Search Results - subject:"Library systems"

A framework for designing retrieval effectiveness studies of library information systems using human relevance assessments

Behnert, Christiane; Lewandowski, Dirk - In: Journal of Documentation 73 (2017) 3, pp. 509-527

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to apply traditional information retrieval (IR) evaluation methods based on standards from the Text REtrieval Conference and web search evaluation to all types of modern library information systems (LISs) including online public access...

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Conceptual modelling of the public sphere in public libraries

Widdersheim, Michael M.; Koizumi, Masanori - In: Journal of Documentation 72 (2016) 3, pp. 591-610

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to construct a conceptual model of the public sphere in public libraries. Various international authors over the past 20 years have associated the public sphere with public libraries, but these associations have yet to be clarified and synthesized in a...

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Image descriptions and their relational expressions: a review of the literature and the issues

Benson, Allen C - In: Journal of Documentation 71 (2015) 1, pp. 143-164

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey the treatment of relationships, relationship expressions and the ways in which they manifest themselves in image descriptions. Design/methodology/approach – The term “relationship” is construed in the broadest possible way to include...

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An exploratory study on social library system users' information seeking modes

Jiang, Tingting - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 1, pp. 6-26

Purpose – Social library systems are Web 2.0 sites where users discover interesting books, movies, and music, etc … first to investigate how users look for resources in social library systems, a problem neglected by previous studies mostly … focusing on how users organize and tag resources. The research findings enrich our understanding of social library systems as …

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The fiscal wonders of technology

Steele, Kirstin - In: The Bottom Line 22 (2009) 4, pp. 123-125

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider how – or whether – advancing technologies might affect library budgets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper represents a viewpoint. Findings – It was found that less quantifiable factors complicate calculations. Research...

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ScienceTreks: an autonomous digital library system

Ivanyukovich, Alexander; Marchese, Maurizio; … - In: Online Information Review 32 (2008) 4, pp. 488-499

future semantic‐enabled digital library systems. …

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Digital Libraries: Integrating Content and Systems

Matthews, Melinda F. - In: Online Information Review 31 (2007) 1, pp. 92-92

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A conceptual framework for the holistic measurement and cumulative evaluation of library services

Nicholson, Scott - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 2, pp. 164-182

This conceptual piece presents a framework to aid libraries in gaining a more thorough and holistic understanding of their users and services. Through a presentation of the history of library evaluation, a multidimensional matrix of measures is developed that demonstrates the relationship...

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