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Editorial and Technological Workflow Tools to Promote Website Quality
Morton-Owens, Emily G.
New York University Health Sciences Libraries
Library websites are an increasingly visible representation of the library as an institution, which makes website quality an important way to communicate competence and trustworthiness to users. A website editorial workflow is one way to enforce a process and ensure quality. In a workflow, users receive roles, like author or editor, and content travels through various stages in which grammar, spelling, tone, and format are checked. One library used a workflow system to involve librarians in the creation of content. This system, implemented in Drupal, an opensource content management system, solved problems of coordination, quality, and comprehensiveness that existed on the library’s earlier, static website.
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2011-09-02 17:00:18
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Factors Affecting University Library Website Design
Kim, Yongi-Mi
University of Oklahoma
Existing studies have extensively explored factors that affect users’ intentions to use university library website resources (ULWR); yet little attention has been given to factors affecting university library website design. This paper investigates factors that affect university library website design and assesses the success of the university library website from both designers’ and users’ perspectives. The findings show that when planning a website, university web designers consider university guidelines, review other websites, and consult with experts and other divisions within the library; however, resources and training for the design process are lacking. While website designers assess their websites as highly successful, user evaluations are somewhat lower. Accordingly, use is low, and users rely heavily on commercial websites. Suggestions for enhancing the usage of ULWR are provided.
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2011-09-02 17:00:18
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Adoption of E-Book Readers Among College Students: A Survey
Foasberg, Nancy M.
Queens College, City University of New York
To learn whether e-book readers have become widely popular among college students, this study surveys students at one large, urban, four-year public college. The survey asked whether the students owned e-book readers and if so, how often they used them and for what purposes. Thus far, uptake is slow; a very small proportion of students use e-readers. These students use them primarily for leisure reading and continue to rely on print for much of their reading. Students reported that price is the greatest barrier to e-reader adoption and had little interest in borrowing e-reader compatible e-books from the library.
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2011-09-02 17:00:18
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Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues and Perspectives
Riley-Huff, Debra A.
University of Mississippi Libraries
Rholes, Julia M.
University of Mississippi Libraries
Libraries are increasingly searching for and employing librarians with significant technology skill sets. This article reports on a study conducted to determine how well prepared librarians are for their positions in academic libraries, how they acquired their skillss and how difficult they are to hire and retain. The examination entails a close look at ALA-accredited LIS program technology course offerings and dovetails a dual survey designed to capture experiences and perspectives from practitioners, both library administrators and librarianss who have significant technology roles.
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2011-09-02 17:00:18
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Library Use of Web-based Research Guides
Ghaphery, Jimmy
Virginia Commonwealth University
White, Erin
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
This paper describes the ways in which libraries are currently implementing and managing web-based research guides (a.k.a. Pathfinders, LibGuides, Subject Guides, etc.) by examining two sets of data from the spring of 2011. One set of data was compiled by visiting the websites of ninety-nine American university ARL libraries and recording the characteristics of each site’s research guides. The other set of data is based on an online survey of librarians about the ways in which their libraries implement and maintain research guides. In conclusion, a discussion follows that includes implications for the library technology community.
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2008-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012)
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A File Storage Service on a Cloud Computing Environment for Digital Libraries
Sosa-Sosa, Victor Jesus
CINVESTAV-Tamaulipas http://www.tamps.cinvestav.mx/~vjsosa
Hernandez-Ramirez, Emigdio M.
This paper introduces a file storage service that is implemented on a private/hybrid cloud computing environment. The entire system was implemented using open source software. The characteristic of elasticity is supported by virtualization technologies allowing to increase and to decrease the computing and storage resources based on their demand. An evaluation of performance and resource consumption was made using several levels of data availability and fault tolerance. The set of modules included in this storage environment can be taken as a reference guide for IT staff that wants to have some experience building a modest cloud storage infrastructure.
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2012-12-11 22:50:11
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012)
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Academic Uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a Library Setting
Dodsworth, Eva
University of Waterloo
Nicholson, Andrew
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Over the last several years, Google Earth and Google Maps have been adopted by many academic institutions as an academic research and mapping tool. The authors were interested in discovering how popular the Google mapping products are in the academic library setting. A survey was conducted to establish the mapping products’ popularity, and type of use in an academic library setting. Results show that over 90% of the respondents use Google Earth and Google Maps either to help answer research questions, to create and access finding aids, for instructional purposes or for promotion and marketing. The authors recommend expanding the mapping product’s user base to include all reference and liaison librarians.
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012)
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Usability Test Results for a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library
Fagan, Jody Condit
James Madison University
Mandernach, Meris A.
James Madison University
Nelson, Carl S.
James Madison University
Paulo, Jonathan R.
James Madison University
Saunders, Grover
James Madison University
Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurrently search the library catalog and journal articles. While vendors rush to provide feature-rich interfaces and access to as much content as possible, librarians wonder about the usefulness of these tools to library patrons. In order to learn about both the utility and usability of EBSCO Discovery Service, James Madison University conducted a usability test with eight students and two faculty members. The test consisted of nine tasks focused on common patron requests or related to the utility of specific discovery tool features. Software recorded participants’ actions and time on task, human observers judged the success of each task, and a post-survey questionnaire gathered qualitative feedback and comments from the participants. Overall, participants were successful at most tasks, but specific usability problems suggested some interface changes for both EBSCO Discovery Service and JMU’s customizations of the tool. The study also raised several questions for libraries above and beyond any specific discovery tool interface, including the scope and purpose of a discovery tool versus other library systems, working with the large result sets made possible by discovery tools, and navigation between the tool and other library services and resources. This article will be of interest to those who are investigating discovery tools, selecting products, integrating discovery tools into a library web presence, or performing evaluations of similar systems.
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2008-03-01 00:00:00
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Copyright: Regulation Out of Line with our Digital Reality?
McDermott, Abigail J.
University of Maryland
This paper provides a brief overview of the current state of copyright law in the United States, focusing on the negative impacts of these policies on libraries and patrons. The article discusses four challenges current copyright law presents to libraries and the public in general, highlighting three concrete ways intellectual property law interferes with digital library services and systems. Finally, the author suggests that a greater emphasis on copyright literacy and a commitment among the library community to advocate for fairer policies is vital to correcting the imbalance between the interests of the public and those of copyright holders.
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2008-03-01 00:00:00
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Graphs in Libraries: A Primer
Powell, James E.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alcazar, Daniel A.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hopkins, Matthew
Los Alamos National Laboratory
McMahon, Tamara M.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wu, Amber
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Collins, Linn
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Olendorf, Robert
University of New Mexico
Whenever librarians use Semantic Web services and standards for representing data, they also generate graphs, whether they intend to or not. Graphs are a new data model for libraries and librarians, and they present new opportunities for library services. In this paper we introduce graph theory and explore its real and potential applications in the context of digital libraries. Part 1 describes basic concepts in graph theory and how graph theory has been applied by information retrieval systems such as Google. Part 2 discusses practical applications of graph theory in digital library environments. Some of the applications have been prototyped at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, others have been described in peer-reviewed journals, and still others are speculative in nature. The paper is intended to serve as a high-level tutorial to graphs in libraries.
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2011-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011)
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Cataloging Theory in Search of Graph Theory and Other Ivory Towers
Murray, Ronald J.
Library of Congress
Tillett, Barbara B.
Library of Congress
This paper summarizes a research program that focuses on how catalogers, other cultural heritage information workers, web/Semantic Web technologists, and the general public understand, explain, and manage resource description tasks by creating, counting, measuring, classifying, and otherwise arranging descriptions of cultural heritage resources within the bibliographic universe and beyond it. A significant effort is made to update the nineteenth-century mathematical and scientific ideas present in traditional cataloging theory to their twentieth- and twenty-first-century counterparts. There are two key elements in this approach: (1) a technique for diagrammatically depicting and manipulating large quantities of individual and grouped bibliographic entities and the relationships between them, and (2) the creation of resource description exemplars (problem–solution sets) that are intended to play theoretical, pedagogical, and IT system design roles.
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2011-12-01 00:00:00
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Selecting a Web Content Management System for an Academic Library Website
Black, Elizabeth L.
Ohio State University
This article describes the selection of a web content management system (CMS) at the Ohio State University Libraries. The author outlines the need for a CMS, describes the system requirements to support a large distributed content model and shares the CMS trial method used, which directly included content provider feedback side-by-side with the technical experts. The selected CMS is briefly described.
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2011-12-01 00:00:00
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Improving Independent Student Navigation of Complex Educational Web Sites: An Analysis of Two Navigation Design Changes in LibGuides
Pittsley, Kate A
Eastern Michigan University http://www.emich.edu/library/
Memmott, Sara
Eastern Michigan University http://www.emich.edu/library/
Can the navigation of complex research web sites be improved so that users more often find their way without intermediation or instruction? Librarians at Eastern Michigan University discovered that students were not recognizing navigational elements on web based research guides and tested possible solutions. In this study, two types of navigation improvements were applied to separate sets of online guides. Both sets of experimental guides showed an increase in use of navigation to secondary pages of the guides.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Usability Study of a Library's Mobile Website: An Example from Portland State University
Pendell, Kimberly D.
Portland State University
Bowman, Michael S.
Portland State University
To discover how a newly developed library mobile website performed across a variety of devices, the authors used a hybrid field and laboratory methodology to conduct a usability test of the website. Twelve student participants were recruited and selected according to phone type. Results revealed a wide array of errors attributed to site design, wireless network connections, as well as phone hardware and software. This study provides an example methodology for testing library mobile websites, identifies issues associated with mobile websites, and provides recommendations for improving the user experience.
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012)
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The Next Generation Integrated Library System: A Promise Fulfilled?
Wang, Yongming
The College of New Jersey
Dawes, Trevor A
Princeton University
The adoption of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) became prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s as libraries began or continued to automate their processes. These systems enabled library staff to work, in many cases, more efficiently than they had been in the past. However, these systems were also restrictive – especially as the nature of the work began to change, largely in response to the growth of electronic and digital resources – for which these systems were not intended to manage. New library systems – the second (or next) generation library systems are needed in order to effectively manage the processes of acquiring, describing and making available all library resources. This article examines the state of library systems today and describes the features needed in a next generation library system. The authors also examine some of the next generation library systems currently in development that purport to fill the changing needs of libraries.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Investigations into Library Web-Scale Discovery Services
Vaughan, Jason
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Web-scale discovery services for libraries provide deep discovery to a library’s local and licensed content, and represent an evolution, perhaps a revolution, for end user information discovery as pertains to library collections. This article frames the topic of web-scale discovery, and begins by illuminating web-scale discovery from an academic library’s perspective – that is, the internal perspective seeking widespread staff participation in the discovery conversation. This included the creation of a discovery task force, a group which educated library staff, conducted internal staff surveys, and gathered observations from early adopters. The article next addresses the substantial research conducted with library vendors which have developed these services. Such work included drafting of multiple comprehensive question lists distributed to the vendors, onsite vendor visits, and continual tracking of service enhancements. Together, feedback gained from library staff, insights arrived at by the Discovery Task Force, and information gathered from vendors collectively informed the recommendation of a service for the UNLV Libraries.
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2008-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012)
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METS as an 'Intermediary' Schema for a Digital Library of Complex Scientific Multimedia
Gartner, Richard
King's College London
The use of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) schema as a mechanism for delivering a digital library of complex scientific multimedia is examined as an alternative to the Fedora Content Model (FCM). Using METS as an 'intermediary' schema, where it functions as a template which is populated with content metadata on-the-fly using an XSLT transformation, it is possible to replicate the flexibility of structure and granularity of FCM while avoiding its complexity and often substantial demands on developers.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Trends at a Glance: A Management Dashboard of Library Statistics
Morton-Owens, Emily G
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington
Hanson, Karen L
NYU Health Sciences Libraries, New York, New York,
Systems librarians at an academic medical library created a management data dashboard. Charts were designed using best practices for data visualization and dashboard layout, and include metrics on gatecount, website visits, IM reference chats, circulation, and ILL volume and turnaround time. Several charts draw on EZproxy log data that has been analyzed and linked to other databases to reveal use by different academic departments and user roles (such as faculty or student). Most charts are bar charts and include a linear regression trendline. The implementation uses Perl scripts to retrieve data from eight different sources and add it to a MySQL data warehouse, from which PHP/Javascript webpages use Google Chart Tools to create the dashboard charts.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Learning to Share: Measuring Use of a Digitized Collection on Flickr and in the IR
Schlosser, Melanie
The Ohio State University Libraries
Stamper, Brian
There is very little public data on usage of digitized library collections. New methods for promoting and sharing digitized collections are created all the time, but very little investigation has been done on the effect of those efforts on usage of the collections on library websites. This study attempts to measure the effects of reposting a collection on Flickr on use of the collection in a library-run institutional repository. The results are inconclusive, but the paper provides background on the topic and guidance for future efforts.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Autocomplete as Research Tool: A Study on Providing Search Suggestions
Ward, David
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Hahn, Jim
University of Illinois
Feist, Kirsten
University of Illinois
As the library website and on its online searching tools become the primary “branch” many users visit for their research, methods for providing automated, context-sensitive research assistance need to be developed to guide unmediated searching towards the most relevant results. This study examines one such method, the use of autocompletion in search interfaces, by conducting usability tests on its use in typical academic research scenarios. The study reports notable findings on user preference for autocomplete features, and suggests best practices for their implementation.
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2012-12-11 22:50:11
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012)
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Information Retrieval Using a Middleware Approach
Boberić Krstićev, Danijela
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics,University of Novi Sad
This paper explores the use of a mediator/wrapper approach to enable the search of an existing library management system using different information retrieval protocols. It proposes an architecture for a software component that will act as an intermediary between the library system and search services. It provides an overview of different approaches to add Z39.50 and Search/Retrieval via URL (SRU) functionality using a middleware approach that is implemented on the BISIS library management system. That wrapper performs transformation of Contextual Query Language (CQL) into Lucene query language. The primary aim of this software component is to enable search and retrieval of bibliographic records using the SRU and Z39.50 protocols, but the proposed architecture of the software components is also suitable for inclusion of the existing library management system into a library portal. The software component provides a single interface to server-side protocols for search and retrieval of records. Additional protocols could be used. This paper provides practical demonstration of interest to developers of library management systems and those who are trying to use open-source solutions to make their local catalog accessible to other systems.
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2013-03-30 05:56:45
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013)
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Examining Attributes of Open Standard File Formats for Long-term Preservation and Open Access
Park, Eun G
McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/sis/people/faculty/park
Oh, Sam
Sungkyunkwan University
This study examines the attributes that have been used to assess file formats in literature and compiles the most frequently used attributes of file formats in order to establish open standard file format selection criteria. A comprehensive review was undertaken to identify the current knowledge regarding file format selection criteria. The findings indicate that the most common criteria can be categorized into five major groups: functionality, metadata, openness, interoperability and independence. These attributes appear to be closely related. Additional attributes include presentation, authenticity, adoption, protection, preservation, reference and others.
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2012-12-11 22:50:11
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012)
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Reference Information Extraction and Processing Using Random Conditional Fields
Groza, Tudor
University of Queensland
Grimnes, AAstrand
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Handschuh, Siegfried
National University of Ireland, Galway
Fostering both the creation and the linking of data with the scope of supporting the growth of the Linked Data Web requires us to improve the acquisition and extraction mechanisms of the underlying semantic metadata. This is particularly important for the scientific publishing domain, where currently most of the datasets are being created in an author-driven, manual manner. In addition, such datasets capture only fragments of the complete metadata, omitting usually, important elements such as the references, although they represent valuable information. In this paper we present an approach that aims at dealing with this aspect of extraction and processing of reference information. The experimental evaluation shows that, currently, our solution handles very well diverse types of reference format, thus making it usable for, or adaptable to, any area of scientific publishing.
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012)
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Public Library Computer Waiting Queues: Alternatives to the First-Come-First-Served Strategy
Williamson, Stuart
Metropolitan Library System
This paper summarizes the results of a simulation of alternative queuing strategies for a public library computer sign-up system. Using computer usage data gathered from a public library, the performance of these various queuing strategies is compared in terms of the distribution of user wait times. The consequences of partitioning a pool of public computers are illustrated as are the potential benefits of prioritizing users in the waiting queue according to the amount of computer time they desire.
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Resource Discovery: Comparative Results on Two Catalog Interfaces
Hessel, Heather
Fransen, Janet
University of Minnesota
Like many libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities now offers a next-generation catalog alongside a traditional online public access catalog (OPAC). One year after the launch of its new platform as the default catalog, usage data for the OPAC remained relatively high, and anecdotal comments raised questions. In response, the Libraries conducted surveys that covered topics such as perceptions of success, known-item searching, preferred search environments, and desirable resource types. Results show distinct differences in the behavior of faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate survey respondents, and between library staff and non-library staff respondents. Both quantitative and qualitative data inform the analysis and conclusions.
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Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?
Dresselhaus, Angela
Shrode, Flora
Utah State University
In this paper we report on two surveys and offer an introductory plan that librarians may use to begin implementing mobile access to selected library databases and services. Results from the first survey helped us to gain insight into where students at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah, stand regarding their use of mobile devices for academic activities in general and their desire for access to library services and resources in particular. A second survey, conducted with librarians, gave us an idea of the extent to which responding libraries offer mobile access, their future plans for mobile implementation, and their opinions about whether and how mobile technologies may be useful to library patrons. In the last segment of the paper, we outline steps librarians can take as they “go mobile.”
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation
Kastellec, Mike
North Carolina State University
This paper examines factors that limit the ability of institutions to digitally preserve the cultural heritage of the modern era. The author takes a wide-ranging approach to shed light on limitations to the scope of digital preservation. The author finds that technological limitations to digital preservation have been addressed but still exist, and that non-technical aspects—access, selection, law, and finances—move into the foreground as technological limitations recede. The author proposes a nested model of constraints to the scope of digital preservation and concludes that costs are digital preservation’s most pervasive limitation.
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2012-06-12 17:00:01
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Extending IM beyond the Reference Desk: A Case Study on the Integration of Chat Reference and Library-Wide Instant Messaging Network
Chan, Ian
California State University, San Marcos
Ly, Pearl
Pasadena Community College
Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani
California State University, San Marcos
Openfire is an open source IM network and a single unified application that meets the needs of chat reference and internal communications. In Fall 2009, the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Library began use of Openfire and other Jive software instant messaging technologies, to simultaneously improve our existing IM-integrated chat reference software and implement an internal IM network. This case study describes the chat reference and internal communications environment at the CSUSM Library and the selection, implementation, and evaluation of Openfire. In addition, the authors discuss the benefits of deploying an integrated instant messaging and chat reference network.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Experiences of Migrating to Open Source Integrated Library Systems
Singh, Vandana
School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee
Interest in migrating to open source integrated library systems is continually growing in libraries. Along with the interest, lack of empirical research and evidence to compare the process of migration brings a lot of anxiety to the interested librarians. In this research, twenty librarians who have worked in libraries that migrated to open source ILS or are in the process of migrating were interviewed. The interviews focused on their experiences and the lessons learned in the process of migration. The results from the interviews are used to create guidelines/best practices for each stage of the adoption process of open source ILS. These guidelines will be helpful or librarians who want to research and/or adopt open source ILS.
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2013-03-30 05:56:45
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013)
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Student Use of Library Computers: Are Desktop Computers Still Relevant in Today's Libraries?
Thompson, Susan
California State University San Marcos http://library.csusm.edu
Academic libraries have traditionally provided computers for students to access their collections and, more recently, facilitate all aspects of studying. Recent changes in technology, particularly the increased presence of mobile devices, calls into question how libraries can best provide technology support and how it might impact the use of other library services. A two-year study conducted at California State University San Marcos library analyzed student use of the computers in the library, both the library’s own desktop computers and laptops owned by students. The results found that, despite the increased ownership of mobile technology by students, they still clearly preferred to use desktop computers in the library. It also showed that students who used computers in the library were more likely to use other library services and physical collections.
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2012-12-11 22:50:11
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012)
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Social Contexts of New Media Literacy: Mapping Libraries
Thorne Wallington, Elizabeth
Washington University in St. Louis
The development and diffusion of new media and digital technologies has profoundly affected the literacy experiences of today’s youth. Young people today develop literacy through a variety of new media and digital technologies (Ito et al, 2009). The dissemination of these resources has also allowed for youth to have literacy-rich experiences in an array of different settings. This paper will explore how mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) can help illuminate the cultural and social factors related to how, and where, students access and use new media literacies and digital technology. Libraries play an important role in encouraging new media literacy development; yet access to libraries must be understood through social and cultural contexts.
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2013-12-22 06:11:14
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Modeling a Library Web Site Redesign Process: Developing a User-Centered Web Site Through Usability Testing
Becker, Danielle A.
Hunter College Libraries
East Building, Room E412
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Yannotta, Lauren
This article presents a model for creating a strong, user-centered web presence by pairing usability testing and the design process. Four rounds of usability testing were conducted throughout the process of building a new academic library web site. Participants were asked to perform tasks using a talk-aloud protocol. Tasks were based on guiding principles of web usability that served as a framework for the new site. Results from this study show that testing throughout the design process is an effective way to build a web site that not only reflects user needs and preferences, but can be easily changed as new resources and technologies emerge.
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2013-03-30 05:56:45
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013)
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Eclipse Editor for MARC Records
Surla, Bojana Dimić
University of Novi Sad
Editing bibliographic data is an important part of library information systems. In this paper we discuss existing approaches in developing of user interface for editing MARC records. There are two basic approaches, screen forms that support entering bibliographic data without knowledge of the MARC structure and direct editing of MARC records that is shown on the screen. The main result presented in the paper is Eclipse editor for MARC records that fully supports editing of MARC records. It is written in Java as Eclipse plug-in so it is platform-independent. It can be extended for using with any data store. At the end, the paper presents Rich Client Platform application made of MARC editor plug-in which can be used outside of Eclipse. The practical application of the results is integration of created Rich Client Platform application in BISIS library information system.
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2012-09-11 22:06:06
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)
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Mapping for the Masses: GIS Lite & Online Mapping Tools in Academic Libraries
Weessies, Kathleen W.
Michigan State University http://www.lib.msu.edu/contact/libstaff-listing.jsp?id=weessie2
Dotson, Daniel S.
The Ohio State University http://pro.osumc.edu/profiles/dotson.77/
Customized colorful maps depicting complex social data are much more prevalent today than in the past. Not only in formal published outlets, interactive map sites make it easy to create and publish custom maps in more casual outlets such as social media. This article defines GIS Lite, describes three licensed products currently licensed by institutions, and discusses issues that arise from their varied functionality and license restrictions.
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2013-03-30 05:56:45
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Animated Subject Maps for Book Collections
Donahue, Tim
Montana State University
Of our two primary textual formats, articles by far have received the most fiscal and technological support in recent decades. Meanwhile, our more traditional format, the book, seems in some ways to already be treated as a languishing symbol of the past. The development of OPACs and the abandonment of card catalogs in the Eighties and Nineties is the seminal evolution in print monograph access, but little else has changed. To help users locate books by call number and browse the collection by subject, animated subject maps were created. While the initial aim is a practical one, helping users to locate books and subjects, the subject maps also reveal the knowledge organization of the physical library, which it displays in a way that can be meaningful to faculty, students, and other community members. We can do more with current technologies to assist and enrich the experience of users searching and browsing for books. The subject map is hopefully an example of how we can do more in this regard.
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2013-06-09 19:38:30
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 2 (2013)
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Computer Based Acquisitions System at Texas A&I University
Morris, Ned C.
Texas A&I University
In September 1966, a system was initiated at the University which provides for the use of automatically produced multiple orders and for the use of change chards to update order information on previously placed orders already on disk storage. The system is geared to an IBM 1620 Central Proessing Unit (40K) which has processed a total of 10,222 order transactions the first year. It is believed that the system will lend itself to further development within its existing framework and that it will be capable of handling future work loads.
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1968-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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A Book Catalog at Stanford
Johnson, Richard D.
Stanford University Libraries
Description of a system for the production of a book catalog for an undergraduate library, using an IBM 1401 Computer (12K storage, 4 tape drives), an expanded print chain on the 1403 Printer, and an 029 Card Punch for input. Described are the conversion of cataloging information into machine readable form, the machine record produced, the computer programs employed, and printing of the catalog. The catalog, issued annually, is in three parts: an author & title catalog, a subject catalog, and a shelf list. Cumulative supplements are issued quarterly. A central idea in the depiction of entries in the catalog is the abandonment of the main entry concept. The alphabetical arrangement of entries is discuessed: sort keys employed, filing order observed, symbols employed to alter this order, and problems encountered. Cost factors involved in the preparation of the catalog are summarized.
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1968-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Brown University Library Fund Accounting System
Wedgeworth, Robert
Brown University
The computer-based acquisitions procedures which have been developed at the Library provide more efficient and more effective control over fund accounting and the maintenance of an outstanding order file. The system illustrates an economical, yet highly flexible, approach to automated acquisitions procedures in a university library.
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1968-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Comparative Costs of Converting Shelf List Records to Machine Readable Form
Chapin, Richard E.
Michigan State University
Pretzer, Dale H.
Michigan State University
A study at Michigan State University Library compared the costs of three different methods of conversion: keypunching, paper-tape typewriting, and optical scanning by a service bureau. The record converted included call number, copy number, first 39 letters of the author's name, first 43 letters of the title, and date of publication. Source documents were all of the shelf list cards at the Library. The end products were a master book tape of the library collections and a machine readable book card for each volume to be used in an automated circulation system.
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1968-03-01 00:00:00
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The Development and Administration of Automated Systems in Academic Libraries
De Gennaro, Richard
Harvard University Library
The first partof this paper considers three general approaches to the development of an automation system in a large research library. The library may decide simply to wait for developments; it may attempt to develop a total or integrated system from the start; or it may adopt an evolutionary approach leading to an integrated system. Oustside consultants, it is suggested, will become increasingly important. The second part of the paper deals with important elements in any program regardless of the approach. These include the building of a capability to do automation work, staffing, equipment, organizational structure, selection of projects, and costs.
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1968-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Automated Book Order and Circulation Control Procedures at the Oakland University Library
Auld, Lawrence
Oakland University
Automated systems of book order and circulation control using an IBM 1620 Computer are described as developed at Oakland University. Relative degrees of success and failure are discussed briefly.
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1968-05-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Creation of Computer Input in an Expanded Character Set
Black, Donald V.
System Development Corporation
Keypunching of an expanded character set for library catalog data is described. The set included 101 different characters. Source documents were shelf list cards, the master record at the University of California Library, Santa Cruz. At the end of February 1967, some 50 million characters, representing more than 110,000 separate titles, had been punched. Some of the considerations leading to the adoption of this method for the creation of machine readable input are given, and details on costs and production rates.
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1968-05-31 23:00:00
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Costs of Library Catalog Cards Produced by Computer
Kilgour, Frederick G.
Ohio College Library Center
Production costs of 79,831 cards are analyzed. Cards were produced by four variants of the Columbia-Harvard-Yale procedure employing an IBM 870 Document Writer and an IBM 1401 computer. Costs per card ranged from 8.8 to 9.8 cents for completed cards.
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1968-05-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Bell Laboratories' Library Real-Time Loan System (BELLREL)
Kennedy, R. A.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell Telephone Laboratories has established an on-line circulation system linking two terminals in each of its three largest libraries to a central computer. Objectives include imporved service through computer pooling of collections, immediate reporting on publication availability or a borrower's record, automatice reserve follow-up; reduced labor; and increased management information. loans, returns, reserves and many queries are handled in real time. Input may be keyboard only or combined with card reading, to handle all publications with borrower present or absent. BELLREL is now being used for some 1500 transactions per day.
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1968-05-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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An Integrated Computer Based Technical Processing System in a Small College Library
Scott, Jack W.
Kent State University Library http://library.uq.edu.au
A functioning technical processing system in a two-year community college library utilizes a model 2201 Friden Flexowriter with punch card control and tab card reading units, an IBM 026 Key Punch, and an IBM 1440 computer, with two tape and two disc drives, to produce all acquisitions and catalog files based primarily on a single typing at the time of initiating an order. Records generated by the initial order, with slight updating of information, are used to produce, via computer, manual and mechanized order files and shelf lists, catalogs in both the traditional 3x5 card form and book form, mechanized claiming of unfilled orders, and subject bibliographies.
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1968-08-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Cost Comparison of Computer Versus Manual Catalog Maintenance
Kountz, John C.
County of Orange Public Library
Is a computer assisted catalog system less expensive than its manual counterpart? A method for comparing the two was developed and applied to historical data from the Orange County Public Library. Comparative costs obtained were $.89 per entry for computer assisted catalog maintenance versus $1.71 for manual maintenance.
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1968-08-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Subject Reference Lists Produced by Computer
Chen, Ching-chih
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kingham, E. Robert
University of Waterloo
A system developed to produce fourteen subject reference lists by IBM 360/75 is described in detail. The computerized system has many advantages over conventional manual procedures. The feedback from students and other users is discussed, and some analysis of cost is included.
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1968-08-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Production of Library Catalog Cards and Bulletin Using an IBM 1620 Computer and an IBM 870 Document Writing System
Murrill, Donald P.
Philip Morris
A program is presented which runs on an IBM 1620 Computer and produces punched cards that activate an IBM 870 Document Writing System to type catalog cards in upper- and lower-case characters. Another program produces punched cards which instruct the 870 to type a library accessions bulletin. The programs are written in FORTRAN II and are described in detail. Estimates of costs and production times are included.
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1968-08-31 23:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Conversion of Bibliographic Information to Machine Readable Form Using On-Line Computer Terminals
Balfour, Frederick M.
State University of New York, Buffalo
A description of the first six months of a project to convert to machine readable form the entire shelf list of the Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo. IBM DATATEXT, the on-line computer service which was used for the conversion, provided an upper- and lower-case typewriter which transmitted data to disk storage of a digital computer. Output was a magnetic tape containing bibliographic information tagged in a modified MARC I format. Typists performed all tagging at the console. All information except diacriticals and non-Roman alphabets was converted. Direct costs for the first six months were $.55 per title.
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1968-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Bibliographic Retrieval from Bibliographic Input; the Hypothesis and Construction of a Test
Ruecking, Jr., Frederick H.
Rice University
A study of problems associated with bibliographic retrieval using unverified input data supplied by requesters. A code derived from compression of title and author information to four, four-character abbreviations each was used for retrieval tests on an IBM 1401 computer. Retrieval accuracy was 98.67%
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1968-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Automatic Retrieval of Biographical Reference Books
Weil, Cherie B.
University of Chicago
A description of one of the first projected attempts to automate a reference service, that of advising which biographical reference book to use. Two hundred and thirty-four biographical books were categorized as to type of subjects included and contents of the uniform entries they contain. A computer program which selects up to five books most likely to contain answers to biographical questions is described and its test results presented An evaluation of the system and a discussion of ways to extend the scheme to other forms of reference work are given.
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1968-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Compression Word Coding Techniques for Information Retrieval
Nugent, William R.
Inforonics, Inc.
A description and comparison is presented of four compression techniques for word coding having application to information retrieval. The emphasis is on codes useful in creating directories to large data files. It is further shown how differing application objectives lead to differing measures of optimality for codes, though compression may be a common quality.
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1968-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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MARC II and COBOL
Avram, Henriette D.
Library of Congress
Droz, Julius R.
Library of Congress
A description of the machine processing of MARC II records using COBOL for an application on the Library of Congress System 360/30. Emphasis is on the manipulation by COBOL of highly complex variable length MARC records containing variable length fields.
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1968-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation
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Management and Support of Shared Integrated Library Systems
Vaughan, Jason
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Costello, Kristen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems.
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2011-06-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011)
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A Simple Scheme for Book Classification Using Wikipedia
Yelton, Andromeda
Because the rate at which documents are being generated outstrips librarians’ ability to catalog them, an accurate, automated scheme of subject classification is desirable. However, simplistic word-counting schemes miss many important concepts; librarians must enrich algorithms with background knowledge to escape basic problems such as polysemy and synonymy. I have developed a script that uses Wikipedia as context for analyzing the subjects of nonfiction books. Though a simple method built quickly from freely available parts, it is partially successful, suggesting the promise of such an approach for future research.
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2011-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)
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The Internet Public Library (IPL): An Exploratory Case Study on User Perceptions
Maceli, Monica
Wiedenbeck, Susan
Abels, Eileen
The Internet Public Library (IPL), now known as ipl2, was created in 1995 with the mission of serving the public by providing librarian-recommended Internet resources and reference help. We present an exploratory case study on public perceptions of an “Internet public library,” based on qualitative analysis of interviews with ten college student participants: some current users and others unfamiliar with the IPL. The exploratory interviews revealed some confusion around the IPL’s name and the types of resources and services that would be offered. Participants made many positive comments about the IPL’s resource quality, credibility, and personal help.
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2011-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)
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Semantic Web for Reliable Citation Analysis in Scholarly Publishing
Tous, Ruben
Guerrero, Manel
Delgado, Jaime
Analysis of the impact of scholarly artifacts is constrained by current unreliable practices in cross-referencing, citation discovering, and citation indexing and analysis, which have not kept pace with the technological advances that are occurring in several areas like knowledge management and security. Because citation analysis has become the primary component in scholarly impact factor calculation, and considering the relevance of this metric within both the scholarly publishing value chain and (especially important) the professional curriculum evaluation of scholarly professionals, we defend that current practices need to be revised. This paper describes a reference architecture that aims to provide openness and reliability to the citation-tracking lifecycle. The solution relies on the use of digitally signed semantic metadata in the different stages of the scholarly publishing workflow in such a manner that authors, publishers, repositories, and citation-analysis systems will have access to independent reliable evidences that are resistant to forgery, impersonation, and repudiation. As far as we know, this is the first paper to combine Semantic Web technologies and public-key cryptography to achieve reliable citation analysis in scholarly publishing
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2011-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)
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Web Accessibility, Libraries, and the Law
Fulton, Camilla
With an abundance of library resources being served on the web, researchers are finding that disabled people oftentimes do not have the same level of access to materials as their nondisabled peers. This paper discusses web accessibility in the context of United States’ federal laws most referenced in web accessibility lawsuits. Additionally, it reveals which states have statutes that mirror federal web accessibility guidelines and to what extent. Interestingly, fewer than half of the states have adopted statutes addressing web accessibility, and fewer than half of these reference Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. Regardless of sparse legislation surrounding web accessibility, librarians should consult the appropriate web accessibility resources to ensure that their specialized content reaches all.
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2011-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)
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Usability of the VuFind Next-Generation Online Catalog
Emanuel, Jennifer
The VuFind open–source, next-generation catalog system was implemented by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois as an alternative to the WebVoyage OPAC system. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign began offering VuFind alongside WebVoyage in 2009 as an experiment in next generation catalogs. Using a faceted search discovery interface, it offered numerous improvements to the UIUC catalog and focused on limiting results after searching rather than limiting searches up front. Library users have praised VuFind for its Web 2.0 feel and features. However, there are issues, particularly with catalog data.
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2011-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011)
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Searchable Signatures: Context and the Struggle for Recognition
Schlesselman-Tarango, Gina
University of Denver
Social networking sites made possible through Web 2.0 allow for unique user-generated tags called “searchable signatures.” These tags move beyond the descriptive and act as means for users to assert online individual and group identities. A study of searchable signatures on the Instagram application demonstrates that these types of tags are valuable not only because they allow for both individuals and groups to engage in what social theorist Axel Honneth calls the struggle for recognition, but also because they provide contextual use data and sociohistorical information so important to the understanding of digital objects. This article explores how searchable signatures might be used by both patrons and staff in library environments.
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2013-09-15 05:38:53
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 3 (2013)
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First Aid Training for Those on the Front Lines: Digital Preservation Needs Survey Results 2012
DeRidder, Jody L.
University of Alabama http://jodyderidder.com
Every day history is being made and recorded in digital form. Every day, more and more digitally-captured history disappears completely or becomes inaccessible due to obsolescence of hardware, software, and formats. Although it has long been the focus of libraries and archives to retain, organize, and preserve information, these communities face a critical skills gap. Until we have in place the infrastructure, expertise and resources to distill critical information from the digital deluge and preserve it appropriately, what steps can those in the field take to help mitigate the loss of our cultural heritage? This article argues for the need for practical, accessible free or low-cost digital preservation training webinars, and reports on the results of a survey to identify the most important topics and types of materials on which to focus.
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2013-06-09 19:38:30
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 2 (2013)
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Generating Collaborative Systems for Digital Libraries: a Model-Driven Approach
Malizia, Alessio
Bottoni, Paolo
Levialdi, S.
The design and development of a digital library involves different stakeholders, such as: information architects, librarians, and domain experts, who need to agree on a common language to describe, discuss, and negotiate the services the library has to offer. To this end, high-level, language-neutral models have to be devised. Metamodeling techniques favor the definition of domainspecific visual languages through which stakeholders can share their views and directly manipulate representations of the domain entities. This paper describes CRADLE (Cooperative-Relational Approach to Digital Library Environments), a metamodel-based framework and visual language for the definition of notions and services related to the development of digital libraries. A collection of tools allows the automatic generation of several services, defined with the CRADLE visual language, and of the graphical user interfaces providing access to them for the final user. The effectiveness of the approach is illustrated by presenting digital libraries generated with CRADLE, while the CRADLE environment has been evaluated by using the cognitive dimensions framework.
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2010-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010)
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The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband
Visser, Marijke
Ball, Mary Alice
This paper discusses the role of the public library in ensuring access to the broadband communication that is so critical in today’s knowledge-based society. It examines the culture of information in 2010, and then asks what it means if individuals are online or not. The paper also explores current issues surrounding telecommunications and policy, and finally seeks to understand the role of the library in this highly technological, perpetually connected world.
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2010-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010)
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An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies
Hilera, José R.
Pagés, Carmen
Martínez, J. Javier
Gutiérrez, J. Antonio
de-Marcos, Luis
This paper describes a method to generate ontologies from glossaries of terms. The proposed method presupposes an evolutionary life cycle based on successive transformations of the original glossary that lead to products of intermediate knowledge representation (dictionary, taxonomy, and thesaurus). These products are characterized by an increase in semantic expressiveness in comparison to the product obtained in the previous transformation, with the ontology as the end product. Although this method has been applied to produce an ontology from the “IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology,” it could be applied to any glossary of any knowledge domain to generate an ontology that may be used to index or search for information resources and documents stored in libraries or on the Semantic Web.
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2010-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010)
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Bridging the Gap: Self-Directed Staff Technology Training
Quinney, Kayla L.
Smith, Sara D.
Galbraith, Quinn
Undergraduates, as members of the Millennial Generation, are proficient in Web 2.0 technology and expect to apply these technologies to their coursework—including scholarly research. To remain relevant, academic libraries need to provide the technology that student patrons expect, and academic librarians need to learn and use these technologies themselves. Because leaders at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University (HBLL) perceived a gap in technology use between students and their staff and faculty, they developed and implemented the Technology Challenge, a self-directed technology training program that rewarded employees for exploring technology daily. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Technology Challenge through an analysis of results of surveys given to participants before and after the Technology Challenge was implemented. The program will also be evaluated in terms of the adult learning theories of andragogy and selfdirected learning. HBLL found that a self-directed approach fosters technology skills that librarians need to best serve students. In addition, it promotes lifelong learning habits to keep abreast of emerging technologies. This paper offers some insights and methods that could be applied in other libraries, the most valuable of which is the use of self-directed and andragogical training methods to help academic libraries better integrate modern technologies.
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2010-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010)
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Next-Generation Library Catalogs and the Problem of Slow Response Time
Brown-Sica, Margaret
Beall, Jeffrey
McHale, Nina
Response time as defined for this study is the time that it takes for all files that constitute a single webpage to travel across the Internet from a Web server to the end user’s browser. In this study, the authors tested response times on queries for identical items in five different library catalogs, one of them a next-generation (NextGen) catalog. The authors also discuss acceptable response time and how it may affect the discovery process. They suggest that librarians and vendors should develop standards for acceptable response time and use it in the product selection and development processes.
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2010-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010)
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Metadata Creation Practices in Digital Repositories and Collections: Schemata, Selection Criteria, and Interoperability
Park, Jung-ran
Tosaka, Yuji
This study explores the current state of metadata-creation practices across digital repositories and collections by using data collected from a nationwide survey of mostly cataloging and metadata professionals. Results show that MARC, AACR2, and LCSH are the most widely used metadata schema, content standard, and subjectcontrolled vocabulary, respectively. Dublin Core (DC) is the second most widely used metadata schema, followed by EAD, MODS, VRA, and TEI. Qualified DC’s wider use vis-à-vis Unqualified DC (40.6 percent versus 25.4 percent) is noteworthy. The leading criteria in selecting metadata and controlled-vocabulary schemata are collection-specific considerations, such as the types of resources, nature of the collection, and needs of primary users and communities. Existing technological infrastructure and staff expertise also are significant factors contributing to the current use of metadata schemata and controlled vocabularies for subject access across distributed digital repositories and collections. Metadata interoperability remains a major challenge. There is a lack of exposure of locally created metadata and metadata guidelines beyond the local environments. Homegrown locally added metadata elements may also hinder metadata interoperability across digital repositories and collections when there is a lack of sharable mechanisms for locally defined extensions and variants.
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2010-09-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 3 (2010)
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Batch Loading Collections into DSpace: Using Perl Scripts for Automation and Quality Control
Walsh, Maureen P.
This paper describes batch loading workflows developed for the Knowledge Bank, The Ohio State University’s institutional repository. In the five years since the inception of the repository approximately 80 percent of the items added to the Knowledge Bank, a DSpace repository, have been batch loaded. Most of the batch loads utilized Perl scripts to automate the process of importing metadata and content files. Custom Perl scripts were used to migrate data from spreadsheets or comma-separated values files into the DSpace archive directory format, to build collections and tables of contents, and to provide data quality control. Two projects are described to illustrate the process and workflows.
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2010-09-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 3 (2010)
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Authentication and Access: Accommodating Public Users in an Academic World
Weber, Lynne
Lawrence, Peg
In the fall of 2004, the Academic Computing Center, a division of the Information Technology Services Department (ITS) at Minnesota State University, Mankato took over responsibility for the computers in the public areas of Memorial Library. For the first time, affiliated Memorial Library users were required to authenticate using a campus username and password, a change that effectively eliminated computer access for anyone not part of the university community. This posed a dilemma for the librarians. Because of its Federal Depository status, the library had a responsibility to provide general access to both print and online government publications for the general public. Furthermore, the library had a long tradition of providing guest access to most library resources, and there was reluctance to abandon the practice. Therefore the librarians worked with ITS to retain a small group of six computers that did not require authentication and were clearly marked for community use, along with several standup, open-access computers on each floor used primarily for searching the library catalog. The additional need to provide computer access to high school students visiting the library for research and instruction led to more discussions with ITS and resulted in a means of generating temporary usernames and passwords through a Web form. These user accommodations were implemented in the library without creating a written policy governing the use of open-access computers.
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2010-09-01 00:00:00
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The Next Generation Library Catalog: A Comparative Study of the OPACs of Koha, Evergreen, and Voyager
Yang, Sharon Q.
Hofmann, Melissa A.
Open source has been the center of attention in the library world for the past several years. Koha and Evergreen are the two major open-source integrated library systems (ILSs), and they continue to grow in maturity and popularity. The question remains as to how much we have achieved in open-source development toward the next-generation catalog compared to commercial systems. Little has been written in the library literature to answer this question. This paper intends to answer this question by comparing the next-generation features of the OPACs of two open-source ILSs (Koha and Evergreen) and one proprietary ILS (Voyager’s WebVoyage).
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2010-09-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 3 (2010)
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Usability Studies of Faceted Browsing: A Literature Review
Fagan, Jody Condit
Faceted browsing is a common feature of new library catalog interfaces. But to what extent does it improve user performance in searching within today’s library catalog systems? This article reviews the literature for user studies involving faceted browsing and user studies of “next-generation” library catalogs that incorporate faceted browsing. Both the results and the methods of these studies are analyzed by asking, What do we currently know about faceted browsing? How can we design better studies of faceted browsing in library catalogs? The article proposes methodological considerations for practicing librarians and provides examples of goals, tasks, and measurements for user studies of faceted browsing in library catalogs.
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2010-06-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 2 (2010)
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Reducing Psychological Resistance to Digital Repositories
Quinn, Brian
The potential value of digital repositories is dependent on the cooperation of scholars to deposit their work. Although many researchers have been resistant to submitting their work, the literature on digital repositories contains very little research on the psychology of resistance. This article looks at the psychological literature on resistance and explores what its implications might be for reducing the resistance of scholars to submitting their work to digital repositories. Psychologists have devised many potentially useful strategies for reducing resistance that might be used to address the problem; this article examines these strategies and how they might be applied.
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2010-06-01 00:00:00
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Web Services and Widgets for Library Information Systems
Back, Godmar
Bailey, Annette
As more libraries integrate information from web services to enhance their online public displays, techniques that facilitate this integration are needed. This paper presents a technique for such integration that is based on HTML widgets. We discuss three example systems (Google Book Classes, Tictoclookup, and MAJAX) that implement this technique. These systems can be easily adapted without requiring programming experience or expensive hosting.
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2010-06-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 2 (2010)
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Monitoring Network and Service Availability with Open-Source Software
Silver, T. Michael
Silver describes the implementation of a monitoring system using an open-source software package to improve the availability of services and reduce the response time when troubles occur. He provides a brief overview of the literature available on monitoring library systems, and then describes the implementation of Nagios, an open-source network monitoring system, to monitor a regional library system’s servers and wide area network. Particular attention is paid to using the plug-in architecture to monitor library services effectively. The author includes example displays and configuration files.
Editor’s note: This article is the winner of the LITA/Ex Libris Writing Award, 2009.
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2010-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 1 (2010)
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Tending a Wild Garden: Library Web Design for Persons with Disabilities
Vandenbark, R. Todd
Nearly one-fifth of Americans have some form of disability, and accessibility guidelines and standards that apply to libraries are complicated, unclear, and difficult to achieve. Understanding how persons with disabilities access Web-based content is critical to accessible design. Recent research supports the use of a database-driven model for library Web development. Existing technologies offer a variety of tools to meet disabled patrons’ needs, and resources exist to assist library professionals in obtaining and evaluating product accessibility information from vendors. Librarians in charge of technology can best serve these patrons by proactively updating and adapting services as assistive technologies improve.
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2010-03-01 00:00:00
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The Path toward Global Interoperability in Cataloging
Tolkoff, Ilana
Libraries began in complete isolation with no uniformity of standards and have grown over time to be ever more interoperable. This paper examines the current steps toward the goal of universal interoperability. These projects aim to reconcile linguistic and organizational obstacles, with a particular focus on subject headings, name authorities, and titles.
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Tagging: An Organization Scheme for the Internet
Visser, Marijke A.
How should the information on the Internet be organized? This question and the possible solutions spark debates among people concerned with how we identify, classify, and retrieve Internet content. This paper discusses the benefits and the controversies of using a tagging system to organize Internet resources. Tagging refers to a classification system where individual Internet users apply labels, or tags, to digital resources. Tagging increased in popularity with the advent of Web 2.0 applications that encourage interaction among users. As more information is available digitally, the challenge to find an organizational system scalable to the Internet will continue to require forward thinking. Trained to ensure access to a range of informational resources, librarians need to be concerned with access to Internet content. Librarians can play a pivotal role by advocating for a system that supports the user at the moment of need. Tagging may just be the necessary system.
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2010-03-01 00:00:00
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Dublin Core, DSpace, and a Brief Analysis of Three University Repositories
Kurtz, Mary
This paper provides an overview of Dublin Core (DC) and DSpace together with an examination of the institutional repositories of three public research universities. The universities all use DC and DSpace to create and manage their repositories. I drew a sampling of records from each repository and examined them for metadata quality using the criteria of completeness, accuracy, and consistency. I also examined the quality of records with reference to the methods of educating repository users. One repository used librarians to oversee the archiving process, while the other two employed two different strategies as part of the selfarchiving process. The librarian-overseen archive had the most complete and accurate records for DSpace entries.
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Geographic Information Systems: Tools for Displaying In-Library Use Data
Mandel, Lauren H.
In-library use data is crucial for modern libraries to understand the full spectrum of patron use, including patron self-service activities, circulation, and reference statistics. Rather than using tables and charts to display use data, a geographic information system (GIS) facilitates a more visually appealing graphical display of the data in the form of a map. GISs have been used by library and information science (LIS) researchers and practitioners to create maps that display analyses of service area populations and demographics, facilities space management issues, spatial distribution of in-library use of materials, planned branch consolidations, and so on. The “seating sweeps” method allows researchers and librarians to collect in-library use data regarding where patrons are locating themselves within the library and what they are doing at those locations, such as sitting and reading, studying in a group, or socializing. This paper proposes a GIS as a tool to visually display in-library use data collected via “seating sweeps” of a library. By using a GIS to store, manage, and display the data, researchers and librarians can create visually appealing maps that show areas of heavy use and evidence of the use and value of the library for a community. Example maps are included to facilitate the reader’s understanding of the possibilities afforded by using GISs in LIS research.
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2010-03-01 00:00:00
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Japanese Character Input: Its State and Problems
Morita, Ichiko
Computer processing of information is highly advanced in japan, and it continues to be researched and improved by the cooperative efforts of the government, private corporations, and individual scientists, who are among the best in the world. This paper introduces various approaches to the computer input of information currently developed in japan, and discusses the possibility of their applications to the processing of East Asian-vernacular language materials in large research libraries in this country.
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 14 No. 1 (1981): Journal of Library Automation
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Cost Analysis of an Automated and Manual Cataloging and Book Processing System
Druschel, Joselyn
A comparative cost analysis of an automated network system (WLN) and a local manual system of cataloging and book processing at Washington State University Libraries indicates that the automated system is about 20 percent less costly than the manual system. A per-unit cost approach was used in calculating the monthly cost of each system based on the average number of items processed per month under the automated system. The process and the results of the analysis are presented in a series of charts which detail the tasks, items processed, unit and total monthly costs of both the manual and automated systems. The higher costs of the manual system were essentially staff costs.
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 14 No. 1 (1981): Journal of Library Automation
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Classification of Library Resources by Subject on the Library Website: Is There an Optimal Number of Subject Labels?
Miles, Mathew J.
Bergstrom, Scott J.
The number of labels used to organize resources by subject varies greatly among library websites. Some librarians choose very short lists of labels while others choose much longer lists. We conducted a study with 120 students and staff to try to answer the following question: What is the effect of the number of labels in a list on response time to research questions? What we found is that response time increases gradually as the number of the items in the list grow until the list size reaches approximately fifty items. At that point, response time increases significantly. No association between response time and relevance was found.
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2009-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 1 (2009)
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One Law with Two Outcomes: Comparing the Implementation of CIPA in Public Libraries and Schools
Jaeger, Paul T.
Yan, Zheng
Though the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) established requirements for both public libraries and public schools to adopt filters on all of their computers when they receive certain federal funding, it has not attracted a great amount of research into the effects on libraries and schools and the users of these social institutions. This paper explores the implications of CIPA in terms of its effects on public libraries and public schools, individually and in tandem. Drawing from both library and education research, the paper examines the legal background and basis of CIPA, the current state of Internet access and levels of filtering in public libraries and public schools, the perceived value of CIPA, the perceived consequences of CIPA, the differences in levels of implementation of CIPA in public libraries and public schools, and the reasons for those dramatic differences. After an analysis of these issues within the greater policy context, the paper suggests research questions to help provide more data about the challenges and questions revealed in this analysis.
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2009-03-01 00:00:00
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A Semantic Model of Selective Dissemination of Information for Digital Libraries
Morales-del-Castillo, J. M.
Pedraza-Jiménez, R.
Peis, E.
Herrera-Viedma, E.
n this paper we present the theoretical and methodological foundations for the development of a multi-agent Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) service model that applies Semantic Web technologies for specialized digital libraries. These technologies make possible achieving more efficient information management, improving agent–user communication processes, and facilitating accurate access to relevant resources. Other tools used are fuzzy linguistic modelling techniques (which make possible easing the interaction between users and system) and natural language processing (NLP) techniques for semiautomatic thesaurus generation. Also, RSS feeds are used as “current awareness bulletins” to generate personalized bibliographic alerts.
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LaneConnex: An Integrated Biomedical Digital Library Interface
Ketchell, Debra S.
Steinberg, Ryan Max
Yates, Charles
Heilemann, Heidi A.
This paper describes one approach to creating a search application that unlocks heterogeneous content stores and incorporates integrative functionality of Web search engines. LaneConnex is a search interface that identifies journals, books, databases, calculators, bioinformatics tools, help information, and search hits from more than three hundred full-text heterogeneous clinical and bioresearch sources. The user interface is a simple query box. Results are ranked by relevance with options for filtering by content type or expanding to the next most likely set. The system is built using component-oriented programming design. The underlying architecture is built on Apache Cocoon, Java Servlets, XML/XSLT, SQL, and JavaScript. The system has proven reliable in production, reduced user time spent finding information on the site, and maximized the institutional investment in licensed resources.
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2009-03-01 00:00:00
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CatQC and Shelf-Ready Material: Speeding Collections to Users While Preserving Data Quality
Jay, Michael
Simpson, Betsy
Smith, Doug
Libraries contract with vendors to provide shelf-ready material, but is it really shelf-ready? It arrives with all the physical processing needed for immediate shelving, then lingers in back offices while staff conduct itemby-item checks against the catalog. CatQC, a console application for Microsoft Windows developed at the University of Florida, builds on OCLC services to get material to the shelves and into the hands of users without delay and without sacrificing data quality. Using standard C programming, CatQC identifies problems in MARC record files, often applying complex conditionals, and generates easy-to-use reports that do not require manual item review.
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2009-03-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 1 (2009)
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Can Bibliographic Data be Put Directly onto the Semantic Web?
Yee, Martha M.
This paper is a think piece about the possible future of bibliographic control; it provides a brief introduction to the Semantic Web and defines related terms, and it discusses granularity and structure issues and the lack of standards for the efficient display and indexing of bibliographic data. It is also a report on a work in progress—an experiment in building a Resource Description Framework (RDF) model of more FRBRized cataloging rules than those about to be introduced to the library community (Resource Description and Access) and in creating an RDF data model for the rules. I am now in the process of trying to model my cataloging rules in the form of an RDF model, which can also be inspected at http://myee.bol.ucla.edu/. In the process of doing this, I have discovered a number of areas in which I am not sure that RDF is sophisticated enough yet to deal with our data. This article is an attempt to identify some of those areas and explore whether or not the problems I have encountered are soluble—in other words, whether or not our data might be able to live on the Semantic Web. In this paper, I am focusing on raising the questions about the suitability of RDF to our data that have come up in the course of my work.
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2009-06-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 2 (2009)
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Public Access Technologies in Public Libraries: Effects and Implications
Bertot, John Carlo
Public libraries were early adopters of Internet-based technologies and have provided public access to the Internet and computers since the early 1990s. The landscape of public-access Internet and computing was substantially different in the 1990s as the World Wide Web was only in its initial development. At that time, public libraries essentially experimented with publicaccess Internet and computer services, largely absorbing this service into existing service and resource provision without substantial consideration of the management, facilities, staffing, and other implications of public-access technology (PAT) services and resources. This article explores the implications for public libraries of the provision of PAT and seeks to look further to review issues and practices associated with PAT provision resources. While much research focuses on the amount of public access that public libraries provide, little offers a view of the effect of public access on libraries. This article provides insights into some of the costs, issues, and challenges associated with public access and concludes with recommendations that require continued exploration.
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2009-06-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 2 (2009)
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Employing Virtualization in Library Computing: Use Cases and Lessons Learned
Hutt, Arwen
Stuart, Michael
Suchy, Daniel
Westbrook, Bradley D.
This paper provides a broad overview of virtualization technology and describes several examples of its use at the University of California, San Diego Libraries. Libraries can leverage virtualization to address many long-standing library computing challenges, but careful planning is needed to determine if this technology is the right solution for a specific need. This paper outlines both technical and usability considerations, and concludes with a discussion of potential enterprise impacts on the library infrastructure.
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 3 (2009)
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Success Factors and Strategic Planning: Rebuilding an Academic Library Digitization Program
Lampert, Cory
Vaughan, Jason
This paper discusses a dual approach of case study and research survey to investigate the complex factors in sustaining academic library digitization programs. The case study involves the background of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries’ digitization program and elaborates on the authors’ efforts to gain staff support for this program. A related survey was administered to all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members, seeking to collect baseline data on their digital collections, understand their respective administrative frameworks, and to gather feedback on both negative obstacles and positive inputs affecting their success. Results from the survey, combined with the authors’ local experience, point to several potential success factors including staff skill sets, funding, and strategic planning.
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Gender, Technology, and Libraries
Lamont, Melissa
Information technology (IT) is vitally important to many organizations, including libraries. Yet a review of employment statistics and a citation analysis show that men make up the majority of the IT workforce, in libraries and in the broader workforce. Research from sociology, psychology, and women’s studies highlights the organizational and social issues that inhibit women. Understanding why women are less evident in library IT positions will help inform measures to remedy the gender disparity.
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The Efficient Storage of Text Documents in Digital Libraries
Skibiński, Przemyslaw
Swacha, Jakub
In this paper we investigate the possibility of improving the efficiency of data compression, and thus reducing storage requirements, for seven widely used text document formats. We propose an open-source text compression software library, featuring an advanced word-substitution scheme with static and semidynamic word dictionaries. The empirical results show an average storage space reduction as high as 78 percent compared to uncompressed documents, and as high as 30 percent compared to documents compressed with the free compression software gzip.
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 3 (2009)
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"Discovery" Focus as Impetus for Organizational Learning
Fabbi, Jennifer L.
The University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries’ focus on the concept of discovery and the tools and processes that enable our users to find information began with an organizational review of the Libraries’ Technical Services Division. This article outlines the phases of this review and subsequent planning and organizational commitment to discovery. Using the theoretical lens of organizational learning, it highlights how the emerging focus on discovery has provided an impetus for genuine learning and change.
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 4 (2009)
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Information Discovery Insights Gained from MultiPAC, a Prototype Library Discovery System
Dolski, Alex A.
At the University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries, as in most libraries, resources are dispersed into a number of closed “silos” with an organization-centric, rather than patron-centric, layout. Patrons frequently have trouble navigating and discovering the dozens of disparate interfaces, and any attempt at a global overview of our information offerings is at the same time incomplete and highly complex. While consolidation of interfaces is widely considered to be desirable, certain challenges have made it elusive in practice.
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Usability as a Method for Assessing Discovery
Ipri, Tom
Yunkin, Michael
Brown, Jeanne M.
The University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries engaged in three projects that helped identify areas of its website that had inhibited discovery of services and resources. These projects also helped generate staff interest in the Usability Working Group, which led these endeavors. The first project studied student responses to the site. The second focused on a usability test with the Libraries’ peer research coaches and resulted in a presentation of those findings to the Libraries staff. The final project involved a specialized test, the results of which also were presented to staff. All three of these projects led to improvements to the website and will inform a larger redesign.
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UNLV Special Collections in the Twenty-First Century
Sommer, Thomas
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Special Collections is consistently striving to provide several avenues of discovery to its diverse range of patrons. Specifically, UNLV Special Collections has planned and implemented several online tools to facilitate unearthing treasures in the collections. These online tools incorporate Web 2.0 features as well as searchable interfaces to collections.
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Smartphones: A Potential Discovery Tool
Starkweather, Wendy
Stowers, Eva
The anticipated wide adoption of smartphones by researchers is viewed by the authors as a basis for developing mobile-based services. In response to the UNLV Libraries’ strategic plan’s focus on experimentation and outreach, the authors investigate the current and potential role of smartphones as a valuable discovery tool for library users.
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2009-09-01 00:00:00
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Building Pathfinders with Free Screen Capture Tools
Griffis, Patrick
This article outlines freely available screen capturing tools, covering their benefits and drawbacks as well as their potential applications. In discussing these tools, the author illustrates how they can be used to build pathfinding tutorials for users and how these tutorials can be shared with users. The author notes that the availability of these screen capturing tools at no cost, coupled with their ease of use, provides ample opportunity for low-stakes experimentation from library staff in building dynamic pathfinders to promote the discovery of library resources.
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2009-09-01 00:00:00
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Enhancing OPAC Records for Discovery
Griffis, Patrick
This article proposes adding keywords and descriptors to the catalog records of electronic databases and media items to enhance their discovery. The authors contend that subject liaisons can add value to OPAC records and enhance discovery of electronic databases and media items by providing searchable keywords and resource descriptions. The authors provide an examination of OPAC records at their own library, which illustrates the disparity of useful keywords and descriptions within the notes field for media item records versus electronic database records. The authors outline methods for identifying useful keywords for indexing OPAC records of electronic databases. Also included is an analysis of the advantages of using Encore’s Community Tag and Community Review features to allow subject liaisons to work directly in the catalog instead of collaborating with cataloging staff
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2009-09-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 28 No. 4 (2009)
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Metaphor’s Role in the Information Behavior of Humans Interacting with Computers
Sease, Robin
Metaphors convey information, communicate abstractions, and help us understand new concepts. While the nascent field of information behavior (IB) has adopted common metaphors like “berry-picking” and “gap-bridging” for its models, the study of how people use metaphors is only now emerging in the subfield of human information organizing behavior (HIOB). Metaphors have been adopted in human–computer interaction (HCI) to facilitate the dialogue between user and system. Exploration of the literature on metaphors in the fields of linguistics and cognitive science as well as an examination of the history of use of metaphors in HCI as a case study of metaphor usage offers insight into the role of metaphor in human information behavior.
Editor’s note: This article is the winner of the LITA/Ex Libris Writing Award, 2008.
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2008-12-01 00:00:00
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Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 27 No. 4 (2008)
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