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The Myth Of The Tough Negotiator, Georgie Donovan Apr 2018

The Myth Of The Tough Negotiator, Georgie Donovan

W&M Libraries Publications

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A Study On The Remote Library Users: Needs Of Library Services And Preferences, Mihyeon Kim Sep 2000

A Study On The Remote Library Users: Needs Of Library Services And Preferences, Mihyeon Kim

School of Education Articles

A study on the remote library users showed that remote users preferred online databases and internet as information resources because of easy access and easy of use. However, they have used books and journals, which are printed resources, as main information resources because online databases and internet cannot satisfy their information needs. Also, 86.7 percent of remote users consider library services as an important issue to choose a distance learning program, and remote users extremely motivated by their professors to use library so that there are needs to have partnership between distance learning programs and library services. Finally, remote users …


Research On Usability Of An Opac (Online Public Access Catalog), Mihyeon Kim Jun 1998

Research On Usability Of An Opac (Online Public Access Catalog), Mihyeon Kim

School of Education Articles

This study is to determine whether color, icon, sorting methods of brief description about materials, and positioning methods of final records affect the usability of the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) screen designs in terms of success rate, search time, and users' preferences. The findings suggest that OPAC systems can be optimized to enhance user's performances conflict with each other, designers should give more weight to performance because of the library's mission of meeting users' information needs.