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The Conceptualization of Government Publications on the World Wide Web: A Genre Theory Inspired Investigation
No full textSelection practices for Web-based government publications in state depository library programs: Comparing active and passive approaches
No full textLibrarian-initiated publications discovery: How do digital depository librarians discover and select Web-based government publications for state digital depositories?
No full textNeutral Questioning: A Sense-Making Technique for Reference Interview
No full text中立式提問法乃奠基於Brenda Dervin意義建構理論的參考晤談方法，強調開放提問、自由表述、但提問內容應聚焦於問題情境、認知缺口、及資訊使用等三大面向。本文介紹其實施方式及原則，包含提問重點、例句形式、提問順序與措辭、建立晤談脈絡並溝通意圖、以及維持問句開放性等原則。本文並歸納文獻說法與相關研究發現，探討該法的應用優勢及若干使用疑慮，期能協助國內參考館員了解該法，對參考晤談實務有所助益。
Neutral questioning is a reference interview technique based on Brenda Dervin’s sense-making theory. Open in form, the technique enables the interviewee (the library patron) to freely express his/her information need. But it also allows the interviewer (the reference librarian) to remain in control of the conversation by focusing on the three elements constituting the process of information seeking and information use: “situation,” “gap,” and “use.” This article introduces the principles and applications of the technique and discusses its strengths and limitations for reference practices. This study calls for further theoretical and empirical research into the technique
Counting Methods, Country Rank Changes, and Counting Inflation in the Assessment of National Research Productivity and Impact
No full textThe Influences of Online Cultural Capital on Social Tagging Behavior
No full textThis study examines the influences of online cultural capital on social tagging behavior in Delicious.com. The researchers identified three online cultural capital-related variables (understanding of social tagging, understanding of Delicious’ social functionalities, and quantity of tags and bookmarks) via factor analysis of a survey dataset and analyzed their influences on tagging motivations (information organization-oriented vs. social-oriented) and tagging strategies (object-based tagging vs. situationbased tagging). An existing dataset from a previous survey of Delicious users was used for the analysis. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the influences of the three variables on tagging motivations and strategies. The study found that understanding of social tagging has a significant positive influence on information organization-oriented tagging; understanding of Delicious’ social functionalities has a significant positive influence on social-oriented tagging. In tagging strategies, understanding of Delicious’ functionalities significantly influenced how strategic respondents are in situation-based tagging. Quantity of tags and bookmarks influenced both types of tagging strategies
How does the Online Community Sharing Research Conceptualize Social Capital? A Literature Review
No full text本文透過文獻分析探討網路社群知識分享之實證研究者如何構思並操作社會資本概念，本文首先介紹社會資本的理論概念，繼而檢視10篇資訊科學領域的實證研究中用以代表社會資本概念的變數，並依Nahapiet與Ghoshal（1998）的社會資本三大面向架構（結構、關係、認知）對這些變數進行系統性的歸納與比較，藉以呈現實證研究如何援引、操作並建構社會資本之概念，並指出未來可強化之概念建構方向。This study analyzed how social capital is conceptualized in the existing empirical studies of online community knowledge sharing. We firstly introduce the theoretical concept of social capital, followed by an examination of the variables representing the concept in ten empirical information science research papers. We further used Nahapiet and Ghoshal’s (1998) three-dimensional framework for conceptualizing social capital (i.e., structural, relational, cognitive) to compare the variables. The systematic literature review and analysis allows for a revelation of how the relatively complicated social capital concept has been constructed and operationalized in empirical research and shed light on how the conceptualization may be strengthened in future studies
A Case Study of the Librarian-Initiated Publications Discovery Activities in State Level Digital Depositories in the United States
No full text本文以個案研究與紮根研究法探索美國州級數位寄存館員如何在政府機關網站中蒐訪、選擇、並擷取網路資訊內容，供寄存系統作永久典藏。在某些政府資訊數位典藏模式中，選擇資訊以保留公共記憶的權力已逐漸由政府資訊生產者移轉至數位寄存館員，以OCLC Digital Archive?系統為基礎的州級數位寄存即為此類模式代表。本文於2006-2007年對四個使用上述系統的州級數位寄存系統進行實證研究，旨在了解數位寄存館員進行自發性網路出版品蒐訪的工作程序及行動策略。本文首先描述個案實際執行蒐訪的方式，基於實證現象，本文提出一數位寄存的蒐訪行動歷程模式，並探討這類自發性蒐訪行動與寄存工作制度變遷對館藏發展及社會歷史紀錄的影響。This article describes the novel phenomenon of librarian-initiated publications discovery (LIPD) in state-level digital depositories in the United States. LIPD is a series of actions taken by digital depository librarians to discover and inspect government Web sites and select Web content qualifying as government publications for inclusion in the state depositories. In a current popular model in which states employ OCLC Digital Archive? for the depositories, the power of content selection has shifted from government agencies (content producers) to digital depositories. This study systematically documented and compared the LIPD actions in four case states and developed a LIPD process model for descriptive and analytic purposes. It also discusses the impacts and challenges facing the changing practices in preserving government information as historical record
Records Continuum: An Emerging Recordkeeping Theory
No full text本文對近年來在澳洲檔案學界萌芽的「紀錄連續體」（Records Continuum）理論做一簡要闡釋分析。紀錄連續體是1980年代中期在澳州檔案學界萌芽的理論概念，至九十年代中期起，該理論逐漸受到國際檔案學者注目。本文首先介紹連續體理論的發展背景。繼而介紹主要論述內涵，包含論者對「紀錄」本質與「紀錄保存行動」的闡述，以及Frank Upward所創之「紀錄連續體圖示」（Records Continuum Diagram）。接著，本文對該理論發展略做簡單評論與詮釋，並探討未來理論發展與深化之方向。This paper introduces Records Continuum, a recordkeeping theory emerging from the Australian archives and records management studies which gained international recognition in the 1990s. This paper first describes the background of the theory development. It goes on to explicate the theses of continuum theorists including the Records Continuum Diagram developed by Frank Upward. Finally, it offers some critiques on the theoretical propositions and discusses their implications on records and archival practices
Informal Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age: A Review of the Social Oriented Research
No full text本文的探索主題為數位環境中的非正式學術傳播現象，特別是各類資訊傳播科技(information & communication technologies，簡稱ICTs)使用於非正式學術傳播中所造成的社群關係及互動模式的變化。本文共分析十篇社會取向的實證研究，這些研究所關注的ICTs型態包含電子郵件、合力研究場域、及電子論壇。本文發現這些研究多在探討ICTs使用對非正式學術傳播產生之社會效應，僅少數討論社會文化脈絡對ICTs使用的影響與型塑作用。在比較各項研究發現後，本文歸納出ICTs使用的七個影響層面並提出未來研究之建議。
This article reviews prior research findings on computer mediated informal scholarly communication. Ten empirical studies revealing the relations between information & communication technologies (ICTs) and informal scholarly communication were analyzed and compared; a focus on research revealing the social impact or social shaping of ICTs had guided the paper selection. Types of ICTs covered in those studies included e-mails, collaboratories, and electronic forums. Most of the reviewed studies had focused on the effects or consequences of ICTs; only a few existing research had examined the social shaping of ICTs or ICT uses in social contexts. Based on what the studies were chiefly concerned, this article summarized seven aspects of ICT uses. Similar and contradictory findings were discussed and suggestions for future research were provided
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