15 research outputs found
The role of digital institutional repositories in promoting scholarly communication: A study of the attitudes of faculty members at the University of Constantine 2
No full textمع 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
Social Media Use in Algerian Universities: University of Constantine 2 Case Study
No full textSocial 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
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Linking library profession and the market place: Finding connections for the library in the digital environment.
No full textArchival education in the age of social media in Algeria: opportunities and future horizons
No full textDigital technology is changing the way we learn, interact, work and entertain, for its unlimited potential in penetrating all spheres of life. The digital revolution is transforming education industry worldwide. In recent years, extensive debate and research are exploring digital technology, focusing on developing a clear understanding of its capabilities as a platform for making social sciences and humanities applicable to the cyber environment of the twenty first century. The widespread use of social media supported by a rapid growth of the digital culture is making learning ubiquitous by creating, capturing and sharing knowledge. This is enhancing students’ engagement and learning efficiency. It is also improving the learner-instructor interaction by engaging students in a more meaningful participation in their own education and academic achievement. To accomplish this, both students and instructors need to have the skills and expertise in capturing the positive effect of the digital technology and engaging in the new learning environment.
This paper reflects on the new learning environment supported by a curriculum reflecting the digital technology era.
It discusses how students at the department of archives at the University of Constantine 2 build on the digital capabilities of social media to engage in independent learning by creating and sharing knowledge
Measuring the Value of Open Access ETDS in Algerian Digital Repositories: An Evaluative Study
No full textOver the past years, grey literature in general and electronic digital theses (EDTs) in particular have been becoming more and more digital. Algeria is ranked first among Arab countries with fifteen (15) digital repositories. EDTs represent a large percentage of the repositories' content. Fourteen (14) of these repositories have policies for the collection of theses and dissertations, as well as other types of documents such as articles and reports. The usage of ETDs by undergraduates has been increasing exponentially. This study aims to highlight and evaluate the tools used to measure the usage of ETDs in the digital repositories, their availability and the evaluation methodology.16Special Winter344
استخدام الرسائل والأطروحات الإلكترونية من طرف طلبة ما قبل التدرج لأغراض البحث: دراسة استطلاعية بمعهد علم المكتبات والتوثيق بجامعة قسنطينة 2 - الجزائر
No full textيشهد العصر الحالي تزايدا مطردا في نمو المعلومات وتنوع أشكالها، مما شكل ضغطا على المكتبات نتيجة التغيرات الحالية والتوجه العالمي في بيئة المعلومات الحديثة إلى تبني سياسات لإنتاج المعرفة الأكاديمية ونشرها في أشكال رقمية وإتاحتها للمجتمع الباحثين والدارسين دون قيود في مشاريع المستودعات الرقمية الأكاديمية من أجل تسهيل الاستفادة منها وتوسيع استخدامها والانتفاع بها لأغراض البحث وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة في مجالات النشاط الفكري الإنساني، وهذا لا يتحقق إلا بتبني الوصول الحر إلى المعلومات العلمية حتى تستفيد منها كل الجهات الفاعلة في المحيط الأكاديمي، فمن هذا المنطلق نشأت المستودعات الرقمية المؤسسية لتخطي القيود والعقبات التي تحول دون الوصول إلى المعرفة الأكاديمية من خلال المنشورات في شكلها التقليدي. وتهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تسليط الضوء على واقع استخدام طلبة ما قبل التدرج للرسائل والأطروحات الجامعية الإلكترونية التي توفرها لهم المكتبة لأغراض البحث العلمي، ونماذج الإتاحة المتوفرة لهذا النوع من الأدبيات الرمادية، كما تهدف الدراسة إلى التعرف على مدى فاعلية تلك المصادر في دعم وتعزيز تكوينهم الأكاديمي.28330
