, and retrieved all of them in either electronic or hard-copy form. He then subjected all citations (N=3,498) listed in the references sections of these theses to an examination in order to identify for each cited resource the format, the age, the language, and, in the case of scholarly journal articles, the journal of publication. He carried out bibliographic searches in order to rectify any citations which he had noted to be faulty or incomplete. The study took no account of possible additional citations in footnotes or endnotes or in the text, and did not measure citation intensity (whether, for instance, a thesis referred only once, or perhaps many times, to a given resource). Duplicates “were ignored.” He furthermore performed systematic searches in Consuls and in the Library of Congress (LC) online catalogue in order to establish, insofar as possible, into which assigned LC Classification class each resource fell, and whether it belonged to the holdings of the SCSU library. “Holdings,” as used here, includes physical resources owned, as well as those resources to which the library has licensed access. Not marked as either “held” or “not held” were: resources available online without restriction or charge, items not identified in either Consuls or the LC catalogue, and all government documents. Ages of cited resources were calculated based on the edition or version date actually given in a student’s citation, without any consideration of a possible earlier date of the original version of the publication or document concerned.
Main Results – Format, age distribution, and journal frequency. The local citation analysis found that 53.2% of all cited resources were monographs, 7.8% were scholarly articles, 5.3% were contributed chapters in books, and 0.6% were dissertations or theses. Non-scholarly periodicals accounted for 15.7%, government documents for 6.7%, and freely available web documents for 4.1%. The remainder, approximately 6.5%, comprised archival papers, judicial documents, directories, interviews, posters, audiovisual materials, and 13 other formats. Cited resources, measured back from the date of acceptance of the citing thesis, ranged from 0 to 479 years old; the mode was 3 years, but the median was “25” (p. 170) or “26” (p. 177) years. Just over 70% (i.e., 2,500 cited resources) were more than ten years old. Almost one thousand of the cited resources were fifty or more years old. The 274 scholarly journal articles included in the references sections were spread over 153 distinct journal titles, of which 105 titles made only one appearance, and 136 titles three or fewer appearances. The mean was 1.8 appearances.
Subject dispersal and language. Of the 2,084 cited resources for which LC classification was locatable, 51.5% had a classification other than history, i.e., other than class C, D, E, or F. Nearly two thirds (66.0%) of the cited scholarly journal articles had appeared in journals with a focus other than history. (Note: table 4 is incorrect, precisely reversing the actual ratio.) Of all cited items, 98.5% were in the English language. Half (27) of the non-English-language resources cited were in Korean, all cited in the same thesis. Books (i.e., monographs plus compilations from which contributed chapters were cited) accounted for 87.0% of foreign-language citations. More than four fifths of the examined theses (83.0%) cited not a single non-English-language resource.
Local holdings. Of all 3,498 cited items, 3,022 could be coded as either “held” or “not held” by the SCSU library. Of the items so coded (not, as indicated on p. 180, of all cited items), scarcely two fifths (41.0%) belonged to the library’s holdings. The holdings percentage was highest (72.6%) for the 274 scholarly journal articles cited, followed by the 186 contributed chapters (50.0%), the 550 non-scholarly periodical items (49.5%), and the 1,861 monographs (46.8%). For other cited formats, the percentage was much lower, and in some cases, e.g., for the 55 archival and the 44 judicial documents, it was 0.0%. Of the 54 foreign-language resources cited, the institution’s library held only two.
Conclusion – The investigator concludes that his study’s findings do indeed lend quantitative support to his two “hypotheses.” This outcome will surprise few, if any, librarians; it is in accord with what Koenig (1978) long ago saw as a matter of “intuition” and “all conventional wisdom,” something that many subsequent studies have confirmed. Sherriff accordingly recommends, firstly, that collections which strive to support historical research should, in matters of acquisition policy and budget allocation, take serious account of that field’s relatively strong dependence on monographs. Secondly, the data on age distribution carry obvious implications for librarians’ decision-making on matters such as de-accessioning and weeding, relegation to remote storage, and retrospective acquisitions. This finding should also be considered, for instance, in connection with preservation policy and the maintaining of special collections. He even suggests that librarians “need to teach students the value of reviewing literature historically and showing them how to do so effectively” (p. 177).
Sherriff considers a number of further (tentative) conclusions to be warranted or suggested by the results of this study. First of all, that historical research is now characteristically an interdisciplinary matter, in the sense that it requires extensive access to information resources, including journals, which libraries have traditionally not classified as belonging to the discipline of history itself. For a library supporting such research, this phenomenon “has implications for matters including collection budgets, reference work, bibliographic instruction, and the location of collections and departmental libraries” (p. 168). It also means “that librarians working with history students and history collections need to be aware of the relevant resources in other disciplines. This can improve reference work, research assistance, and bibliographic instruction; it may also help the coordination of acquisitions across departmental lines” (p. 179). Secondly, one may conclude that “there is no ‘core’ collection of journals for history” (p. 178) which will be able to satisfy a large proportion of master’s students’ research needs. Thirdly, the fact that a library such as SCSU’s holds significantly less than half of what master’s students require for preparing their theses “may exercise a narrowing effect on students’ awareness of the existing literature on their topics” (p. 180), “increases the importance of departmental faculty, reference librarians, and subject specialist librarians drawing students’ attention to resources beyond the library’s catalogues and collections” (p. 180), and requires that the library give serious attention to effective document delivery arrangements. Finally, this study’s finding that only a small percentage of master’s students in history made use of non-English-language materials, but then in certain cases used them rather extensively (27 Korean items cited in one thesis, ten Italian in another, nine Spanish in yet another), suggests that acquisition, or at least proactive acquisition, of such materials needn’t be a priority, as long as, once again, the students concerned have easy access to efficient and affordable document delivery services. Sherriff does concede, however, that his finding could indicate “that students are unaware of relevant resources in other languages or are aware of them but lack the language skills necessary to use them” (p. 179).
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