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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Thinking outside the search box how UMUC implemented customized and taught discovery services to meet student needs
No full textPresentation on how UMUC librarians implemented, customized, and taught students how to use EBSCO Discovery ServiceThinking Outside the Search Box:
How UMUC Implemented, Customized, and Taught
Discovery Services to Meet Student Needs
Li Fu, Digital Services Librarian
Rocco DeBonis, Reference & Instruction Librarian
Cynthia Thomes, Reference & Instruction Librarian
MLA/DLA 2013
Ocean City
May 10, 2013
Overview
• University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
• Electronic Resources & Services
• User Satisfaction Survey
• EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
• EDS Enhancement: Subject Searching
– Development
– Testing
– Launch
– Promotion
– Assessment
• Future Development
About UMUC
• University System of Maryland
• Worldwide student body: 97,000
• Non-traditional students
• 76% of total enrollments online
• Virtual library with small staff
Electronic Resources & Services
• Subscriptions to 125 databases
• ~190,000 eJournals & eBooks
• SFX link resolver
• CONTENTdm digital repository
• Web site
• LibGuides
User Satisfaction Survey
• I'd like to be able to search all
of the databases at one time,
sort of like with Google
User Satisfaction Survey (cont.)
• I never learned how to search
across all databases for a particular
topic.
It seems like you have to choose the
database first.
Who cares about the database?
I just want research to be easy like
with Google.
User Satisfaction Survey (cont.)
• A simple search box on the
main page, like Google, that
would automatically search all
databases would prevent
switching back and forth from
one database to another.
User Satisfaction Survey (cont.)
• The search engine through
the database should be made
easier to use.
I'd much rather prefer to not
even access ILS and just use
Google or Google Scholar…
Silos of Information
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
• Implemented August 1, 2011
• “One-stop research portal”
EDS (cont.)
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200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
EZProxy logins
pre-OneSearch
(Aug 2010 - Mar 2011)
post-OneSearch
(Aug 2011 - Mar 2012)
Pre- and Post-EDS Implementation
EDS (cont.)
• Impact
– Individual database usage dropped
– Positive feedback from patrons
• Caveats
– Overwhelming search results
– Irrelevant hits
• Future enhancement possibility
– Subject searching capability
EDS Enhancement: Subject Searching
Development
• Project initiated in June 2012
– To enable subject search capability
– To improve user research experience
• Team
– Digital Services Librarian
– Reference Librarians
– Input from Library staff
• Timeline
– Summer 2012 (June – August)
EDS Subject Searching
Development (cont.)
• Project workflow
– Liaise with EBSCO
– Create mockup page
– Research and familiarize with EDS subject
searching technology
– Finalize subject areas with Reference
Librarians
– Technology implementation
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow
• Liaised with EBSCO
– Established communication channel
– Obtained technical specifications of EDS
EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS)
profiles
Sample code to connect to EDS searching
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
• Mockup page
– Drop-down menu for multiple subject areas
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
• Mockup page
– Closer look at the drop-down menu
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
• Researched and familiarized with EDS
subject searching technology
– Set up EHIS subject searching profiles in
EDS admin
– Develop prototype
– Further customizations (e.g., search results
page)
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
Finalized 19 subject areas
• Art • Health Care Administration
• Anthropology • History
• Biotechnology • Homeland Security
• Business & Management • Information Technology
• Criminal Justice/Intelligence Mgmt. • Political Science
• Distance Education & E-learning • Psychology
• Education • Science
• English & Literature • Sociology
• Environmental Management • Writing
• Gerontology & Aging Services
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
• Problems with subject areas
– 80% of subscription databases were
searchable in EDS
– Removal and replacement of non-searchable
databases
– Naming consistency of databases
EDS Subject Searching: Development
Project Workflow (cont.)
• Technology implementation
– Set up EHIS profiles in EBSCO admin
– Developed prototype
– Preliminary testing
– Troubleshooting
Development - Project Workflow
Technology Implementation
• Set up EHIS profiles in EBSCO admin
Development - Project Workflow
Technology Implementation (cont.)
• Individual EHIS profiles – adding
resources
Development - Project Workflow
Technology Implementation (cont.)
• Individual EHIS profiles - branding
Development - Project Workflow
Technology Implementation (cont.)
• Developed prototype (HTML, JavaScript,
programming)
Development - Project Workflow
Technology Implementation (cont.)
• Tested 19 subject areas
– Functionality
– Content
– Customizations
• Identified issues
– Authentication error message
– Missing resources
– Inconsistency across profiles
• Troubleshooting
– Profile setup
– Contacted EBSCO about missing content
– Customizations in admin
EDS Subject Searching: Testing
• Invited library staff for testing in blog
EDS Subject Searching: Testing (cont.)
• Systems and reference teams tested
the subject search prototype
• Impressions of new search tool posted
in the library’s internal blog
EDS Subject Searching: Testing (cont.)
• Live demo for staff
• Fine-tuning
– Customized the name of each subject area
– Added the Back to OneSearch button
– Removed advanced search link
– Removed search examples in widgets
– Cosmetic changes to EDS widget
• Final testing
• Enhancement requests to EBSCO
– Search all resources automatically
– Add advanced search as a limiter
EDS Subject Searching: Launch
• Launched on August 29, 2012
− Embedded in library home page
EDS Subject Searching: Launch (cont.)
• Closer look at the EDS widget
EDS Subject Searching: Launch (cont.)
• Biotechnology search results page
EDS Subject Searching: Launch (cont.)
• Embedded in LibGuides
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (Internal)
• Trained library staff on how to embed
widgets in learning environments
– templates
– documentation
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (Internal) (cont.)
• Created templates of widgets in LibGuides to
embed in learning environments
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (Internal) (cont.)
• Documentation on how to embed widgets in
LibGuides and online learning environments
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (Internal) (cont.)
• Embedded widget in online learning
environments.
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External):
Reference
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Reference
• Student question: “I am trying to find
articles on CODIS (Combined DNA
Index System), but irrelevant data
keeps returning.”
• Solution: Select the Criminal
Justice/Intelligence Management
subject search option
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Reference (cont.)
• Student question: “I need an article or
some readings that will describe the
biology of stem cells… and how they
have the ability to treat diseases and
injuries.”
• Solution: Select the Science subject
search option
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External):
Instruction
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Instruction
Question #3:
Enter your search statement in UMUC
Library OneSearch, running your search
across All Subjects. How many results
did you get?
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Instruction (cont.)
Question #4:
Use the drop-down menu under the
OneSearch search box to select a subject
area relevant to your research topic and
re-run the same search that you ran for
#3. Which subject area did you choose?
How many results did you get?
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Instruction (cont.)
Question #5:
Compare and contrast the results from
your searches for #3 and #4.
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Instruction (cont.)
Student response to #5:
Narrowing down the subject for #4
reduced my search results significantly
making it easier to find the best matches
for my research.
EDS Subject Searching
Promotion (External): Instruction (cont.)
Student response to #5:
The vast number of results that I received
with the first search are hit or miss whether they
are relevant to my actual search statement or
not. All of the results that I receive in the
second search are included in the first, but to
find them I must sift through many irrelevant
results first…
EDS Subject Searching
Subject-Specific Search vs.
“All Subjects” Search
• Patron research level
• Scope of assignment/research
• Subject matter
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
• Focus group study
• EBSCO admin stats
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
Focus Group Study
• Participants
– 5 graduate students
– 2 undergraduate students
– 3 LIBS 150 instructors
– 1 UCSP 611 instructor
– Academic Writing Director
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
Focus Group Study (cont.)
• Question
“Do you simply enter a search in the
default search box, or would you use the
new feature of limiting searches by
subject? Why?”
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
Focus Group Study (cont.)
• Responses
– 10 respondents preferred the default
search box.
Several worried about missing something
– Two select subject searching to save time
and get more relevant hits.
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
EBSCO Admin Stats
• Percentage of total EDS visits (count)
that used subject search bar:
– September 2012: 15%
– October 2012: 12%
– November 2012: 12%
– December 2012: 11%
– January 2013: 15%
– February 2013: 14%
– March 2013: 12%
EDS Subject Searching: Assessment
EBSCO Admin Stats (cont.)
• Most used EDS subject search:
– Business & Management
Characteristics of high usage subject searches
• Least used EDS subject search:
– Distance Education & E-learning
Characteristics of low usage subject searches
Future Development
• Participation of more content providers
• Relevancy ranking
• Search all resources at once
• Added social feature (e.g. tag, review,
“Did you mean?”)
• Open access
• Promotion
Thank You!
Li Fu
Rocco DeBonis
Cynthia Thomes
[email protected]
http://polaris.umuc.edu/library/MLA-DLA2013.pd
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Author in Essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere”
No full textFeatures of the embodiment of the author’s position in the essay by I. A. Goncharov “Pepiniere” are considered. The relevance of the study is due to the poorly studied poetics of this work. A review of the scientific literature on relevant topics is performed. Methodological and theoretical definitions are given. The scientific novelty of the article is in the fact that for the first time attention is paid to artistic techniques that allow to identify the author's position in the specified literary text. The author of the article grounds her opinion from the fact that, despite the dominance of the subjective point of view, other characters’ views stand out in the work. It is concluded in the study that the text of the work represents a biographical author and author-creator. It was established that the position of the author-creator is expressed through the title, epigraphs, which are quotes, as well as through different points of view, including the author-character, the author-narrator, the characters of the work. The author of the article dwells in detail on different ways of expressing the points of view of the author-character and the author-narrator. It is proved that the point of view of the author-character and the author-narrator can intersect, they are interchanged. The author's development of the term comic “point of view” is presented in the article
Espai i identitat en l'obra de Jordi Pere Cerdà. Una geografia literària cerdaniana
No full textL'obra de l'autor nord-català Jordi Pere Cerdà (1920-2011) teixeix una cartografia literària que abasta tota dimensió espacial -real, imaginada i ficcional. Les prospeccions que assagen els seus texts es fonen en el medi natural i rural, canten a l'amor, als veïns i als éssers fantàstics del folklore català, es comprometen amb els refugiats encarant-se a tota frontera i, també, a tot abisme interior i exterior que oprimesca l'ésser. El mapatge cognitiu i literari que crea Cerdà sobrepassa qualsevol obstacle per construir espais oberts i possibles, en comunió amb l'altre. Partint d'una aproximació teòrica geocrítica, aquest treball d'investigació aprofundeix en diverses nocions sobre l'espacialitat lligades a un context convuls, ple de transformacions a nivell socioeconòmic, polític, cultural i lingüístic, el qual determinarà la vida d'un autor i d'un territori transfronterer com el de la Cerdanya i la Catalunya del Nord. En definitiva, la rica experiència vital de Jordi Pere Cerdà ens permet reflexionar sobre les relacions que vulguem establir entre els individus i amb el nostre hàbitat natural i cultural, a fi d'esdevenir membres actius que participen de la transformació dels espais que configuren les nostres identitats.The work of the North Catalan author Jordi Pere Cerdà (1920-2011) weaves a literary cartography which reaches all spatial dimensions -real, imagined and fictional. The prospections proved by their texts merge with the natural and rural environment, sing to love, neighbours and the fantastic beings of the Catalan folklore. Such prospections also commit themselves with the refugees facing every frontier and, also, facing all interior and exterior abyss that oppresses the being. The cognitive and literary mapping created by Cerdà overcomes any obstacle to construct opened and possible spaces, in communion with the other. Based on the theoretical approach called geocriticism, this research study delves into various notions about spatiality linked to a convulsive context, full of transformations at a socioeconomic, political, cultural and linguistic level; these transformations will determine the life of an author and a cross-border territory such as Cerdagne and Northern Catalonia. In short, the rich experience of Jordi Pere Cerdà allows us to reflect on the relationships we want to establish between individuals, as well as between human groups and our natural and cultural habitat, in order to become active members that participate in the transformation of the spaces that make up our identities.Programa de Doctorat en Llengües Aplicades, Literatura i Traducci
Els llibres d'il·lustració infantil i juvenil en l'Educació Artística. Un cas concret a partir de l’autora Olga de Dios
No full textTreball Final de Grau en Mestre o Mestra d'Educació Primària (Pla de 2018). Codi: MP1840. Curs acadèmic: 2021/2022El treball de fi de grau que aneu a veure a continuació, és un projecte que consisteix en com es poden
treballar a les aules de primària els llibres de l’autora i il·lustradora Olga de Dios. Tractant de treballar
el llibre com a objecte artístic a nivell elemental. A més, de presentar a l’autora i il·lustradora, donarla a conèixer i veure els valors que transmet, també llegiríem quatre de les seues obres a l’aula com
són: “Leotolda”, “En familia”, “Rana de Tres Ojos”, i “Pájaro Amarillo”. Tot açò sumat a la
realització d’un quadern de classe on es colorejaria alguns dels seus personatges de les obres seguint
pautes a nivell curricular. Realitzaríem també una eixida a la biblioteca municipal, on a banda de
rebre una educació no formal, ens facilitaria una mica el fet d’endinsar-nos al món de la il·lustració
infantil, on allí dins, el professional encarregat ens guiarà pels llibres que hi haurà a la biblioteca. I,
per a concloure, elaboraríem un llibre creat per l’alumnat on seguint unes pautes establertes per Olga
de Dios al seu llibre “Leotolda” buscaríem fer una retroalimentació intentant contactar amb ella.
D’aquesta manera tancaríem el cicle que vam començar donant-la a conèixer com a escriptora i
il·lustradora, i exploraríem on està el límit de la creativitat del propi alumnat.The final degree project you are going to see below is a project that looks at how books by author and
illustrator Olga de Dios can be worked on in primary school classrooms. Considering the book as an
artistic object at an elementary level. Besides presenting the author and illustrator, introducing her,
and seeing the values she transmits, we would also read four of her works in the classroom, such as:
"Leotolda”, "In the family", "Three-Eyed Frog", and "Yellow Bird.". All this, in addition to the
creation of a class notebook in which some of his characters from her work would be colored
following guidelines at the curricular level. We would also go out to the local library, where in
addition to receiving a non-formal education, it would make it a little easier for us to enter the world
of children's illustration, where inside, the professional in charge will guide us through the books
which will be in the library. And, to conclude, we would make a book created by the students, where
following some guidelines established by Olga de Dios in her book "Leotolda" we would look for
feedback by trying to contact her. In this way, we would close the cycle that we started by presenting
her as an author and illustrator, and we would explore where the limit of creativity of the students
themselves is
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Les biblioteques universitàries i el suport a la recerca
No full textThe European Higher Education Area and the European Research Area are currently two key objectives for university learning, teaching and research in all European universities. University libraries must meet the challenges by offering the best library services to the academic community. In drafting the second strategic plan, Rebiun (Network of University Libraries) gathered comments and suggestions from professionals in Spanish university libraries. This article presents the reflections and suggestions contributed by the author regarding the support services that university libraries could offer for university research.L'espai europeu d'educació superior i l'espai europeu d'investigació són actualment dos objectius clau per a l'aprenentatge, la docència i la recerca de totes les universitats europees. Les biblioteques universitàries han de contribuir a aquests reptes, oferint els millors serveis bibliotecaris a la comunitat acadèmica. En la fase d'elaboració del seu segon Pla estratègic, la REBIUN (Red de Bibliotecas Universtarias) va recollir reflexions i suggeriments de diferents professionals de les biblioteques universitàries de l'Estat espanyol. En l¿article següent es presenten les reflexions i els suggeriments aportats per l'autora sobre el suport que les biblioteques universitàries poden oferir a la recerca universitària
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