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Social Media Use in Algerian Universities: University of Constantine 2 Case Study
Full text linkSocial media technologies initially used for socializing, and entertainment have in recent years
expanded their reaches into learning activities providing an open space for students’ engagement.
The positive effect of such technologies on pedagogy is to make learning applicable to the cyber
environment to achieve independent and collaborative learning. Students learn to communicate and
collaborate electronically. This requires rethinking the way pedagogical activities are carried out
to develop synergistic learning relationships to create the best learning model in line with this new
educational paradigm.
This paper investigates Algerian students’ engagement to understand the developmental
implications of academic achievement. The author seeks to advance the use of instructional
interactions in two ways: i: enhancing the academic validity of social networking, ii: making the
link to students’ collaborative learning explicit. Data is collected from 300 students. Findings show
that social media are used for a multitude of purposes and Facebook is most popular
Linking Library Profession and the Market Place: Finding Connections for the Library in the Digital Environment
No full textAbstract The fast-paced changing information environment calls for continual development of libraries and information institutions to cope with the changes of the digital environment. To ensure this, there is a need to understand the current employment trends to identify the competencies and skills required of professionals. The advent of information and communication technology (ICT) has created a real paradigm shift in Library operations so information professionals are working at the leading edge of the internet and the web technology; leading to more web-based services. Moreover, the digital environment is reshaping the whole context within which information is being generated, processed, and delivered through online networks. This has strategic significance for library professionals in facing the challenges of this ever-changing information environment in which ICT is the major source for survival and development. This is having a direct impact on library development; a development which is reflected in the literature as required by the emerging market place. The inevitable consequences for professionals are to be equipped with the necessary skills, traits and competencies applicable to the cyber environment to meet the demands of the ever changing job market. The paper identifies the characteristics required of library and information (LIS) workers to serve the expanding and changing information market of the 21 st century, as reflected in job announcements posted on the listserv of the IFLA from January to October 2014 to create a synergy between the profession and the current employment trends. A sample set of 259 job advertisements posted by academic, public and special libraries are selected and are grouped in four categories these are: 1. Technology-based positions with 48.71% of the advertisements. 2. Public/information services skills listed by 22.87% of the openings. 3. Technical services skills scored 18.64% of the available jobs. 4. Personal attributes are mentioned in 9.74% positions. Most positions are available in Academic libraries
Electronic Resources at the University of Sharjah Medical Library: An Investigation of Students' Information-Seeking Behavior
No full textLinking library profession and the market place: Finding connections for the library in the digital environment.
No full textThe role of digital institutional repositories in promoting scholarly communication: A study of the attitudes of faculty members at the University of Constantine 2
Full text linkمع التطورات في تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات على رأسها شبكة الإنترنت والأدوات المرافقة لها بدأ اهتمامالباحثين نحو النشر الحر للتعريف بنتائج أبحاثهم ودراستهم العلمية والتقنية وتسهيل الوصول إليها محليا وعن بعد، هذا أسس إلى مرحلة جديدة في الاتصال العلمي في ظل المستودعات الرقمية المؤسسية والوصول الحر للمعلومات الذي نادت به المؤسسات الأكاديمية في بداية الألفية الثالثة كوسيلة لإبراز نشاطها العلمي وحفظ ذاكرتها الفكرية وقد استثمر الباحثون هذه الوسيلة الجديدة لعرض بحوثهم ودراساتهم العلمية للاطلاع مستخدمين الأرشفة الذاتية التي كان لها الدور الأعظم في تجاوز القيود المادية والقانونية التي يفرضها الناشرون التجاريون على الباحثين والدارسين. هكذا أضافت المستودعات المؤسسية مفهوما جديدا للنشر العلمي ووفرت فرص ثمينة للباحثين للتعريف بإنتاجهم الفكري على نطاق واسع وزيادة معدلات الاستشهاد المرجعي بها كما أتاحت للجامعة إمكانية التعريف بأصولها الفكرية بهدف تحقيق مرئية على النطاقين المحلي والدولي وزيادة معامل التأثير لديها للحصول على مراتب متقدمة في الترتيب الدولي لمؤسسات التعليم العالي.
تسعى هذه الدراسة لاستقصاء أراء أعضاء هيئة التدريس بجامعة قسنطينة2، عبد الحميد مهري للتعرف على توجهاتهم نحو المستودعات الرقمية الأكاديمية ومدى استعدادهم للإسهام فيها بإنتاجهم العلمي. وقد استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي لجمع البيانات وتحليلها ورصد العوامل المحفزة والمنفرة بالنسبة لهم وكشفت النتائج استعداد المبحوثين لإيداع أعمالهم في المستودعات المؤسسية غيرأنبعضهم أبدى مخاوف ذات علاقة بالقرصنة والتعدي عن حقوقهم الفكرية وعدم احتسابها في الترقيات العلمية و غيرها. With the developments in information and communication technology, especially the Internet and accompanying tools, researchers have started to focus on free publication of their research studies and facilitate their access locally and remotely. This has led to a new approach to scholarly communication under the digital institutional repositories and the open access to information. These are used by academic institutions at the beginning of the third millennium as a means to highlight its scientific activity and preserve its intellectual memory. Researchers have invested this new medium to present their research and scientific studies using self-archiving. This has the greatest impact in overcoming financial and legal restrictions imposed by commercial publishers therefore, creating a new concept to scholarly communication and provided valuable opportunities for researchers to introduce their intellectual production on a large scale and increase their citation rates. It also allowed the university to identify its intellectual assets with the aim of achieving local and international visibility and increasing its impact factor to improve its ranking among higher education institutions. This study aims to investigate the opinions of faculty members at the University of Constantine2, Abdelhamid Mahri, to learn about their attitudes towards academic digital repositories and their readiness to contribute their scientific production. The study used the descriptive approach to data collection. The findings revealed the willingness of the respondents to deposit their work in institutional repositories, but some expressed concerns about piracy, infringement of their intellectual rights and not being considered in their promotion to higher academic rank
Library and information education in Algeria: a framework for curriculum development
No full textWe live in an era characterised by the explosion of information. As
societies are becaning more and more dependent on information, not
only for the generation of knowledge but also for the generation of
revenues, it is imperative that each society develops its own
information infrastructure. Such development depends to a great extent
on the availability of qualified library and information staff. These
should be well trained and equipped with the proper knowledge, skills
and attitudes to engage in library and information development
programmes. Good training requires, among other facilities, an
efficient library education system and a relevant curriculum.
The intention of this study is to provide a framework for approaching
curriculum development in Algerian library schools. Included is an
overview of the process of curriculum development as seen through a
review of the literature, and a look at different approaches to
curriculum development and how curriculum design and planning has
changed over the years.
In surveying library education programmes in Algeria it was found that
arrong other findings there is strong evidence of the lack of qualified
teachers and poor teaching/learning facilities to attempt innovations
in the curriculum. These issues are examined in the light of accepted
standards in order to establish contrasting features, and measure the
adequacy of library education in Algeria.
The study reviews curriculum developnent activity in the Algerian
general education system with emphasis on library education. It brings
to attention the essential facts necessary for understanding the
environmental factors which led to the current problems and tensions
in the Algerian library and information scene. [... continued]
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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