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Student user preferences for features of next-generation OPACs: a case study of University of Sheffield international students
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to identity the features that international student users prefer for next generation OPACs.
Design/ methodology/ approach. 16 international students of the University of Sheffield were interviewed in July 2008 to explore their preferences among potential features in next generation OPACs. A semi-structured interview schedule with images of mock-up screens was used.
Findings. The results of the interviews were broadly consistent with previous studies. In general, students expect features in next generation OPACs should be save their time, easy to use and relevant to their search. This study found that recommender features and features that can provide better navigation of search results are desired by users. However, Web 2.0 features, such as RSS feeds and those features which involved user participation were among the most popular.
Practical implications. This paper produces findings of relevance to any academic library seeking to implement a next-generation OPAC.
Originality/value. There have been no previous published research studies of users’ preferences among possible features of next-generation OPACs
Ultra thin gage plastic film
Process utilizing specially modified conventional equipment, with changes in process temperature, pressure, and cooling requirements produces ultra thin 1.56 micron /0.0614 mil/ thick polyethylene film
Behavior of soils under impact loading
Experimental soil behavior under impact loadin
Stereospecific synthesis of the aglycone of pseudopterosin E
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Behavior of a sandy clay under vertical impact of geometric shapes
Sandy clay response under vertical impact of cone, plate, and plane geometric shape
Triple mode Cepheid masses
Unconventional composition structures are proposed to explain the periods of the triple mode Cepheid aC And. A strong Cepheid wind appears to enrich helium in the convection zones down to about 60,000 K or 70,000 K. Then some downward partial mixing occurs to the bottom of a layer with about 1-q = .0005 of the stellar mass. It was found that AC And was not unlike anomalous Cepheids. However, masses of betwen one and two solar masses are suggested and the population is more likely a type two
Rolling-contact bearing reference summary
Design and performance of rolling contact bearing
Parrondo-like behavior in continuous-time random walks with memory
The Continuous-Time Random Walk (CTRW) formalism can be adapted to encompass
stochastic processes with memory. In this article we will show how the random
combination of two different unbiased CTRWs can give raise to a process with
clear drift, if one of them is a CTRW with memory. If one identifies the other
one as noise, the effect can be thought as a kind of stochastic resonance. The
ultimate origin of this phenomenon is the same of the Parrondo's paradox in
game theoryComment: 8 pages, 3 figures, revtex; enlarged and revised versio
3D MHD Modeling of the Gaseous Structure of the Galaxy: Synthetic Observations
We generated synthetic observations from the four-arm model presented in
Gomez & Cox (2004) for the Galactic ISM in the presence of a spiral
gravitational perturbation. We found that velocity crowding and diffusion have
a strong effect in the l-v diagram. The v-b diagram presents structures at the
expected spiral arm velocities, that can be explained by the off-the-plane
structure of the arms presented in previous papers of this series. Such
structures are observed in the Leiden/Dwingeloo HI survey. The rotation curve,
as measured from the inside of the modeled galaxy, shows similarities with the
observed one for the Milky Way Galaxy, although it has large deviations from
the smooth circular rotation corresponding to the background potential. The
magnetic field inferred from a synthetic synchrotron map shows a largely
circular structure, but with interesting deviations in the midplane due to
distortion of the field from circularity in the interarm regions.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Better quality figures in
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~gomez/publica/3d_galaxy-3.pd
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