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    Users' trust in information resources in the Web environment: a status report

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    This study has three aims; to provide an overview of the ways in which trust is either assessed or asserted in relation to the use and provision of resources in the Web environment for research and learning; to assess what solutions might be worth further investigation and whether establishing ways to assert trust in academic information resources could assist the development of information literacy; to help increase understanding of how perceptions of trust influence the behaviour of information users

    Special Libraries, May-June 1974

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    Volume 65, Issue 5-6https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1974/1004/thumbnail.jp

    Towards Design Theory for Accessible IT Artefacts

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    Accessibility in the use of information technology (IT) artefacts, such as websites, applications, and user interfaces, means that they are designed in such a way that people with the broadest range of abilities can use them. However, although accessibility is a human right, IT artefacts often remain inaccessible. Aside from the available accessibility guidelines, we need sufficient design theories that explicitly state how accessibility should be addressed and designed to develop accessible IT artefacts for all users. This dissertation summarises four articles that address this problem. These studies are conducted with qualitative approaches that include a narrative literature review, a systematic literature review and a design science method comprising a participatory design and interviews. The first article develops an explaining theory of accessibility to gain an understanding of the construct of accessibility, showing possible variables of human abilities, tasks and contexts and their relationships in IT use. The second article illustrates the factors in management, development, user, and IT artefact features, including the roles and actions that these domains have and how they affect the realisation of accessibility. The other two articles contribute to accessibility guidance to improve and support content creators’ text production and writing process of accessible online text in the web context. The dissertation underscores three key determinants of the knowledge of accessibility: (1) assumptions of users’ abilities; (2) users’ actual needs; and (3) factors in the development chain. The foregoing factors contribute to the knowledge of accessibility and would help researchers, particularly design scientists, form prescriptive knowledge for practitioners to achieve accessible IT artefacts. Thus, researchers could better identify the variables, relationships and affecting factors in human abilities, management, development, content creation, tasks, and contexts that need to be addressed when designing IT artefacts for certain tasks and use contexts.Informaatioteknologia-artefaktien (IT-artefaktien), kuten verkkosivustojen, sovellusten ja kĂ€yttöliittymien saavutettavuus tarkoittaa sitĂ€, ettĂ€ ihmiset erilaisine ominaisuuksineen ja kykyineen voivat kĂ€yttÀÀ niitĂ€. Vaikka saavutettavuus on ihmisoikeus, IT-artefaktit eivĂ€t kuitenkaan ole aina saavutettavia. KĂ€ytettĂ€vissĂ€ olevista saavutettavuusohjeista huolimatta tarvitsemme suunnitteluteorioita, jotka ohjaavat IT-artefaktien suunnittelua, jotta niistĂ€ tulisi saavutettavia kaikille IT-artefaktin kĂ€yttĂ€jille. TĂ€mĂ€ vĂ€itöskirja on yhteenveto neljĂ€stĂ€ artikkelista, jotka kĂ€sittelevĂ€t tĂ€tĂ€ ongelmaa. Tutkimukset ovat tehty laadullisilla menetelmillĂ€, joihin on sisĂ€ltynyt narratiivinen kirjallisuuskatsaus, systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus sekĂ€ suunnittelutieteellinen menetelmĂ€ sisĂ€ltĂ€en osallistavan suunnittelun ja haastattelut. EnsimmĂ€isessĂ€ artikkelissa kehitetÀÀn kuvaileva saavutettavuuden teoria, jolla saadaan kĂ€sitys saavutettavuuden rakenteesta ja joka nĂ€yttÀÀ mahdolliset muuttujat ihmisen kyvyissĂ€, tehtĂ€vissĂ€ ja konteksteissa, sekĂ€ niiden vĂ€liset suhteet. Toinen artikkeli kuvaa saavutettavuuteen vaikuttavia tekijöitĂ€ johtamisen, kehityksen, kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n ja IT-artefaktin ominaisuuksien nĂ€kökulmista, mukaan lukien roolit ja toimenpiteet, joita nĂ€illĂ€ kohteilla on. Kaksi muuta artikkelia kehittĂ€vĂ€t ohjeistuksen sisĂ€llöntuottajien työn tueksi saavutettavan verkkotekstin tuottamiseksi. VĂ€itöskirjassa esitetÀÀn kolme ratkaisevaa tekijÀÀ saavutettavuuden tietĂ€myksessĂ€: (1) olettamukset kĂ€yttĂ€jien kyvyistĂ€ (2) kĂ€yttĂ€jien todelliset tarpeet ja (3) tekijĂ€t kehitysketjussa. NĂ€iden tekijöiden tuntemus auttaa erityisesti suunnittelutieteilijöitĂ€ muodostamaan ohjaavaa tietoa ammattilaisille saavutettavien IT-artefaktien saavuttamiseksi. TĂ€ten tutkijat voivat paremmin tunnistaa muuttujat, niiden vĂ€liset suhteet ja saavutettavuuteen vaikuttavat tekijĂ€t, jotka liittyvĂ€t kĂ€yttĂ€jĂ€n kykyihin, johtamiseen, kehittĂ€miseen, sisĂ€llöntuottamiseen, tehtĂ€viin ja kontekstiin, kun IT-artefaktia suunnitellaan tiettyĂ€ tehtĂ€vÀÀ ja kĂ€yttökontekstia varten.fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

    Special Libraries, January 1941

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    Volume 32, Issue 1https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1941/1000/thumbnail.jp

    Course Manual - National Workshop on Effective Management of E-Resources in Research Libraries

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    The National Workshop on “Effective Management of EResources in Research Libraries" is the first of its kind organised by the Library & Documentation Centre of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi. Periodic trainings on newer technologies developed in the field of Library & Information Sciences help library professionals to enhance their professional competencies that will contribute largely to the output of the parent organization. Digital repositories are the need of the hour where the Institute can showcase the research findings. ICAR-CMFRI is a pioneer in developing Institute repository and the open access repository of the Institute "eprints@cmfri" now stands 1st among ICAR Institute repositories, 3rd among Indian repositories and 343rd among the world repositories. Topics of current relevance towards development and modernisation of research libraries are included in the Workshop which is expected to help the participants to understand the possibilities and ways of supporting the research activities of the parent Institution more effectively
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