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Academic researchers\u27 use of the Internet, and their consequent support requirements.
Get PDFBecause the lnternet has become such a pervasive
information medium, the Library at Sussex
University decided to investigate how local
academic researchers were using it in their work (if
at all), and thereby to assess their support
requirements. A total of 30 academics were
interviewed, and the results indicated that the
appropriate support arrangements were
decentralised and discipline-based, in terms of
staffing, training and maintenance of a local lnternet
\u27gateway\u27. These results are in line with those of
research on related topics
Public library research methods - some observations based on an examination of 41 final reports of Public Library Development Incentive Scheme Projects
Get PDFProgress of the Public Library development Incentive Scheme Projects. At September 1995 fifty-four awards had been made by the PLDIS. Five projects have not been
completed. Forty three reports of projects are currently available for public consultation covering
all reports funded in the first three years bf the Scheme and several reports from later years. There
are also two reports about the Incentive Scheme itself
Exploring the effects of learning style on the use of an Electronic Library System
Get PDFElectronic information retrieval is becoming an increasing trend (most notably in higher education) due to its cost effectiveness and ability to manage large quantities of information. As large differences in the user population often give rise to differing requirements between users of
information retrieval systems, an insight into individual searching behaviour is important. This has been widely recognised by writers such as Shniederman (1986) and Thimbleby (1990). The electronic library will be significant in changing the role of educational libraries. Research into
individual differences and search behaviour within the electronic library environment is essential if
Electronic Library Systems (ELS) are to work effectively. Sources of individual difference include age, gender, subject knowledge, personality and learning style.
An ELS can be defined as :
"A system designed for the provision and management of information for the purposes of teaching, learning and research in which the full-text of materials is held in electronic form. Its adaptability and cost-effectiveness allows the needs of individual institutions to be to met effectively."
The primary aim of the research reported here is to assess the ability of ELINOR, an example ELS, to facilitate the information retrieval activities of different user groups when classified by learning style. ELINOR is an acronym for Electronic Library Information Online Retrieval. The ELINOR
system comprises an image and text database of books, journals and course materials which can be directly accessed by students and staff via desktop workstations distributed across the various campuses of De Montfort University
The use of library footage in the production of television news: a case study of BBC TV\u27s "Newsroom South East" programme.
No full textThe catalyst for this piece of research was the introduction by the BBC in 1992 of a cost accounting scheme known as Producer Choice. Prior to this, all BBC resource departments had their own budgets and provided what was in essence a \u27free\u27 service to programme makers.
As a result, all BBC resource departments now have to be self financing within this new, more competitive market place.
As a result of Producer Choice, the Elstree Library now relies upon selling its services to NSE. In this new commercial relationship there is a\u27need to be able to quantify the service that the Library provides. It was this need that provided the central impetus behind this research project . The
resulting analysis should not only enable the Library to be more conscious of the demands placed upon it by NSE, but should also allow it to demonstrate to the programme makers what an essential role it plays in getting NSE \u27on the air\u27
Data protection and the media
Get PDFThe idea for this research grew out of an interest in the attempts to balance the conflicting concerns of individual privacy and freedom of expression and the rights of the individual vis a vis those of economic and political needs. British law recognizes no statutory right to privacy and the Data Protection Act 1984 was the first Act to address this right, albeit in the limited area of the automatic processing of
personal data
Cooperative society libraries and newsrooms - their social, educational and cultural role in the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Get PDFOne of the major changes to the social structure of Britain brought about by industrialization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was the creation of the working class. Library provision for the new mass readership was not just through public libraries, but through a number of bodies committed to provide an educational service to the working classes. My research is essentially an examination of one
of the institutions committed to provide such a service by the working man for the working man in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century
Research methodology applied in a review of preservation management training.
Get PDFA recent research project funded by Resource under the
auspices of the National Preservation Office reviewed
the provision of training for preservation management
across the libraries, archives and museums sectors.The
methodology of literature searching, combined with an
invitation to representative institutions from all the
sectors to contribute information, showed the usefulness
of a\u27broad-brush\u27 approach in eliciting a reliable amount
of data about the range of training available, without the
need for a large-scale questionnaire
Awareness and use of electric information services by academic staff.
No full textThe purpose of this research is to investigate the
awareness and use of electronic information services by
academic staff at Leeds Metropolitan University. This is to
be done in two parts, firstly a quantitative study in the
form of a questionnaire and secondly a qualitative study
to further explore the findings from the first part of the
research.
This paper contains the findings from the first part of
research into levels of use (or non-use) of electronic
information services by academic staff at Leeds
Metropolitan University (LMU)