A usability study of online library systems: A case of Sultanah Bahiyah Library, Universiti Utara Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to investigate usability of online library systems in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). This study evaluated the usability of Sultanah Bahiyah Library’s web based systems by investigating the aspects of simplicity, comfort, user friendliness, control, readability, information adequacy/task match, navigability, recognition, access time, relevancy, consistency and visual presentation. This study examined user’s views about the usability of digital libraries whereas current and perceived importance. A sample of 45 students of Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been chosen. The Sultanah Bahiyah Library’s web based systems is very important especially for students and academic staffs of Universiti Utara Malaysia. The usability of the Library’s web based systems makes students easy to connect and for that the website should be helpful and attractive within good contents. The result found that the parallel nature of the users’ current views about the usability of digital libraries and users’ perceived importance of digital library usability allows direct comparison of all usability properties. The overall results yielded significant difference for the variables of user’s current views and perceived importance

A New Star on the Horizon

Representing an ideal marriage of form and function, The Ames Library opens for business

Définition d'un profil multidimensionnel de l'utilisateur : Vers une technique basée sur l'interaction entre dimensions

National audienceLa personnalisation d'un processus d'accès à l'information a pour objectif de délivrer à l'utilisateur une information appropriée à ses préférences, ses centres d'intérêts ou plus globalement son profil. Ce papier présente une technique de construction du profil de l'utilisateur qui s'inscrit dans une approche statistique utilisant le comportement de l'utilisateur comme source permettant de prédire implicitement son modèle. Cette technique s'articule plus particulièrement sur l'interaction entre dimensions du profil représentées par l'historique des recherches et centres d'intérêt de l'utilisateur

Opening Day.

Library Director Sue Stroyan and Circulation Manager Bruce Chamberlain roll out the red carpet on Opening Day of The Ames Library. Please see A New Star on the Horizon for more information on the library opening.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/ames10_gallery/1083/thumbnail.jp

Abstraction and registration: conceptual innovations and supply effects in Prussian and British Copyright (1820-50)

It is one of the orthodoxies of modern copyright law that the enjoyment and the exercise of the rights granted “shall not be subject to any formality” (Berne Convention 1886, Berlin revision 1908, Art.4), such as a registration requirement. In this article, we trace the origins of this provision to a conceptual shift that took place during the early 1800s. Specific regulations of the book trade were superseded by the protection of all instantiations (such as performances, translations and adaptations) of abstract authored work. For two seminal copyright acts of the period, the Prussian Act of 1837 and the UK Act of 1842, we show there was considerable concern about the economic implications of this new justificatory paradigm, reflected in a period of experimentation with sophisticated registration requirements. We indicate market responses to these requirements and plea for a reconsideration of “formalities” as redressing justificatory problems of copyright in the digital environment

Approche statistique pour la définition du profil d'un utilisateur de système de recherche d'information

National audienceUn processus d'accès personnalisé à l'information a pour objectif de délivrer à l'utilisateur une information pertinente et appropriée à ses préférences, ses centres d'intérêts ou plus globalement son profil. Ce papier présente une méthode de définition du profil de l'utilisateur qui s'inscrit dans une approche statistique utilisant le comportement de l'utilisateur comme source permettant de définir implicitement son modèle. Cette méthode s'articule plus particulièrement sur l'interaction entre dimensions du profil représentées par l'historique des recherches et centres d'intérêt de l'utilisateur

Benson ldahosa University Virtual Library: a case study

This paper e;..z:,il,illeS the usefuin;_:::ss of virtual/digital library; in a university. Literature review shows d '"t the idea has baen on in the last 20 yef!rs, as way of bolstering higher educuL-.;i 1. Various writE:.rs ;':lre agreed that thi~:; kind 'of library services needs ' l to be sought ::.ik;r. Virtual/digital libraries h<we many t~rms associated with it, I including eleci:J·c~ de library, library witl·1out wall, inter1·1et library, library of the future and etc. It ,:;orb·::Jys the present state of the Virtual Lib~ary at Benson ldahosa University, Ber,in City. The paper concludes that new Jniversities should think virtual libraries. Libraries with less t.l'lan 40,000 volumes sh uld think 6f virtual library as it is more :::1dvantageous. Benson ldahosa University irtual library has been I ! commended hy the National University Commission as the only functioning University-based '.Jirtuallibrary

Digital Technologies for virtual recomposition. The case study of Serpotta stuccoes.

The matter that lies beneath the smooth and shining surface of stuccoes of the Serpotta family, who used to work in Sicily from 1670 to 1730, has been thoroughly studied in previous papers, disclosing the deep, even if empirical, knowledge of materials science that guided the artists in creating their masterworks. In this work the attention is focused on the solid perspective and on the scenographic sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, who is acknowledged as the leading exponent of the School. The study deals with some particular works of the artist, the so-called “teatrini” (Toy Theater), made by him for the San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo. On the basis of archive documents and previous analogical photogrammetric plotting, integrated with digital solutions and methodologies of computer-based technologies, the study investigates and interprets the geometric-formal genesis of the examined works of art, until the prototyping of the whole scenic apparatus

Visualizing Creative Destruction

We introduce a series of methods for visualizing the dynamics of firmsize as indicative of the way the creation of new economic entitiesdestroy the existing order in the manner first sketched bySchumpeter (1938). We examine firm size distributions for every yearfrom 1955 to 1994 for the top 100 firms listed in the Fortune 500. Weshow that although rank-size distributions from this data areremarkably stable, this masks a much more detailed microdynamicswhere firms are changing their size and rank in the prevailing orderquite rapidly. These provide the signatures of creation anddestruction and to visualize their form, we introduce the idea of halflives, rank clocks and distance statistics which reveal a cornucopia ofdynamic behaviors. We first examine changes in firm size measuredby revenue earnings and then we contrast this with profits perearnings data which reveals another picture of these processes ofcreation and destruction. We introduce a series of methods for visualizing the dynamics of firmsize as indicative of the way the creation of new economic entitiesdestroy the existing order in the manner first sketched bySchumpeter (1938). We examine firm size distributions for every yearfrom 1955 to 1994 for the top 100 firms listed in the Fortune 500. Weshow that although rank-size distributions from this data areremarkably stable, this masks a much more detailed microdynamicswhere firms are changing their size and rank in the prevailing orderquite rapidly. These provide the signatures of creation anddestruction and to visualize their form, we introduce the idea of halflives, rank clocks and distance statistics which reveal a cornucopia ofdynamic behaviors. We first examine changes in firm size measuredby revenue earnings and then we contrast this with profits perearnings data which reveals another picture of these processes ofcreation and destruction

Robotic path planning for non-destructive testing of complex shaped surfaces

The requirement to increase inspection speeds for non-destructive testing (NDT) of composite aerospace parts is common to many manufacturers. The prevalence of complex curved surfaces in the industry provides significant motivation for the use of 6 axis robots for deployment of NDT probes in these inspections. A new system for robot deployed ultrasonic inspection of composite aerospace components is presented. The key novelty of the approach is through the accommodation of flexible robotic trajectory planning, coordinated with the NDT data acquisition. Using a flexible approach in MATLAB, the authors have developed a high level custom toolbox that utilizes external control of an industrial 6 axis manipulator to achieve complex path planning and provide synchronization of the employed ultrasonic phase array inspection system. The developed software maintains a high level approach to the robot programming, in order to ease the programming complexity for an NDT inspection operator. Crucially the approach provides a pathway for a conditional programming approach and the capability for multiple robot control (a significant limitation in many current off-line programming applications). Ultrasonic and experimental data has been collected for the validation of the inspection technique. The path trajectory generation for a large, curved carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) aerofoil component has been proven and is presented. The path error relative to a raster-scan tool-path, suitable for ultrasonic phased array inspection, has been measured to be within ± 2mm over the 1.6 m2 area of the component surface