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Yang, Sharon Q. – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The study looked into the 307 Koha libraries listed in Breeding's Library Technology Guides. Since all the tag clouds in Koha are user-contributed, their adoption and usage can shed light on the extent to which libraries are supporting user tagging. The research also revealed that public library users are more actively involved in tagging than…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Indexing, Metadata
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Chapman, Suzanne; Desai, Shevon; Hagedorn, Kat; Varnum, Ken; Mishra, Sonali; Piacentine, Julie – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
The University of Michigan Library wanted to learn more about the kinds of searches its users were conducting through the "one search" search box on the Library Web site. Library staff conducted two investigations. A preliminary investigation in 2011 involved the manual review of the 100 most frequently occurring queries conducted…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Web Sites, Online Searching, Classification
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Lewis, Barbara; Griffin, Melanie – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
Librarians have long struggled to find user-friendly mediums to provide meaningful information to patrons using bibliographies, pathfinders, and subject guides with varying degrees of success. Content management systems, such as Springshare's LibGuides, have recently been developed to facilitate the creation of online subject guides. Special…
Descriptors: Librarians, Users (Information), Bibliographies, Databases
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Adler, Melissa – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
Perhaps the greatest power of folksonomies, especially when set against controlled vocabularies like the Library of Congress Subject Headings, lies in their capacity to empower user communities to name their own resources in their own terms. This article analyzes the potential and limitations of both folksonomies and controlled vocabularies for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cataloging, Online Catalogs, Library Research
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Smith, Michael M. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
This article provides a brief history of the development of library subject guides (often referred to as pathfinders) from the late 1800s to the present. During this period, subject guides have changed both their focus and format. The needs of academic institutions at the turn of the 20th century were very different than they are today, and…
Descriptors: Internet, Indexing, Libraries, Research Tools
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Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1981
Speculates on possible avenues for research in the area of bibliographic control, considers questions in the field that need answering, and posits that future research needs to be supported by basic theoretical inquiry. Forty-eight references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Indexing
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Walker, Geraldene; Hudson, Judith – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1988
Review of the 1987 literature on library technical services covers research on: (1) cataloging; (2) subject analysis; (3) authority control; (4) use of the online catalog; (5) acquisitions; and (6) library preservation. The review is limited to studies with a clearly defined research methodology, primarily field studies or survey research. (38…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Indexing, Library Research, Library Technical Processes
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Clack, Doris Hargrett – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1980
Reviews 1979's publications and activities in the fields of general subject analysis, classification, subject headings, and indexing. An extensive list of references is provided. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Indexing
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Van Orden, Richard – Library Hi Tech, 1990
Reviews selected research on content-enriched access (including information components such as tables of contents and indexes) in information retrieval systems. It is concluded that well-selected content components and full-text materials in electronic systems must be linked with improved search methodologies, better interfaces, and greater…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Constantinou, Constantia – College & Research Libraries, 1995
A study of 1264 incidents of journal mutilation at New York University indicates no relationship between the availability of indexing and abstracting services on CD-ROM databases and mutilation. Recommends posting warnings; raising awareness; providing adequate photocopiers, change, and vendor card machines; announcing closing time; encouraging…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Databases, Guidelines
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Repp, Joan M.; Glaviano, Cliff – College and Research Libraries, 1987
The use of locally produced dissertations by extramural scholars was examined in four Ohio academic libraries. The results include identification of users by type of institution; purpose for which the dissertations were used; and tools and approaches successfully used in identifying and locating the desired dissertations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Doctoral Dissertations