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Stoddart, Richard A., and Teresa Kiser. "Zines and the Library." Library Resources & Technical Services 48, no. 3 (November 5, 2013): 191–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.48n3.191-198.
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Zines, loosely defined as self-published magazines, provide a cultural insight to the time in which they are published, making them a genre that libraries may want to consider collecting. Due to their ephemeral nature, however, they create collecting, cataloging, and preserving challenges to libraries. Few libraries across the country have met these challenges and maintain zine collections. Although no two libraries met the challenges in the same way, their unique approaches to zine collections may inspire other librarians to investigate the appropriateness and feasibility of zine collections.
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Callaghan, Holly. "UK and Ireland Zine Librarians: doing it ourselves." Art Libraries Journal 43, no. 2 (March 27, 2018): 106–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.10.
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UK and Ireland Zine Librarians began as a small JiscMail list created to share resources, skills, and advice for all zine librarians regardless of professional status or job title. While our US counterparts had already made great strides regarding acquisitions, cataloguing, and copyright guidance, UK and Irish zine libraries were still grappling with some of the more basic elements and finding ways to adapt these ideas to our own collections. How can institutional librarians and DIY community grassroots collections learn from each other? And can we establish a best practice of zine librarianship while remaining true to the DIY ethos of zines?
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Cox, Debbie. "Developing and raising awareness of the zine collections at the British Library." Art Libraries Journal 43, no. 2 (March 27, 2018): 77–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.5.
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This article presents a practice-based account of collection development related to zines in the British Library. Rather than making the case for the collecting of zines, it aims to describe the process of collection building in a specific time and place, so that researchers have a better understanding of why certain resources are offered to them and others are not, and to share experiences with other librarians with zine collections. Zines form an element of the cultural memory of activists and cultural creators, and for researchers studying them it would seem useful to make transparent the motivations, methods and limitations of collection building. Librarians in the USA have written about their collecting practices for some time, for instance at Barnard College1 and New York Public Library2, there has been less written about the practices of UK libraries. The article aims to make a contribution as a case study alongside accounts of collection development in a range of other libraries with zine collections, and it is written primarily from my own perspective as a curator in Contemporary British Collections since 2015, focusing on current practice, with some reference to earlier collecting.
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Britton, Siobhan. "What we do, is (still) secret? Collection, care and accessibility of zines in UK collections." Art Libraries Journal 43, no. 2 (March 27, 2018): 72–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.4.
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In 2013, as the dissertation component of an MA Library and Information Studies course at University College London, I carried out a selective study of UK zine libraries and collections. Case studies of both ‘institutional’ collections that were part of established libraries like London College of Communication Library (University of the Arts London) and the British Library, and ‘independent’ collections such as Salford Zine Library, 56a Infoshop and the Edinburgh Fanzine archive were carried out to draw attention to issues around collection, care and accessibility of zine collections. As much of the literature around zine collections in libraries at that time was focused on the USA, it was important to draw attention to what was happening in the UK. This article summarizes the findings of my dissertation, and the developments in zine libraries and librarianship since I wrote it, as zine collections have become more popular and a growing field in the UK.
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Choi, Yujeong, and Jihae (julia) Chun. "Zine-Making as an Inquiry-Based Activity for Korean Language Classroom." Korean Language in America 26, no. 1-2 (August 2022): 127–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/korelangamer.26.1-2.0127.
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ABSTRACT This article explores an inquiry-based zine-making activity in an advanced Korean language class and the creation of a webzine collection. Zines, which emphasize self-expression, are self-produced publications often created by amateurs. The zine-making project enables students to enhance critical thinking skills by problematizing and researching social issues and language proficiency by expressing their opinions in written Korean. To archive the students’ zine projects, the first Korean language zine collection was established in TSpace, an open access institutional repository at the University of Toronto Libraries. The article discusses the potential of zines as group projects and presents students’ feedback, highlighting their positive impact on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values in the learning environment.
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Koh, Rowena. "Alternative literature in libraries: the unseen zine." Collection Building 27, no. 2 (April 18, 2008): 48–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01604950810870182.
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RADWAY, JANICE. "Girl Zine Networks, Underground Itineraries, and Riot Grrrl History: Making Sense of the Struggle for New Social Forms in the 1990s and Beyond." Journal of American Studies 50, no. 1 (February 2016): 1–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021875815002625.
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Drawing on recently established zine archives and oral-history interviews with former girl zine producers, as well as with zine librarians, archivists, and commentators, this essay explores the significance of the fact that dissident girls and young women developed an interest in what are now called “girl zines” through a number of different routes, with a range of different interests, and at different moments over the course of the last twenty-five years. Some were directly inspired by riot grrrl bands in the early 1990s. Others happened upon zines at alternative bookstores and info-shops and as part of their participation in the larger punk underground. Still others learned of them through popular magazines, college courses, and public and private libraries, or through quite varied friendship networks. The fact of this social, material, and temporal variability raises important questions about whether “girl zines” should be thought of as a unitary genre and, correlatively, about whether the girl zine explosion itself should be construed as a secondary effect of the riot grrrl phenomenon of the early 1990s. Building on recent critiques made by punks and zinesters of color of the now-dominant narrative about the history of riot grrrl and the role of zines within it, the essay traces how that narrative developed in the context of a backlash against feminism and how it led, ultimately, to the creation of the genre now known as “girl zines” and the founding of archives designed to ensure their preservation. Though both are seen as significant political achievements for feminism, by considering Mimi Thi Nguyen's recent claim that the dominant narrative and the genealogies it constructs tend to ignore the important but often differently motivated contributions of punks and zinesters of color, the essay explores the question of what it might mean to focus on the varied itineraries that girls pursued into the punk underground and on how those itineraries affected the zines they created for often quite distinct purposes. Ultimately, the essay asks how riot grrrl and girl zine-ing ought to be understood. That is, should they be construed as a singular event, as a coherent social movement, as a fractious discourse, as a complex set of social practices, as a political intervention, or as something else? In the end, the author argues that attending to the disagreements and contestations among girl punks and zinesters who constantly called each other out over their differences suggests that as a youthful cohort profoundly affected by the vast social and cultural change associated with what is now call neoliberalism, these young people were arguing among themselves and with the surrounding culture over how to craft new, more flexible forms of subjectivity and sociality adequate to the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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Stevens, Jen. "Long-Term Literary E-Zine Stability: Issues and Access in Libraries." Technical Services Quarterly 22, no. 1 (November 9, 2004): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j124v22n01_03.
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Tkach, David, and Carolyn Hank. "Before Blogs, There Were Zines: Berman, Danky, and the Political Case for Zine Collecting in North American Academic Libraries." Serials Review 40, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 12–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2014.891866.
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Yoffe, Mark. "Why Collect Zines?: Notes on the Soviet and Russian Rock Zine Collection in the Global Resources Center of George Washington University Libraries." Slavic & East European Information Resources 22, no. 3-4 (October 2, 2021): 276–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.2018246.
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Święćkowska, Teresa. "Digital Libraries and Copyright in Poland." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 53, no. 2(106) (October 1, 2015): 106–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.338.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: The article presents results of preliminary research on copyright issues in Polish digital libraries. The aim of the research was to identify main copyright ąuestions and issues faced by digital librarians in Poland. APPROACH/METHODS: The research is based on interviews with Polish digital librarians and the analysis of documents concerning copyright and digital libraries in Poland. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The restrictive approach to copyright limits the field of activity of digital libraries. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The article shows that Polish librarians are challenged by locally specific problems resulting from Polish approach to exceptions from and limitations to copyright and unclear rights, particularly as regards the symbolic production of the Peoples Republic of Poland.
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Luterek, Mariusz. "Polish Public Libraries as Intermediaries in Accessing Information and Public Services (e-Government) in the Opinion of Librarians." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 54, no. 2(108) (October 1, 2016): 63–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.305.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: The aim of this paper is to present opinions of the librarians on the role of public libraries as intermediaries in accessing public information and services in Poland. APPROACH/METHODS: The following hypothesis was adopted: public libraries have means and are willing to act as an intermediaries in accessing information and public services for citizens. The research hypothesis was verified with the results of a survey, which was sent to libraries in three voivodeships: Małopolskie, Mazowieckie and Świętokrzyskie. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The results prove that the level of interest of Polish public libraries in mediating the access to public electronic information and services is very low. In most cases the following approach was observed: users do not need it, there is not enough place in the library, the library lacks staff and there are too serious financial shortages. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Data presented in this paper provide basic overview on the topic previously not being addressed in any research of that scope in Poland.
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Jaskowska, Bożena. "Management of Academic Libraries in Poland During the COVID-19 Lockdown." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 58, no. 2A(116A) (December 30, 2020): 29–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.702.
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Purpose/Thesis: The article considers the management strategies employed at Polish academic libraries during a crisis situation, using the lockdown imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. (The lockdown is defined here as the period between March 12th and June 2020). The study identifies the most significant obstacles to operating efficiently in the unstable VUCA environment. Approach/Methods: The author uses research methods of sociology, collecting data from the directors of Polish academic libraries by the means of an online survey, with the response rate approximating 30%. The survey included questions about the organization of information and library services during the lockdown, and about the management obstacles the libraries faced.Results and conclusions: The results suggest that both directors and staff of academic libraries did their best in the crisis situation. They adjusted the information and library service procedures, seeking to efficiently organize remote work, and manage the dispersed work environment. The most often mentioned management obstacles included the necessity for rapid adjustment, the impossibility of long-term planning, and the changing duties. However, the libraries implemented a number of solutions, which may serve them in the future if need be, such as rotational shifts, higher flexibility of organization, and task-oriented approach to professional duties. Practical implications: The study presents procedures to be applied in the case of another lockdown, identifies good practices, and relays the experiences of other academic libraries in order to improve information services at the reader's place of employment; it may inspire them to optimize information and library processes. Originality/Value: It is the first such study of the activity of Polish academic libraries during the lockdown. The results may contribute to discussions about the organizational flexibility of academic libraries and their capacity for adjustment, and well as about the future development or phaseout of certain areas of their activity.
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Davis, Susan. "Zines and Libraries." Serials Review 21, no. 4 (December 1995): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.1995.10764287.
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Davis, Susan. "Zines and libraries." Serials Review 21, no. 4 (December 1995): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0098-7913(95)90076-4.
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Michele Moorefield-Lang, Heather. "Makers in the library: case studies of 3D printers and maker spaces in library settings." Library Hi Tech 32, no. 4 (November 11, 2014): 583–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-06-2014-0056.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of 3D printing and maker spaces in various library settings. Insights, challenges, successes, projects as well as recommendations will be shared. Commonalities across libraries 3D printing technologies and maker space learning areas will also explored. Design/methodology/approach – This paper delves into six case studies of librarians that have implemented 3D printers and/or maker spaces in their libraries. The case studies focus on libraries at three different levels: school, public, and higher education with two case studies from each type. The author of this paper will describe the cases, projects, challenges, successes, along with other aspects of 3D printer, and maker space integration. Findings – 3D printing and maker spaces, while very popular in the field of librarianship can be incredibly exciting to implement but they come with challenges and successes just like any type of new technology. Librarians have to be fearless in implementing this technology, willing to learn on their feet, and be excited to explore. Originality/value – At this time most publications on 3D printing are held in the realm of popular publications (blogs, magazines, zines, etc.). Very little has been written on a wider range of case studies where 3D printers and maker spaces have been integrated into libraries of various types. This paper sets the foundation for further exploration in how 3D printing and maker spaces could be a part of library services.
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Nowak, Piotr, and Piotr Wierzchoń. "Digital Libraries and the Breakthrough in Linguistic Chronologization. Application of Digitization in Linguistics." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 58, no. 1A(115A) (November 20, 2020): 110–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.727.
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Purpose/Thesis: The turn of the century marked a beginning of the dynamic growth of Polish digital libraries. The process had results beyond the increased accessibility of library resources. From the perspective of information science, a digital library has many functions aside from sharing its resources; therefore, it is important that we attend to the role such libraries play in research conducted by scholars of different disciplines.
Approach/Method: This article is a review. The authors briefly present the role of digital libraries in applied linguistics, primarily in linguistic chronologization, i.e dating and re-dating of neologisms, with a focus on twentieth-century Polish language.
Results and conclusions: The analysis shows that the development of digital libraries was the condition sine qua non for establishing contemporary linguistic chronologization theory (which may be also considered to be a research method). The future growth of digital resources will allow the scholars to pose more plausible hypotheses regarding linguistic chronologization.
Originality/Value: Linguistic chronologization theory (TLCH) often features in linguistics scholarship. As far as the authors know, no information science journal published a paper considering the role of digital libraries in applied linguistics.
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Siwecka, Dorota. "Awareness of Linked Open Data Among the Employees of Polish Libraries, Archives, and Museums." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 59, no. 2(118) (January 4, 2022): 7–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.826.
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Purpose/Thesis: This article presents the results of a survey conducted in January 2021 among employees of Polish libraries, museums, and archives, examining their awareness of open linked data technologies. The research had a pilot character and its results will be used to improve the questionnaire and to conduct research on a wider scale.
Approach/Methods: The survey method was used in the study.
Results and conclusions: On the basis of answers received, it can be concluded that open linked data is not yet very well-known among employees of Polish libraries, museums, and archives. Those most aware of technologies allowing for machine understanding of content shared on the Web are doctorate degree-holders employed in research libraries. Furthermore, awareness of the projects using LOD technologies does not correlate with awareness of these technological solutions.
Research limitations: The number of respondents (415) constitutes 1% of all the people employed in libraries, archives, and museums in Poland (based on data provided by the Central Statistical Office of Poland). This is not a large number, but considering the variety among the respondents, the sample can be considered representative.
Originality/Value: The awareness of Linked Open Data among employees of Polish libraries, archives, and museums has not been the subject of any study so far. In fact, this type of research has not been conducted in other countries either.
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Luterek, Mariusz. "Public Libraries: Their Role in Smart City Strategies." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 58, no. 2(116) (December 30, 2020): 26–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.732.
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Purpose/Thesis: This paper examines the position of public libraries in smart city strategies. To that end, I verify two hypotheses, H1: Cities analyzed employ strategic plans to define their path to “smartness”, and H2: Public libraries are a part of these strategies.
Approach/Methods: Top 30 cities from the ranking of IESE Cities in Motion Index 2019 were selected. The hypotheses were tested through the analysis of strategy documents and web portals. In most cases, the analysis relied on English versions of said documents/portals, occasionally compared with the national language version .
Results and conclusions: The process of verifying the first hypothesis led to identifying four groups: G1, comprising cities with a general strategy, presumed to include smart initiatives (3 cities), G2: cities with a separate “smart city” strategy, published on their own portal, or a related website (15 cities); G3: cities with subsites/portals briefly summarizing their activities in the area of ‘smart’ development (10 cities), and G4: cities with many sectoral strategies, presumed to include smart initiatives (2 cities). The analysis allowed the identification of a number of areas in which public libraries already contribute to smart development: smart building, smart infrastructure, smart services, digital skills and life-long learning, sustainability, creativity, digital citizenship and smart business
Originality/Value: Although many library and information science scholars study smart cities, no similar study has been conducted, and therefore, this paper, with its unique approach, offers a new perspective on the discussion on smart libraries.
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Koltay, Tibor. "Beyond Literacies: The Evolving Landscape of Library Support to Research 2.0." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 55, no. 1(109) (September 1, 2017): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.346.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: This paper identifies some of the tasks and roles that academic libraries have to perform in order to react to the emergence of Research 2.0. APPROACH/METHODS: The argument is based on a non-exhaustive review of the recent literature. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Academic libraries should respond to the emergence of Research 2.0 by filling niches in services provided by other academic units. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS: As a rule, only the literature of the second half of the 2010s was taken into consideration. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The tasks identified in this paper may not seem urgent today, but the likelihood that they will become an imperative in the future is high. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The issues identified in this paper are already a part of everyday best practices in several countries.
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Steinerová, Jela. "Challenges of Information Infrastructures for Open Science and Academic Libraries." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 57, no. 1A (113A) (September 23, 2019): 12–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.11.
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Purpose/Thesis: The paper reviews the main concepts of information infrastructure, information environment, and information behavior of researchers in the context of digital revolution. The concept of open science and new models of scholarly communication are considered.Approach/Methods: Related studies of information infrastructure and information behavior of researchers are analyzed. We report on the results of a series of qualitative studies of information behavior and of information ecology of the academic environment in Slovakia based on interviews with doctoral students, expert researchers and information managers. We apply a previously developed original methodology of concept mapping.Results and conclusions: The results allow us to re-consider relevance assessment in the digital environment and to present a model of the information ecology in the information environment. We present the analyzed data represented by the concept maps which show the attitudes of researchers to open science, economic models of science and values of researchers. The final model of academic information ecologies is explained, and a new interactive model of the academic library is presented.Practical implications: We suggest the implications for the development of information science and for the education of information professionals.Originality/Value: Original models emphasize values of academic research, values of information, value-added services of academic libraries, and value-sensitive design of digital libraries.
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Muraszkiewicz, Mieczysław, Henryk Rybiński, and Piotr Szczepański. "Discovering Research Collaboration Networks from Scientific Digital Libraries and Repositories." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 53, no. 2(106) (October 1, 2015): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.331.
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PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to outline a practical model for discovering research collaboration networks on the basis of data and information stored in scientific digital libraries and repositories. The discovered relationships between researchers, projects, scientific institutions and other scientific entities are used for identifying collaboration networks of researchers and research institutions interested in or working on a given subject. Afterwards, such networks can be subject to various types of network analysis in order to get in-depth knowledge on the networks and their components. APPROACH/METHODS: The method adopted in the study is twofold, that is: (i) it takes into consideration the way of discovering collaboration networks by means of simple tools that have been implemented within the ΩΨR system developed at Warsaw University of Technology; (ii) it develops an outline of a formal model of research collaboration networks that takes into account the specificity of scientific digital libraries and repositories and includes the network analysis techniques for discovering knowledge residing/hidden in the networks. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The outcome of the research is the outline of a formal model of research collaboration networks that includes: (i) a discovery mechanism for identifying thematically related scientists, projects, research institutions, and other scientific entities; and (ii) a set of network analysis methods for getting in-depth knowledge residing in the networks. The model is implementable and scalable in terms of functionality it offers and the network analysis techniques it includes. The model is founded on a solid ground, which is the ΩΨR system functionality to discover simple collaboration networks, and it is being used for enhancing the ΩΨR system. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The value of the research is the outline of a general research collaboration networks model that: (i) can help identify, build, and analyse research communities, and thereby increases the scope, value and impact of scientific endeavours on science and society; (ii) is used for enhancing the ΩΨR system.
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Pulikowski, Arkadiusz. "Full-Text Search in the Resources of Polish Digital Libraries." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 60, no. 2(120) (February 16, 2023): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.926.
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Purpose/Thesis: The article aims to analyze the conditions and possibilities of full-text search in Polish digital libraries (DL), taking into account the access to full-text search in individual DLs, the file formats and the software used, as well as the visibility of the DL resources in the Google search engine.
Approach/Methods: Forty of the largest Polish DLs, whose resources primarily comprise digitized traditional library resources, were selected for the study. The study examined the type of the software used, the availability and efficiency of the full-text search, and the extent to which the resources were indexed as PDF files in Google and Google Scholar. Finally, the study compared the results of full-text search in ten DLs with those obtained from Google.
Results and conclusions: All DLs selected for the study allow for full-text search. There are significant differences between specific interfaces. Each has advantages and disadvantages that require further development. The Google search engine is not currently a viable alternative to accessing content provided in DLs.
Originality/Value: The issue of full-text search in DLs is rarely addressed, even though users consider it one of the most important functions of DLs. The result of the study present a picture of DL’s current capacity in this area.
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Kamińska, Anna. "University Education in Digital Humanities for Information Professionals." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 59, no. 2(118) (January 4, 2022): 26–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.827.
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Purpose/Thesis: The article presents the concept of university course in digital humanities for future
information professionals.
Approach/Methods: The concept of university course in digital humanities draws on the author’s deep knowledge of digital humanities as well as the particular models of research project lifecycle. The concept consists of three elements: the description of educational aims, the graduate’s profile, and the learning outcomes.
Results and conclusions: The author proposes that university course in digital humanities should be provided as a part of specialization within a Master program for information professionals. Classes will give students a basic knowledge of a given discipline in the humanities and the theoretical aspects of digital humanities, as well as its structure and history. Students will also learn about information and knowledge organization, digital sources used in humanities, information systems, digital collections, research data management, and scholarly editions. Graduates would be equipped to work at research
institutions running digital humanities projects or providing research infrastructure for digital humanists, e.g. academic libraries, museums, archives, digital humanities centers and laboratories.
Practical implications: The concept may be used to prepare a detailed program of specialization by faculties offering information science programs. Although the concept has been developed in the context of Polish higher education, it can be modified and adapted successfully in other countries, especially in the EU countries which, like Poland, need to meet the European Qualifications Framework.
Originality/Value: Formal university course in digital humanities for information professionals is not very common. The concept of a specialization within a Master program proposed in this article fills this gap so that a new generation of librarians and other information professionals will become more proficient intermediaries between humanists and information.
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Wiorogórska, Zuzanna. "Information Literacy and Doctoral Students in France and Poland. A Comparative Study." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 52, no. 1(103) (February 10, 2014): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.535.
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Purpose/thesis: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the issue of information literacy (IL) in view of French-Polish comparative research on information users. In the first part of the paper the similarities and differences in Polish and French approaches to information literacy are analyzed from the perspective of higher education. Next, the results of research conducted among doctoral students at the University of Warsaw and the University of Lille are presented.
Approach/methods: Three methods were used: survey, nonparticipant observation and elements of grounded theory. The research tended on the one hand to verify the hypothesis on a low use of scientific journals by doctoral students, and on the other hand to answer the question what librarians and faculty should do to increase this use.
Results and conclusions: Two major factors were identified: (1) the lack of specialized library instruction addressed to doctoral students (in the case of Poland) and (2) the lack of promotion/ dissemination of such instruction among doctoral students and lecturers who could encourage their students to participate (in the case of France).
Research limitations: The response sample may be perceived too small to be representative for both universities; the method of identifying the field of studies may be disputable; the question if the universities in Lille and Warsaw are comparable might be posed.
Practical implications: This study might help librarians understand users’ needs and define the gaps in the library offer. It also highlights the importance of the IL education in the university environment.
Originality/value: This is the first study of its kind and the first comparative study conducted after the implementation of Bologna Process. It identifies the issues that might be considered and implemented by the libraries with the main one being the reinforcement of the role and importance of IL.
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Koltay, Tibor. "Data Curation in Academic Libraries as Part of the Digital Revolution." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 57, no. 1A (113A) (September 23, 2019): 28–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.12.
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Purpose/Thesis: This paper outlines the role of data curation in the context of Research 2.0 and Research Data Management.Approach/Methods: The argument is based on a non-exhaustive review of the literature.Results and conclusions: Despite the relative vagueness and variety of definitions of data curation, academic libraries should engage in it.Research limitations: The study focused mainly on theoretical writings.Practical implications: The worldwide challenge associated with Research Data Management and data curation. Several countries and institutions have already answered the challenge, but the overall level of its recognition is low, and thus there is a need to raise awareness of its importance.Originality/Value: The premise of the argument is based on the assumption that views on data are changing.
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Luterek, Mariusz. "Smart City Research and Library and Information Science. Preliminary Remarks." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 56, no. 1(111) (September 1, 2018): 52–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.381.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the smart city research field from the point of view of library and information science (LIS), based on available scholarly publications. APPROACH/METHODS: Based on the literature review, the following issues have been described: the smart city concept; the shift of smart cities from strictly technological orientation to that focused on the citizen, the role of smart governance, public libraries as a part of knowledge infrastructure and the current contribution of LIS to this research field.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Smart cities are still an emerging research domain. Not only the number of research publications is limited, but also their scope. LIS has been very little involved in a “smart city” research domain so far, and at the same time general literature on “smart cities” refers to public libraries in a very limited way. In general, there have been few attempts to relate information science and smart cities so far, and in each case researchers had problems with finding relevant literature. The most important LIS contribution to the field so far comes from the research project done by the team of experts from the Department of Information Science at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf (Germany).ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The value of this research results from the fact, that there is very little in-depth, holistic research done in this domain by LIS researchers; hence there is almost no recognition of the role of public libraries in so-called smart cities, not only as knowledge hubs for explicit and tacit knowledge, but also as community building institutions. This paper offers first such attempt in the field.
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Herrada, Julie. "Zines in Libraries: A Culture Preserved." Serials Review 21, no. 2 (June 1995): 79–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.1995.10764253.
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Klenczon, Wanda. "Sprawozdanie z konferencji beyond libraries – subject metadata in the digital environment and semantic web." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 50, no. 2(100) (April 21, 2012): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.625.
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Szulc, Jolanta. "Systemy ekspertowe w działalności bibliotecznej i informacyjnej: stan badań, problemy badawcze, przykłady zastosowań." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 52, no. 1(103) (February 10, 2014): 94–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.538.
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Purpose/thesis: The purpose of this paper is to answer the questions of whether and to what extent expert systems are currently used in library and information services. Attention is drawn to the following elements of the information process: acquisition, storage and cataloging/description of information (search characteristics, search instruction), information retrieval (querying, natural language queries), transmission and implementation of information.
Methods: The analysis of the literature acquired through queries in selected databases provided basis for the discussion of research trends in the field of expert systems as one of the methodologies of knowledge management using methods of artificial intelligence: problem solving and representation of knowledge (knowledge generation, valuation and management, knowledge extraction and synthesis in the construction of expertise), „self-learning”, performance evaluation. In the final part of the paper an attempt was made to identify possible areas of expert systems application in libraries and information centers.
Results:The research helped to specify the number of bibliographic records containing information about expert systems and recorded in selected databases. Expert systems vocabulary presented in the example thesaurus was discussed and the literature of the field was studied.
Conclusions: The quantitative analysis of the literature showed a significant decrease in the number of publications on expert systems after 2010. Nevertheless, the expert systems (both experimental and operational) are used in numerous fields. It is expected that these systems will be used in specialized libraries for the acquisition and codification of knowledge in selected areas of specialization.
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Gisonny, Karen, and Jenna Freedman. "Zines in libraries: how, what and why?" Collection Building 25, no. 1 (January 2006): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01604950610641610.
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Francu, Victioria, and Tabita Popescu. "Twenty Years After: Scientific Research in the Field of Knowledge Organization in Romania (1993-2012)." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 53, no. 1(105) (September 1, 2016): 71–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.318.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: The main point that we want to emphasize in this study is that research in the field of knowledge organization in Romania over the last twenty years is unequally distributed among different professional categories ranging from library and Information science faculty members, library professionals, software tools developers to independent researchers. The specific situation of library and Information science functioning as a university department in Romania with an interruption of 20 years (1970-1990) affected the overall situation of scientific research in the specific fields associated with this discipline. APPROACH/METHODS: The study covers three stages: data collection, data recording and data interpretation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The primary outcomes of the scientific research activities in question are publications (books, book chapters and journal articles). Given this, our interest will be directed towards the analysis to what extent research and publications have made an impact on the evolution of Romanian libraries over this twenty years span.
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Exner, Nina. "Anime-zing in North Carolina: Library Views of Anime Fans." North Carolina Libraries 70, no. 1 (March 22, 2012): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v70i1.324.
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The popularity of anime and manga makes anime fans a group of interest to libraries. There are several events in North Carolina where anime fans gather together, and libraries are already involved with these events. This article discusses conventions and summarizes demographics and attitudes of anime fans at the 2008 Animazement convention in the Triangle. Out of 115 respondents, more than half are library card holders and use a library at least once a month. Some sense of library support for anime and manga fans is present, but respondents definitely show a desire for more support.
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Khan, Javed. "AWARENESS AND USE OF DIGITAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE IIT DELHI LIBRARY." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 4, no. 6 (June 30, 2016): 64–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i6.2016.2639.
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Information technology (IT) has thrown a new challenge to the libraries. The technology has shown a great impact on the services of the libraries. Libraries use IT for better services and satisfying diverse user needs. Libraries have transformed into digital and virtual libraries where books, journals, and magazines have changed into e-books, e-journals, and e-zines. This has increased the global dissemination of information. Electronic resources (e-resources) are easily accessible in the remote areas. The e-resources solve storage problems and control the flood of information. Print sources are being digitized. There is a great need to study the use of e-resources and investigate the factors that are a hindrance to their use. The present study is an attempt to examine the usage of electronic resources at IIT Delhi. The study confirmed that respondents were aware of the e-resources and various types of e-resources, e-database, and e-journals. The study recommended the improvement in the access facilities with high internet speed and subscription to more e-resources.
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Datye, Amit, Sebastian Alexander Kube, Devendra Verma, Jan Schroers, and Udo D. Schwarz. "Accelerated discovery and mechanical property characterization of bioresorbable amorphous alloys in the Mg–Zn–Ca and the Fe–Mg–Zn systems using high-throughput methods." Journal of Materials Chemistry B 7, no. 35 (2019): 5392–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9tb01302d.
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High throughput discovery of amorphous bioresorbable alloys. Top: combinatorial sputtering setup. Bottom: composition of libraries deposited on silicon (Si) wafers for (a) magnesium (Mg)–zinc (Zn)–calcium (Ca) and the (b) iron (Fe)–Mg–Zn systems.
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Park, Kyung-Soon, Young-Soon Jang, Horim Lee, and Jin-Soo Kim. "Phenotypic Alteration and Target Gene Identification Using Combinatorial Libraries of Zinc Finger Proteins in Prokaryotic Cells." Journal of Bacteriology 187, no. 15 (August 1, 2005): 5496–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.187.15.5496-5499.2005.
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ABSTRACT We have developed a method with prokaryotic organisms that uses randomized libraries of zinc finger-containing artificial transcription factors to induce phenotypic variations and to identify genes involved in the generation of a specific phenotype of interest. Combining chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments and in silico prediction of target DNA binding sequences for the artificial transcription factors, we identified ubiX, whose down-regulation correlates with the thermotolerance phenotype in Escherichia coli. Our results show that randomized libraries of artificial transcription factors are powerful tools for functional genomic studies.
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Grill, Carina Daniela, Jan Philipp Kollender, and Achim Walter Hassel. "Preparation and investigation of combinatorially electrodeposited zinc-nickel, zinc-cobalt, and zinc-nickel-cobalt material libraries." physica status solidi (a) 214, no. 9 (April 5, 2017): 1600706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201600706.
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Shi, Yun, and Mark von Itzstein. "How Size Matters: Diversity for Fragment Library Design." Molecules 24, no. 15 (August 5, 2019): 2838. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24152838.
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Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has become a major strategy to derive novel lead candidates for various therapeutic targets, as it promises efficient exploration of chemical space by employing fragment-sized (MW < 300) compounds. One of the first challenges in implementing a FBDD approach is the design of a fragment library, and more specifically, the choice of its size and individual members. A diverse set of fragments is required to maximize the chances of discovering novel hit compounds. However, the exact diversity of a certain collection of fragments remains underdefined, which hinders direct comparisons among different selections of fragments. Based on structural fingerprints, we herein introduced quantitative metrics for the structural diversity of fragment libraries. Structures of commercially available fragments were retrieved from the ZINC database, from which libraries with sizes ranging from 100 to 100,000 compounds were selected. The selected libraries were evaluated and compared quantitatively, resulting in interesting size-diversity relationships. Our results demonstrated that while library size does matter for its diversity, there exists an optimal size for structural diversity. It is also suggested that such quantitative measures can guide the design of diverse fragment libraries under different circumstances.
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Gonzalez, Beatriz, Lauren J. Schwimmer, Roberta P. Fuller, Yongjun Ye, Lily Asawapornmongkol, and Carlos F. Barbas. "Modular system for the construction of zinc-finger libraries and proteins." Nature Protocols 5, no. 4 (April 2010): 791–810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2010.34.
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Zaman, Tariq, Robin Frauenlob, Robert McCarthy, Carolyn M. Walsh, and Enda Bergin. "Application of rapidly generated bidentate ligand libraries to zinc catalyzed reductions." Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 716 (October 2012): 159–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.06.013.
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Beltran, Adriana, Yanzheng Liu, Shaunak Parikh, Brenda Temple, and Pilar Blancafort. "Interrogating Genomes with Combinatorial Artificial Transcription Factor Libraries: Asking Zinc Finger Questions." ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies 4, no. 3 (June 2006): 317–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/adt.2006.4.317.
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Włodarczyk, Bartłomiej. "What Does “a Reliable Source” Mean?" Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 58, no. 2(116) (December 30, 2020): 44–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.712.
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Purpose/Thesis: The paper aims to describe the types and structure of references to different sources as cited by the selected Polish Wikipedia articles from the category of people related to the Austrian Partition and all the categories below.
Approach/Methods: The research data consisted of references from 50 randomly selected articles from Polish Wikipedia, including 1007 citations and 758 references. The references have been gathered, processed, and analyzed mainly employing R language. They have been categorized, and then the descriptive statistics for the chosen elements have been provided and analyzed.
Results and conclusions: The study shows that the majority of sources used in the research sample were of primary nature. Consequently, it demonstrates that the analyzed articles about historical persons can be regarded more as a product of research than simple imitative work to a certain extent. Polish Wikipedians mainly utilized government directories and newspaper or magazine articles, often from digital libraries. Secondary sources, on the other hand, chiefly consisted of books, webpages, and book sections. The structure of references was diverse, and bibliographic descriptions sometimes lacked important elements. The findings confirm difficulties in analyzing sources in Wikipedia. Moreover, they support the need for researching different editions and subject areas of the largest online encyclopedia.
Research limitations: Due to the exploratory character of research, which focuses on references from selected articles about historical persons from Poland, one should not readily extrapolate its results to other parts of Polish Wikipedia. The research sample only comprised citations and references, which were collected at one specific point of time. Additionally, the categorization of references has been done by a single researcher, and intercoder reliability has not been checked.
Originality/Value: Most of the studies into sources used in Wikipedia articles have been limited to its English edition so far. Moreover, articles about historical persons in this encyclopedia have not been analyzed from the perspective of utilized sources, their types, and reference patterns. The paper broadens the understanding of sources usage in Wikipedia by focusing on the Polish edition of the encyclopedia.
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Ravi D, Chaitanya Kumar K, Mothilal K, and Mahender K. "High throughput virtual screening of cyclooxygenase-2 by using database." International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Life Sciences 8, no. 2 (December 10, 2020): 97–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijprls.v8i2.1358.
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COX-2 is a type of Non-steroidal mitigating drug (NSAID) that legitimately targets COX-2, a protein liable for irritation and torment. Selectivity for COX-2 decreases the danger of peptic ulceration and is the fundamental component of celecoxib, rofecoxib and different individuals from this medication class. COX-2 selectivity doesn't appear to influence other antagonistic impacts of NSAIDs (most prominently an expanded danger of renal disappointment), and a few outcomes have excited the doubt that there may be an expansion in danger for cardiovascular failure, apoplexy and stroke by a relative increment in thromboxane. The target of this investigation is to screen drug-like compounds from Zinc database and to predict the potency and activity by using Virtual Screening and Molecular Docking Study. The scope of the study extends to predict the feasibility of the compounds for Drug development. Hence, this examination expresses the significance of little particle libraries and their utilization to upgrade drug revelation measure earlier amalgamation. This way to deal with screen original mixes as COX-2 inhibitors from ZINC information base relies upon different boundaries, for example, Lipinski's standard of 5, pharmacophoric bunches appended on the ligand, size of the dataset and compound libraries among others. Additional, exertion can be stretched out to consider the receptor-ligand associations tentatively, and assessment of their organic action would help in planning mixes dependent on simulated screening strategies.
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Lindenburg, Laurens, Tuomas Huovinen, Kayleigh van de Wiel, Michael Herger, Michael R. Snaith, and Florian Hollfelder. "Split & mix assembly of DNA libraries for ultrahigh throughput on-bead screening of functional proteins." Nucleic Acids Research 48, no. 11 (May 8, 2020): e63-e63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa270.
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Abstract Site-saturation libraries reduce protein screening effort in directed evolution campaigns by focusing on a limited number of rationally chosen residues. However, uneven library synthesis efficiency leads to amino acid bias, remedied at high cost by expensive custom synthesis of oligonucleotides, or through use of proprietary library synthesis platforms. To address these shortcomings, we have devised a method where DNA libraries are constructed on the surface of microbeads by ligating dsDNA fragments onto growing, surface-immobilised DNA, in iterative split-and-mix cycles. This method—termed SpliMLiB for Split-and-Mix Library on Beads—was applied towards the directed evolution of an anti-IgE Affibody (ZIgE), generating a 160,000-membered, 4-site, saturation library on the surface of 8 million monoclonal beads. Deep sequencing confirmed excellent library balance (5.1% ± 0.77 per amino acid) and coverage (99.3%). As SpliMLiB beads are monoclonal, they were amenable to direct functional screening in water-in-oil emulsion droplets with cell-free expression. A FACS-based sorting of the library beads allowed recovery of hits improved in Kd over wild-type ZIgE by up to 3.5-fold, while a consensus mutant of the best hits provided a 10-fold improvement. With SpliMLiB, directed evolution workflows are accelerated by integrating high-quality DNA library generation with an ultra-high throughput protein screening platform.
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Shi, Yun, and Mark von Itzstein. "How Size Matters: Designing Diverse Fragment Libraries for Novel Drug Discovery." Proceedings 22, no. 1 (November 14, 2019): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019022107.
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Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has become a major strategy to derive novel lead candidates for both new and established therapeutic targets, as it promises efficient exploration of chemical space by employing fragment-sized (MW 300) compounds. One of the first challenges in implementing a FBDD approach is the design of a fragment library, and more specifically, the choice of its size and individual members. In order to construct a library that maximises the chances of discovering novel chemical matter, a large number of fragments with sufficient structural diversity are often sought. However, the exact diversity of a certain collection of fragments remains elusive, which hinders direct comparisons among different selections of fragments. Building upon structural fingerprints that are commonly utilised in cheminformatics, we herein introduced quantitative measures for the structural diversity of fragment libraries. Structures of commercially available fragments were retrieved from the ZINC database and filtered by physicochemical properties, after which they were subject to selections with library sizes ranging from 100 to 100,000 compounds. The selected libraries were evaluated and compared quantitatively, resulting in interesting size-diversity relationships. Our results suggested the existence of an optimal size for structural diversity and demonstrated that such quantitative measures can guide the design of diverse fragment libraries under various circumstances
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Braun, Jolie. "Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist & Queer Activism in the 21st Century. Eds. Lyz Bly and Kelly Wooten. Los Angeles: Litwin Books, 2012. xi, 180p. $30 (ISBN978-1-936117-13-0)." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 14, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 48–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.14.1.399.
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Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist & Queer Activism in the 21st Century, edited by Lyz Bly and Kelly Wooten, features essays by archivists, librarians, and activists that explore collecting, preserving, and providing access to materials produced by contemporary feminist and queer activist movements. Thought provoking and informative, this collection will be useful to archivists, librarians, activists, and scholars interested in women’s and LGBT history; and, despite the book’s particular focus, the best essays in this anthology will be useful to archivists and librarians throughout the field.Several of the essays in the book focus on collecting zines of the . . .
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Moorefield-Lang, Heather Michele. "User agreements and makerspaces: a content analysis." New Library World 116, no. 7/8 (July 13, 2015): 358–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-12-2014-0144.
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Abstract – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the user agreements of makerspaces in public and academic libraries. User agreements, also known as maker agreements, user forms and liability forms, can be very important documents between library patrons, staff and faculty. User agreements are similar to the earlier creation of acceptable use policies for technology use in libraries. The author of this study will delve into the user agreements created for public and academic libraries across the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The researcher used content analysis to investigate 24 different user agreements written for public and academic library makerspaces. NVivo qualitative data analysis software was integrated into this research to aid in the breakdown of commonalities across terms, themes and purpose within the user agreements. Findings – Although makerspaces are a very exciting topic in the field of library science at this time, the implementation of a maker learning space is still new to many libraries. Creating a user agreement for a makerspace is newer still. Most user agreements in this study were six months to a year old. Some consistencies found across makerspace user agreements include liability waivers, permissions for minors, safety, copyright and technology replacement costs. Originality/value – At this time, most publications on makerspaces are held in the realm of popular publications (blogs, magazines, zines, etc.). The body of peer-reviewed and scholarly research on makerspaces is growing. Makerspace user agreements are new to this growing field of interest, and a content analysis of these documents will pave the way for the writing of future forms.
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Nahotko, Marek. "Transactional Reading Theory in Information Organization." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 53, no. 2(106) (October 1, 2015): 84–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.337.
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PURPOSE/THESIS: The article is intended to present some opportunities to apply the text genres theory, transaction theory and cognitive schemata theory in the Information organization. The text genre should be understood here as a mental schema developed and distributed as a result of repeatable transactions with the text. The bibliographic (catalog) record can be treated as a text of a specified genre, which enables the scientists to research the social transactions both between the text and the author (information organizer, librarian) and the text and the recipient (information system user, library). All research presented in the article may be helpful to describe changes in transactions related to the changes in information technologies. METHODS: The article contains the description of changes to the transactions of information organization resulting from the application of new information technologies, that is the transformation of bibliographic record text into cybertext and their genres into cybergenres. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Any changes to the technologies used in the information organization lead to the development and enhancement of the users transactions with the text of the record in order to increase the search capabilities and simplify the methods of transaction implementation. ORIGINALITY/COGNITIVE VALUE: The approaches presented in the article are based on the theories of: cognitive schemata (constructivism), text genres (Miller and Andersen) and transactions (Dewey, Rosenblatt), applied in the analysis of bibliographic (catalog) records, treated as texts built in a specified convention arising from the repeatable transactions between information organizers and users. This point of view helps place those texts in an appropriate place among texts present in the scientific discourse.
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Pötzelberger, Isabella, Andrei Ionut Mardare, and Achim Walter Hassel. "Screening of catalytic effects on copper-zinc thin film combinatorial libraries for formaldehyde oxidation." physica status solidi (a) 212, no. 6 (February 19, 2015): 1184–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431598.
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Nahotko, Marek. "Application of Interdisciplinary Theory of Genres in LIS." Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne 58, no. 1A(115A) (November 20, 2020): 57–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.36702/zin.723.
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Purpose/Thesis: The article presents the possibilities of using the interdisciplinary theory of genres, developed in the study of linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, sociology, philosophy, psychology and other disciplines, in library and information science (LIS). The article argues the application of genre theory to LIS offers a new and interesting interdisciplinary perspective.Approach/Methods: A critical analysis of the literature on the subject introduces the basic premises of the interdisciplinary theory of text/information genres in its historical development in the world and in Poland. A similar method was used to present the most important directions genre theory opens to LIS.Results and conclusions: Before genre theory was first applied to LIS, it was developed in disciplines such as linguistics, literature, rhetoric, communication and media, discourse analysis, sociology, pedagogy and others and in many countries on all continents (mainly in the USA, Australia, Brazil and Scandinavian countries). The theory’s success is a result of its interdisciplinary development, beginning from linguistic and classical rhetorical genres approach and problems of categorizing texts to “de facto genres” and their function in everyday communication activities (social/rhetoric approach). Applied to LIS, it frames information objects as social constructs whose meaning is constructed in social discourse, driven by genre knowledge. The library and other information systems should be treated as a social communication activity in the recurrent situation of organizing and retrieving information. It means that the work of a librarian (or other information organizers) involves rhetorical activity of creating information objects, as does the work of other information creators, e.g. authors of scholarly publications. The functioning of information system, i.e. production and organization of textual information should be investigated using methods applied in other disciplines, especially humanities and social sciences, as it allows for a broader research perspective.Originality/Value: The article describes the possibilities of applying genre theory in LIS research, which still do not receive the attention they merit. A wider knowledge of the genre theory would make possible collaborative research involving scholars of other disciplines such as linguistics and sociology.