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Ruth Kitchin Tillman; Gala Campos Oaxaca – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
Even as librarians have spent the past twenty years documenting the rich world of scholarly communication beyond the catalog, repositories and catalogs too often remain completely siloed from each other. Current practices and tools to unite the two focus entirely on matching names, an imprecise method requiring substantial time spent on review.…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Development, Naming, Library Services
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Kriazheva-Kartseva, Elena – NORDSCI, 2020
The article is devoted to the study of the experience of using the capabilities of Digital Humanities in the preparation of research projects in history. In particular, the article reveals the methodology for using a complex of areas of information computer technologies when working with sources, on the example of studying Russian Theosophical…
Descriptors: Immigration, Humanities, Information Technology, Journalism
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Pyburn, Lydia L. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2019
Sometimes users need to be asked if they need help. This is difficult with online users, because in-person cues cannot be used to engage when the users need assistance. Proactive chat widgets help to solve this problem as the chat box slides out onto the screen and prompts the user for help. The need for the proactive chat widget was also seen as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
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Berget, Gerd; Sandnes, Frode Eika – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: Few studies document the information searching behaviour of users with cognitive impairments. This paper therefore addresses the effect of dyslexia on information searching in a database with no tolerance for spelling errors and no query-building aids. The purpose was to identify effective search interface design guidelines that…
Descriptors: Databases, Online Searching, Dyslexia, Information Seeking
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Highsmith, Anne L.; Ponsford, Bennett Claire – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
In this study, three years of SFX usage logs at Texas A&M University were analyzed to determine how patrons use link resolver services. The study contrasts the actions taken by users when full text is and is not available and compares public versus staff usage. The results confirmed users' preference for full-text services but also provided…
Descriptors: Internet, Libraries, Statistics, Higher Education
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Seeholzer, Jamie; Salem, Joseph A., Jr. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
This study explores student use of the mobile Web in general and expectations for an academic library's mobile Web site in particular through focus groups with students at Kent State University. Participants expressed more interest in using their mobile Web device to interact with library resources and services than anticipated. Results showed an…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Web Sites, Academic Libraries, Internet
Tong, Qi (Helen) – Computers in Libraries, 2009
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Library, where the author serves as the digital services librarian, is increasingly challenged to make it easier for users to find information from many heterogeneous information sources. Information is scattered throughout different software applications (i.e., library catalog, federated search engine, link…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Engines, Information Sources, Internet
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Hider, Philip – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2007
An online questionnaire survey was distributed amongst the Petherick Readers of the National Library of Australia, a user group of scholars and researchers. The survey asked questions about the readers' use and appreciation of the NLA catalogue. This group of users clearly appreciated the library catalogue and demonstrated that there are still…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Internet
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McHale, Nina – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
In the past decade, academic libraries have struggled with the design of an effective library home page. Since librarians' mental models of information architecture differ from those of their patrons, usability assessments are necessary in designing a user-centered home page. This study details a usability sequence of card sort and paper and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cues, Advisory Committees, Information Management
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Morris, Sara E. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Offers advice for ways in which librarians can help library patrons when online catalogs are down. Suggests using WorldCat, calling on other libraries, and employing various reference sources, such as Balay's Guide to Reference Books and the telephone. (Contains 6 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Catalogs, College Libraries, Community Colleges
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Dimsdale, J. J.; Heaps, H. S. – Journal of Library Automation, 1973
Described is the file organization and design of an on-line catalog suitable for automation of one million books. A method of virtual hash addressing allows rapid search of the indexes to the catalog file. Storage of textual material in a compressed form allows considerable reduction in storage costs. (14 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Risner, Thomas – Educ Screen Audiovisual Guide, 1970
Reports on NICEM's progress in creating "a single, computerized, comprehensive media index. (Editor/LS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Catalogs, Computers, Databases
Scholtz, Sandra – 1976
A management information system (MIS) is applied to a medium sized general museum to reflect the actual curatorial/registration functions. The recordkeeping functions of loan and conservation activities are examined since they too can be effectively handled by computer and constitute a complementary data base to the accession/catalog information.…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Databases, Flow Charts, Information Storage
Carlson, Daryl; And Others – 1975
In a teleconference on "Integrated Databases for Higher Education" held in March, 1975, conference participants identified a number of data bases that could be potential data sources for the larger higher education community. This document is a listing of those data bases together with others that have been subsequently identified.…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Databases, Directories, Higher Education
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Coty, Patricia Ann – Special Libraries, 1983
The role of networks in correcting inadequate bibliographic control for audiovisual materials is discussed, citing efforts of Project Media Base, National Information Center for Educational Media, Consortium of University Film Centers, National Library of Medicine, National Agricultural Library, National Film Board of Canada, and bibliographic…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Catalogs, Databases, Information Networks
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