scholarly journals Research on the Utilization and Evaluation of Library Resource Discovery Systems in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-50
Author(s):  
Linlin Song ◽  
Haitao Li ◽  
Shihui Li
Keyword(s):  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Aggregation Function ◽  
System Construction ◽  
Discovery System ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Library Resources

According to the investigation of library resources discovery system construction in 20 universities in China, the aggregation discovery service provided by the multi-source aggregation function, the discovery function is based on aggregation and the comprehensive revealing function. This article evaluates user usage and acceptance based on refinements of the functions mentioned above. The investigation shows that compared with the diversity of function, users are more concerned about the practicability, the intuition and the academy. Thus, systems should choose the best sources and pay attention to the metadata normalization, and enhance the correlation to standard datasets.

Research on the Utilization and Evaluation of Library Resource Discovery Systems in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1060-1096
Author(s):  
Linlin Song ◽  
Haitao Li ◽  
Shihui Li
Keyword(s):  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Aggregation Function ◽  
System Construction ◽  
Discovery System ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Library Resources

According to the investigation of library resources discovery system construction in 20 universities in China, the aggregation discovery service provided by the multi-source aggregation function, the discovery function is based on aggregation and the comprehensive revealing function. This article evaluates user usage and acceptance based on refinements of the functions mentioned above. The investigation shows that compared with the diversity of function, users are more concerned about the practicability, the intuition and the academy. Thus, systems should choose the best sources and pay attention to the metadata normalization, and enhance the correlation to standard datasets.

scholarly journals Metadata to Support Next-Generation Library Resource Discovery: Lessons from the eXtensible Catalog, Phase 1

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Phase 1 ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Library Community ◽  
Discovery System ◽  
Online Resource ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The University

The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project at the University of Rochester will design and develop a set of open-source applications to provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to library users. The goals and functional requirements developed for XC reveal generalizable needs for metadata to support a next-generation discovery system. The strategies that the XC Project Team and XC Partner Institutions will use to address these issues can contribute to an agenda for attention and action within the library community to ensure that library metadata will continue to support online resource discovery in the future.

Das HeBIS Discovery System

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Sunckel ◽  
Uwe Reh ◽  
Heike Nienerza
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Discovery System ◽  
Discovery Service

Zusammenfassung:Die HeBIS-Verbundzentrale bietet das HeBIS Discovery System (HDS) als Dienstleistung für interessierte Mitgliedsbibliotheken an. Der Service beinhaltet eine Rechercheoberfläche mit Suchunterstützung durch eine moderne Suchmaschine, Erweiterung des Suchraums mit Inhalten aus Datenbanken und Volltexten durch einen Resource Discovery Service und alle gewohnten Funktionen eines lokalen OPACs. Technisch besteht HDS aus dem Open-Source-OPAC VuFind, der Suchmaschine Solr, dem Discovery-Service EDS und dem ReDi-Linkresolver. Dieser Beitrag geht auf die Projektstruktur und die Erfahrungen bei der kooperativen Entwicklung ein.

scholarly journals Case Study of the Deployment of Mobile Library Resources Application (MoLiRA) in Academic Institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 463-468
Author(s):  
‪Jose Naldrix D. Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Library Resources

Technology in educational institutions had influenced a lot and even changed the educational process there in. In the mobile age, every system is moving towards mobile-based service wherein everything had become available at the tip of the finger. In response to the call digitisation, Mobile Library Resources Application (MoLiRA) was developed to cater to the needs of the academe in knowledge management and to provide quality service to the students in terms of library services. The study was conducted in one of the schools in Bacolod City, Philippines, with the intention of evaluating its e-service quality level. The result of the study was that the MoLiRA enables the student to search through not only book-related resources but every library resource such as e-books, multimedia storage devices, unpublished researches, and other learning material using their primary gadget such as a smartphone. The study shows that the developed MoLiRA is high in terms of e-service quality level as perceived by the IT experts and students. The users have the ease of accessing the library resource information since the smartphone has become the primary gadget nowadays. The student can easily search resources available in the library which is in line with the course syllabus. Every library user using a smartphone received a notification informing them of the availability of the new library resources.

Users Attitudes towards Library Resource and Services in First Grade Colleges in Davanagere City, Karnataka: A Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
M. Nagaraja Naik ◽  
Manjunath Lohar
Keyword(s):  
First Grade ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Library Collection ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Library Resources

The present study analyses the users’ attitudes towards library resources and services of first grade colleges of Davangere city, Karnataka. The purpose of study is to identify the awareness of library resources and services. The findings of the study is that majority of 74.86% students satisfied with space for reading room followed by 66%, 63.71%, 62.57%, and 57.43% are stated that they satisfied with furniture, Toilet, Ventilation, and cleanliness available in the library. The suggestion was given by the investigator library collection and other operation must be computerized to meet the users’ needs quickly and promptly.

Riding the Waves of Change for Electronic Resources at the Library and Learning Commons, Monash University Sunway Campus

2013 ◽  
pp. 195-209
Author(s):  
Sossamma K. T. George
Keyword(s):  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Web Resource ◽  
University Library ◽  
Learning Commons ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
The Waves

This chapter contributes to the topic of electronic resources. The purpose of this chapter is to share with fellow professionals the experience and challenges that the Library and Learning Commons, Monash University Sunway Campus Malaysia faced in progressing electronic resources at the Sunway campus. It discusses two major actions undertaken, namely (1) the implementation of an e-book acquisitions policy and (2) the implementation of Search, a Web resource discovery service undertaken in collaboration with Monash University Library Australia. The intent of the chapter is to share the experience of the Information Resources Section that undertook to implement these actions as part of the Section’s annual development plan for 2011 and 2012. The ensuing initiatives to realize the action plans and the progress made are discussed here. More importantly, the outcomes and the learning experiences are shared, in the understanding that by sharing, they contribute to enriching the field and empowering and challenging ourselves to progress further.

scholarly journals The Form of Search Tool Chosen by Undergraduate Students Influences Research Practices and the Type and Quality of Information Selected

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Michelle Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Library Resources

A Review of: Asher, A. D., Duke, L. M., & Wilson, S. (2012). Paths of discovery: Comparing the search effectiveness of EBSCO Discovery Service, Summon, Google Scholar, and conventional library resources. College & Research Libraries, 74(5), p. 464-488. Objectives – To explore the effectiveness of different search tools (EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), Summon, Google Scholar and traditional library resources) in supporting the typical research queries faced by undergraduate students and gain an understanding of student research practices. Design – Mixed methods approach using quantitative data collected from grading of students’ selected resources combined with qualitative data from a search process interview with students. Setting – Two university libraries in the United States of America (Bucknell University (BU) and Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU)). Subjects – Eighty-seven undergraduate students across a range of disciplines. Methods – Participants were assigned to one of five test groups and required to find two resources for each of four standardised research queries using a specified tool: EDS; Summon; Google Scholar; Library catalogue/databases; or “no tool” where no specific tool was specified and participants were free to choose. The resources submitted by students for each of the four queries were rated on a scale of 0-3 by four librarians using a rubric, to produce average ratings for each tool. The interview comprised two parts: the search task, followed by a reflective interview based on open-ended questions relating to search practices and habits. The search process interview was recorded using Camtasia screen capture and audio software, and the URLs used by participants were also recorded. Main Results – Quantitative results indicated that students who used EDS selected slightly higher quality sources on average (scoring 2.54 out of 3), compared to all other groups. Those who used EDS also completed the queries in less time (747 seconds) than those using Summon (1,209 seconds), Google Scholar (968 seconds), library databases (963 seconds) or where no tool was specified (1,081 seconds). Academic journal articles also represented the relatively highest proportion of resources for this group (73.8% of resources chosen), whilst newspaper articles were chosen most frequently by those using Summon (20.6% of resources chosen). The qualitative findings suggest that students may over-rely on the top results provided by search systems, rather than using critical analysis and evaluation. Conclusion – Although EDS performed slightly better overall, in some cases the tools produced relatively similar results, and none of the tools performed particularly poorly. Indeed the reasonably strong performance of both Google Scholar and traditional library tools/databases in some aspects (such as the relative proportion of books and journal articles chosen by students), may raise questions regarding the potential benefit of acquiring a new discovery product, given the possibly significant costs involved. As the study finds that most students do not go beyond simple searches and the first page of results, regardless of the tool they are using, this suggests that discovery services do not substantially lessen the need for information literacy instruction, although it may provide some opportunity to redirect teaching time away from retrieval and towards higher-order skills such as evaluating information and critical thinking.

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