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Implementing Data Workflows and Data Model Extensions with RDF-star The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Florian Rupp, Benjamin Schnabel, Kai Eckert
Purpose The purpose of this work is to explore the new possibilities enabled by the recent introduction of RDF-star, an extension that allows for statements about statements within the Resource Description Framework (RDF). Alongside Named Graphs, this approach offers opportunities to leverage a meta-level for data modeling and data applications. Design/methodology/approach In this extended paper, the
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Exploratory search in information systems: a systematic review The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yaxi Liu, Chunxiu Qin, Yulong Wang, XuBu Ma
Purpose Exploratory search activities are ubiquitous in various information systems. Much potentially useful or even serendipitous information is discovered during the exploratory search process. Given its irreplaceable role in information systems, exploratory search has attracted growing attention from the information system community. Since few studies have methodically reviewed current publications
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Semi-automated ontology development scheme via text mining of scientific records The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Somayeh Tamjid, Fatemeh Nooshinfard, Molouk Sadat Hosseini Beheshti, Nadjla Hariri, Fahimeh Babalhavaeji
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a domain independent, cost-effective, time-saving and semi-automated ontology generation framework that could extract taxonomic concepts from unstructured text corpus. In the human disease domain, ontologies are found to be extremely useful for managing the diversity of technical expressions in favour of information retrieval objectives. The boundaries
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Factors influencing the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) in university libraries: a systematic literature review (SLR) The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Khurram Shahzad, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Abid Iqbal
Purpose For the provision of smart library services to end users, tools of the Internet of Things (IoT) play a significant role. The study aims to discover the factors influencing the adoption of IoT in university libraries, investigate the impact of IoT on university library services and identify challenges to adopt IoT applications in university libraries. Design/methodology/approach A systematic
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Censorship issues: awareness and preparedness among university librarians The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Muhammad Tariq Latif, Shamshad Ahmed, Sakhawat Ali
Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness and preparedness level of the chief librarians (CLs) of the universities of Punjab and the Federal area in Pakistan concerning censorship. The study also aims to identify the preferred sources the respondents use to update their knowledge about censorship. Design/methodology/approach The research work is based on the survey method. A questionnaire
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Research on intangible cultural heritage resource description and knowledge fusion based on linked data The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Qing Fan
Purpose The purpose of this article is to contribute to the digital development and utilization of China’s intangible cultural heritage resources, research on the theft of intangible cultural heritage resources and knowledge integration based on linked data is proposed to promote the standardized description of intangible cultural heritage knowledge and realize the digital dissemination and development
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Evaluation of search engine results pages in various languages and contents: the changes in strategies and criteria The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Emine Sendurur, Sonja Gabriel
Purpose This study aims to discover how domain familiarity and language affect the cognitive load and the strategies applied for the evaluation of search engine results pages (SERP). Design/methodology/approach This study used an experimental research design. The pattern of the experiment was based upon repeated measures design. Each student was given four SERPs varying in two dimensions: language
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Aggregating distributed KOSs: enriching with meta information and linking to the multilingual KOS registry The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Ziyoung Park
Purpose This study aims to collect distributed knowledge organization systems (KOSs) from various domains, enrich each with meta information and link them to the multilingual KOS registry, facilitating integrated search alongside KOSs from various languages and regions. Design/methodology/approach This research involved collecting and organizing KOS information through three primary steps. The initial
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Enhancing health-care data integration via automated semantic mapping The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Julaine Clunis
Purpose This paper aims to delve into the complexities of terminology mapping and annotation, particularly within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It underscores the criticality of harmonizing clinical knowledge organization systems (KOS) through a cohesive clinical knowledge representation approach. Central to the study is the pursuit of a novel method for integrating emerging COVID-19-specific
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Information systems success in libraries: a meta-analysis of ISSM and future direction The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Irfan Ali, Nosheen Fatima Warraich
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between the information system success model constructs including information quality (IQ), system quality (SysQ) and service quality (ServQ) with user satisfaction (US) and intention to use (IU). Design/methodology/approach A meta-analysis approach was used to achieve the objectives. For this purpose, the PRISMA-P guideline was
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Toward a framework for visual nomen The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 L.P. Coladangelo
Purpose Through examination of the Library Reference Model (LRM) specifications for nomen and the potential challenges visual nomen might present for their description and use in information systems, the purpose of this study was to investigate two questions: (1) how do nonlinguistic or nonalphanumeric signs or symbols act as nomen to identify entities? and (2) what details or attributes are relevant
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A knowledge graph of interlinking digital records: the case of the 1997 Korean financial crisis The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Haklae Kim
Purpose Despite ongoing research into archival metadata standards, digital archives are unable to effectively represent records in their appropriate contexts. This study aims to propose a knowledge graph that depicts the diverse relationships between heterogeneous digital archive entities. Design/methodology/approach This study introduces and describes a method for applying knowledge graphs to digital
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FUKG: answering flexible queries over knowledge graphs The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 José Félix Yagüe, Ignacio Huitzil, Carlos Bobed, Fernando Bobillo
Purpose There is an increasing interest in the use of knowledge graphs to represent real-world knowledge and a common need to manage imprecise knowledge in many real-world applications. This paper aims to study approaches to solve flexible queries over knowledge graphs. Design/methodology/approach By introducing fuzzy logic in the query answering process, the authors are able to obtain a novel algorithm
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A five-year department-based electronic usage data analysis on electronic journal access, library training courses, and scholarly publications The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Chia-Chang Huang, Ching-Jung Chung, Yi-Ting Wu, Po-Ting Hsu, Jen-Feng Liang, Ying-Ying Yang, Jie Chi Yang
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a digital medical library, including department-based electronic journal access, library training course participation and scholarly publications. Design/methodology/approach The data on full-text electronic journal access, participants of library training courses and scholarly publications were exported from a digital medical library database during
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Multidimensional knowledge discovery of cultural relics resources in the Tang tomb mural category The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Ying Gao, Qiang Zhang, Xiaoran Wang, Yanmei Huang, Fanshuang Meng, Wan Tao
Purpose Currently, the Tang tomb mural cultural relic resources are presented in a multi-source and heterogeneous manner, with a lack of effective organization and sharing between resources. Therefore, this study aims to propose a multidimensional knowledge discovery solution for Tang tomb mural cultural relic resources. Design/methodology/approach Taking the Tang tomb murals collected by the Shaanxi
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Constructing a spatiotemporal situational awareness framework to sense the dynamic evolution of online public opinion on social media The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Qingqing Li, Ziming Zeng, Shouqiang Sun, Chen Cheng, Yingqi Zeng
Purpose The paper aims to construct a spatiotemporal situational awareness framework to sense the evolutionary situation of public opinion in social media, thus assisting relevant departments in formulating public opinion control measures for specific time and space contexts. Design/methodology/approach The spatiotemporal situational awareness framework comprises situational element extraction, situational
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An investigation of linked data catalogue features in libraries, archives, and museums: a checklist approach The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Ya-Ning Chen
Purpose In this study, the distinctive functional features of linked data (LD) catalogues were investigated to contrast with existing online public access catalogues (OPACs) and discovery systems using a checklist approach. The checklist was derived from a literature review and is composed of 10 items as follows: self-descriptive and dynamic content for resource description, linkage to external LD
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Virtual and augmented reality as predictors of users’ intention to use Lagos State Public Library, Lagos State, Nigeria The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Ismail Olatunji Adeyemi, Kabir Alabi Sulaiman, Zaidat Motolani Abdulsalam, Abdulwahab Olanrewaju Issa
Purpose Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are a significant part of smart libraries in the information age. Hence, their adoption is inevitable in the technological age. This study aims to examine VR and AR as predictors of library users’ intention to make use of public libraries. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a descriptive survey approach. Using the random sampling technique
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Advanced intelligent health advice with informative summaries to facilitate treatment decision-making The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Yi-Hung Liu, Sheng-Fong Chen
Purpose Whether automatically generated summaries of health social media can assist users in appropriately managing their diseases and ensuring better communication with health professionals becomes an important issue. This paper aims to develop a novel deep learning-based summarization approach for obtaining the most informative summaries from online patient reviews accurately and effectively. De
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Development of a mobile Web library application for an institutional repository and investigation of its influences on learning The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Hien Thi Thanh Nguyen, Wu-Yuin Hwang, Thao Pham, Tuyen Thi Thanh Truong, Hsin-Wei Chang
Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of the proposed mobile Web library application (MWLA) on the search experience and its impact on learners’ engagement, interaction and overall learning outcomes within an institutional repository. Furthermore, the study investigates learners’ acceptance of the MWLA system. Design/methodology/approach The study suggests implementing an MWLA with Algolia’s
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Assessing the impact of knowledge management factors on digital resources acceptance: a survey of postgraduate students of public sector universities of Punjab The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Marya Ahmad, Khurshid Ahmad, Rubina Bhatti
Purpose This study aims to measure the acceptance of digital resources by integrating knowledge management (KM) factors (i.e. acquisition, sharing, application and protection) into the factors of the technology acceptance model (TAM) (i.e. perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness) and their impact on actual system use through behavioural intention. Design/methodology/approach Using the quantitative
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System and content factors associated with college students’ adoption of YouTube for learning purposes The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Lindsey M. Harper, Elizabeth D. James, Soohyung Joo, Youngseek Kim
Purpose Today’s undergraduate students have spent a significant portion of their lives using YouTube for various reasons, whether for entertainment, personal development or academic learning purposes. This study aims to investigate how system factors (i.e. reliability, usability and searchability), interaction factors (i.e. provider and user interactions) and content factors (i.e. format, relevance
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Effects of e-learning technologies on university librarians and libraries: a systematic literature review The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Khurram Shahzad, Shakeel Ahmad Khan
Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of emerging technologies in e-learning on university librarians and libraries. The study also intended to identify emerging technologies in e-learning and challenges being faced to implement e-learning technologies. Design/methodology/approach The preferred reporting items for the systematic review and meta-analysis method was applied as
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Research on the evaluation of academic journals from a multidimensional fusion measurement perspective The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Rongying Zhao, Weijie Zhu
Purpose This paper aims to conduct a comprehensive analysis to evaluate the current situation of journals, examine the factors that influence their development, and establish an evaluation index system and model. The objective is to enhance the theory and methodologies used for journal evaluation and provide guidance for their positive development. Design/methodology/approach This study uses empirical
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An overview of applications and trends in the use of extended reality for teaching effectiveness: an umbrella review based on 20 meta-analysis studies The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Wei Dong, Meimei Zhou, Meiyan Zhou, Bihan Jiang, Jijian Lu
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the application ways of extended reality (XR) in teaching, the specific teaching effects and how to implement teaching integration. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts an umbrella review approach, locates and screens 20 pertinent meta-analysis studies published in international journals and conducts a systematic review of the effects of teaching
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Knowledge organisation in institutional repositories: a case study on policies and procedures manuals in the Ibero-American environment The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Gema Bueno de la Fuente, Carmen Agustín-Lacruz, Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, Ana Lúcia Terra
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the recommendations on knowledge organisation from guidelines, policies and procedure manuals of a sample of institutional repositories and networks within the Latin American area and observe the level of follow-up of international guidelines. Design/methodology/approach Presented is an exploratory and descriptive study of repositories’ professional documents
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Determinants of overall user success in an academic digital library environment: validation of the integrated digital library user success (IDLUS) model The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Memoona Iqbal, Muhammad Rafiq
Purpose Digital Libraries are complex, and this complexity is a motive to study user success on the behalf of appropriate user success models. These models comprise the factors which play a part between people, technology and organizations. The purpose of this study was to specify and examine an integrated digital library user success (IDLUS) model within the context of digital library settings, Higher
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The browser extension guidance for online information searching The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Esra Efendioğlu, Emine Sendurur
Purpose This study aims to develop and test a browser extension as a scaffolding tool to guide learners about evaluating online sources. Design/methodology/approach In total, 129 undergraduate students participated in this experimental study. Both groups completed two Web searching tasks, but the experimental group used a browser extension. Findings The results indicated that there are significant
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Metadata construction scheme of a traditional clothing digital collection The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Qingzhu Ye
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to construct a digital collection and database of traditional clothing that is convenient for the digital dissemination and application of traditional clothing and provide resources for research on clothing fashion, traditional clothing techniques, clothing culture, history and clothing teaching. Design/methodology/approach A real object analysis method was used
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Assessing and predicting the quality of peer reviews: a text mining approach The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Jie Meng
Purpose This paper aims to quantify the quality of peer reviews, evaluate them from different perspectives and develop a model to predict the review quality. In addition, this paper investigates effective features to distinguish the reviews' quality. Design/methodology/approach First, a fine-grained data set including peer review data, citations and review conformity scores was constructed. Second
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Impact of personal innovativeness, perceived smartphone ease of use and mobile self-efficacy on smartphone-based personal information management practices The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Irfan Ali, Nosheen Fatima Warraich
Purpose Although, smartphones have facilitated users to keep their personal information, nonetheless, less has been investigated about factors affecting personal information management (PIM) practices. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how personal innovativeness, perceived ease of use (PEOU) and mobile self-efficacy affect PIM (e.g. finding/re-finding, keeping, organizing and maintaining)
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A group recommender system for books based on fine-grained classification of comments The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Jiaxin Ye, Huixiang Xiong, Jinpeng Guo, Xuan Meng
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how book group recommendations can be used as a meaningful way to suggest suitable books to users, given the increasing number of individuals engaging in sharing and discussing books on the web. Design/methodology/approach The authors propose reviews fine-grained classification (CFGC) and its related models such as CFGC1 for book group recommendation
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Exploring the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Peilin Tian, Le Wang
Purpose This study aims to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science. Design/methodology/approach Using publications in Web of Science core collection, this study combines informetrics and content analysis to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science
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Predicting psychologists’ approach to academic reciprocity and data sharing with a theory of collective action The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Tae Hee Lee, Mina Jung, Youngseek Kim
Purpose This study aims to investigate the factors influencing the data sharing habits of psychologists with respect to academic reciprocity. Design/methodology/approach A research model was developed based on Ostrom’s (2003) theory of collective action to map psychologists’ underlying motivations for data sharing. The model was validated by data from a survey of 427 psychologists, primarily from the
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Determinants of continuance intention to use gamification applications for task management: an extension of technology continuance theory The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Behzad Foroughi, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Mahaletchimi Kuppusamy, Yuvaraj Ganesan, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Madugoda Gunaratnege Senali
Purpose Gamification applications (apps) are gaining great attention in many contexts and have grown increasingly. Despite their significant role in many settings, prior research mainly focused on initial adoption, and there are limited studies on the post-adoption stage. This study aims to explore the factors influencing individuals’ continuance intention to use gamified task manager apps, drawing
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A cross-platform recommendation system from Facebook to Instagram The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Chia-Ling Chang, Yen-Liang Chen, Jia-Shin Li
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a cross-platform recommendation system that recommends the most suitable public Instagram accounts to Facebook users. Design/methodology/approach We collect data from both Facebook and Instagram and then propose a similarity matching mechanism for recommending the most appropriate Instagram accounts to Facebook users. By removing the data disparity between
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Analysis of the characteristics and evolution of knowledge label networks in the Q&A community: taking the Zhihu platform as an example The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Xin Feng, Xu Wang, Yufei Xue, Haochuan Yu
Purpose In the era of mobile internet, the social Q&A community has built a large-scale and complex knowledge label network through its internal knowledge units, and the scale and structure of the network have changed over time. By analysing the structural characteristics and evolution rules of knowledge label networks, the main purpose of this study is to understand the internal mechanisms of the
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Influencing factors of young people’s short video switching behaviour based on grounded theory The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Xin Chen, Yingxi Liu
Purpose This study aims to explore the switching behaviour of short video (SV) users and its influencing factors and promote the sustainable development of SV platforms (SVPs) and the marketing strategy formulation of library and information institutions. Design/methodology/approach Using the qualitative research method of semi-structured interviews and grounded theory, this study conducts an exploratory
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The reuse of DCMI metadata terms in linked open vocabulary The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Aimin Zhang, Yingjun Zhang
Purpose This study aims to explore the reusing of Dublin core metadata initiative (DCMI) metadata terms on the linked open vocabulary (LOV) platform in the linked data environment to offer a better understanding of the reusing behaviour during the process of vocabulary construction and further explain why DC has become a popular vocabulary. Design/methodology/approach The authors selected LOV, as a
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The landscape of research data management services in Malaysian academic libraries: librarians’ practices and roles The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Siti Wahida Amanullah, A. Abrizah
Purpose The debate about academic librarians’ roles in research data management (RDM) services is currently relevant, especially in the context of making research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reproducible. This study aims to explore the RDM services offered by Malaysian academic libraries and the implementation progress based on the librarians’ practices and roles. Design/methodology/approach
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Revisiting and updating the state of library open source software research The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Namjoo Choi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to revisit and update Palmer and Choi (2014), which conducted a descriptive literature review on open source software (OSS) studies published by the end of February 2013 in the library context. Design/methodology/approach The same article search and filtering procedures used in Palmer and Choi (2014) were used, resulting in a total sample size of 105 articles. These
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Determinants of high school students’ digital reading flow experience: an experimental study The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Jingjun Chen, Xiwen Tang, Yuan Xia, Shangfei Bao, Jianting Shen
Purpose This study aims to explore the influence of information presentation conditions on the flow experience of digital reading for high school students. Design/methodology/approach Firstly, a survey determines the preferred reading medium and the types of texts that high school students frequently read. Secondly, Experiment 1 focuses on the effects of the text type and reading medium on flow experience
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Evaluating preparedness in using blockchains for electronic health record systems The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Seyyed Mahdi Hosseini Sarkhosh, Peyman Akhavan
Purpose An emerging technology in the primary stages of its life cycle is the blockchain. This research paper aims to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals in using blockchain technology in their electronic health record (EHR) systems. Design/methodology/approach In the initial stage, 15 criteria relating to preparedness in using blockchain in EHR systems were identified from the literature and divided
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The impact of library and information science knowledge from the perspective of external citations The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Li Si, Caiqiang Guo
Purpose This paper aims to explore the characteristics of knowledge diffusion in library and information science (LIS) to reveal the impact of knowledge in LIS on other disciplines and the disciplinary status of LIS. Design/methodology/approach Taking the 573 highly cited papers (HCP) of LIS during the years 2000–2019 in Web of Science and 85,638 papers citing them from non-LIS disciplines as the analysis
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User experience and information architecture of the National Digital Library and archives of Iran: a usability investigation and card sorting The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Azam Najafgholinejad
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the usability and information architecture of the digital library (DL) website of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI). Design/methodology/approach This applied study used an exploratory mixed method, card sorting. Data were collected by interviewing, observation, usability test and card sorting. By interviewing users about problems of the DL, eight tasks
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The Open Language Archives Community: a 20-year update The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Steven Bird, Gary F. Simons
Purpose This paper reports on the first 20 years of the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC), comprehensive infrastructure for indexing and discovering language resources. Design/methodology/approach We begin with the original vision, assess progress relative to the original requirements, and identify ongoing challenges. Findings Based on the overview of OLAC history and recent developments and
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Explaining the effect of artificial intelligence on the technology acceptance model in media: a cloud computing approach The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Seyed Shahramadin Tavakoli, Afsaneh Mozaffari, Abolfazl Danaei, Ehtesham Rashidi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the effect of the technology acceptance model in the media environment by using the mediating role of artificial intelligence and the cloud computing approach. Design/methodology/approach After reviewing the theoretical foundations, a conceptual model framework and research hypotheses were formed. The statistical population of the study included managers
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Neural graph collaborative filtering for privacy preservation based on federated transfer learning The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Yaqi Liu, Shuzhen Fang, Lingyu Wang, Chong Huan, Ruixue Wang
Purpose In recent years, personalized recommendations have facilitated easy access to users' personal information and historical interactions, thereby improving recommendation effectiveness. However, due to privacy risk concerns, it is essential to balance the accuracy of personalized recommendations with privacy protection. Accordingly, this paper aims to propose a neural graph collaborative filtering
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Mobile self-efficacy as predictor of mobile-based personal digital archiving practices: a study of Pakistani undergraduates The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Irfan Ali, Nosheen Fatima Warraich
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of mobile self-efficacy on personal digital archiving (PDA) practices of undergraduate students. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative research design for achieving the objectives. The population consisted of undergraduate students from public sector universities (the top five) of Punjab, Pakistan, listed in the Higher
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Information literacy instruction in university libraries of Islamabad, Pakistan: a study of librarians’ perceptions, practices, barriers, and strategies The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Ghulam Moin Ud Din, Muhammad Ijaz Mairaj, Arslan Sheikh
Purpose This paper aims to measure the perceptions of librarians about information literacy (IL) instruction, their current IL practices and the problems they face while offering IL instructional programs in public and private sector university libraries in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative research design was adopted, and a survey was carried out for
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A model for the identification of the functional structures of unstructured abstracts in the social sciences The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Si Shen, Chuan Jiang, Haotian Hu, Youshu Ji, Dongbo Wang
Purpose Reorganising unstructured academic abstracts according to a certain logical structure can help scholars not only extract valid information quickly but also facilitate the faceted search of academic literature. This study aims to build a high-performance model for identifying of the functional structures of unstructured abstracts in the social sciences. Design/methodology/approach This study
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A quantitative study on utilizing electronic resources to engage children’s reading and learning: parents’ perspectives through the 5E instructional model The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-08-15 Lily Sin Nga Cheung, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Kevin K.W. Ho
Purpose This pilot study aims to investigate how parents use electronic resources to encourage children’s reading and learning interests through the 5E instructional model. Moreover, this study explores the public’s current electronic reading (e-reading) preferences, parents’ teaching process and the effectiveness of electronic resources in encouraging children to read and learn. Design/methodology/approach
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Sustaining multilinguality: case studies of two multilingual digital libraries The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Anping Wu, Jiangping Chen
Purpose This study aims to understand the technical and operational challenges encountered by multilingual digital libraries and their strategies to solve problems in sustaining multilinguality services for digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach Using the multiple-case method, this study investigated two digital libraries that have sustained multilinguality for over a decade: the World Digital
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Assessment of digital library design guidelines to support blind and visually impaired users: a study of key stakeholders’ perspectives The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Iris Xie, Rakesh Babu, Shengang Wang, Hyun Seung Lee, Tae Hee Lee
Purpose This study aims to investigate the perceptional differences of key stakeholders in assessing the Digital Library Accessibility and Usability Guidelines (DLAUG), in which design information is created and organized by types of help-seeking situations, to support blind and visually impaired (BVI) users. The stakeholders consist of BVI users, digital library (DL) developers and scholars/experts
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Student use of digital libraries during COVID-19: structural equation modelling in Indonesian and Malaysian contexts The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Akhmad Habibi, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Muhammad Sofwan
Purpose This paper aims to examine the determinants that drive digital library use by university students in Indonesia and Malaysia during COVID-19. A proposed model based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model-2 was implemented. Design/methodology/approach A pilot study was conducted prior to the main data collection to examine the reliability of the instrument. For the structural
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Effective components on the process of concept and meaning creation and their application in ontologies: focusing on Peirce’s triadic sign model The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Khadije Moradi, Amir Ghaebi, Masumeh Karbala Aghaei Kamran
Purpose This study aims to focus on the interpretation component of Peirce’s triadic model of sign to identify: the components affecting the interpretation of an object and the components affecting the meaning creation by people for use in ontologies. Ashura was selected because it is a historical event and a meaningful sign in Iranian religious culture. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative
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Framework for entity extraction with verification: application to inference of data set usage in research publications The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Svetlozar Nestorov, Dinko Bačić, Nenad Jukić, Mary Malliaris
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an extensible framework for extracting data set usage from research articles. Design/methodology/approach The framework uses a training set of manually labeled examples to identify word features surrounding data set usage references. Using the word features and general entity identifiers, candidate data sets are extracted and scored separately at the
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A collaboratory model for creation of digital language archives in India The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Karthick Narayanan R., Meiraba Takhellambam
Purpose This paper aims to explore a model of digital language archiving based on a collaboration between under-resourced indigenous communities and an institutional library. The model’s effectiveness is assessed in creating resources and digital language archives to support speaker communities and language documentation programmes for endangered and lesser-known languages in India. Design/methodology/approach
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Sociolinguistic repositories as asset: challenges and difficulties in Brazil The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Raquel Meister Ko. Freitag
Purpose This paper aims to provide a context for Brazilian Portuguese language documentation and its data collection to establish linguistic repositories from a sociolinguistic overview. Design/methodology/approach The main sociolinguistic projects that have generated collections of Brazilian Portuguese language data are presented. Findings The comparison with another situation of repositories (seed
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Evaluation and analysis of digital language archives development platforms: a parametric approach The Electronic Library (IF 1.675) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Sneha Bharti, Ranjeet Kumar Singh
Purpose While the obstacles of archiving endangered languages are significant, the question of which platform is best for building a digital language archive is constantly present. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and analyse digital language archives development platforms, such as content management systems (CMSs), digital repositories and archival collections management systems (ACMSs) using