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The Determination Of Port Automation Levels Using An Analytic Hierarchical Process : A Case Study For The Port Of Colombo, Waruna Lasantha De Silva Amarathunga

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Digital Competences Framework For Seafarers: A Case Study Of Navigation Officers, Latifa Oumouzoun

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Hybrid Teaching For Music Information Literacy, Taylor Greene

Library Presentations, Posters, and Videos

The Music Information Literacy course taught by the Performing Arts Librarian at Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music has evolved in its format and pedagogical approach over the period of 8 years. In this talk, I discuss this evolution from its inception into its present version; a hybrid of online asynchronous learning modules and in-person instruction and activities. This presentation is an update to a previous talk (2016) and poster (2018) at Music Library Association Annual Meetings, both of which focused on specific aspects of the Music Information Literacy course. I discuss the benefits that became evident during the online …

Honors Undergraduate Thesis Final Revisions, Kerri Bottorff

STARS Documentation

Slides from the workshop presented to Honors Undergraduate Thesis students each semester.

Bounded Confidence: How Ai Could Exacerbate Social Media’S Homophily Problem, Dylan Weber, Scott Atran, Rich Davis

New England Journal of Public Policy

The advent of the Internet was heralded as a revolutionary development in the democratization of information. It has emerged, however, that online discourse on social media tends to narrow the information landscape of its users. This dynamic is driven by the propensity of the network structure of social media to tend toward homophily; users strongly prefer to interact with content and other users that are similar to them. We review the considerable evidence for the ubiquity of homophily in social media, discuss some possible mechanisms for this phenomenon, and present some observed and hypothesized effects. We also discuss how the …

An Appraisal Of Traditional And Modern Methods Of Security Of Information Resources In Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Library, Chibueze Norbert Onwuekwe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This study carried out an appraisal of traditional and modern methods of security of information resources in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Library. The population of the study consists of 51 library staff, and sample size of the study was 44 library staff which was selected randomly using simple random sample techniques. Three research questions were formulated to guide this study. Data was collected using the questionnaire, and was analysed with descriptive statistics such as mean, and simple percentage. The study revealed that the traditional method of security of information resources used in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University library includes: Security …

Ils Transition Mission: Creating Ease For Our Patrons, Marina Narvaez

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

University of Arkansas Libraries implemented a new library system, OneSearch, that became fully operational in July 2022. In the planning for this transition, collaboration among colleagues outside the committee and preliminary user-feedback became necessary as decisions were finalized. Participants were requested to perform searches on several material types, narrow or broaden their retrieval, and provide general observations. This poster provides information and analysis of the feedback gathered.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2022, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

• Orientation Social
• Tours and More
• Research 101
• Coming Out
• Music in the Library

Book Club Reads Braiding Sweetgrass

New Internships:

• Conservation and Exhibition
• American History Research

Japan Club Explores Special Collections

LC Frenzy

Library Exhibits (through June 2023):

• Cosmic Creations Looking Up: Lithographs of Paul Van Hoeydonck
• Light and Shadow: American Women Behind the Lens 1850-2020

Focus on Philanthropy: Kennedy Family Endowment

GettDigital: Whitney Family Civil War Letters

Library Bookshelf: Acquisitions Funds at Work (Beth Carmichael)

Library Acquires Artwork

Gift of Art (Shannon Egan)

Team Building: Robots, Catapults and Family Feud

Internship Makeover …

Social Justice Reads Mini Zine, Jessica Kiebler, Jennifer Rosenstein

Social Justice Week

This zine was created to accompany the event Social Justice Reads, held at both the NYC and PLV campus libraries on October 28, 2022.

This zine has information about: issues of social justice related to information literacy & access definitions & descriptions of the issues, as well as links to resources to learn more.

Why We Should Remember The Soviet Information Age?, Ksenia Tatarchenko

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

How to navigate the rapidly changing digital geopolitics of the world today? How do we make sense of digital transformation and its many social, political, cultural, and environmental implications at different locations around the world?

Student Participation In A Dei Audit As High-Impact Practice, Veronica Wells, Michele Gibney, Mickel Paris, Corey Pfitzer

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Articles and Papers

During Spring 2021, eight students at the University of the Pacific participated in an internship where they performed a DEI audit of the library's book and music score collection. An internship is one documented type of High-Impact Practices and research studies show that High-Impact Practices lead to higher retention and graduation rates. Deep learning occurred as student interns participated in developing the methodology, evaluating book and music score collections, reading assigned articles pertaining to DEI in librarianship and publishing, and providing recommendations on closing identified collection gaps. To evaluate their learning, the interns were asked to complete three surveys at …

Doing More With A Dm: A Survey On Library Social Media Engagement, Jason Wardell, Katy Kelly

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

Objectives – This study sought to determine the role social media plays in shaping library services and spaces, and how queries are received, responded to, and tracked differently by different types of libraries.

Methods – In April and May of 2021, researchers conducted a nine-question survey (Appendix A) targeted to social media managers across various types of libraries in the United States, soliciting a mix of quantitative and qualitative results on prevalence of social media interactions, perceived changes to services and spaces as a result of those interactions, and how social media messaging fits within the library’s question reporting or …

Information Planning Skills And Research Output Of Academic Librarians In Universities In South-South Geopolitical Zone Of Nigeria, Godson Ilevbare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract This study investigated the relationship between information planning skills and the research output of academic librarians in universities in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria with corresponding specific objective, research question, and research hypothesis. To effectively drive the study two theories were adopted. The theory of social cultural learning for the independent variable(s) (information planning skills), and the theory of self-efficacy for the dependent variable (research output of academic librarians). More so, conceptual review of literature on information planning skills and research out were carried, and specific empirical review of literature with extrinsic similarity and dissimilarity to the study was …

Researcher And Academic Library Roles And User Beliefs In The Pandemic: Designing The Open-Access And Library Usage Scale (Oalu), Elizabeth Dezouche, Angelique Blackburn

Killam Library Faculty Publications

We investigated whether individuals believe they have a right to information during a crisis, and whether attitudes about crisis-related information sharing differ by age and one’s role in providing or consuming information. We measured attitudes about aspects of data sharing related to COVID-19: researchers’ obligation to share data, publishers’ obligation to share information, and libraries’ responsibility to provide them. We predicted younger individuals, especially students as consumers of information, would report stronger preference for open access to pandemic-related information. A principal components analysis was performed, and two predicted factors emerged: information-sharing obligations and libraries’ responsibility to provide resources. Age was …

Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Dylan Girodat, Lutishoor Salisbury, Fardy Faustin, Jeremy Smith

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This poster was compiled to highlight Dr. Girodat’s research as a new faculty in the Department of the Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas. It provides a summary of his research achievements and his scholarly impact.

Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Dylan Girodat, Lutishoor Salisbury, Fardy Faustin, Jeremy Smith

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This poster was compiled to highlight Dr. Jia’s research as a new research faculty in the Department of the Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas. It provides a summary of his research achievements and his scholarly impact.

Library Tautology: A Reenactment Of The One-Shot, Nora Almeida

Publications and Research

If there’s one thing you learn today, let it be this: keywords. Not specific keywords but the idea of them. If you whisper the correct keywords into the algorithm, you will achieve relevance. If you don’t achieve relevance on the first try (which is super common), imagine you’re an academic with a specialization in a super-niche disciplinary area who wrote a research article. Then imagine keywords you (they) would use and try those.

Availability And Accessibility Of Health Information To Women In Rural Community, Elemere, Moro Local Government, Kwara State, Olamide Hammed Olaiya, Marcus Oladotun Aragbaye, Omolara Deborah Akintobi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research work investigates the availability and accessibility of health information by rural women in Elemere communities of moro local government, Kwara state. Questionnaire and interviews are major instruments used for data collection which was done by examining relevant documents to obtain necessary information 10 set of questionnaire were administered to health workers and health information providers in which all the 10 questionnaires were retrieved. Interviews were conducted on forty (40) rural women. the study selects reconnaissance survey for its design. The data gotten from the study area was further analysed with the use of descriptive techniques such as frequency …

Assessment Of Information And Computer Literacy Skills Among The Students Of The University Of Jammu: A Case Study, Meghabat Singh, Avinash Singh Charak, Gulshan Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was organized to assess and have records about the information literacy and computer literacy skills among the students at the University of Jammu. To collect the data, a questionnaire was framed and distributed among 265 students studying at the University of Jammu. Out of 265 students, 243 questionnaires were received with responses being filed in them. Of the 243 students, there were 159 males and 84 females. The data revealed that the majority of the students 177 (72.84%) were familiar with the concept of computer and digital literacy and most of the students possess knowledge about the basic …

Pandemic-Related Stress And Information Overload Handbook, Alexia T. Baggetta

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

The pandemic has affected every part of our lives over the past two years. Despite the fact that everyone's perspective on this matter varies, this research project was particularly helpful in examining how Western University students were affected. For the purpose of evaluating our findings, we defined information-related overload, which includes having too much, not enough, or difficulty finding information as our reference point. In addition to uncovering evidence of information overload, we also explored the impact of information and our interactions with others, institutional systems, and ourselves.