MENYOAL AKSES TERPUSAT ONLINE DATABASE SEBAGAI BASIS KEGIATAN KEILMUAN PERGURUAN TINGGI

Sebagai pondasi kegiatan keilmuan universitas, keberadaan sumber daya informasi seperti database elektronik menjadi kebutuhan mendesak. Terdapat wacana tentang tidak perlunya perguruan tinggi melanggan database elektronik secara mandiri, akan tetapi cukup dilanggan oleh institusi pusat seperti Perpustakaan Nasional. Tulisan ini dimaksudkan memberikan pertimbangan terhadap perlunya penyediaan akses database elektronik secara terpusat. Dengan pelbagai pertimbangan, sebaikanya pemerintah melalui instansi terkait mesti memikirkan ulang terhadap gagasan atau ide berlangganan sumber informasi elektronik tersebut secara terpusat yang dilakukan oleh kementerian atau Perpustakaan Nasional

Exploring the academic invisible web

Purpose: To provide a critical review of Bergman's 2001 study on the Deep Web. In addition, we bring a new concept into the discussion, the Academic Invisible Web (AIW). We define the Academic Invisible Web as consisting of all databases and collections relevant to academia but not searchable by the general-purpose internet search engines. Indexing this part of the Invisible Web is central to scientific search engines. We provide an overview of approaches followed thus far. Design/methodology/approach: Discussion of measures and calculations, estimation based on informetric laws. Literature review on approaches for uncovering information from the Invisible Web. Findings: Bergman's size estimate of the Invisible Web is highly questionable. We demonstrate some major errors in the conceptual design of the Bergman paper. A new (raw) size estimate is given. Research limitations/implications: The precision of our estimate is limited due to a small sample size and lack of reliable data. Practical implications: We can show that no single library alone will be able to index the Academic Invisible Web. We suggest collaboration to accomplish this task. Originality/value: Provides library managers and those interested in developing academic search engines with data on the size and attributes of the Academic Invisible Web.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

Health information seeking in the information society

This article discusses an empirical research study exploring Health Information Seeking Behaviours (HISB) of the general public, conducted by Abir Mukherjee for his MSc dissertation in the Library and Information Sciences programme at City University London. The project was carried out in summer 2011 with the general aim of addressing three core research questions to better understand the information seeking and access process this context: 1: What are the reasons that people seek health information? 2: What are the means or resources that people use to find health information? 3: What are the strategies and difficulties for the information seeker? Other concepts examined include the correlation with variables such as age and gender and public perceptions of the terminology used; the internet and impact of social media; proportions of popular reasons behind health searches; the top-ranking search tools employed; and the influence of the information society. Further information, and copies of the full dissertation, may be obtained from Abir Mukherjee or David Bawden

Invisible vs. visible Web : on non-indexed WWW resources

With the use the Internet for information search and especially the widespread use for this purpose search tools are related two stereotypes. The first concerns the belief that search for content online is an act extremely simple, trivial, requiring no special skills. The second myth refers to the same search engines – treated as instruments, allowing you to reach to any information that is online. These simplified and stereotyped beliefs are not limited to the realm of declarative, but manifest themselves in concrete expression of the information through the Internet behavior. The purpose of the present article is to overcome common stereotypes associated with the use of search tools, but also to show the hidden part of the Internet

The onus on us? Stage one in developing an i-Trust model for our users.

This article describes a Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)-funded project, conducted by a cross-disciplinary team, examining trust in information resources in the web environment employing a literature review and online Delphi study with follow-up community consultation. The project aimed to try to explain how users assess or assert trust in their use of resources in the web environment; to examine how perceptions of trust influence the behavior of information users; and to consider whether ways of asserting trust in information resources could assist the development of information literacy. A trust model was developed from the analysis of the literature and discussed in the consultation. Elements comprising the i-Trust model include external factors, internal factors and user's cognitive state. This article gives a brief overview of the JISC funded project which has now produced the i-Trust model (Pickard et. al. 2010) and focuses on issues of particular relevance for information providers and practitioners

Sieć ukryta a sieć widzialna. O zasobach WWW nieindeksowanych przez wyszukiwarki

Invisible vs. visible Web. On non-indexed WWW resourcesWith the use the Internet for information search and especially the widespread use for this purpose search tools are related two stereotypes. The first concerns the belief that search for content online is an act extremely simple, trivial, requiring no special skills. The second myth refers to the same search engines – treated as instruments, allowing you to reach to any information that is online. These simplified and stereotyped beliefs are not limited to the realm of declarative, but manifest themselves in concrete expression of the information through the Internet behavior. The purpose of the present article is to overcome common stereotypes associated with the use of search tools, but also to show the hidden part of the Internet

ANALISIS KEPUASAN KEPENTINGAN DALAM PENGADAAN BAHAN PUSTAKA DI PERPUSTAKAAN SEKOLAH

The growth of information technology becomes a challenge for the school librarian, especially in developing the book collections. Book procurement for the library must be matched with the library user’s need. In this research we develop a method to measure the library user’s opinion about the importance and performance of each kind of books in the library, in this case in a school library. The user’s opinions were obtained using questionnaire and analyzed by calculate the average of each score and placing each category in the importance-performance diagram. From the diagram, it could be observed which kinds of books should be added, weeded, or preserved in the library. Several adaptations could be carried out to implement this method outside the school library

Evaluation and analysis of Open Access electronic resources in higher education libraries in Portugal

In this work, it is given public knowledge of a model that was built along the research carried out, with a view to evaluate the information resources in Open Access (OA) and present the results obtained by its application on a comparative study at the level of Higher Education Libraries (universities and polytechnics, public and private) in Portugal, more exactly concerning the Online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC) and Institutional Repositories (IR). For the construction of this model and its application to the Higher Education Libraries in Portugal, 3 dimensions with 9 indicators each were designed, in a total of 27, adapted to the experience made explicit by authors who have tackled the topic of evaluating the Internet resources. However, this construction was especially based on personal experience with the benefits and difficulties detected in practical use of these platforms, in terms of personal, professional and academic level. Using this model, the comparison and analysis of the positive and negative elements found, aim to suggest operating characteristics which could make the OPAC and IR platforms more reliable, simple and friendly, providing a quality and accessible service, empowering their users with effective results, and reversing the current trend of arbitrary use of existing information resources on the Internet. At the same time, the model aims to give clues that can protect the image and credibility of the institutions, giving them the visibility required in a world of increasingly competitive Information. The results obtained have provided an update regarding the OPAC and IR of the Higher Education Libraries in Portugal, obtaining conclusions through quantitative and qualitative data, retreating still further information according to each type of Institution. The research was generated during the author’s Doctoral Thesis defended in Universidad de Alcalá, in Spain, December 2019