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Kytökangas, H. (Henri). "UbiLibrary:context-aware library service on a public display." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201406091704.
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This thesis introduces UbiLibrary, a new context-aware library service developed fork the Oulu City Library. The service content is aggregated from existing library databases and online services, refined with semantic and context information, and provided to library customers on a large public display that can be coupled with personal mobile phones. The requirements for the service are elicited by reviewing related literature, conducting a user study of the library’s customers, interviewing the library staff, and analyzing the library’s current digital services. The design and implementation of the service is done according to the agile software development model in close collaboration with the library staff. The resulting functional prototype provides library customers with a range of applications from book recommendations to information on the library’s services and events. The heart of the service is the metadata engine that maintains a database on the library’s holdings, events and services. The metadata engine semantically enriches the information on the works in the OUTI database by crawling supplementary metadata from various online services such as KirjaSampo, GoodReads and LibraryThing. The database is dynamically browsed with a novel tag cloud based interface that also adapts book recommendations according to the age category and gender of the user as estimated by computer vision. An administration interface is provided to the library staff for maintaining the service. The service is deployed in a real world setting on the UBI-hotspot located at the lobby of the Oulu City library. The service is assessed with a task-based user evaluation with 20 library customers, by feedback from eight professional librarians and by collecting statistics of real world usage over a period of 24 days. Overall, the service is found easy to use and presents a valuable addition to the library’s existing digital servicesTämä diplomityö esittelee Oulun kaupunginkirjastoille kehitetyn kontekstitietoisen kirjastopalvelun nimeltään UbiLibrary. Palvelun sisältö kootaan kirjaston tietokannoista sekä julkisista verkkopalveluista ja sisältöä jalostetaan semanttisella sekä paikallisella tiedolla. Sisältöä tarjotaan käyttäjille suurella julkisella näytöllä, josta käyttöä voidaan jatkaa henkilökohtaisella älypuhelimella. Vaatimukset palvelulle tunnistetaan aiheeseen liittyvästä kirjallisuudesta, kirjaston asiakkaiden käyttäjätutkimuksesta, kirjastonhoitajien haastatteluista sekä tutkimalla kirjaston nykyisiä digitaalisia palveluita. Ohjelmistosuunnittelu sekä toteutus palvelulle tehdään ketterän ohjelmistokehityksen mukaisesti läheisessä yhteistyössä kirjaston henkilökunnan kanssa. Työn tuloksena saatu prototyyppi tarjoaa kirjaston asiakkaille erilaisia sovelluksia aina kirjasuosituksista kirjaston palveluihin sekä tapahtumiin. Palvelun ydin on metatiedon käsittelyyn perustuva järjestelmä, joka tallentaa tietokantaansa tietoa kirjaston kokoelmista, tapahtumista sekä palveluista. Järjestelmä rikastaa semanttisin keinoin OUTI-tietokannassa olevaa kokoelmaa hakemalla lisätietoa erinäisistä verkkopalveluista, kuten KirjaSampo, GoodReads tai LibraryThing. Koottua rikasta tietokantaa voidaan dynaamisesti selata uudenlaisella avainsanapilveen perustuvalla käyttöliittymällä. Konenäön avulla tarjotaan käyttäjän iän sekä sukupuolen perusteella sisältösuosituksia. Kirjaston henkilökunnan tekemään järjestelmän ylläpitoon tarjotaan erillinen käyttöliittymä. Palvelu otettiin käyttöön Oulun kaupunginkirjastossa sijaitsevalle UBI-näytölle. Palvelun toimivuutta arvioidaan tehtävä-pohjaisella käyttäjäarvioinnilla 20 kirjaston asiakkaan toimesta, keräämällä palautetta kahdeksalta kirjastonhoitajalta sekä nauhoittamalla kosketusstatistiikkaa reaalimaailman käytöstä 24 vuorokauden ajan. Uusi palvelu todettiin helppokäyttöiseksi ja se tarjoaa arvokkaan lisän kirjaston digitaalisiin palveluihin
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Mogale, Mpho Gift. "Social Media and the Provision of Library and Information Services at the University of Limpopo Library." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3048.
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Thesis (M.Inf) --University of Limpopo, 2019.The use of social media (SM) tools in both public and private institutions is growing remarkably. Academic libraries, in particular are confronted with serious challenges of becoming the leader in adopting various SM platforms to enhance the delivery of library and information services to their users. This study investigated the extent and ways in which librarians attached to the University of Limpopo library use SM platforms in the provision of library and information services to their patrons. The study examined types of SM tools used, purposes that SM tools are used for in academic libraries, factors that determine and impede the use of SM, as well as the attitudes of the library staff towards the use of SM in providing library and information services. The study adopted a qualitative research approach through the use of a semi-structured interview (administered face-to-face) with 10 academic librarians at the University of Limpopo (UL) as a data collection method. The findings of the study show that UL library staff largely use SM platforms such as Facebook to market and promote library services as well as Library-Blog to liaise with the schools or faculties. The study further revealed that librarians at UL are not in charge of SM applications. Instead the Marketing and Communication Department administrator is responsible for the management of SM in the university. The study notes that library personnel are aware of various SM platforms. Therefore, it has a direct influence on their use in work-related tasks. Moreover, the ease of use, low cost, high demand and usefulness of SM applications are contributory factors which motivated the librarians to want to use it. The study further reveals factors that inhibit the effective use of these applications and recommends that library management should create SM policies to boost the effective use of SM for the benefit of library patrons.
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Haynes, Dorothy Elizabeth. "The Texas Library Connection network : usage by school library media specialists related to the stages of concern /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Schlup, Michael. "Promoting sustainable energy systems through networks a framework for network design developed using the case of BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy) /." Lund, Sweden : International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, 2001. http://www.iiiee.lu.se/information/library/publications/reports/2001/Michael-Schlup.pdf.
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Upham, Lois Nicholson. "Relation of Personal Characteristics to Type of Position Among Bibliographic Network Coordinators, Ex-coordinators, and Selected Library Depeartment Heads." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279122/.
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The objectives of this investigation were two-fold. The first was to determine the personal characteristics of Bibliographic Network Coordinators, both past and present; the second was to compare these identified characteristics with those of persons working in traditional library positions at comparable levels of responsibility.
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Miah, Abdul J. "Automated library networking in American public community college learning resources centers." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=5LbgAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989.Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-159).
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Mullarkey, Matthew T. "Inter-Organizational Social Network Information Systems: Diagnosing and Design." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5279.
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While IS research into on-line Inter-Personal (IP) Social Networks (SN) is highly visible, there has been surprisingly little focus on the use of on-line social networks for Inter-Organizational (IO) communications, interactions, and goal achievement. We explore the issues and challenges facing organizations in their design and use of inter-organizational social network information systems (IO SNIS). Artifact design principles are drawn from a new and insightful model that contrasts the advantages of existing innovative inter-personal (IP) SNIS artifacts with Social Network Theory on differences between IP and IO Social Networks. This research extends the existing streams of IS social networking research into the inter-organizational domain and encourages additional IS research into the analysis, design, and build of artifacts that animate the social behavior of organizations. We develop a key design concept for IO SNIS and establish the design principles underlying the general artifact design and the specific design features that apply the design constructs to an exemplar IO social domain. This dissertation uses Action Design Research (ADR) approach within the Design Science Research (DSR) paradigm to formulate the research opportunity and anticipate a practice-inspired and theory-ingrained artifact. The researcher works with a practitioner team in the domain of mid-market private equity (MMPE) to explore the model and evaluate existing on-line inter-organizational artifacts to establish specific design features for an IO SNIS artifact. We find that the design principles can generalize from the IO SNIS Design Concept Model to other IO Social domains and that the design features can be used to build an instantiation of IO SNIS in the Private Equity domain.
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Jacobs, Veronica. "Towards appropriate, accessible information networks in developing communities : an assessment of selected information literacy projects and programmes in South Africa and Namibia." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 1999. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31949.
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The central theme of this study revolves around information delivery in a developing community. The notion of appropriate, accessible information networks is scrutinised. The Okavango region in Namibia is used as a case study of a developing, rural community. The region is underdeveloped in important spheres such as health, agriculture and education. Library and related information services are either underdeveloped or undeveloped. The region has a favourable rainfall pattern and a viable agricultural resource base. This is important for Namibia, because the country
has large areas of semi-desert and desert. Although the Okavango region is vast ( some 4.6 million hectares), the majority of the population (137,000 at the 1991 census), are settled in a narrow 5-10 kilometre strip along the south bank of the Okavango river. This in itself offers challenging opportunities to improve connectivity and access to appropriate information for community development. The current situation with regard to information delivery and information literacy levels in Namibia is sketched and a detailed description of two projects striving towards appropriate, accessible information delivery given. Both projects are based in a tertiary environment, one at the University of Namibia and the other at five Western Cape tertiary institutions in South Africa. Although, essentially these projects aim at improving information delivery at a tertiary level, community outreach components are woven into the long term vision of both projects. The information literacy components of the projects described are of special significance. The concept of information literacy and the potential of information literacy projects and programmes to facilitate the delivery of appropriate, accessible information to developing communities are probed
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Lewis, Makayla. "Cerebral palsy, online social networks and change." Thesis, City University London, 2013. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3011/.
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In 2011, 19.2 million households in the United Kingdom had access to the Internet. Online social networks (OSN) such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo and YouTube have proved to be the most popular Internet activity (Office of National Statistics, 2011). 49% of these users have updated or created an OSN profile and are making over 24 million visits a month (Dutton, 2009). These websites are often directed at a broad market i.e. people without disabilities. Unfortunately people with disabilities, especially those with physical impairments, often have a greater risk of experiencing loneliness than people without a disability as a result of their mobility, access and or communication impairments. Conventional communication methods such as face-to-face communication, telephone communication and text message communication are often difficult to use and can limit the opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in successful socialisation with family members and friends (Braithwaiteet al, 1999). Therefore people with disabilities can often see online communication, especially OSNs, as an attractive alternative. Previous studies such as Braithwaite et al(1999), Ellis and Kent (2010) and Dobransky and Hargittai (2006) suggests that OSNs are opening a new world to individuals with disabilities. They help these individuals, especially those exhibiting lifelong physical challenges to carry out social interaction which they would otherwise not be able to do within the analogue world. However due to inaccessible features presented in the technology for example features requiring JavaScript, hard-coded text size and Captcha (AbilityNet, 2008; Cahill and Hollier, 2009 andAsuncion, 2010) access to OSNs is often difficult. The overarching purpose of this PhD research is to understand the experiences and challenges faced when people with the physical disability cerebral palsy (cp) use OSNs. It is estimated that 1 in 400 children born in the UK is affected by cp (Scope Response, 2007). The disability can present itself in a variety of ways and to varying degrees. There is no cure for cp, however management to increase social interaction especially through technological innovations is often encouraged (United Cerebral Palsy, 2001; Sharan, 2005 and Colledge, 2006). Previous studies such as AbilityNet (2008), Cahill and Hollier (2009), and Boudreau (2011) have explored mainstream OSNs use from the perspective of users with disabilities, i.e. blind and visually or cognitively impaired, but have placed great emphasis on investigating inaccessibility of OSNs without involving these users. Other studies such as Manna (2005) and Belchiorb et al (2005) have used statistical methods such as surveys and questionnaires to identify Internet use among people with unspecified disabilities. Conversely Asuncion (2010) has taken a broader approach involving OSN users using high-level taxonomies to classify their disabilities, and Marshall et al (2006) focused on a specific disability type, cognitive impairments, without considering the variety of limitations present within the disability. Other studies such as Pell (1999) have taken a broader yet more specific approach and looked at technology use, especially computer and assistive technology among people with physical disabilities, where only 7 out of 82 surveyed had cp. Whereas Braithwaiteet al (1999) focused on individuals with disabilities, where most were classified has having a physical disability. However the study does not explicitly look at OSNs but rather at online social support within forums for people with disabilities. Studies such as these have not involved the users; defined what constitutes disability or focused on cp without encompassing other disabilities, making it impossible to identify the requirements of OSN users with cp. Initially this PhD research explored the experiences and challenges faced when individuals with cp use OSNs. Fourteen interviews were carried out consisting of participants with variations of the disability. The study identified the reasons for OSN use and non-use and also discovered key themes together with challenges that affected their experiences. This work was followed by an in-context observational study that examined these individuals context of use. The study identified the OSNs and assistive technology used, tasks carried out and users feelings during interaction. As a result of these studies it was determined that changing OSNs prevented and or slowed down these users ability to communicate online. Previous work within human-computer interaction and other disciplines such as software engineering and management science, change is often discussed during software development and is restricted to identifying scenarios and tools that assist change management within information technology (Jarke and Kurkisuonio, 1998). Studies such as these have not considered change deployment or its affect on users, though within HCI such an understanding is limited. Other disciplines i.e. psychology and social sciences have looked at change deployment. Theorists such as Lewin (1952), Lippett (1958) and Griffith (2001) attempt to offer solutions. However no one theory or approach is widely accepted and contradictions, adaptations and exclusions are continually being made. Conversely Woodward and Hendry (2004) and By (2007) have attempted to contend with these difficulties specifically stress as a result of change, believing that if change agents are aware of what an affected individual is thinking during the on set of change it will help to minimise or prevent damage. Studies such as these have focused on software development or organisational change from the perspective of developers or employees, they have not considered OSNs or individuals with cp. To fill this gap a longitudinal OSN monitoring and analysis study was carried out. The study identified how OSN changes are introduced, their affect on users, and the factors that encourage change acceptance or non-acceptance. The study was divided into three studies: two studies investigating realworld examples of OSN change by observing the actions of change agents (Twitter.com and Facebook.com) and their users reactions to the change process. A third study that asked OSN users about their experiences of OSN change was also carried out. A by product of these studies was a unique way of displaying OSN change and user acceptance on a large scale using a infographic and an inductive category model that can be used to examine OSN change. The findings from the five studies were then distilled alongside identified change management approaches and theories to develop an five-stage process for OSN change for change agents to follow. The process defined the requirements for OSN change including the change agent responsibilities before, during and after the change.
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Inzerilla, Tina Elaine. "Community college faculty's teaching social networks and their implications for librarians." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62700/1/Tina_Inzerilla_Thesis.pdf.
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Collaboration between faculty and librarians is an important topic of discussion and research among academic librarians. These partnerships between faculty and librarians are vital for enabling students to become lifelong learners through their information literacy education. This research developed an understanding of academic collaborators by analyzing a community college faculty's teaching social networks. A teaching social network, an original term generated in this study, is comprised of communications that influence faculty when they design and deliver their courses. The communication may be formal (e.g., through scholarly journals and professional development activities) and informal (e.g., through personal communication) through their network elements. Examples of the elements of a teaching social network may be department faculty, administration, librarians, professional development, and students. This research asked 'What is the nature of faculty's teaching social networks and what are the implications for librarians?' This study moves forward the existing research on collaboration, information literacy, and social network analysis. It provides both faculty and librarians with added insight into their existing and potential relationships.
This research was undertaken using mixed methods. Social network analysis was the quantitative data collection methodology and the interview method was the qualitative technique. For the social network analysis data, a survey was sent to full-time faculty at Las Positas College, a community college, in California. The survey gathered the data and described the teaching social networks for faculty with respect to their teaching methods and content taught. Semi-structured interviews were conducted following the survey with a sub-set of survey respondents to understand why specific elements were included in their teaching social networks and to learn of ways for librarians to become an integral part of the teaching social networks.
The majority of the faculty respondents were moderately influenced by the elements of their network except the majority of the potentials were weakly influenced by the elements in their network in their content taught. The elements with the most influence on both teaching methods and content taught were students, department faculty, professional development, and former graduate professors and coursework.
The elements with the least influence on both aspects were public or academic librarians, and social media. The most popular roles for the elements were conversations about teaching, sharing ideas, tips for teaching, insights into teaching, suggestions for ways of teaching, and how to engage students. Librarians' weakly influenced faculty in their teaching methods and their content taught. The motivating factors for collaboration with librarians were that students learned how to research, students' research projects improved, faculty saved time by having librarians provide the instruction to students, and faculty built strong working relationships with librarians. The challenges of collaborating with librarians were inadequate teaching techniques used when librarians taught research orientations and lack of time.
Ways librarians can be more integral in faculty's teaching social networks included: more workshops for faculty, more proactive interaction with faculty, and more one-on-one training sessions for faculty. Some of the recommendations for the librarians from this study were develop a strong rapport with faculty, librarians should build their services in information literacy from the point of view of the faculty instead of from the librarian perspective, use staff development funding to attend conferences and workshops to improve their teaching, develop more training sessions for faculty, increase marketing efforts of the librarian's instructional services, and seek grant opportunities to increase funding for the library. In addition, librarians and faculty should review the definitions of information literacy and move from a skills based interpretation to a learning process.
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Keller, Alice. "Verbundausleihe in NEBIS eine Prozessanalyse /." Zürich : ETH-Bibliothek, 2003. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/54823987.html.
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Delsey, Tom. "The Library Catalogue in a Networked Environment." the Library of Congress, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106354.
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This paper provides an overview of how technology has changed the relationships between the library catalogue, the catalogue user, alternative sources of bibliographic data, and the resources described in the catalogue. It looks--from a technical perspective--at what those changes mean for the way we support various interfaces to the catalogue, and it highlights changes in approach that will be needed in order to maintain and enhance the effectiveness of those interfaces in an evolving networked environment.
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Mickos, Johan. "Design of a Network Library for Continuous Deep Analytics." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-232129.
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Data-intensive stream processing applications have escalated in popularity in recent years, producing numerous designs and implementations for handling unbounded streams of high-volume data. The sheer size and dimensionality of these types of data requires multiple machines to push processing throughput of hundreds of millions events per second at low latencies. Advances in the fields of distributed deep learning and stream processing have highlighted networking-specific challenges and requirements such as flow control and scalable communication abstractions. Existing stream processing frameworks, however, only address subsets of these requirements. This thesis proposes a design and implementation in the Rust programming language for a modular networking library able to address these requirements together. The design entails protocol framing, buffer management, stream multiplexing, flow control, and stream prioritization. The implemented prototype handles multiplexing of logical streams and credit-based flow control through a flexible application programming interface. The prototype is tested for overall throughput and round-trip latency in a distributed environment, displaying promising results in both categories.Under de senaste åren har applikationer för dataintensiv ström bearbetning blivit avsevärt mer vanliga. Detta har lett till en uppsjö av modeller och implementationer för hantering av dataströmmar av gränslös volym. Blotta datamängden och dess dimensionalitet kräver otaliga maskiner för att med låg latens hantera hundratals miljoner händelser per sekund. Framsteg inom området för distribuerad djupinlärning och ström bearbetning har blottlagt nätverksspecifika utmaningar och krav såsom flödeskontroll och skalbara kommunikationsabstraktioner. Nuvarande beräkningssystem för ström bearbetning uppfyller dessvärre bara en del av dessa villkor. Detta examensarbete presenterar en modell och implementation i programmeringsspråket Rust för ett modulärt nätverksbibliotek som kan hantera alla dessa krav på en gång. Modellen inbegriper datainramning, bufferhantering, ström multiplexing, flödeskontroll och ström prioritering. Prototypen som här implementerats hanterar multiplexing av logiska dataströmmar och kreditbaserad flödeskontroll genom ett flexibelt applikationsgränssnitt. Prototypen har testats i avseende å nätverk genomströmning och tur-och-returtid i ett distribuerat upplägg, med lovande resultat i bägge kategorier.
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Al-Showaish, Ali. "Establishment of a manuscript bibliographical information sharing network among the major libraries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289177.
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The main purpose of this research project has been to investigate the need and, consequently, the perceived feasibility of establishing a cooperative manuscript bibliographical information sharing network among six major libraries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Perceived feasibility is in this case a good indication of actual feasibility. This is because the perceptions studied here are those of experts. Appeal to an authority is a perfectly legitimate way of gathering information and confirming beliefs. The librarians and directors of the manuscript departments of the six libraries are essentially experts in manuscript and library services. Their opinion, therefore, can be considered as a good indication of the actual feasibility. There is another group who can also provide an indication for feasibility; the users of those manuscript departments. The majority of those users are either university professors or graduate students who rely heavily on manuscripts. Librarians and the users of the libraries were the population of this study. The study went further and compared the attitudes of these two groups to determine whether they are in fact similar. Survey method was used to achieve the goal of this research project. The instruments used are interviews, a questionnaire, and review of related literature. The study showed that the manuscript departments hold large collections of more than 98,700 titles in different forms. In regard to the state of automation, four of the departments are using automated systems, and the other two are planning to. As for library cooperation, none of the departments or the libraries are involved or have been involved in any cooperative library network or any sort of formal cooperation. For bibliographic tools, each of the six departments has developed its own cataloging rules, and only one use one of the major subject lists. Moreover, two departments only use one of the major Arabic authority control lists. The majority of the respondents rate all the suggested functions for the network as very important. Furthermore, they think that these functions can be done without a network but that it would be difficult. The majority also strongly agree with all the listed potential benefits of the network. With regard to the potential obstacles that may face the establishment of the network, the majority of the respondents agree or strongly agree that the listed obstacles are significant barriers, except the idea that there is not need for a network. Ninety-eight percent of the respondents think establishing a manuscript bibliographical information sharing network among the libraries of Riyadh at the present time is both desirable and feasible. The national library of Saudi Arabia, King Fahad National Library, topped the list with 37.7% as the preferred leader and organizer of the network. No significant difference was found between the responses of the librarians and the users except on one case which is that of the interlibrary loan.
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Mulatiningsih, Bekti. "#networkedLISprofessionals: Library and information science professionals' experience of social media." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112768/1/Bekti_Mulatiningsih_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis reports on a qualitative study that explores Library and Information Science professionals' experience of social media in and out of their profession as an LIS professional. The research method used for this study is Constructivist Grounded Theory. The outcome of this study is a substantive theory labelled as the Theory of Networked Library and Information Science Professionals. This theory entails 13 categories grounded in participants' experience of social media that is affected by many factors such as technological, psychological, belief, emotional, and political aspects.
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Berggren, Anna, and Åsa Elfving. "Communication structure and information distribution in an Indian NGO-network A case study of the YRSHR-network." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16608.
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The aim of this masters thesis is to examine how communication structures within an inter-organisational network affect the network activities. Questions posed are: who communicates with whom; how does the communication structure affect information distribution; does the structure support the intended function of the network; are the participants satisfied with the information received; and how does the network structure affect the network sustainability. The theoretical starting point is the convergence model of communication applied in an analytic network context. Questionnaires were sent out to the network members and interviews were undertaken with some of the network participants. The Young peoples Reproductive Sexual Health and Rights YRSHR network was founded in 2000. MAMTA-Health Institute for Mother and Child took the initiative since there was a lack of organisations that targeted the group of adolescents. The network consists of approximately 90 NGO's located in five different Indian states. In each state there is a state facilitating agency, SFA that is responsible for co-ordinating the network activities. The SFAs are also responsible for information dissemination and collection of activity reports from the local organisations LO in the state. MAMTA acts as a co-ordinating agency for the entire network on a national level and functions as a gatekeeper between the different states. According to centrality analysis, MAMTA does not have control or influence over the communication in each state. We believe that it is important to have a continuous information exchange that is built upon the participation and mutual exchange by the network actors. The YRSHR-network is low in density and this may be an indication of the members low inclination to engage in network activities. Still, the members regarded the YRSHR-issues as important and the mutual exchange between members a priority. The communication structure is an effective way of disseminating information, but it does not support the members participation in the information exchange or the development of more complex network tasks. To assure the sustainability of the network, a feedback system where the members can document their experiences and knowledge would benefit the active participation in the information accumulation and thus help to sustain the network.Uppsatsnivå: D
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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Woodward. "A Blueprint for Tomorrow: FPIN-The Family Practice Inquiries Network." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8775.
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France, Robert Karl. "Effective, Efficient Retrieval in a Network of Digital Information Objects." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29754.
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Although different authors mean different thing by the term "digital libraries," one common thread is that they include or are built around collections of digital objects. Digital libraries also provide services to large communities, one of which is almost always search. Digital library collections, however, have several characteristic features that make search difficult. They are typically very large. They typically involve many different kinds of objects, including but not limited to books, e-published documents, images, and hypertexts, and often including items as esoteric as subtitled videos, simulations, and entire scientific databases. Even within a category, these objects may have widely different formats and internal structure. Furthermore, they are typically in complex relationships with each other and with such non-library objects as persons, institutions, and events.
Relationships are a common feature of traditional libraries in the form of "See / See also" pointers, hierarchical relationships among categories, and relations between bibliographic and non-bibliographic objects such as having an author or being on a subject. Binary relations (typically in the form of directed links) are a common representational tool in computer science for structures from trees and graphs to semantic networks. And in recent years the World-Wide Web has made the construct of linked information objects commonplace for millions. Despite this, relationships have rarely been given "first-class" treatment in digital library collections or software.
MARIAN is a digital library system designed and built to store, search over, and retrieve large numbers of diverse objects in a network of relationships. It is designed to run efficiently over large collections of digital library objects. It addresses the problem of object diversity through a system of classes unified by common abilities including searching and presentation. Divergent internal structure is exposed and interpreted using a simple and powerful graphical representation, and varied format through a unified system of presentation. Most importantly, MARIAN collections are designed to specifically include relations in the form of an extensible collection of different sorts of links.
This thesis presents MARIAN and argues that it is both effective and efficient. MARIAN is effective in that it provides new and useful functionality to digital library end-users, and in that it makes constructing, modifying, and combining collections easy for library builders and maintainers. MARIAN is efficient since it works from an abstract presentation of search over networked collections to define on the one hand common operations required to implement a broad class of search engines, and on the other performance standards for those operations. Although some operations involve a high minimum cost under the most general assumptions, lower costs can be achieved when additional constraints are present. In particular, it is argued that the statistics of digital library collections can be exploited to obtain significant savings. MARIAN is designed to do exactly that, and in evidence from early versions appears to succeed.
In conclusion, MARIAN presents a powerful and flexible platform for retrieval on large, diverse collections of networked information, significantly extending the representation and search capabilities of digital libraries.Ph. D.
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Ruenwai, Narumol. "Science and technology information in Thailand : policies, strategies and provision." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2006. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/2975.
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The aim of the research was to investigate the current state of scientific and technological (S&T) information service provision in Thailand with a focus on its role of supporting research and development. The ultimate goal of the research was to develop a service model(s) which could aid the modernisation of the S&T information service. The information policies and strategic management at national and institutional levels were examined together with present and future roles in service provision and barriers to S&T information development. The research framework was constructed on the basis of theoretical models of the provision and management of effective information services. The institutions which participated in this research included 46 academic and special libraries in Thailand, hereafter called S&T information centres, and two funding agencies. The data were collected using a variety of research tools, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, namely, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. The questionnaires were distributed to five groups of respondents: executives, managers, librarians or staff, end-users, and executives or policy-makers of funding agencies. Two hundred and eighty-nine questionnaires were sent by post to 45 S&T information centres and two funding agencies whilst 703 questionnaires were also distributed to end-users. Interviews were performed with 55 executives and library managers. Three focus groups were organised on different topics, with a total of 36 participants. The major findings showed that national information policy in relation to S&T information was still relatively ineffective with roles and responsibilities of stakeholders not explicitly identified. In general, the results showed that institutional information policies exist but weak communication between executives, managers, and staff caused problems with implementation and interpretation. Most S&T centres were found to have strategic plans. The focus of these were on issues of integrated ICT infrastructure, acquisition of electronic resources, service improvement, communication with users and feedback, user education, cost effective use of resources, E-library transition and knowledge sharing. The development of resource sharing via computerised networks was considered to be paramount; progress to date was thought to be slow due to a lack of policies at national and institutional levels. Users' information literacy was still found to be an issue, particularly in respect of making effective use of electronic resources. The thesis provided recommendations for a national network for S&T information provision to be designed and managed by a hosting provider.
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Zattar, Marianna. "Prática informacional em redes no domínio da governança da água: um estudo sobre o processo de produção do conhecimento." Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2017. http://ridi.ibict.br/handle/123456789/941.
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Estuda o processo de produção do conhecimento e as práticas informacionais em grupos de pesquisa no domínio do conhecimento e campo científico da Governança da água, por meio das configurações das redes dos pesquisadores. Parte da compreensão da Governança da água como domínio complexo, de caráter teórico-prático inter e transdisciplinar, ao requerer a participação integrada de diversas disciplinas na reflexão das questões atinentes à gestão das águas, tanto quanto de outros atores do próprio campo científico e da sociedade. Utiliza como referencial teórico-conceitual conceitos de campo (Pierre Bourdieu) e de domínio do conhecimento (Birger Hjørland e Hanne Albrechtsen). Emprega os conceitos de rede social e de prática informacional como elementos operacionais na análise empreendida no campo empírico da pesquisa. Apresenta a composição do campo empírico por meio da identificação dos critérios de seleção dos grupos de pesquisa, dos pesquisadores e dos artigos científicos. Indica a pesquisa documental e a entrevista roteirizada como os métodos utilizados para coleta de dados. Adota, para análise dos dados, as metodologias qualitativa e de análise de redes sociais. Conclui que as dinâmicas e os processos de produção, mediação e apropriação de conhecimentos no domínio do conhecimento da Governança da água devem extrapolar as fronteiras disciplinares da organização do conhecimento como uma alternativa na abordagem crítica de fenômenos complexos.
This thesis investigates the process of knowledge production and informational practices in research groups in the knowledge domain and the scientific field of Water Governance, through the configurations of the researchers' networks. It stems from the understanding of Water Governance as a complex domain, composed of a theoretical and practical character that is interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, by requiring the integrated participation of several disciplines in the reflection of issues related to water management, as well as other actors in the scientific field and society. It is theoretically-conceptually framed by the concept of field (Pierre Bourdieu) and knowledge domain (Birger Hjørland and Hanne Albrechtsen). It uses the concepts of social network and informational practice as operational elements in the analysis undertaken in the empirical field of research. It is empirically based on the identification of selection criteria for research groups, researchers and scientific articles. It utilizes documentary research and scripted interview as methods of data collection. It adopts, for data analysis, qualitative methodologies and social networks analysis. It concludes that the dynamics and processes of production, mediation and appropriation of knowledge in the knowledge domain of Water Governance must extrapolate the disciplinary boundaries of knowledge organization as an alternative in the critical approach to complex phenomena.
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Lundberg, Sabina. "Change or Die : A study on the phenomenon of Library UX at two academic libraries in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-351120.
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A recent phenomenon within the library sector is that of User Experience (UX). Library and information practitioners are increasingly leaning towards letting their users help guide and organise library services by using UX methods to both evaluate existing services and to create new ones. Despite that an increased number of academic librarians are focusing on researching their Library UX, few studies have been done on this phenomenon, and none have focused on a Swedish context. In this thesis, the emerging phenomenon of Library UX is investigated by performing a qualitative case study at two academic libraries in Sweden. The posed research questions focus on four areas: what impacts the implementations of UX methods have on an academic library, how UX methods are learnt, if this new emphasis on Library UX will affect the user-librarian relationship and if something can be said about the future of Library UX. The main theory used is Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which together with the use of the Foucauldian perspective on knowledge/power has been employed to analyse the collected empirical data to further the understanding of the phenomenon. The findings are divided into two parts. Firstly, the case study depicting the results of the collected empirical data. Secondly, the ANT-analysis of the Library UX network is presented, which is based on the data collected in the case study. The main conclusions that can be drawn from this study are how UX methods are perceived by the informants as leading to improved library services. There is also a clear consensus among the informants on how the new perspective of the user presented within the Library UX framework will deepen the user centred focus even further at the libraries. Furthermore, the ANT-analysis shows how the phenomenon has primarily emerged through advocacy and how advocates have a central role in how knowledge about Library UX and UX methods are spread within the library world.Ett nytt fenomen inom bibliotekssektorn är User Experience (UX). Bibliotekarier låter i allt högre grad sina användare vägleda dem i hur bibliotekets tjänster ska se ut, genom att använda UX metoder för att både utvärdera och skapa nya tjänster tillhandahållna av biblioteken. Trots att det är en ökning i antalet universitetsbibliotek som nu fokuserar på att undersöka sin Biblioteks-UX har få studier gjorts på ämnet, och ingen ur ett svenskt perspektiv. I den här uppsatsen har fenomenet Biblioteks-UX undersökts genom en kvalitativ fallstudie på två universitetsbibliotek i Sverige. Forskningsfrågorna som ställts i uppsatsen fokuserar på fyra områden: Biblioteks-UX påverkan på universitetsbiblioteken i stort, hur UX metoderna lärs ut, om detta nya fokus kommer påverka användar-bibliotekarierelationen och om något kan utrönas om Biblioteks-UX:s framtid. Den primära teorin som används är Aktör-Nätverksteori (ANT), vilken tillsammans med Foucaults perspektiv på kunskap/makt har använts för att analysera det insamlande empiriska materialet för att få en djupare förståelse av fenomenet. Undersökningen är uppdelad i två avsnitt. I den första delen presenteras fallstudien och i den andra delen presenteras ANT-analysen gjord på Biblioteks-UX nätverket. Uppsatsens huvudsakliga slutsatser är för det första att informanterna uppfattar att UX-metoderna leder till förbättrade bibliotekstjänster. För det andra visar studien att det finns en konsensus bland informanterna om att det nya användarperspektivet som föreslås inom Biblioteks-UX kommer leda till ett djupare användarfokus på biblioteken. ANT-analysen visar vidare att fenomenet framförallt sprids genom förespråkare och hur dessa förespråkare har en central roll i hur kunskapen om Biblioteks-UX och UX-metoder sprids inom biblioteksvärlden.
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Williams, Patricia A. "An investigation into the use of the internet for medical informatics." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1031.
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The rapid evolution and popularity of the Internet technologies, and the World Wide Web, have resulted in unrestricted worldwide access to medical and health information. This has provided the medical profession with the ability to access up to date research more immediately than by traditional means, and has created the potential for advanced information collation. Also the availability of medical literature, previously difficult to obtain for the general public, is having an effect that is both a benefit and a burden to the medical profession. Whilst benefits exist in the use of the Internet in General Practice for clinical support, communication and education, there are also barriers to its inclusion in daily clinical practice. These include the issues of security, access availability, quality, time, research experience and Internet navigation familiarity. Questions remain as to whether or not the Internet can be used in General Practice efficiently, in order to provide a significant advantage over traditional information dissemination methods. This issue is also relevant for other primary health care providers such as pharmacists. In Australia, there has been a relatively slow adoption of both the technology and the use of the Internet for acquiring clinical and medical information. This thesis investigates the current issues surrounding the use of the Internet in general practice and pharmacy in Western Australia. The underlying assumption that the Internet is a useful tool for such information retrieval is examined in terms of useability and usefulness in clinical practice. Further the attitudes to the use of the Internet technology as an effective medium of information delivery were sought.
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Kim, Seonho. "Visualizing Users, User Communities, and Usage Trends in Complex Information Systems Using Implicit Rating Data." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27286.
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Research on personalization, including recommender systems, focuses on applications such as in online shopping malls and simple information systems. These systems consider user profile and item information obtained from data explicitly entered by users. There it is possible to classify items involved and to personalize based on a direct mapping from user or user group to item or item group. However, in complex, dynamic, and professional information systems, such as digital libraries, additional capabilities are needed to achieve personalization to support their distinctive features: large numbers of digital objects, dynamic updates, sparse rating data, biased rating data on specific items, and challenges in getting explicit rating data from users. For this reason, more research on implicit rating data is recommended, because it is easy to obtain, suffers less from terminology issues, is more informative, and contains more user-centered information. In previous reports on my doctoral work, I discussed collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing implicit rating data of digital libraries for analysis and decision support. This dissertation presents a visualization tool, VUDM (Visual User-model Data Mining tool), utilizing implicit rating data, to demonstrate the effectiveness of implicit rating data in characterizing users, user communities, and usage trends of digital libraries. The results of user studies, performed both with typical end-users and with library experts, to test the usefulness of VUDM, support that implicit rating data is useful and can be utilized for digital library analysis software, so that both end users and experts can benefit.Ph. D.
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Zavalin, Vyacheslav I. "Exploration of RDA-Based MARC21 Subject Metadata in Worldcat Database and Its Readiness to Support Linked Data Functionality." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707353/.
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Subject of information entity is one of the fundamental concepts in the field of information science. Subject of any document represents its intellectual potential -- 'aboutness' of the document. Traditionally, subject (along with title and author) is the one of three major ways to access information, so subject metadata plays a central role in this process and the role is constantly growing. Previous research concluded that the larger bibliographic database is, the richer subject vocabularies and classification schemes are needed to support information discovery. Further, a high proportion of information objects are unretrievable without subject headings in metadata records. This exploratory study provides the analysis of the subject metadata in MARC 21 bibliographic records created in 2020; and develops understanding of the level and patterns of 'aboutness' representation in the MARC 21 bibliographic records. Study also examines how these records apply the recent RDA and MARC21 guidelines and features intended to support functionality in a Linked Data environment. Methods of Social Network Analysis were applied along with content analysis, to answer research questions of this study. Suggestions for future research, implications for education, and practical recommendations for library metadata creation and management are discussed.
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Paolino, Carmine. "Large-scale Network Analysis on Distributed Architectures." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/1966/.
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Questa dissertazione esamina le sfide e i limiti che gli algoritmi di analisi di grafi incontrano in architetture distribuite costituite da personal computer. In particolare, analizza il comportamento dell'algoritmo del PageRank così come implementato in una popolare libreria C++ di analisi di grafi distribuiti, la Parallel Boost Graph Library (Parallel BGL).
I risultati qui presentati mostrano che il modello di programmazione parallela Bulk Synchronous Parallel è inadatto all'implementazione efficiente del PageRank su cluster costituiti da personal computer. L'implementazione analizzata ha infatti evidenziato una scalabilità negativa, il tempo di esecuzione dell'algoritmo aumenta linearmente in funzione del numero di processori.
Questi risultati sono stati ottenuti lanciando l'algoritmo del PageRank della Parallel BGL su un cluster di 43 PC dual-core con 2GB di RAM l'uno, usando diversi grafi scelti in modo da facilitare l'identificazione delle variabili che influenzano la scalabilità. Grafi rappresentanti modelli diversi hanno dato risultati differenti, mostrando che c'è una relazione tra il coefficiente di clustering e l'inclinazione della retta che rappresenta il tempo in funzione del numero di processori. Ad esempio, i grafi Erdős–Rényi, aventi un basso coefficiente di clustering, hanno rappresentato il caso peggiore nei test del PageRank, mentre i grafi Small-World, aventi un alto coefficiente di clustering, hanno rappresentato il caso migliore. Anche le dimensioni del grafo hanno mostrato un'influenza sul tempo di esecuzione particolarmente interessante. Infatti, si è mostrato che la relazione tra il numero di nodi e il numero di archi determina il tempo totale.
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Ouergli, Faika. "La promotion des valeurs olympiques au sein des communautés virtuelles : le cas de Facebook." Phd thesis, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2014. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00993225.
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Notre recherche sera centrée sur les interactions entre les réseaux sociaux et les organisations sportives au niveau de la promotion des valeurs de l'olympisme à savoir l'amitié, le respect et l'excellence. L'intérêt et la spécificité de cette recherche consiste dans le manque d'études qui portent sur les relations entre les individus et les organisations sportives via les réseaux sociaux et plus particulièrement sur la promotion des valeurs de l'olympisme. Par ce travail de recherche, nous espérons mieux cerner le positionnement et la perception du mouvement olympique par le biais de ses valeurs. Au plan méthodologique, après l'analyse du contenu et de l'architecture de sites institutionnels comme celui du Comité International Olympique et de certains comités olympiques nationaux, nous avons opté de combiner deux méthodes : la Netnographie ainsi que des entretiens semi-directifs en ligne et un questionnaire à choix multiple qui ont été analysé par les logiciels Sphinx et Tropes. Notre étude portant sur les réseaux sociaux, nous avons créé sur Facebook une page intitulée " Promotion des valeurs olympiques " qui nous permettra d'appliquer les techniques qualitatives citées précédemment. La population visée par cette recherche est composée de personnes ayant une expérience dans le domaine sportif (champions du monde, olympique et nationaux, membres des comités nationaux, des professeurs de sport et d'éducation physique, etc.). Il est bien évident que l'importance et la récence de ce type d'étude au niveau des organisations sportives devra nécessiter par la suite une démarche plus approfondie et étendue, relayée par des études quantitatives sur des publics aux profils divers.
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Raman, Nair R. "An investigative and evaluative study of factors affecting quality of agricultural and farm information services in Kerala." Diss., University of Kerala, 2004. http://www.keralauniversity.edu/.
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Agriculture is not only a country’s backbone of food, livelihood and ecological security systems, but is also the very soul of its sovereignty. In Kerala population density is high and land is scarce. To achieve sustainable advancement in quality of human life, meeting the domestic food requirement is to be given foremost priority in development plans. As the area of cultivation cannot be increased and growth of population cannot be controlled growth in food production is to be achieved by qualitative improvement in farming. This requires improvements in material inputs, farming techniques, storage technology and research. Effective integration of these factors is tied closely to adequate information flow, which can be ensured only by an efficient information system for agricultural education, research, extension and development. So evaluation and improvement of existing information services is very crucial for sustainable agricultural growth. The study evaluates the existing information resources, facilities, services, possibilities for resource sharing, accessibility of external sources, and the factors that affect the quality and efficiency of information services in agricultural sector. Coverage is limited to the State of Kerala. Sample consist 105 institutions of different levels, and information users consisting of 426 scientists and 220 farmers. Different sets of questionnaires and interview schedule were used to elicit information. The study found that agricultural research conducted at various institutions in the region at huge public expense has generated knowledge for improving production. Along with these huge collections of acquired content is also stored in the sector. But when a farmer, an extension worker, a scientist or an administrator needs information it is not easily accessible. The study found that agricultural sector fails to effectively bank on information resources available due to the lack of an information system and network. Recommends an Agricultural and Farm Information System for Kerala. Suggests a model plan for a computer communication network for resource sharing between the agricultural institutions in the State, which will also ensure, smooth flow of results of research down to the grassroots level to achieve maximum productivity in agriculture.
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Naischtein, Katja. "Vem är Alma? : Ett aktör-nätverksperspektiv på bibliotekens IT-system." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352611.
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Today’s library acquisition, circulation, metadata management, cataloging and administration of all kind of resources are too laborious and cannot be performed manually. These tasks are run by or with the help of an IT-system. This master thesis aims to start an analytical discussion of the modern library's central tool, library IT-systems, a discussion much missing in Library and Infor-mation Science. The data on two library IT-systems Alma and Sierra was collected by partici-pant observations, interviews and document studies at Karolinska institute university library and Södertörns university college library.The data was analyzed through actor-network theory perspective. The study’s main questions are how the library IT-system actor-network is assembled and function, and what role does the technology play in library’s practices.The study shows that a complex actor-network emerges in order to automate and computerize library tasks. In this actor-network library IT-systems vendors, the library community, KIB’s and SHB’s practices and the technology are actors who actively impact and affect each other. They are associated with each other through negotiations, a process in ANT referred to as translation. The study also shows that as the actors are not completely in agreement with each other, the library IT-system actor-network has not yet transformed into a fully convergent actor-network which ANT compares to a black box. The study shows that nonhumans, the IT-systems, are not neutral tools. They mediate, organize and document library practices. But they are also a product of modern library knowledge.The study concludes that the fully functioning solution for libraries automated and computer-ized services is the joined production of human and nonhuman actor-network where IT technology play a mediating role.
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Lyall-Wilson, Jennifer Rae. "Automatic Concept-Based Query Expansion Using Term Relational Pathways Built from a Collection-Specific Association Thesaurus." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/306773.
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The dissertation research explores an approach to automatic concept-based query expansion to improve search engine performance. It uses a network-based approach for identifying the concept represented by the user's query and is founded on the idea that a collection-specific association thesaurus can be used to create a reasonable representation of all the concepts within the document collection as well as the relationships these concepts have to one another. Because the representation is generated using data from the association thesaurus, a mapping will exist between the representation of the concepts and the terms used to describe these concepts. The research applies to search engines designed for use in an individual website with content focused on a specific conceptual domain. Therefore, both the document collection and the subject content must be well-bounded, which affords the ability to make use of techniques not currently feasible for general purpose search engine used on the entire web.
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Ekström, Björn. "Performativa tendenser i svenska och brittiska open access-nätverk : En aktör-nätverk-teoretisk studie av forskningsfinansiärers policydokument för öppen tillgång till vetenskaplig information." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323876.
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Emanating in a Swedish and British context, this study seeks to map and discuss contemporary performative tendencies within the countries’ respective open access movements. This is done through a Posthumanist and Material-Semiotic analysis of nine research funders policy documents for open access to scientific results. Using an actor-network-theoretical apparatus of concepts, the study seeks to assess actors, actants, intermediaries, mediators, agencies, connections and networks in the policy documents of the respective research funders. The study therefore aspires to illuminate the complexities of these networks, similarities and differences between the two countries’ networks and what these networks can say about contemporary tendencies within the Swedish and British open access movements respectively. Actors with their associated agencies and performative connections are analysed and compiled in tables according to the respective research funders. The output is thereafter visualised in a schematic network model and the performative tendencies are assessed. While Swedish council Vetenskapsrådet is defined as a ”spider in the web” of the research funder network, the British network is more fragmentary. As for Bioscientific networks, the Swedish network is of a more peripheral sort while the British consists of sprawling nodes. Within Health Science, there is for both countries a clear direction towards the fortification of infrastructures for data deposition. This can also be said regarding the deposition of monographs in Social Science and the Humanities. These tendencies are discussed in light of international open access research. It is proposed that research funders, libraries and other professionals active within the open access movements considers these tendencies in the forming of service activities. It is also emphasized that similar studies ought to be done in order to further map open access-networks. Two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.
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Raman, Nair R. "An investigative and evaluative study of factors affecting quality of agricultural and farm information services in Kerala." Thesis, University of Kerala, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/10014/1/2004Thesis.pdf.
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Agriculture is not only a country’s backbone of food, livelihood and ecological security systems, but is also the very soul of its sovereignty. In Kerala population density is high and land is scarce. To achieve sustainable advancement in quality of human life, meeting the domestic food requirement is to be given foremost priority in development plans. As the area of cultivation cannot be increased and growth of population cannot be controlled growth in food production is to be achieved by qualitative improvement in farming. This requires improvements in material inputs, farming techniques, storage technology and research. Effective integration of these factors is tied closely to adequate information flow, which can be ensured only by an efficient information system for agricultural education, research, extension and development. So evaluation and improvement of existing information services is very crucial for sustainable agricultural growth. The study evaluates the existing information resources, facilities, services, possibilities for resource sharing, accessibility of external sources, and the factors that affect the quality and efficiency of information services in agricultural sector. Coverage is limited to the State of Kerala. Sample consist 105 institutions of different levels, and information users consisting of 426 scientists and 220 farmers. Different sets of questionnaires and interview schedule were used to elicit information. The study found that agricultural research conducted at various institutions in the region at huge public expense has generated knowledge for improving production. Along with these huge collections of acquired content is also stored in the sector. But when a farmer, an extension worker, a scientist or an administrator needs information it is not easily accessible. The study found that agricultural sector fails to effectively bank on information resources available due to the lack of an information system and network. Recommends an Agricultural and Farm Information System for Kerala. Suggests a model plan for a computer communication network for resource sharing between the agricultural institutions in the State, which will also ensure, smooth flow of results of research down to the grassroots level to achieve maximum productivity in agriculture.
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Albannai, Talal N. "Conversational Use of Photographic Images on Facebook: Modeling Visual Thinking on Social Media." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849631/.
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Modeling the "thick description" of photographs began at the intersection of personal and institutional descriptions. Comparing institutional descriptions of particular photos that were also used in personal online conversations was the initial phase. Analyzing conversations that started with a photographic image from the collection of the Library of Congress (LC) or the collection of the Manchester Historic Association (MHA) provided insights into how cultural heritage institutions could enrich the description of photographs by using informal descriptions such as those applied by Facebook users. Taking photos of family members, friends, places, and interesting objects is something people do often in their daily lives. Some photographic images are stored, and some are shared with others in gatherings, occasions, and holidays. Face-to-face conversations about remembering some of the details of photographs and the event they record are themselves rarely recorded. Digital cameras make it easy to share personal photos in Web conversations and to duplicate old photos and share them on the Internet. The World Wide Web even makes it simple to insert images from cultural heritage institutions in order to enhance conversations. Images have been used as tokens within conversations along with the sharing of information and background knowledge about them. The recorded knowledge from conversations using photographic images on Social Media (SM) has resulted in a repository of rich descriptions of photographs that often include information of a type that does not result from standard archival practices. Closed group conversations on Facebook among members of a community of interest/practice often involve the use of photographs to start conversations, convey details, and initiate story-telling about objets, events, and people. Modeling of the conversational use of photographic images on SM developed from the exploratory analyses of the historical photographic images of the Manchester, NH group on Facebook. The model was influenced by the typical model of Representation by Agency from O'Connor in O'Connor, Kearns, and Anderson Doing Things with Information: Beyond Indexing and Abstracting, by considerations of how people make and use photographs, and by the notion of functionality from Patrick Wilson's Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy. The model offers paths for thickening the descriptions of photographs in archives and for enriching the use of photographs on social media.
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Benkoussas, Chahinez. "Approches non supervisées pour la recommandation de lectures et la mise en relation automatique de contenus au sein d'une bibliothèque numérique." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AIXM4379/document.
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Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le domaine de la recherche d’information (RI) et la recommandation de lecture. Elle a pour objets :— La création de nouvelles approches de recherche de documents utilisant des techniques de combinaison de résultats, d’agrégation de données sociales et de reformulation de requêtes ;— La création d’une approche de recommandation utilisant des méthodes de RI et les graphes entre les documents. Deux collections de documents ont été utilisées. Une collection qui provient de l’évaluation CLEF (tâche Social Book Search - SBS) et la deuxième issue du domaine des sciences humaines et sociales (OpenEdition, principalement Revues.org). La modélisation des documents de chaque collection repose sur deux types de relations :— Dans la première collection (CLEF SBS), les documents sont reliés avec des similarités calculées par Amazon qui se basent sur plusieurs facteurs (achats des utilisateurs, commentaires, votes, produits achetés ensemble, etc.) ;— Dans la deuxième collection (OpenEdition), les documents sont reliés avec des relations de citations (à partir des références bibliographiques).Le manuscrit est structuré en deux parties. La première partie «état de l’art» regroupe une introduction générale, un état de l’art sur la RI et sur les systèmes de recommandation. La deuxième partie «contributions» regroupe un chapitre sur la détection de comptes rendus de lecture au sein de la collection OpenEdition (Revues.org), un chapitre sur les méthodes de RI utilisées sur des requêtes complexes et un dernier chapitre qui traite l’approche de recommandation proposée qui se base sur les graphesThis thesis deals with the field of information retrieval and the recommendation of reading. It has for objects:— The creation of new approach of document retrieval and recommendation using techniques of combination of results, aggregation of social data and reformulation of queries;— The creation of an approach of recommendation using methods of information retrieval and graph theories.Two collections of documents were used. First one is a collection which is provided by CLEF (Social Book Search - SBS) and the second from the platforms of electronic sources in Humanities and Social Sciences OpenEdition.org (Revues.org). The modelling of the documents of every collection is based on two types of relations:— For the first collection (SBS), documents are connected with similarity calculated by Amazon which is based on several factors (purchases of the users, the comments, the votes, products bought together, etc.);— For the second collection (OpenEdition), documents are connected with relations of citations, extracted from bibliographical references.We show that the proposed approaches bring in most of the cases gain in the performances of research and recommendation. The manuscript is structured in two parts. The first part "state of the art" includes a general introduction, a state of the art of informationretrieval and recommender systems. The second part "contributions" includes a chapter on the detection of reviews of books in Revues.org; a chapter on the methods of IR used on complex queries written in natural language and last chapter which handles the proposed approach of recommendation which is based on graph
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SIMONETTA, FEDERICO. "MUSIC INTERPRETATION ANALYSIS. A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO SCORE-INFORMED RESYNTHESIS OF PIANO RECORDINGS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/918909.
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This Thesis discusses the development of technologies for the automatic resynthesis of music recordings using digital synthesizers. First, the main issue is identified in the understanding of
how Music Information Processing (MIP) methods can take into consideration the influence of the acoustic context on the music performance. For this, a novel conceptual and mathematical
framework named “Music Interpretation Analysis” (MIA) is presented. In the proposed framework, a distinction is made between the “performance” – the physical action of playing – and the
“interpretation” – the action that the performer wishes to achieve. Second, the Thesis describes further works aiming at the democratization of music production tools via automatic resynthesis: 1) it elaborates software and file formats for historical music archiving and multimodal machine-learning datasets; 2) it explores and extends MIP technologies; 3) it presents the mathematical foundations of the MIA framework and shows preliminary evaluations to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach
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Silva, Fernanda Ferreira da. "Redes de colaboração científica nos cursos de graduação em Biblioteconomia no Estado de São Paulo: interseções entre graduação e pós-graduação." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27151/tde-27022019-150805/.
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O estudo apresenta um panorama da produção e das redes de colaboração científica de docentes dos cursos de Biblioteconomia de Instituições de Ensino Superior do Estado de São Paulo e as interseções entre a produção e comunicação científica dos docentes vinculados apenas a cursos de graduação e aqueles vinculados simultaneamente à programas de pós-graduação. Partiu-se do pressuposto que a interação entre ensino e pesquisa é fundamental para garantir um ensino de qualidade e que, na Ciência da Informação, a pesquisa não pode prescindir do conhecimento produzido no campo profissional, celeiro fundamental para novas pesquisas e avanço do conhecimento. Trabalhou-se com a hipótese de que, embora a pesquisa no Brasil seja desenvolvida principalmente nos programas de pós-graduação stricto sensu, docentes dos cursos de Biblioteconomia não integrados aos programas de pós-graduação também desenvolvem pesquisas, mas com foco nas experiências profissionais, cujo lócus de divulgação e discussão são os eventos acadêmico-profissionais, que possibilitam redes de colaboração diferentes daquelas propiciadas pelos fóruns de discussões da pesquisa na pós-graduação e representam potencial importante de produção de conhecimento para reflexão e sistematização não apenas de profissionais, mas também de compartilhamento entre docentes da graduação e da pós-graduação. Utilizou-se a metodologia de Análise de Redes Sociais (ARS) em conjunto com técnicas bibliométricas. A produção científica de 116 docentes ativos foi coletada na Plataforma Lattes e complementada com informações do ResearchGate e Google Acadêmico, num período que abrange as duas últimas avaliações da Capes (triênio 2010-2012 e o quadriênio 2013-2016). Resultados confirmam parcialmente a hipótese e mostram que dos 46 docentes não vinculados aos programas de pós-graduação, onze (23,9%) não apresentaram qualquer produção no período analisado. Tal dado é preocupante, considerando que as alterações do mundo do trabalho, com aspectos de jurisdição das profissões em discussão, têm colocado contínuos desafios para as profissões de informação. A pesquisa revela também que 90,6% dos docentes dos cursos de Biblioteconomia do Estado de São Paulo (vinculados ou não aos programas de pós-graduação) têm se preocupado com pesquisa e apresentação de trabalhos de caráter científico, acadêmico ou profissional e mantêm redes de colaboração com diferentes autores, embora os aspectos de internacionalização estejam restritos a poucas instituições, notadamente espanholas. A pesquisa contribui para a compreensão da colaboração científica dos docentes dos cursos de Biblioteconomia do estado de São Paulo, comparando os comportamentos dos docentes vinculados e aqueles não vinculados aos programas de pós-graduação e possibilitou externalizar a estreita ligação entre a atividade de pesquisa e a atividade profissional na área de Biblioteconomia, além da relação intrínseca entre o ensino e a pesquisa.The study presents an overview of the production and scientific collaboration networks from professors of the courses of Library Science of Institutions of Higher Education of the State of São Paulo and the intersection between the production and scientific communication of the teachers linked only to graduate courses and those linked both to graduate and posgraduate. It was assumed that the interaction between learning and research is essential to assure a high-quality learning and that, on the Information Science, the research can\'t ignore the knowledge produced on the professional field, which is a main silo for new researches and the advancement of knowledge. It was considered the hypothesis that, while research in Brazil is developed mainly on the posgraduate stricto sensu, the professor from the Library Science courses not integrated to the posgraduate also develop researches, but with a focus on the professional experiences, whose locus of disclosure and discussion are the academic/professional events, that allow collaboration networks different from those provided by the forums of research discussion on the graduation and represent an important potential of knowledge production for thinking and systematization, not only from professionals, but from sharing between graduate and posgraduate teachers. It was used the Social Network Analysis methodology, along with Bibliometric techniques. The scientific production 116 active professors was collected from the Lattes Platform and implemented with information from ResearchGate and Google Academics, on an interval that comprehends the last two assessments from Capes (three-year period from 2010-2012 and four-year period from 2013-2016). The results confirm, in part, the hypothesis and show that, from the 46 teachers that are not linked to the posgraduate, eleven (23,9%) did not present any publication on the analyzed interval. This is an alarming data, considering that the changes on the workplace, with jurisdictional aspects of the professions under discussion, have placed many challenges for the information professions. The research also shows that 90,6% of the teachers from Library Science on the state of São Paulo (whether linked to the posgraduate or not) have cared about the research and presentation of scientific, academic or professional works, and they maintain collaboration networks with different authors, although the internationalization process is limited to a few institutions, mainly the Spanish ones. The research contributes to the compreension of scientific collaboration between professors of the courses of Library Science of Higher Education of the State of São Paulo, comparing the behavior of teachers integrated and not integrated to the posgraduate and enable to outsource the close connection between research activities and professional activities of Library Science, and also between learning and research in this area.
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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library & Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.
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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.
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Talevi, Iacopo. "Big Data Analytics and Application Deployment on Cloud Infrastructure." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/14408/.
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This dissertation describes a project began in October 2016. It was born from the collaboration between Mr.Alessandro Bandini and me, and has been developed under the supervision of professor Gianluigi Zavattaro. The main objective was to study, and in particular to experiment with, the cloud computing in general and its potentiality in the data elaboration field.
Cloud computing is a utility-oriented and Internet-centric way of delivering IT services on demand.
The first chapter is a theoretical introduction on cloud computing, analyzing the main aspects, the keywords, and the technologies behind clouds, as well as the reasons for the success of this technology and its problems. After the introduction section, I will briefly describe the three main cloud platforms in the market.
During this project we developed a simple Social Network. Consequently in the third chapter I will analyze the social network development, with the initial solution realized through Amazon Web Services and the steps we took to obtain the final version using Google Cloud Platform with its charateristics.
To conclude, the last section is specific for the data elaboration and contains a initial theoretical part that describes MapReduce and Hadoop followed by a description of our analysis. We used Google App Engine to execute these elaborations on a large dataset. I will explain the basic idea, the code and the problems encountered.
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Malz, Angela. "Jahresbericht 2013 / Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-181142.
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Malz, Angela. "Jahresbericht 2014 / Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-181401.
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Ndiaye, Diarra. "Analyse communicationnelle des systèmes d'information dans le secteur de la santé (2000-2012) : l'exemple de l'implantation de deux logiciels dans les pratiques de la clinique mutualiste La Sagesse de Rennes." Phd thesis, Université Rennes 2, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00818188.
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Nous présenterons dans le cadre de cette thèse les résultats d'une étude qualitative basée sur deux logiciels (HôpitalManager et CURSUS 3), implantés à la clinique La Sagesse de Rennes ; étude qui a pour objectif, de souligner les enjeuxcommunicationnels que pose ces outils dans les pratiques cliniques. Ces outils sont considérés aujourd'hui comme des dispositifs de modernisation, de rationalisation, de changementdes pratiques, et des interactions entre le patient, le médecin et les dispensateurs de soins. Ainsi, notre objectif est donc demontrer qu'en plus des enjeux techniques, managériaux, politiques et économiques qui sont identifiés par de nombreuxchercheurs, il existe des défis en termes de communication.Les interrogations que nous soulèverons du point de vue de la recherche en Science de l'Information et de la Communication, autour de ces processus de rationalisation, s'inscriront dans une problématique de changementorganisationnel, de circulation d'information ou encore de normalisation des pratiques professionnelles. Dans cespréoccupations, la technologie déduit tout son raisonnement à partir d'une seule prémisse, celle de la performativité dans les organisations. Ce que nous retenons des travaux d'Orlikowski, réside dans le fait que ce qui compte pour évaluer l'efficacité et la performance d'une technologie n'est pas l'artefact technologique, mais c'est la technologie en pratique(Orlikowski, 2000). Ainsi, notre objectif est de montrer que le discours médico-intégratif, est un énoncé performatif quirepose sur des modalités de communication
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Jaume, Bennasar Andrés. "Las nuevas tecnologías en la administración de justicia. La validez y eficacia del documento electrónico en sede procesal." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9415.
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La tesis se encarga de analizar, por un lado, la integración y el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías en la Administración de Justicia; y, por otro, los parámetros que constituyen la validez y eficacia del documento electrónico. La primera cuestión se centra en la configuración de los Sistemas de Información de la Oficina Judicial y del Ministerio Fiscal, así como de la informatización de los Registros Civiles, donde el art. 230 LOPJ es la pieza clave. Se estudian sus programas, aplicaciones, la videoconferencia, los ficheros judiciales y las redes de telecomunicaciones que poseen la cobertura de la firma electrónica reconocida, donde cobran gran relevancia los convenios de colaboración tecnológica. La digitalización de las vistas quizá sea una de las cuestiones con más trascendencia, teniendo en cuenta que el juicio es el acto que culmina el proceso. Aunque no todos los proyectos adoptados en el ámbito de la e.justicia se han desarrollado de forma integral, ni han llegado a la totalidad de los órganos judiciales. El objetivo final es lograr una Justicia más ágil y de calidad, a lo cual aspira el Plan Estratégico de Modernización de la Justicia 2009-2012 aprobado recientemente.
En referencia a la segunda perspectiva, no cabe duda que el Ordenamiento jurídico y los tribunales, en el ámbito de la justicia material, otorgan plena validez y eficacia al documento electrónico. Nuestra línea de investigación se justifica porque cada vez son más los procesos que incorporan soportes electrónicos de todo tipo, ya sea al plantearse la acción o posteriormente como medio de prueba (art. 299.2 LEC). Entre otros temas examinamos el documento informático, la problemática que rodea al fax, los sistemas de videograbación y el contrato electrónico.
La tesi s'encarrega d'analitzar, per una part, la integració i el desenvolupament de les noves tecnologies dins l´Administració de Justícia; i, per l'altra, els paràmetres que constitueixen la validesa i l'eficàcia del document electrònic.
La primera qüestió es centra en la configuració dels Sistemes d´Informació de l´Oficina Judicial i del Ministeri Fiscal, així com de la informatització dels Registres Civils, on l'art. 230 LOPJ es la peça clau. S'estudien els seus programes, aplicacions, la videoconferència, el fitxers judicials i les xarxes de telecomunicacions que tenen la cobertura de la firma electrònica reconeguda, on cobren gran rellevància els convenis de col·laboració tecnològica. La digitalització de les vistes tal vegada sigui una de les qüestions amb més transcendència, tenint amb compte que el judici es l'acte que culmina el procés. Però no tots el projectes adoptats en l'àmbit de la e.justicia s'han desenvolupat d'una manera integral ni han arribat a la totalitat dels òrgans judicials. L'objectiu final es assolir una Justícia més àgil i de qualitat, al que aspira el Pla Estratègic de Modernització de la Justícia 2009-2012 aprovat recentment.
En referència a la segona perspectiva, no hi ha dubte que l´Ordenament jurídic i els tribunals, en l'àmbit de la justícia material, donen plena validesa i eficàcia al document electrònic. La nostra línia d'investigació es justifica perquè cada vegada son més el processos que incorporen suports electrònics de tot tipus, ja sigui quant es planteja l'acció o posteriorment como a medi de prova (art. 299.2 LEC). Entre altres temes examinem el document informàtic, la problemàtica que envolta al fax, els sistemes de videogravació i el contracte electrònic.
The thesis seeks to analyse, on the one hand, the integration and development of the new technologies in the Administration of Justice; and, on the other, the parameters which constitute the validity and efficiency of the electronic document.
The first question centres on the configuration of the Information Systems of the Judicial Office and the Public Prosecutor, as well as the computerisation of the Civil Registers, where the art. 230 LOPJ it's the part key. Their programmes, applications, the Video Conferencing, the judicial registers and the telecommunication networks which are covered by the recognised electronic signatures, are studied, where the agreements on technological collaboration gain great relevance. The digitalisation of evidence might perhaps be one of the questions with most consequence, bearing in mind that the judgment is the act by which the process is culminated. Although not all the projects adopted within the compass of e.justice have developed completely nor have reached all the judicial organs. The final objective is to achieve an agile, quality Justice, to which the recently approved Strategic Plan for the Modernisation of Justice aspires.
With reference to the second perspective, there is no doubt that the juridical Ordinance and the tribunals within the compass of material justice grant full validity and efficacy to the electronic document. Our line of investigation is justified because there are more and more processes which are sustained by electronic supports of all kinds, whether it be at the establishment of the action or later, as a proof of it (art. 299.2 LEC). Amongst other things, we examine the computerised document, the problems which surround the fax, the systems for video recording and the electronic contract.
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Chavez, Maria T. "The establishment of a library networking model for the Caribbean region a Delphi study /." 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24895005.html.
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Hafez, Abdulrasheed Abdulaziz. "A prescriptive model for planning and implementing a resource sharing and information networking system among Saudi university libraries." 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=arDgAAAAMAAJ.
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Brown-Syed, Christopher Lucian. "From CLANN to UNILINC an automated library consortium from a soft systems perspective /." 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=AbbgAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 1996.Distributor from envelope. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-252).
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Kester, Diane Katherine Davies. "Modeling the school system adoption process for library networking." 1990. http://books.google.com/books?id=hb7gAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990.eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [186]-203).
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Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan-Daniel. "Exploring Users’ Information Behavior in Social Networks." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/14954/1/juan_machin_master_thesis_DILL.pdf.
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Social networks are most commonly seen as a technology used only for entertainment purposes. However, they can also be used for serious purposes in business and education environments because they are powerful tools that can accomplish various roles and purposes. It is important to do research on them from an information system and information science point of view by analyzing user information behavior so we can see trends and issues in behavior in connection with these systems. This research aim was to explore how Web 2.0 and social networks are having an effect on users’ information behavior. The method used for the collection of data was a semi structured interview, containing questions constructed according to the issues of Web 2.0 and social networks identified on the literature, along with typical features or characteristics of social networks. Purposive sampling was used, the interview participants selected were four teachers and four second year students of the DILL Master Course. This sample was selected according to the criteria that they had to have a professional background on information science and knowledge and skills about using social networks. The method for analyzing data was discourse analysis and a framework of categories was created to present the data in a certain order. This study identified various trends and tendencies in users’ information behavior and some future directions for research were proposed. Findings of this type of study provide insights to users’ information behavior in information systems, they could contribute to a better understanding of the users and to the design of such systems; this is relevant when it is necessary to build information systems from the point of view of users needs and behaviors, that is, by taking a bottom-up approach.
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Monyane, Mamoeletsi Cecilia. "Library automation as a prerequisite for 21st century library service provision for Lesotho library consortium libraries." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25754.
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Library automation is approaching its 90th birthday (deduced from Pace, 2009:1), and many librarians no longer remember the inefficiencies of the manual systems that were previously in place. For some, however, automation has not gone nearly far enough. In this second decade of the new millennium some libraries in Lesotho face multiple challenges in automating their services while libraries internationally are staying relevant by rapidly adapting their services to address the needs and demands of the clients.
It was anticipated that full library automation is a prerequisite for delivering 21st-century library services and the researcher embarked on a process to establish whether libraries belonging to the Lesotho Library Consortium (LELICO) have automated to the extent where they will be able to provide the services that are currently in demand. The purpose of this study was to analysewhether full library automation is indeed a prerequisite for libraries to offer the services required in the current millennium. The study focused on LELICO member libraries. Benchmarking was done with selected South African academic libraries. Data were collected by means of interviews with all respondents, namely, LELICO member libraries, librarians from South African libraries and with international system vendors operating from South Africa.
The study found that LELICO member libraries are indeed lagging behindin terms of service provision. LELICO member libraries do not appear to understand; which library services are possible when state-of-the-art technology is fully implemented. The study found furthermore that the laggard status is caused by factors such as a lack of funding, too few professional staff and ineffective support from management. These and other findings helped formulate recommendations that would underpin a renewal strategy for LELICO. The proposed recommendations include that LELICO should deliver a more meaningful service to its current members. LELICO member libraries should be using technology more effectively in their operations and good relationship between a system vendor and its clients should be seen as an asset that should be maintained.LELICO should be playing a key role in making change a reality.Information Science
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Harris, Richard J. "The effect of an integrated library computer system on job characteristics in public libraries." 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=Es_gAAAAMAAJ.
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Gruzd, Anatoliy. "Name Networks: A Content-Based Method for Automated Discovery of Social Networks to Study Collaborative Learning." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105553.
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As a way to gain greater insight into the operation of Library and Information Science (LIS) e-learning communities, the presented work applies automated text mining techniques to text-based communication to identify, describe and evaluate underlying social networks within such communities. The main thrust of the study is to find a way to use computers to automatically discover social ties that form between students just from their threaded discussions. Currently, one of the most common but time consuming methods for discovering social ties between people is to ask questions about their perceived social ties via a survey. However, such a survey is difficult to collect due to the high cost associated with data collection and the sensitive nature of the types of questions that must be asked. To overcome these limitations, the paper presents a new, content-based method for automated discovery of social networks from threaded discussions dubbed name networks. When fully developed, name networks can be used as a real time diagnostic tool for educators to evaluate and improve teaching models and to identify students who might need additional help or students who may provide such help to others.
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Roca, Joan. "Road signs in infoscape a study of the links among academic library Gophers /." 1995. http://books.google.com/books?id=h6_gAAAAMAAJ.
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