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Journal articles on the topic "Research Information retrieval Library orientation"
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Ternenge, Tofi Simon, Tarbo Nguwasen Dorcas, Agor Cornelius Terwase, and Tyopev Comfort Member. "Perceived Impact of Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) On effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi." Journal La Edusci 1, no. 6 (December 31, 2020): 25–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37899/journallaedusci.v1i6.250.
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The study investigated the perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi. The study looked at the perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources, purpose of utilizing OPAC by postgraduate students, search strategies used by postgraduate students for effective retrieval of information resources, challenges as well as strategies to enhance the use of OPAC by postgraduate student for effective retrieval of resources. Five (5) objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was made up of 38 postgraduate students who are registered with Benue State University Library. However, the census sampling was adopted for the study due to the small nature of the population. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire titled “Perceived Impact of OPAC on Information Retrieval Questionnaire” (PIOPACIRQ) which was validated by experts and a reliability coefficient of 0.947 was obtained. Data was collected and analyzed using frequent count and means. Findings of the study revealed that, there is a high perceived impact of OPAC on effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi. Finding also revealed that, postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi utilize OPAC for various purposes such as to know the available resources in the university library, to locate books by author, title and subject, assists in obtaining books from the university library, among others. Finding also revealed the search strategies used by postgraduate students for effective retrieval of information resources in Benue State University Makurdi to include by author, title, subject and edition. The study further revealed the challenges hindering the use of OPAC for effective retrieval of information resources in Benue State University, Makurdi to include: lack of skilled library professionals to assists students, lack of orientation from library staff, lack of time to retrieve the vast information, slow internet connectivity speed, among others. Findings finally revealed some key strategies to enhance the use of OPAC for effective retrieval of information resources by postgraduate students in Benue State University, Makurdi which include: employment of skilled/competent library staff, need to design user-friendly OPAC template, improvement of internet connectivity speed, and organizing user education program to orientate postgraduate students on the use of OPAC, among others. Recommendations were also made based on the findings of the study.
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Zhang, Jin, Yanyan Wang, Yuehua Zhao, and Xin Cai. "Applications of inferential statistical methods in library and information science." Data and Information Management 2, no. 2 (August 14, 2018): 103–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/dim-2018-0007.
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AbstractResearch methods play an extremely important role in studies. Statistical methods are fundamental and vital for quantitative research. The authors of this paper investigated the research papers that used statistical methods including parametric inferential statistical methods, nonparametric inferential statistical methods, predictive statistical correlation methods, and predictive statistical regression methods in library and information science and examined the connections and interactions between statistical methods and their application areas including information creation, information selection and control, information organization, information retrieval, information dissemination, and information use. Both an inferential statistical method and graphic clustering visualization method were employed to explore the relationships between statistical methods and application areas and reveal the hidden interaction patterns. As a result, 1821 research papers employing statistical methods were identified among the papers published in six major library and information science journals from 1999 to 2017. The findings showed that application areas affected the types of statistical methods utilized. Studies in information organization and information retrieval tended to employ parametric and nonparametric inferential methods, while correlation and regression methods were applied more in studies in information use, information dissemination, information creation, and information selection and control field. These findings help researchers better understand the statistical method orientation of library and information science studies and assist educators in the field to develop applicable quantitative research methodology courses.
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Chewe, Pailet Chewe, and Eness M. M. Chitumbo. "Perceptions of distance students on the efficacy of Online Public Access Catalogue as an information retrieval tool at the University of Zambia." Zambia ICT Journal 2, no. 1 (June 29, 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33260/zictjournal.v2i1.40.
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The survey aims to investigate distance students’ perceptions of the efficacy of the online catalogue as a tool for information retrieval at the University of Zambia. A survey research design has been adopted in the study. Convenient sampling method was used to select 160 distance students. A structured questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate distance students. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse quantitative data into frequencies and percentages. The study established majority of distance students rarely used the online public access catalogue in exploiting the resources in the university library. Instead they employed shelf-to-shelf browsing in information searching and retrieval skills. Lack of proper orientation and user education were identified as major factors militating against their maximum utilization and exploitation of the resources in the university library. The findings of the study will inform stakeholders on how best to turn around the negative trends of OPAC.
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Sánchez, D., J. Chamorro-Martı́nez, and M. A. Vila. "Modelling subjectivity in visual perception of orientation for image retrieval." Information Processing & Management 39, no. 2 (March 2003): 251–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4573(02)00050-x.
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Marcella, Rita, Dorothy A. Williams, and F. Douglas Anderson. "Current research at the School of Information and Media, The Robert Gordon University." Library and Information Research 19, no. 64 (October 26, 2013): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg403.
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There are a number of research projects at present underway at the School of Information and Media in Aberdeen. The School, with an established portfolio of courses in information, library studies and publishing, has recently grown through the incorporation of communications and modern languages
teaching staff. The growth of the School from 10 academic staff four years ago to a current position with
approximately 50 academic and research staff, is reflected in a corresponding growth in research activity and in the range of research interests represented. New course development, in particular the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Information Analysis, has also fuelled the research effort. Following the last Research Assessment Exercise, a policy decision was taken to invest much of the funding achieved in the
appointment of Research Assistants who could support the development of research initiatives in the School. The mix of research interests is reflected in the establishment of four research clusters, which seek to draw together staff working in broadly related areas, in order that they may share experience and develop best practice. These clusters focus on information management, information technology/information
retrieval, education for information, and publishing and mediation of information. Some of the groups are
large, boisterous and possibly hyperactive: others are smaller and more recently established. It might be intere sting to ponder the most effective size and orientation of such groups for maximizing produclivity and enhancing quality, but that is an issue for another day. This article briefly describes the activities and interests of each of the clusters.
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Logan, Judith. "Embedded Librarianship is Not Well Understood by Librarians at Chinese Universities, but Represents a Promising Service Model." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 15, no. 2 (June 15, 2020): 165–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29742.
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Sun, H., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., & Zuo, W. (2019). Embedded librarianship in China: Based on a survey of university libraries. The Library Quarterly, 89(1), 53–66. https://doi.org/10.1086/700663
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Objective – To determine the extent to which embedded librarianship is understood and implemented with a focus on service models, best practices, and barriers.
Design – Survey questionnaire with follow up interviews.
Setting – Provincial and ministerial university libraries in China.
Subjects – Subject or liaison librarians from the 84 institutions with science and technology “information searching and evaluation centres” called S&TNS (p. 56).
Methods – The authors identified potential participants through the eligible institutions’ library websites or by contacting the library’s managers. Then they randomly selected three librarians (n = 252) from each library to be invited to participate. 56 responded from 41 unique institutions. When respondents indicated that their library had embedded library services, the authors contacted them for follow up interviews.
Main results – Results of the questionnaire revealed that most respondents were unclear about the concept of embedded librarianship with many mistaking traditional models of librarianship as embedded. Roughly half (n = 21) of respondents reported embedded librarians at their institution.
Follow up interviews revealed five models of embeddedness: (1) subject librarianship, (2) teaching information retrieval or library orientation sessions, (3) participation in research teams, (4) co-location with academic departments, and (5) assisting university administration with decision-making. Only half of these libraries (n = 11) conducted some form of assessment.
Conclusion – Embedded librarianship is a promising, but not yet widely adopted model in Chinese university libraries. More should be done to advocate for its implementation or libraries risk obsolescence.
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Adeniyi Aderibigbe, Nurudeen, and Bosede Adebimpe Ajiboye. "User education program as determinant of electronic information resources usage in Nimbe Adedipe University Library, Nigeria." Electronic Library 31, no. 2 (April 5, 2013): 244–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640471311312410.
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PurposeThe focus of this study is the development of effective user education programs that will enhance the use of electronic information resources (EIR) in an era of electronic information for the students of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, which consequently could be adapted for students in other higher institutions of learning.Design/methodology/approachThis study was carried out during the first semester of the 2010/2011 academic session (November 2010 to February 2011), employing a survey method. The target population is postgraduate students (postgraduate diploma, Master's degree and Doctor of Philosophy students) of the seven colleges that run postgraduate programs at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Of a total population of 330 postgraduate students, 250 postgraduate students were selected randomly using a purposive sampling technique since the student population was not evenly distributed across the colleges. Administration and retrieval of the questionnaire lasted for six weeks.FindingsThe findings of this study have shown that the user education program of Nimbe Adedipe Library is not adequate; the library provides more library orientation than bibliographic instruction and information literacy skills. It was also found that few of the students received training on EIR usage while an analysis of the open‐ended questions revealed that the students got to know how to use electronic resources through their own efforts, periodic training in the library, and through the efforts of some library staff and friends. It was also found that use of EIR has a great impact on the respondents' academic activities, as reflected in their responses, where the students agreed that their academic work would suffer without the use of EIR.Practical implicationsIt is the belief of the researchers that empirical research on the use of library resources is crucial for the design and implementation of user education programs.Originality/valueThe results of this study will be a meaningful addition to the literature of library and information science in the area of user studies.
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Akoumianakis, Demosthenes, and George Ktistakis. "Digital calendars for flexible organizational routines." Journal of Enterprise Information Management 30, no. 3 (April 10, 2017): 476–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeim-01-2016-0023.
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Purpose Online calendar services (OCS) are primarily used for temporal orientation and reminding. Nonetheless, calendar work may also entail generic activities such as scheduling, tracking, archive and recall and retrieval which are not adequately supported by available systems. The purpose of the paper is to explore how online calendaring may be re-configured and re-aligned to alleviate these shortcomings, thus servicing accountability in team work and flexibility in organizational routines. Design/methodology/approach Following a design science research methodology, the authors review “justifiable failures” or deliberate non-use of OCS and establish the rationale for, design and evaluate a digital service that configures calendaring as an ecology of separate digital materials supporting file-, photo- and video-sharing services, online argumentation, project/task management and social bookmarking. The new service is a digital composite of materials that incrementally co-adapt and co-evolve to serve primary and secondary work-oriented activities. The authors assess the value of the digital composite in two empirical settings and discuss intrinsic features that create new possibilities for action. Findings The authors present the rationale, design, implementation and evaluation of a new digital composite calendaring service which is deployed in two empirical settings, namely group vacation planning and collective information management. Each case features different re-configurations of calendaring to serve human intentions. In vacation planning, the digital composite of the calendar operates as a mashup allowing peers to negotiate, schedule and track vacation options and archive, recall or retrieve digital memories of vacations. In the case of collective information management, the digital composite is further augmented so as to re-align performative and ostensive aspects of routines in a regional organic farming partnership. Practical implications Digital composites rely on the interdependent operation of different bounded systems and services to establish configured ecologies of (previously) separate digital artifacts. The practical implications of digital composites are that they can appropriate performative capacities which are already established and embedded across different settings. As a result, they enact complex digital assemblages which can re-align not only daily activities but also organizational routines. On the other hand, digital composites remain in flux, since their state, at any moment in time, is partly determined (even temporarily) by the state of their constituent parts. Originality/value Calendaring as presented in this paper defines a genre of digital artifacts that promote flexible and accountable collaborative work while exploiting material agency and resources distributed across digital settings. As such, it establishes a kind of meta-material that invokes collective social agency, thus re-aligning performative and ostensive aspects of organizational routines.
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Steponaitienė, Jolita. "Old Library Manuscript Catalogues in Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania." Bibliotheca Lituana 2 (October 25, 2012): 155–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/bibllita.2012.2.15584.
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Library catalogue or inventory book is one of the most important sources for exploring its stock development, collection creation strategy, content of documents. Catalogue contains a lot of information about content of collections, quality and quantity aspects, and enables reconstruction of libraries which had been closed, dispersed or damaged by various disasters. Catalogues of old, especially non-operating libraries can also play role of reflections of scientific, cultural, social life of certain historical period, sometimes even of witnesses of the whole epoch. This historical source is very important for history of book and library. Their analysis can fill gaps in research of cultural communication of certain periods. Library catalogue is an information search system giving better orientation in the library to the reader, satisfaction of his informational needs and expectations. Exploring of library catalogue can be multiform depending on the subject and object of the exploration. Scientific researches of library catalogues are not popular; they are rather additional source of book history. The old catalogues give possibility to reconstruct traditions and culture of forming catalogues of that time, retrieve regulations and specifics of their forming. The article reveals content of catalogues of institutional, personal libraries of 19th-20th centuries preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Department of Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, their provenance attributes and physical features, making emphasis on Lithuanian books in these libraries. These are catalogues or lists of books owned of Samogitian Seminary, Ateitininkai Chapter established by Lithuanians who moved to Voronezh (Russia) during the 1st World War, The Januškevičiai (progenitors of the Dobužinskiai family), explorer of Lithuanian language Kazimieras Jaunius. These catalogues were selected from library catalogues of the National Library, because the institutions and persons mentioned were important for Lithuanian history and culture. Old library catalogues present evidence what important sources they can be for exploring of various historical stages of the country, historical and cultural heritage of various institutions, organizations or personalities, cultural and informational communication, distribution of a certain book, its popularity in libraries of various levels, culture and traditions of library catalogues forming during the certain time period.
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Owidi, Fredrick Omondi, and Rose Njoroge. "Network Literacy and Utilization of Electronic Resources Among University Students: The Case of Kabarak University, Kenya." International Journal of Current Aspects 5, no. 2 (May 15, 2021): 21–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.35942/ijcab.v5i2.162.
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Libraries acquire and facilitate access to electronic information resources that support core functions of universities they serve. Despite substantial investments by universities in infrastructures and resources to facilitate access to electronic resources, studies have revealed that these resources are at times not optimally utilized as expected. Network literacy is defined as the knowledge of web-based information resources, ability to effectively use ICT tools to access resources available online, ability to judge the relevance of information retrieved, and capability to use computer-mediated communication tools to manage or utilize the accessed information. The purpose of this study was to assess network literacy and utilization of electronic resources among Kabarak University students in Kenya and consequently provide some insight into usage of networked resources at the university. Objectives of the study entailed assessing users’ awareness of internet applications and utilization of electronic resources; assessing users’ awareness of Social Networking Sites (SNS) and utilization of electronic resources, establishing the levels of user awareness of electronic resources available at Kabarak University, evaluating users’ competencies in using electronic resources and establishing challenges encountered in utilizing electronic resources at Kabarak University. The study was anchored on the Digital Library model that depicts users’ interaction with networked environments, taking into consideration the various systems involved. The study was undertaken at Kabarak University main campus library. Stratified sampling was used to segregate students and librarians whose opinions were also sought on matters covered by the study. Simple random sampling was used to select students for the study while purposive sampling was employed to select resourceful librarians for the research. The study adopted a descriptive research design and used an approach where qualitative and quantitative data were gathered using a set of structured questionnaires that contained open and close ended questions based on objectives that guided the study. The questionnaires were first pilot – tested at Moi University Eldoret Town campus to determine their validity and also subjected to Cronbach’s Alpha reliability test to determine that acceptable internal reliability levels were attained. These questionnaires were then directly issued to the selected respondents. Analysis of the collected data was done using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 23 and thereafter, responses arranged in themes as appropriate. Frequencies and percentage distributions were used to highlight patterns in the data and facilitate interpretation. Among the findings was that students were aware of existence of electronic resources though some of them were not aware of what these electronic resources entailed specifically, and that among the greatest challenges they faced in using the electronic resources were slow internet connectivity speeds and inadequate points of accessing the internet. The study also established that the library relied majorly on orientation to sensitize students on electronic resources. Reinforcement and regularly conducting orientation programmes were recommended as a means of promoting network literacy at the University.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Research Information retrieval Library orientation"
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Goff, Alexandra. "Information skills development for the college bound student /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0014/MQ36126.pdf.
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Zinn, Sandy. "Integrating information skills into the curriculum: an action research investigation at an ex-House of Representatives high school." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1338.
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Lin, Sung-Chien. "Towards integrating research on retrieval- and communication-oriented studies in library and information science." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106356.
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In this paper, an idea for integrating research in information retrieval and scientific communication in LIS is proposed. This idea is based on the generation and use of subject maps for documents in a specific domain. A subject map, as defined in this paper, is a kind of representation of the important subjects in the target domain and their mutual conceptual relationships, on a two-dimensional graph. The map can be used in many applications in information retrieval and scientific communication. For example, it can be used as an interface in information retrieval systems, to display terms and their relationships in thesauri, and as a tool to explore research and developments of a scientific discipline. The method to generate subject maps is also described. The method comprises four processes: document preparation, information extraction, map generation, and information visualization. All these processes are based on concepts and technologies from both the domains of information retrieval and scientific communication.
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Swartz, Barbara Dawn. "A study of the information-seeking behaviour of the researchers in the Parliamentary Research Unit at the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50283.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examined the information seeking behaviour of the researchers attached to the Parliamentary Research Unit in Parliament. It looked at their use of the Parliamentary Library, their use of the library and its resources, what other avenues for information they use and what suggestions they have for improving the service. A questionnaire was developed and e-rnailed to researchers. As the response rate was poor, it limited the conclusions that could be drawn from the research. In line with other studies, it was found that electronic resources and the Internet played a great role in how they sourced information. Researchers frequented the Internet to find information more than they use the library and they have difficulties with accessing online resources and the catalogue. The manual circulation system was a source of frustration as well. They made use of personal contacts to a certain extent to find unpublished information and very recent information. These categories of information, especially government information, are crucial to their work. Suggestions for improvement centred on the online catalogue, instruction in the use of the online resources, updating the collection of books and journals and consulting researchers where necessary.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie ondersoek fokus op die inligtingsgedrag van die navorsers in die Parlementêre Navorsingseenheid. Dit ondersoek hul gebruik van die Parlementêre biblioteek en sy bronne, die alternatiewe inligtingskanale tot hul beskikking en watter voorstelle hulle het vir die verbetering van dienste. 'n Vraelys is ontwerp en per e-pos aan navorsers gestuur. Swak terugvoering het die proses om finale gevolgtrekkings te maak, beperk. In ooreenstemming met ander studies, is wel gevind dat die Internet en elektroniese bronne 'n groot rol speel in die proses om inligting te bekom. Daar is ook gevind dat navorsers hierdie tipe bronne verkies bo traditionele biblioteekbesoeke. Opleiding om die elektroniese bronne en die katalogus te gebruik is noodsaaklik. Alternatiewe bronne van inligting soos persoonlike kontakte met ander kundiges word tot 'n sekere mate gebruik om inligting te kry wat beide op datum en ongepubliseer is. Voorstelle vir verbetering fokus op die elektroniese katalogus, opleiding in die gebruik van elektroniese bronne, die kwaliteit en inhoud van die versameling en konsultasie met die navorsers.
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Sullivan, Kathryn. "Dissertation Report IS 8995 Using Dialog CIP At Winona State University To Educate End-Users." NSUWorks, 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/27024072.html.
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Cross, Doug D. "Determining Standards for Sources of Free Information on the Internet for Inclusion in Academic Library Holdings by 2010." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/715.
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The purpose of this study was to develop a consensus from a panel of experts composed of library deans/directors, reference librarians, and instructors with online teaching experience. The panel developed the methodology necessary for evaluating free sources of information on the Internet for inclusion in academic library holdings by the year 2010. The following areas were explored as they related to the forecast: 1) The changes in higher education institutions that will be necessary to prepare students to deal with free sources of information on the Internet; 2) The procedures that librarians need to develop and implement to ensure that free Internet materials will meet quality standards for inclusion in academic library holdings; and 3) The things that publishers of free sources of information on the Internet need to do to ensure that their materials will be considered for inclusion in academic library holdings.
The Delphi panel was composed of 24 members: eight library deans/directors, eight reference librarians, and eight instructors with online teaching experience. The members of the panel were selected from the community colleges of the Tennessee Board of Regents System.
In the first round of the study, panelists responded to 10 open-ended questions on an e-mail questionnaire dealing with free sources of information on the Internet. The narrative responses to the questions were specific and provided a basis on which to develop the Round 2 Questionnaire. In the second round of the Delphi study, panelists responded to 9 questions with 42 subparts.
The results of this study may be used to project the information needs of students as well as suggest strategies for publishers on the basis of the data collected in this study. A major finding of the study was the need for reliable information in documents on the Internet. The Delphi panel also listed the lack of permanence of Internet sites as a major reason librarians do not use free sources of information on the Internet. The Delphi panel recommended that educators assist students in dealing with Internet materials by teaching them how to use critical thinking skills.
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Blick, Sofia. "Trans Library Experience : A qualitative research of trans experience and identity work in Swedish public libraries." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-398745.
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This essay examines how trans people experience Swedish public libraries, as well as how the library can be an integral part of their trans identity work. The data sample was collected through semi-structured phenomenological interviews with five trans and non-binary library users. The analysis of the interview data was done using the method of thematic analysis (TA), following an inductive approach. The theoretical framework focuses on five different, but connecting, concepts. Mainly, theories about intersectionality; whiteness; the heterosexual matrix; orientation; and categorization. The results of this study show that trans people use and experience the library in a myriad of different ways. It is clear, however, that all the informants look to libraries to provide them with material that they can see themselves represented in, to get a sense of validation for their gender identity. Even though the library provides this in some ways, other aspects connected to libraries function to hinder trans people in their identity work. There are several ways that libraries can improve on their services toward trans patrons, and one of these are to better facilitate meetings between different trans people through more activities catering towards this group. In short, libraries need to be mindful about this specific group both when it comes to the services they offer, as well as the physical layout of the library space. These are all aspects which affect and influence trans people and their ability to construct and express their gender identity.Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur transpersoner upplever Svenska folkbibliotek, och dessutom hur biblioteken kan fungera som en viktig faktor i deras identitetsarbete. Dataansatsen samlades in via semi-strukturerade fenomenologiska intervjuer med fem trans- och icke-binära biblioteksanvändare. Analysen denna intervjudata gjordes med hjälp av metoden tematisk analys (TA), utifrån en induktiv ansats. Det teoretiska ramverket fokuserar på fem olika, men integrerade, koncept. Detta baserat på teorier kring intersektionalitet; vithet; den heterosexuella matrisen; orientering; och kategorisering. Resultatet av denna studie visar att transpersoner använder och upplever bibliotek på en rad olika sätt. Det framgår dock tydligt att informanterna alla ser till biblioteken för att erhålla material de kan se sig själva representerade i för att få en känsla av erkännande av deras genusidentitet. Även om biblioteken lyckas erbjuda detta i vissa fall lyckas andra apsekter av biblioteken fungera för att hindra dem i deras identitetsarbete som transpersoner. Det finns flera sätt som biblioteken kan förbättra deras tjänster gentemot sina användare som är trans, ett av sätten vilket relaterar till att arbeta mer mot att skapa mötesrum för transpersoner genom att erbjuda mer aktiviteter som riktar sig mot denna grupp. I korthet kan man säga att bibliotek måste vara medvetna kring hur de vänder sig mot den här användargruppen, både när det kommer till vilka tjänster de erbjuder samt hur biblioteket som fysisk plats utformas. Dessa är alla aspekter som påverkar och har en inverkan på transpersoners möjlighet att konstruera och uttrycka sin genusidentitet.
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Sidibé, Amadou Békaye. "Usages d'Internet et services d'Internet au Mali : rôle et positionnement des bibliothèques." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAL003/document.
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Depuis l’époque sumérienne (4ème – 3ème millénaire avant J.-C.), les bibliothèques ont su traiter les documents pour les mettre à la disposition des populations pour leur développement intellectuel, culturel, économique … Pour répondre aux besoins informationnels de toutes les couches socioprofessionnelles, elles ont pris diverses formes : nationale, publique, spécialisée, scolaire, universitaire … et cela, à travers tous les pays du monde.Avec la naissance du web et l’accès progressif des populations aux ressources en ligne, les partenaires techniques et financiers des pays africains ont commencé à aider ces derniers, dans la seconde moitié des années 90, à se connecter à Internet. Ce fut aussi le début de divers projets de création de télécentres en vue de vulgariser Internet et permettre l’accès des populations africaines à l’information pour leur développement. Ces nouvelles structures (communautaires ou privées) ont paru pour beaucoup comme la source d’accès à l’information. Dans ce contexte, les bibliothèques, aux ressources déjà maigres dans nos pays, ont paru comme des structures démodées, voire inutiles. Les professionnels de l’information documentaire ont alors commencé à s’interroger sur l’avenir de leur profession et des bibliothèques. Dans leur réflexion, Internet a été perçu tantôt comme une menace pour les bibliothèques, une technologie comme les autres, ou encore comme une opportunité à saisir pour valoriser leurs ressources et leur savoir-faire.Considérer Internet comme une opportunité exige cependant des bibliothécaires une nouvelle perception de leur mission, une nouvelle organisation du travail, de nouveaux produits et services, une nouvelle vision des relations avec le public. Cela exige surtout l’appropriation d’Internet et un rôle actif dans son usage afin de diffuser ses ressources, faciliter l’accès à celles des autres, promouvoir ses produits et services, diversifier, fidéliser et rendre autonomes ses utilisateurs dans la recherche et l’exploitation des ressources … Ainsi, se pose la question du rôle des bibliothèques dans le développement des usages et services Internet.Notre étude cherche dans le contexte malien, marqué par l’extrême pauvreté des bibliothèques, par l’échec quasi-total des télécentres, mais par un léger dynamise d’autres modes d’accès à Internet (connexion au bureau, à domicile, sur les appareils mobiles …) de déterminer, analyser et comprendre le rôle des bibliothèques maliennes dans le développement des usages et services Internet. Conduite auprès de 39 unités documentaires connectées à Internet, elle expose Internet au Mali (historique, stratégies, représentations, usages), analyse le rôle et le positionnement des bibliothèques dans la démocratisation de l’accès des usagers à Internet et aux ressources informationnelles. Elle essaie, enfin, de comprendre si les actions des bibliothèques en lien avec Internet s’inscrivent dans une stratégie claire et mûrieSince the Sumerian period (4th - 3rd millennium BC), libraries have been able to process documents in order to make them available to the population for their intellectual, cultural and economic development ... ¶ To meet the information needs of all the socio-professionnal strata, they have taken various forms: national, public, specialized, scolarly, academic ... and this, in all the countries of the world.¶¶ With the rise of the web and the progressive access of people to online resources, the technical and financial partners of African countries began to help them, in the second half of the 1990s, to connect to the Internet. ¶This was also the beginning of various projects to create telecentres in order to popularize the Internet and to enable African populations to access information for their development. ¶These new structures (community or private) have been seen by many as the only source of access to information. In this context, libraries, with already meager resources in our countries, have appeared as obsolete, even useless structures. ¶ Documentary information professionals then began to question the future of their profession and libraries. ¶ In their reflection, the Internet has sometimes been perceived as a threat to libraries, as a technology like any other, or as an opportunity to seize in order to develop their resources and their know-how.¶Considering the Internet as an opportunity, however, requires librarians a new perception of their mission, a new organization of work, new products and services, and a new vision of relations with the public. ¶ This requires especially the appropriation of Internet and an active role in its use in order to disseminate your resources, facilitate access to those of others, promote your products and services, diversify, retain and empower your users in research and exploitation of resources ... ¶ Thus, the question arises of the role of libraries in the development of Internet uses and services.¶ Our study seeks, in the Malian context, marked by the extreme poverty of libraries, by the almost total failure of telecentres, but by a slight dynamism of other modes of access to the Internet (connection at the office, home connection, connection on mobile devices ...) to determine, analyze and understand the role of Malian libraries in the development of Internet usage and services. Realized in 39 Internet-related documentary units, it exposes Internet Mali (history, strategies, representations, uses), analyzes the role and positioning of libraries in the democratization of Internet and information resources access. Finally, it tries to understand whether the actions of libraries in bond with Internet are part of a clear and mature strategy
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Haberle, Nikky. "Developing an evaluative framework for information literacy interventions." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1892.
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Thesis (MTech(Education)--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2001This study presents a theoretical evaluative framework for information literacy initiatives. The evaluative framework is based on a holistic behavioural taxonomic approach incorporating affective, cognitive, and physical domains. In this study the behavioural taxonomic approach was applied to the evaluation of a historical information literacy initiative, the IFYE (Integrated First Year Experience), developed by the Cape T echnikon in 1997, South Africa. The motivating factor behind the evaluation was to determine whether it would be suitable as an implementable initiative at other institutions in the Western Cape. This coincided with the aims of Infolit, who had invited institutions of Higher Education to submit pilot projects on information literacy in a drive to promote information literacy throughout the Western Cape. Although the IFYE initiative may not have realised its full potential, information literacy has drawn continued interest and other initiatives have since been developed. Application of two eXlsttng taxonomles, demonstrated distinct limitations in their application and a new taxonomy was developed within the South African educational context. The new taxonomy was applied to the theoretical evaluation of an innovative elearning information literacy initiative developed by the Cape Technikon in 2000, which has been accepted by Infolit for wider implementation throughout the Western Cape. The final section of the study presents recommendations based on the evaluation of the elearning initiative, information literacy initiatives in general, and structural changes to the developed taxonomy. Areas for further research are also discussed.
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Seamans, Nancy H. "Information Literacy: A Study of Freshman Students' Perceptions, with Recommendations." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27705.
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The research problem for this study is focused on the need to know how students acquire and use information. Research indicates a lack of understanding of what students know about information and how they use information and this study used the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Appendix A) as the basis for acquiring a better understanding of what kind of information freshman students at Virginia Tech need and how they acquire it during their first semester at college. Students were asked questions about their information use during fall semester 2000, using both email questioning and in face-to-face interviews. The data collected was used to develop insights into how students acquire and use information and resulted in suggestions that could be used in revising and improving instruction for freshman students that is provided by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.Ph. D.
Books on the topic "Research Information retrieval Library orientation"
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Dudle, Otto. Dokumentieren, Recherchieren, Informieren: Vom persönlichen Handarchiv zur elektronischen Datenbank : ein praktischer Ratgeber für das Recherchieren in Bibliotheken, Archiven, Dokumentationsstellen, und Datenbanken. Aarau: Sauerländer, 1991.
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Studying children's questions: Imposed and self-generated information seeking at school. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2006.
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Information literacy and technology research projects: Grades 6-9. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas Press, 2001.
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Technology connections for grades 3-5: Research projects and activities. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
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Z, Joyce Marilyn, ed. Making the writing and research connection with the I-search process: A how-to-do-it manual. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006.
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Ercegovac, Zorana. Information literacy: Search strategies, tools & resources. Los Angeles, Calif: InfoEN Associates, 1998.
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Information literacy: Search strategies, tools & resources for high school students. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Pub., 2001.
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Information literacy: Search strategies, tools & resources for high school students and college freshmen. 2nd ed. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub., 2008.
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List, Carla. Introduction to information research. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1998.
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Podnar, Ivana, Toan Luu, Martin Rajman, Fabius Klemm, and Karl Aberer. "A Peer-to-Peer Architecture for Information Retrieval Across Digital Library Collections." In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 14–25. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11863878_2.
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Kawasaki, Yukiko, Rei Suzuki, and Hideki Sunahara. "NAIST Digital Video Library: Tools for Restructuring Video Data for the Content Based Information Retrieval - A Representative Image of Shot Concept for the Internet." In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 645–46. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49653-x_43.
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Lidy, Thomas, and Andreas Rauber. "Music Information Retrieval." In Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries, 448–56. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-879-6.ch046.
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This chapter provides an overview of the relatively young but increasingly important domain of Music Information Retrieval, an Information Retrieval subdomain, which investigates efficient and intelligent methods to analyze, recognize, retrieve and organize music. After describing the background and the problems that are addressed by research in this domain the chapter gives a brief introduction to methods for the extraction of semantic descriptors from music, which are fundamental to a great number of tasks in Music Information Retrieval. In the subsequent sections, music retrieval, music classification and music library visualization systems are described. All of these systems are developed for the purpose of enhancing organization, access and retrieval in potentially large digital music libraries.
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"Human–Computer Interaction Research in Information Retrieval." In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition, 2183–96. CRC Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1081/e-elis3-120044556.
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"Human–Computer Interaction Research in Information Retrieval." In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Fourth Edition, 1895–908. CRC Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1081/e-elis4-120044556.
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Gupta, Punit, and Ravi Shankar Jha. "Information Retrieval and Access in Cloud." In Library and Information Services for Bioinformatics Education and Research, 212–28. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1871-6.ch013.
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With increase of information sharing over the internet or intranet, we require techniques to increase the availability of shared resource over large number of users trying to access the resources at the same time. Many techniques are being proposed to make access easy and more secure in distributed environment. Information retrieval plays an important to serve the most reliant data in least waiting, this chapter discuses all such techniques for information retrieval and sharing over the cloud infrastructure. Cloud Computing services provide better performance in terms of resource sharing and resource access with high reliability and scalability under high load.
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Araújo, Paula Carina de, and Karolayne Costa Rodrigues de Lima. "Academic Library Supporting Research." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 167–86. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4546-1.ch008.
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The purpose of this chapter is to examine how the provision of research support services by the Law Library at Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Brazil contributes to achieve the university research goals. The chapter develops a case study taking a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach. The UFPR Law Library provides research support services such as classes on research support, bibliographic research support, orientation on research tools. Those research support services are not part of a formal and strategic program. It is recognized that the existence of a data repository, the UFPR Scientific Database, is an opportunity to provide scientific research data management support services at UFPR libraries. The chapter concludes that the existing research support services have an impact on research at UFPR Law School. However, there is an opportunity to create other services that will meet the user's expectations, considering the new research trends at the university.
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Chen, Hua-Tsung, Wen-Jiin Tsai, and Suh-Yin Lee. "Sports Information Retrieval for Video Annotation." In Multimedia Storage and Retrieval Innovations for Digital Library Systems, 59–84. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0900-6.ch004.
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The rapid evolution of digital equipments has led to the explosive proliferation of multimedia data in education, entertainment, sport and various applications. The development of automatic or semi-automatic systems and tools for digital content analysis and understanding becomes compelling. As important multimedia content, sports video has been attracting increasing attention due to commercial benefits, entertaining functionalities and audience requirements. Much research on shot classification, highlight extraction and event detection in sports video has been done to provide interactive video viewing systems for quick browsing, indexing and summarization. More keenly than ever, the audience desires professional insights into the games. The coach and players demand automatic tactics analysis and performance evaluation with the aid of multimedia information retrieval technologies. Therefore, sports video analysis is certainly a research issue worth investigation. In this paper, we review current research and give an insight into sports video analysis.
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Yang, Christopher, and Kar W. Li. "Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval." In Design and Usability of Digital Libraries, 153–70. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-441-5.ch009.
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Structural and semantic interoperability have been the focus of digital library research in the early 1990s. Many research works have been done on searching and retrieving objects across variations in protocols, formats, and disciplines. As the World Wide Web has become more popular in the last ten years, information is available in multiple languages in global digital libraries. Users are searching across the language boundary to identify the relevant information that may not be available in their own language. Cross-lingual semantic interoperability has become one of the focuses in digital library research in the late 1990s. In particular, research in cross-lingual information retrieval (CLIR) has been very active in recent conferences on information retrieval, digital libraries, knowledge management, and information systems. The major problem in CLIR is how to build the bridge between the representations of user queries and documents if they are of different languages.
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Bura, Deepa, and Amit Choudhary. "Enhancing Information Retrieval System Using Change-Prone Classes." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 40–68. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1021-6.ch003.
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In today's competitive world, each company is required to change software to meet changing customer requirements. At the same time, an efficient information retrieval system is required as changes made to software in different versions can lead to complicated retrieval systems. This research aims to find the association between changes and object-oriented metrics using different versions of open source software. Earlier researchers have used various techniques such as statistical methods for the prediction of change-prone classes. This research uses execution time, frequency, run time information, popularity, and class dependency in prediction of change-prone classes. For evaluating the performance of the prediction model, sensitivity, specificity, and ROC curve are used. Higher values of AUC indicate the prediction model gives accurate results. Results are validated in two phases: Experimental Analysis I validates results using OpenClinic software and OpenHospital software and Experimental Analysis II validates result using Neuroph 2.9.2 and Neuroph 2.6.
Conference papers on the topic "Research Information retrieval Library orientation"
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Weech, Terry. "Multidisciplinarity in Education for Digital Librarianship." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3061.
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As information resources of all types and disciplines are being stored and retrieved in digital form, libraries are responding to the demands for more effective retrieval of such documents and to provide even more digital access to scholarly and recreational library materials. This has led schools of library and information science to develop special programs, degrees, and certificates in digital librarianship. These programs vary from one school to another, but they all demonstrate the multidisciplinarity of education for librarians who will work specifically with digital librarianship. Library and Information Science education has always had a multidiscipline orientation, with traditional faculty consisting of those with degrees in the fields of sociology, communications, history, public administration, education, engineering, and computer science, as well as advanced degrees in library and information science. But with the advent of special programs in digital librarianship, the curriculum has begun to switch to a multidiscipline curriculum content which may be evolving into a sub-specialization in the field. These trends are examined in this paper and recommendations are made regarding future research needed to determine the advisability and sustainability of this trend.
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Lizhen Liu, Chengli Wang, Minhua Wu, and Guoqiang He. "Research of intelligent information retrieval system ontology-based in digital library." In 2008 IEEE International Symposium on IT in Medicine and Education (ITME). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itme.2008.4743890.
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Liu, Zhenghao, Kaitao Zhang, Chenyan Xiong, Zhiyuan Liu, and Maosong Sun. "OpenMatch: An Open Source Library for Neu-IR Research." In SIGIR '21: The 44th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3404835.3462789.
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Fang, Anjie, Iadh Ounis, Philip Habel, Craig Macdonald, and Nut Limsopatham. "Topic-centric Classification of Twitter User's Political Orientation." In SIGIR '15: The 38th International ACM SIGIR conference on research and development in Information Retrieval. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2766462.2767833.
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Cobb, Corie L., and Alice M. Agogino. "Case-Based Reasoning for the Design of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems." In ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2006-99120.
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Although Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are forming the basis for a rapidly growing industry and fields of research, many MEMS designers still rely on back-of-the-envelope calculations due to a lack of efficient computer-aided design (CAD) tools that can assist with the initial stages of design exploration. This paper introduces case-based reasoning (CBR) techniques to the design of MEMS, as part of a larger MEMS synthesis framework currently under development at UC Berkeley. Having the ability to draw upon past design knowledge is advantageous to the MEMS designer, allowing reuse and modification of previous successful designs to help deal with the complexities of a new design problem. CBR utilizes past successful MEMS designs and sub-assemblies as building blocks stored in an indexed library. Reasoning tools find cases in the library with solved problems similar to the current design problem in order to propose promising conceptual designs. This paper discusses case representation and case library design as well as the results of case retrieval studies, focusing on MEMS resonant structures. The paper recommends strategies for integrating the MEMS case library with evolutionary computation when parameter optimization over the retrieved conceptual designs is not sufficient or there are gaps of knowledge in the case library.
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Wu, Jia-Long, and Alice Agogino. "ABET Alignment of Learning Resources in the Engineering Pathway Digital Library." In ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2007-42531.
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The Engineering Pathway (EP) digital library (www.engineeringpathway.com) strives to provide quality educational resources for learners of all age levels. ABET Engineering Criteria has been the driving force behind modern engineering education reform since its introduction at the turn of the century. In order to help engineering educators and administrators meet the challenges of developing and teaching a learning outcomes-focused curriculum, EP is linking existing resources to appropriate ABET criteria. This paper summarizes the research behind using our ABET alignment process where computational linguistics and information retrieval tools are used to augment the ABET alignment process. Experts then review these recommendations and make corrections where needed. By taking this approach, we not only shorten the time to align existing learning resources; but also improve the scalability by aligning new resources as they are being submitted. The technologies can also be applied to the development of thesauri and recommender systems that can be tailored to individual faculty needs.
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Vyawahare, Vikram S., and Richard T. Stone. "Evaluation of Bimanual Stretched-String Single Object Manipulation for Virtual Assembly With Haptics." In ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2013-13453.
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This research attempts to improve the spatial interaction in virtual assembly with a focus on bimanual object manipulation. Using a unique combination of spatial interaction devices namely a kinesthetic haptic device (Phantom Omni®) and a magnetically tracked device (Razor Hydra) each held in one of the user hands; a new interaction technique named ‘Bimanual Stretched-String Single Object Manipulation’ (BS-SSOM) was developed [1]. The BS-SSOM technique decouples positioning and orientation of objects during bimanual single object manipulation in virtual assembly. The distance between the two hands can be varied to control the precision of manipulation. The simulation uses Voxmap Pointshell [2] physically based modeling library. The (BS-SSOM) technique is evaluated with a user study. Three modes of manipulation and 3 task levels are designed to give 9 treatments for evaluation. A method to measure the task completion along with task time and distance covered by each hand in virtual assembly is devised. In order to facilitate long tasks a progressive assembly scheme is implemented. Participants were screened for normal visual acuity, stereopsis and manual dexterity. Results of the user study provide good indicators for evaluation of hypotheses regarding participant performance, realism of interaction, hand motion and effect of task length on utility of the interaction method.
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Baoning, Ji, Li Yuan, Zhang Jie, and Yu Jianfeng. "3D Assembly Model Matching Based on Motion Features and Shape Distribution." In ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2019-11144.
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Abstract Assembly retrieval is a significant technology to reuse the abundant design knowledge embedded in the products. However, the existing assembly retrieval methods are still lacking and the research on this topic is needed. It is found that the motion features of the internal mechanism in the assembly model are closely related to its mechanical function, which is significant for mechanism motion design, assembly simulation, etc. So we propose an approach for assembly matching by motion and shape features. First, assembly model are decomposed into separate kinematic components according to analyzing its motion structure. Then, we take geometric information of kinematic component as a vertex, and kinematic pair between components is taken as an edge to construct graph-based assembly descriptor, which contains motion features of the assembly. Afterwards, Ullmann algorithm is introduced to match the input descriptor with the assemblies in the library, and the maximum subgraph of them is solved so as to estimate the similarity. In case study, some experiments have been carried out, and the results have shown the feasibility of the method proposed in this paper and demonstrated the practical value in engineering.