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The Process of Developing a Digital Repository for Online Teaching Using Design-Based Research
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Richardson, Jennifer C.; Castellanos Reyes, Daniela; Janakiraman, Shamila; Duha, Mohammad Shams Ud – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
The Purdue Repository for Online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) was developed as an Open Educational Resource (OER) for graduate students and faculty in higher education settings to enhance their online teaching skills and strategies. The PoRTAL team used a design-based research approach (DBR; Wang & Hannafin, "Educational Technology…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Web Based Instruction, Open Educational Resources, Graduate Students
Counting on COUNTER: The Current State of E-Resource Usage Data in Libraries
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Welker, Josh – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Any librarian who has managed electronic resources has experienced the--for want of words--"joy" of gathering and analyzing usage statistics. Such statistics are important for evaluating the effectiveness of resources and for making important budgeting decisions. Unfortunately, the data are usually tedious to collect, inconsistently organized, of…
Descriptors: Library Services, Databases, Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Digitized Special Collections and Multiple User Groups
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Gueguen, Gretchen – Journal of Archival Organization, 2010
Many organizations have evolved since their early attempts to mount digital exhibits on the Web and are experimenting with ways to increase the scale of their digitized collections by utilizing archival finding aid description rather than resource-intensive collections and exhibits. This article examines usability research to predict how such…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Electronic Libraries, Exhibits, Internet
Promise Fulfilled? An EBSCO Discovery Service Usability Study
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Williams, Sarah C.; Foster, Anita K. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Discovery tools are the next phase of library search systems. Illinois State University's Milner Library implemented EBSCO Discovery Service in August 2010. The authors conducted usability studies on the system in the fall of 2010. The aims of the study were twofold: first, to determine how Milner users set about using the system in order to…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Usability, Navigation (Information Systems), Web Sites
Accessibility of School Districts' Web Sites: A Descriptive Study
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Bray, Marty; Flowers, Claudia; Gibson, Patricia – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
Many school districts (SDs) use the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) to disseminate a wide variety of information about things such as district events, policies, and a wide variety of student information. On-line barriers limit the accessibility of the WWW for persons and students with disabilities and thus can limit their access to vital information.…
Descriptors: School Districts, Foreign Countries, Internet, Comparative Education
Developing Partnerships to Create Electronic Reserves at the University of Kansas Libraries
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Burich, Nancy J.; Rholes, Julia – Journal of Access Services, 2003
Today, it is advantageous for academic libraries to look outside their own organizations to other potential campus and commercial partners when considering new services. This case study describes the planning and implementation of electronic reserves at the University of Kansas Libraries, including the integration of two commercial partners,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Archives, Electronic Libraries