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Migration of a Research Library's ICT-Based Services to a Cloud Platform Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Francis Jayakanth,Ananda T Byrappa,Filbert Minj
Libraries have been at the forefront in adopting emerging technologies to manage the library’s operations and provide information services to the user community they serve. With the emergence of cloud computing (CC) technology, libraries are exploring and adopting CC service models to make their own services more efficient, reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective. In this article, the authors
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ResearchGate Metrics’ Behavior and Its Correlation with RG Score and Scopus Indicators Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi,Hamed Nasibi-Sis,Maryam Shekofteh,Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh
Objective: Social networking sites are appropriate tools for sharing and exposing scientific works to increase citations. The objectives of the present study are to investigate the activity of Iranian scholars in the medical sciences in ResearchGate and to explore the effect of each of the four ResearchGate metrics on the RG score. Moreover, the citation metrics of the faculty members in Scopus and
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Local Hosting of Faculty-Created Open Education Resources Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Joseph Letriz
Rising costs of secondary education institutions, coupled with the inflated cost of textbooks, have forced students to make decisions on whether they can afford the primary materials for their classes. Publishers working to supply digital access codes, which limit the ability of students to copy, print, or share the materials, or resell the textbook after the course is over, have further pushed students
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Using DPLA and the Wikimedia Foundation to Increase Usage of Digitized Resources Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Dominic Byrd-McDevitt,John Dewees
The Digital Public Library of America has created a process by which rights-free or openly licensed resources that have already been harvested can be copied over into Wikimedia Commons, thus creating a simple path for including those digital collections materials into Wikipedia articles. By meeting internet users where they already are, rather than relying on them to navigate to individual digital
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Balancing Community and Local Needs Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Daniel Coughlin
This paper examines the decision points over the course of ten years for developing an Institutional Repository. Specifically, the focus is on the impact and influence from the open-source community, the needs of the local institution, the role that team dynamics plays, and the chosen platform. Frequently, the discussion revolves around the technology stack and its limitations and capabilities. Inherently
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Using Open Access Institutional Repositories to Save the Student Symposium during the COVID-19 Pandemic Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Allison Symulevich,Mark Hamilton
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities around the world were forced to close or move to online instruction. Many institutions host yearly student research symposiums. This article describes how two universities used their institutional repositories to adapt their student research symposiums to virtual events in a matter of weeks. Both universities use the bepress Digital Commons
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Letter from the Editors (March 2022) Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Kenneth J. Varnum,Marisha C. Kelly
Welcome to ITAL's Assistant Editor, call for volunteers to serve on the Editorial Board, and summary of the issue's contents.
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Stateful Library Analysis and Migration System (SLAM) Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Adrian-Tudor Panescu,Teodora-Elena Grosu,Vasile Manta
Interoperability between research management systems, especially digital libraries or repositories, has been a central theme in the community for the past years, with the discussion focused on means of enriching, linking, and disseminating outputs. This paper considers a frequently overlooked aspect, namely the migration of records across systems, by introducing the Stateful Library Analysis and Migration
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Developing a Minimalist Multilingual Full-text Digital Library Solution for Disconnected Remote Library Partners Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Todd Digby
The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries have been involved in a wide range of partnered digital collection projects throughout the years with a focus on collaborating with institutions across the Caribbean region. One of the countries that we have a number of digitization projects within is Cuba. One of these partnerships is with the library of the Temple Beth Shalom (Gran Sinagoga
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statements on Academic Library Websites Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Eric Ely
Post-secondary education in the 21st century United States is rapidly diversifying, and institutions’ online offerings and presence are increasingly significant. Academic libraries have an established history of offering virtual services and providing online resources for students, faculty, staff, and the general public. In addition to these services and resources, information on academic library websites
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A 21st Century Technical Infrastructure for Digital Preservation Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Nathan Tallman
Digital preservation systems and practices are rooted in research and development efforts from the late 1990s and early 2000s when the cultural heritage sector started to tackle these challenges in isolation. Since then, the commercial sector has sought to solve similar challenges, using different technical strategies such as software defined storage and function-as-a-service. While commercial sector
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How COVID Affected our Python Class at the Worcester Public Library Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Melody Friedenthal
Teaching a technical class online due to COVID required some adjustments by both the instructor and the students.
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Topic Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 HyunSeung Koh,Mark Fienup
Library chat services are an increasingly important communication channel to connect patrons to library resources and services. Analysis of chat transcripts could provide librarians with insights into improving services. Unfortunately, chat transcripts consist of unstructured text data, making it impractical for librarians to go beyond simple quantitative analysis (e.g., chat duration, message count
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Product Ownership of a Legacy Institutional Repository Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Mikala Narlock,Don Brower
Many academic libraries have developed and/or purchased digital systems over the years, including digital collection platforms, institutional repositories, and other online tools on which users depend. At Hesburgh Libraries, as with other institutions, some of these systems have aged without strong guidance and resulted in stale services and technology. This case study will explore the lengthy process
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Building a Culture of Resilience in Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Paul Swanson
As we process the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the profession, we will be turning towards incorporating more flexibility into patron-based services along with our own work. In this editorial, Paul Swanson, Technology Director for Minitex in Minneapolis, MN, argues that instilling a culture of resilience in our libraries will help us to more easily adapt to these changes and take on
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Accessibility of Tables in PDF Documents Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Nosheen Fayyaz,Shah Khusro,Shakir Ullah
People access and share information over the web and in other digital environments, including digital libraries, in the form of documents such as books, articles, technical reports, etc. These documents are in a variety of formats, of which the Portable Document Format (PDF) is most widely used because of its emphasis on preserving the layout of the original material. The retrieval of relevant material
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Expanding and Improving Our Library’s Virtual Chat Service Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Parker Fruehan,Diana Hellyar
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of the library building for several months, there was a sudden need to adjust how the Hilton C. Buley Library at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) delivered its services. Overnight, the library’s virtual chat service went from a convenient way to reach a librarian to the primary method by which library patrons contacted the
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A Rapid Implementation of a Reserve Reading List Solution in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Matthew Black,Susan Powelson
In the spring of 2020, as post-secondary institutions and libraries were adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary rapidly implemented Ex Libris’ reading list solution Leganto to support the necessary move to online teaching and learning. This article describes the rapid implementation process and changes to our reserve reading list service and
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Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-17 Michael Ridley,Danica Pawlick-Potts
Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful, complex, ubiquitous, often opaque, sometimes invisible, and increasingly consequential in our everyday lives. Navigating the effects of AI as well as utilizing it in a responsible way requires a level of awareness, understanding, and skill that is not provided by current digital literacy or information literacy regimes. Algorithmic literacy addresses these
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Off-campus Access to Licensed Online Resources through Shibboleth Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Francis Jayakanth,Anand Byrappa,Raja Visvanathan
Institutions of advanced education and research, through their libraries, invest substantially in licensed online resources. Only authorized users of an institution are entitled to access licensed online resources. Seamless on-campus access to licensed resources happens mostly through Internet Protocol (IP) address authentication. Increasingly, licensed online resources are accessed by authorized users
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A Framework for Measuring Relevancy in Discovery Environments Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Blake Lee Galbreath,Alex Merrill,Corey Johnson
Discovery environments are ubiquitous in academic libraries but studying their effectiveness and use in an academic environment has mostly centered around user satisfaction, experience, and task analysis. This study aims to create a quantitative, reproducible framework to test the relevancy of results and the overall success of Washington State University’s discovery environment (Primo by Ex Libris)
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Making Room for Change through Rest Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Margaret Heller
Core leadership column.
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Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Kathia Ibacache,Amanda Rybin Koob,Eric Vance
During spring 2020, emergency remote teaching became the norm for hundreds of higher education institutions in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Librarians were suddenly tasked with moving in-person services and resources online. For librarians with instruction responsibilities, this online mandate meant deciding between synchronous and asynchronous sessions, learning new technologies
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Persistent URLs and Citations Offered for Digital Objects by Digital Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Nicholas Homenda
As libraries, archives, and museums make unique digital collections openly available via digital library platforms, they expose these resources to users who may wish to cite them. Often several URLs are available for a single digital object, depending on which route a user took to find it, but the chosen citation URL should be the one most likely to persist over time. Catalyzed by recent digital collections
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Do Space’s Virtual Interview Lab Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Michael P. Sauers
As we start to pull ourselves out of the COVID-19 pandemic it’s time to start thinking about what changes we made at our libraries in response and decide which ones we should keep and which ones need to end along with the pandemic itself. In this editorial Michael P. Sauers, Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE uses their Virtual Interview Lab as a case study in pandemic flexibility and how
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Academic Library Resources Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Ruth Sara Connell,Lisa Wallis,David Comeaux
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted higher education, including academic libraries. This paper compares the use of library resources (including interlibrary loan, website and discovery tool pageviews, database use, patron interactions, etc.) at three university libraries before and after the pandemic. The latter part of the 2019 and 2020 spring semesters are the time frames of focus, although
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Utilizing Technology to Support and Extend Access to Students and Job Seekers during the Pandemic Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Daniel Berra
The ongoing pandemic has necessitated a re-imagining of library services. The needs of our community changed and we set out to find ways to provide assistance to those who could benefit the most including students and the unemployed. The Pflugerville Public Library offered virtual learning support and job search assistance by providing electronic resources, virtual services and expanding access to
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Peer Reading Promotion in University Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Yiping Jiang,Xiaobo Chi,Yan Lou,Lihua Zuo,Yeqi Chu,Qingyi Zhuge
University libraries use social networks to promote reading; however, there are challenges to increasing the use of these library platforms, such as poor promotion and low reader participation. Therefore, these libraries need to find ways of dealing with the behavior characteristics of social network readers. In this study, a simulation experiment was developed to explore the behaviors of readers seeking
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Personalization of Search Results Representation of a Digital Library Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Ljubomir Paskali,Lidija Ivanovic,Georgia Kapitsaki,Dragan Ivanovic,Bojana Dimic Surla,Dusan Surla
The process of discovering appropriate resources in digital libraries within universities is important, as it can have a big effect on whether retrieved works are useful to the requester. The improvement of the user experience with the digital library of the University of Novi Sad dissertations (PHD UNS) through the personalization of search results representation is the aim of the research presented
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Development of a Gold-standard Pashto Dataset and a Segmentation App Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Yan Han,Marek Rychlik
The article aims to introduce a gold-standard Pashto dataset and a segmentation app. The Pashto dataset consists of 300 line images and corresponding Pashto text from three selected books. A line image is simply an image consisting of one text line from a scanned page. To our knowledge, this is one of the first open access datasets which directly maps line images to their corresponding text in the
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We Can Do It for Free! Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Karin Suni,Christopher Brown
The Free Library of Philadelphia’s online patron engagement has been continuous during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Special Collections Division rushed to generate substantial and engaging online programming using a variety of freeware systems so as not to burden our overworked IT department. We built a sustainable, flexible repository that is populated with videos, podcasts, games, exhibitions, and
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User Experience Testing in the Open Textbook Adaptation Workflow Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Camille Thomas,Kimberly Vardeman,Jingjing Wu
As library publishers and open education programs grow, it is imperative that we integrate practices in our workflows that prioritize and include end users. Although there is information available on best practices for user testing and accessibility compliance, more can be done to give insight into the library publishing context. This study examines the user and accessibility testing workflow during
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Web Content Strategy in Practice within Academic Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Courtney McDonald,Heidi Burkhardt
Web content strategy is a relatively new area of practice in industry, in higher education, and, correspondingly, within academic and research libraries. The authors conducted a web-based survey of academic and research library professionals in order to identify present trends in this area of professional practice by academic librarians and to establish an understanding of the degree of institutional
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Solving SEO Issues in DSpace-based Digital Repositories Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2021-03-11 Matus Formanek
This paper discusses the importance of search engine optimization (SEO) for digital repositories. We first describe the importance of SEO in the academic environment. Online systems, such as institutional digital repositories, are established and used to disseminate scientific information. Next, we present a case study of our own institution’s DSpace repository, performing several SEO tests and identifying
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Automated Fake News Detection in the Age of Digital Libraries Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Uğur Mertoğlu,Burkay Genç
The transformation of printed media into digital environment and the extensive use of social media have changed the concept of media literacy and people’s habit of consuming news. While this faster, easier, and comparatively cheaper opportunity offers convenience in terms of people's access to information, it comes with a certain significant problem: Fake News. Due to the free production and consumption
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Public Libraries Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Creating a New Service Model Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Jon Goddard
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public libraries have demonstrated, in many ways, their value to their communities. They have enabled their patrons to not only resume their lives, but to help them learn and grow. Additionally, electronic resources offered to patrons through their library card have allowed people to be educated and entertained. The credit must go to the librarians, who initially fueled
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The Role of the Library in the Digital Economy Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Serhii Zharinov
The gradual transition to a digital economy requires all business entities to adapt to the new environmental conditions that are taking place through their digital transformation. These tasks are especially relevant for scientific libraries, as digital technologies make changes in the main subject field of their activities, the processes of creating, storing, and information disseminating. In order
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Navigation Design and Library Terminology Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Isabel Vargas Ochoa
The University Library at California State University, Stanislaus is not only undergoing a library building renovation, but a website redesign as well. The library conducted a user-centered usability study to collect data in order to best lead the library website “renovation.” A prototype was created to assess an audience-based navigation design, homepage content framework, and heading terminology
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Filling the Gap in Database Usability Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Samuel Kent Willis,Faye O'Reilly
Library database vendors often revamp simpler interfaces of their database platforms with script-enriched interfaces to make them more attractive. Sadly, these enhancements often overlook users who rely on assistive technology, leaving electronic content difficult for this user base despite the potential of electronic materials to be easier for them to access and read than print materials. Even when
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Tending to an Overgrown Garden Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-12-21 Rebecca Hyams
In 2019, the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s library undertook a massive cleanup and reconfiguration of the content and guides contained in their LibGuides v2 system, which had been allowed to grow out of control over several years as no one was in charge of its maintenance. This article follows the process from identifying issues, getting departmental buy-in, and doing all of the necessary
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A Collaborative Approach to Newspaper Preservation Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Ana Krahmer,Laura Douglas
This column explores a collaborative undertaking between the Denton Public Library in Denton, Texas, and the University of North Texas Libraries (UNT) to build digital access to the city of Denton’s newspaper of record, the Denton Record-Chronicle (DRC). The process included coordination with the newspaper publisher, solidifying agreements between the libraries, obtaining grant funding for the project
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In the Middle of Difficulty Lies Opportunity Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Evviva Weinraub Lajoie
Message from the last LITA President.
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Harnessing the Power of OrCam Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Mary Howard
The OrCam reader is an AI enabled device that helps sight challenged readers to access print materials. This article is a first person account of a public library's experience in employing the OrCam technology.
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Applying Gamification to the Library Orientation Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Karen Reed,A Miller
By providing an overview of library services as well as the building layout, the library orientation can help newcomers make optimal use of the library. The benefits of this outreach can be curtailed, however, by the significant staffing required to offer in-person tours. One academic library overcame this issue by turning to user experience research and gamification to provide an individualized online
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What More Can We Do to Address Broadband Inequity and Digital Poverty? Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Lori Bowen Ayre
While libraries have always worked to help breach the digital divide by providing free Internet access, public access computers and teaching media literacy, the current pandemic has made it abundantly clear that much more needs to be done. This article proposes ways that libraries might work with community, state, national and even global partners to help promote universal broadband.
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Evaluating the Impact of the Long-S upon 18th-Century Encyclopedia Britannica Automatic Subject Metadata Generation Results Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Sam Grabus
This research compares automatic subject metadata generation when the pre-1800s Long-S character is corrected to a standard < s >. The test environment includes entries from the third edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the HIVE automatic subject indexing tool. A comparative study of metadata generated before and after correction of the Long-S demonstrated an average of 26.51 percent potentially
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Analytics and Privacy Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Denise Quintel, Robert Wilson
When selecting a web analytics tool, academic libraries have traditionally turned to Google Analytics for data collection to gain insights into the usage of their web properties. As the valuable field of data analytics continues to grow, concerns about user privacy rise as well, especially when discussing a technology giant like Google. In this article, the authors explore the feasibility of using
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Likes, Comments, Views Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Jylisa Doney, Olivia Wikle, Jessica Martinez
This article presents a content analysis of academic library Instagram accounts at eleven land-grant universities. Previous research has examined personal, corporate, and university use of Instagram, but fewer studies have used this methodology to examine how academic libraries share content on this platform and the engagement generated by different categories of posts. Findings indicate that showcasing
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Using the Harvesting Method to Submit ETDs into ProQuest Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Marielle Veve
The following case study describes an academic library’s recent experience implementing the harvesting method to submit electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) into the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database (PQDT). In this lesser-known approach, ETDs are deposited first in the institutional repository (IR), where they get processed, to be later harvested for free by ProQuest through the
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Integrated Technologies of Blockchain and Biometrics Based on Wireless Sensor Network for Library Management Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Meng-Hsuan Fu
The Internet of Things (IoT) is built on a strong internet infrastructure and many wireless sensor devices. Presently, Radio Frequency Identification embedded (RFID-embedded) smart cards are ubiquitous, used for many things including student ID cards, transportation cards, bank cards, prepaid cards, and citizenship cards. One example of places that require smart cards is libraries. Each library, such
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Intro to Coding Using Python at the Worcester Public Library Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Melody Friedenthal
The Worcester Public Library (WPL) offers several Digital Learning courses to our adult patrons, and among them is “Intro to Coding Using Python”. This 6-session class teaches basic programming concepts and the vocabulary of software development. It prepares students to take more intensive, college-level classes. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a bright future for software developers, web developers
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At the Click of a Button Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Elena Azadbakht,Teresa Schultz
A number of browser extension tools have emerged in the past decade aimed at helping information seekers find open versions of scholarly articles when they hit a paywall, including Open Access Button, Lazy Scholar, Kopernio, and Unpaywall. While librarians have written numerous reviews of these products, no one has yet conducted a usability study on these tools. This article details a usability study
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Are Ivy League Libraries’ Websites ADA Compliant? Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Wenfan Yang,Bin Zhao,Yan Quan Liu,Arlene Bielefield
As a doorway for users seeking information, library websites should be accessible to all, including those who are visually or physically impaired and those with reading or learning disabilities. In conjunction with an earlier study, this paper presents a comparative evaluation of Ivy League university library homepages with regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates. Data results
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Measuring the Impact of Digital Heritage Collections Using Google Scholar Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Ángel Borrego
This study aimed to measure the impact of digital heritage collections by analysing the citations received in scholarly outputs. Google Scholar was used to retrieve the scholarly outputs citing Memòria Digital de Catalunya (MDC), a cooperative, open-access repository containing digitized collections related to Catalonia and its heritage. The number of documents citing MDC has grown steadily since the
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Near-field Communication (NFC) Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Neeraj Kumar Singh
Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches. Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the short range wireless communication technologies based on RFID. NFC provides secure and inherent communication between electronic
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Virtual Reality as a Tool for Student Orientation in Distance Education Programs Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Sandra Valenti, Brady Lund, Ting Wang
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | JUNE 2020 https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v39i2.11937 Dr. Sandra Valenti (svalenti@emporia.edu) is Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University. Brady Lund (blund2@g.emporia.edu) is doctoral student of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. Ting Wang (twang2@emporia.edu) is doctoral student of
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Seeing through Vocabularies Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Kevin M Ford
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | JUNE 2020 https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v39i2.12367 Kevin Ford (kevinford@loc.gov) is Librarian, Linked Data Specialist in the Library of Congress’s Network Development and MARC Standards Office. He works on the Library’s Bibframe Initiative, and similar projects, such as MADS/RDF, and is a member of the ITAL Editorial Board. The ideas and opinions expressed here
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A Framework for Member Success Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Emily Morton-Owens
Our organization and governance (our committees, offices, processes, etc.) play a major role in what it is like to be a member. For those of us who are most involved in ALA and LITA, the organization may be familiar and supportive. But for new members looking for a foothold, or library workers who don’t see themselves in our association, our organization may look like a barrier. Moreover, many of our
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User Experience with a New Public Interface for an Integrated Library System Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Kelly Blessinger, David Comeaux
The purpose of this study was to understand the viewpoints and attitudes of researchers at Louisiana State University toward the new public search interface from SirsiDynix, Enterprise. Fifteen university constituents participated in user studies to provide feedback while completing common research tasks. Particularly of interest to the librarian observers were identifying and characterizing where
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Bento Box User Experience Study at Franklin University Information Technology and Libraries (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Marc Jaffy
This article discusses the benefits of the bento-box method of searching library resources, including a comparison of the method with a tabbed search interface. It then describes a usability study conducted by the Franklin University Library in which 27 students searched for an article, an ebook, and a journal on two websites: one using a bento box and one using the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Screen