Digital Library Resources Research Articles

Adoption and Implementation of Digital Preservation Strategies by Academic Libraries in South Africa

The growing number of digital devices has led to the creation of many digital resources within academic libraries. Without proper protection, there is a risk that these digital resources can neither be retrieved from old storage media nor be rendered from old file formats. As a result, academic libraries have recognised a need for long-term preservation of their fast growing number of digital resources. However, preserving digital content over a long period has been difficult because both technology and relevant organisational context change over time. This underscores the need to examine the adoption of digital preservation strategies in academic libraries in South Africa. A quantitative research approach was used, underpinned by a survey research design. The findings revealed that migration, bit preservation, replication and a risk management approach were the most widely used preservation strategies within academic libraries in South Africa. The study observed that there are only a few digital preservation studies that have been devoted to developing strategies to ensure long-term accessibility of digital resources in academic libraries in South Africa. This raises a concern and the researchers are of the opinion that academic libraries can overcome digital preservation problems if proper strategies are put in place. The study proposes a digital preservation strategy for academic libraries that is mapped with international preservation standards and certification tools.

Ғаламдық желідегі электронды кітапханалардың ресурстары

Ғаламдық желідегі электронды кітапханалардың ресурстары

The Significance of Digital Library Resources

The digitalization implementation as a preservation strategy has grown up to become a phenomenon on a universal scale, and to keep a library collection in decent figure, it is the most widespread method these days among academic libraries. This is specifically true for the case of all the academic libraries. The prime focus of this research paper is on description of the methods and methodology involved in digitization, as well as an explanation why digitization is essential. The problems and complications linked with the digitalization procedure are also took into the consideration in this research paper. This work faces significant challenges such as legal and financial aspects as they are very crucial at any place. Other variables are also discovered along with the probable solutions to the problems that have been recognized. This research paper reveals that there are so many complications in the way of the digitization of academic libraries, and it draws to a close by stating that despite the fact that digitization is a challenge, information professionals and librarians still need to be prepared having the practical experience and the strategic foresight to put it into action in a way that is both structured and manageable.

The emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya: apomediaries or infomediaries?

PurposeThe main purpose of this study was to investigate the emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya, with a view to determining whether they perform better as apomediaries or infomediaries. The specific objectives were to: examine the characteristics of the changing information universe in which academic librarians in Kenya currently operate; analyse the information-seeking behaviour of academic library users in the new information universe and examine the emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopted a descriptive research design and used an online survey research technique to collect data from practising academic librarians. This study targeted senior librarians from all the 67 private and public universities in Kenya. One senior librarian per university was purposefully selected to fill the questionnaire owing to their experience and expertise. 33 out of the 67 senior librarians responded to the survey. The collected data were descriptively analysed using SPSS, and as per the study objectives.FindingsThis study established that most library users are digital independent and access library resources remotely. Nonetheless, many users still borrow and utilize print books despite the ubiquity of digital platforms. The findings revealed that academic librarians to a great extent now play the role of apomediaries, going beyond information giving to empowering their users.Practical implicationsThere is need for academic librarians in Kenya to not only be aware of the characteristics of their current users but also to continuously develop professionally so as to be able to adequately cater for the needs of their clients.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the scholarship on librarians' roles in Kenya by demonstrating that most of them are transitioning to the apomediary roles.

Ability to identify extent of information need and access information as correlates of utilization of digital library resources by lecturers

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between lecturers’ ability to identify the extent of information need, access information and utilization of digital library resources in Federal Universities, Southern Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachCorrelational research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 6,653 lecturers’ with a sample size of 665 selected through proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Instruments for data collection were cognitive test and questionnaire used for utilization of digital library resources. Kuder–Richardson method was used to establish the internal reliability coefficient, yielding the score 0.77, 0.78, respectively, and Cronbach alpha for questionnaire yielding 0.81. Data collected were analyzed using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. In testing the hypotheses, p-value was used to determine the level of significance at the 0.05 alpha level.FindingsThe results show low positive relationship between abilities to identify the extent of information, access information in the utilization of digital library resources. The hypotheses were rejected, indicating a positive relationship between abilities to identify extent of information need, access information and utilization of digital library resources.Originality/valueThe findings of this study provide novel facts that help to clarify existing uncertainties and ambiguity in the link between some elements of information literacy and the use of digital library resources in developing economies such as Nigeria.

ЗВІТ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ АКАДЕМІЇ ПЕДАГОГІЧНИХ НАУК УКРАЇНИ ПРО СТАН ВИКОРИСТАННЯ КОШТІВ НА НАУКОВУ І НАУКОВО-ТЕХНІЧНУ ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ТА ОТРИМАНІ РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ ЗА 2018-2019 РР.

У доповіді представлено інформацію про наукову діяльність Національної академії педагогічних наук України, її підвідомчих установ та кадрового потенціалу. Наведено найважливіші наукові здобутки за 2018-2019 р. із наукового і методичного забезпечення дошкільної, загальної середньої, спеціалізованої освіти наукового спрямування, виховання дітей з різними порушеннями розвитку, професійної (професійно-технічної), фахової передвищої, вищої освіти і освіти дорослих, науково-інформаційного супроводу освітянської галузі, психологічного супроводу розвитку особистості та її самопроєктування на кожному з вікових етапів, роботу з молодими вченими тощо. Висвітлено основні показники діяльності у 2018-2019 рр. про наукові публікації вчених, прогрес в ефективності наукових досліджень, зокрема представлення у наукометричних базах даних Scopus і Web of Science Core Collection, ресурс Електронної бібліотеки НАПН України, наукові періодичні видання, співпрацю з органами державної влади та організаціями, незалежну наукову експертизу, експериментальну діяльність, підготовку здобувачів наукових ступенів доктора філософії та доктора наук, діяльність спеціалізованих вчених рад, міжнародну діяльність, науково-практичні масові заходи тощо. Окреслено виклики та ризики, які впливають на вдосконалення діяльності НАПН України, а також перспективи розвитку та переваги НАПН України. Наголошено на здатності вчених НАПН України здійснювати якісний науково-методичний супровід розвитку освіти України, її людського потенціалу.

Application of Conservation and Preservation Techniques to Enhance the Life of Traditional and Digital Information Resources in Libraries

India has always been rich in knowledge from ancient times which is passed on from one generation to another. The method of passing knowledge is different in different regions of India. Due to huge advancement in ICT, there has been astronomical growth of digital resources. These resources are popular among students and researchers; hence libraries spend so much on them. Unfortunately, accessibility and use of these resources by future generations depends on technology which very rapidly evolves and changes. The fragile nature of digital resources makes its accessibility dependable on technology which is rapidly evolving. Hence, access to such resources for future users is a huge task for libraries. To use this information in daily life, we perform conservation techniques. In this research paper, we are exploring the different preservation and conservation techniques for traditional documents as well as digital resources used in selected libraries of New Delhi, India.

Innovative Practices in a Modern Library and Information Centre:The Case of Dayananda Sagar University and Innovation Campus Library Bengaluru

Nowadays all libraries try to provide maximum services to its reader in minimum cost. In this paper I have discussed the innovative practices in a modern library and information Centre: the case of Dayananda Sagar University & Innovation campus library Bengaluru. This paper will help to Students & faculty members of the University that access of digital library and e-resources Information on single window in single click. Its presents the case study of the Dayananda Sagar University & Innovation campus, Library and Information Centre, Bengaluru to illustrate that adoption of Digital library and e-learning resources are well defined, transparent, well & quick access of resources, user focused and innovative practices with a simplicity of resources to improve can lead the library and Information Centre to be the best.This paper will also give you a brief details about digital library and e-learning resources through LAN website, Importance of Flap barrier (Entrance gate for Library Users), Private & Personal Study zones, Multimedia Section for accessing book CD’s & DVD’s.

Цифрові довідкові ресурси сучасного літературознавства

This article discusses the characteristics of various reference digital resources of the modern humanities. We have identified three main digital resources: a digital library resource, a multimedia digital system, and a multimedia encyclopedic database. These important resources are involved in creating a modern information society. In this context, the Ukrainian Literary Encyclopedia of the Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the crea­tion of an independent multimedia encyclopedic database are considered.

Use of Digital library Resources by Madras University

Use of Digital library Resources by Madras University

Using www-server statistical data for calculating altmetrics

The authors discuss the use of files being accumulated by library www-serves (log-files) for calculating altmetrics. The log-files comprise information on all queries therefore they can be used for calculating statistical indicators of online user activity index in compliance with the federal standard GOST 7.0.20-2014. The authors also analyze the provisions of the standard as referred to online user services control. The COUNTER format is the international format assigning the list and form for presenting statistical data on using digital resources. The current version 5, the COUNTER Code and the algorithm of master data (log-files) processing are discussed. The authors conclude that Russian libraries have not introduced the unified method for counting the requests to their digital resources so far. Meaningful combination of GOST requirements, COUNTER fundamental indicators and calculation of indicators obtained through log-files analysis enable to analyze the relevance of library digital resources to various user categories.

Designing of YouTube Access Interface for Institutional Digital Repository

YouTube is a video-sharing website. It allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users and offers a wide range of user-oriented and education-related videos. Digital resource is growing and digital libraries will include digital materials that subsist outside the physical and administrative bounds of any one digital library. Even though digital libraries include all traditional processes, these have to be revised and enhanced to accommodate the differences between digital media and traditional media. This paper describes a system that can describe and manage digital resources in libraries.

Role of Digital Libraries Resources

E-books will take over soon so Days of hardbound and paperback will be no more. With growing acceptance of virtual books which can be downloaded on the book reading device. The real paper books are decreasing day by day for sure. I after the development of a concept “Service at your door step” an enormous question constantly arises before a librarian that how rapidly and precisely he is providing the eminence data to their user. Digital Library really shows an advantage in the regard by using recent technological expansions and revolutions. In this research paper, apart from position of the Digital Libraries Concept, an effort has been also mode some of the difficulties and problems difficult in producing and preserving a digital library. The library has, since long, been well-thought-out to be the so urge and power of knowledge and also the knowledge base. In higher education and research, the library has precise purposes to enable the wide-ranging use of learning resources by students, researchers and teachers. With the development of literature in large numbers even in the same field, these sets of library users have faced difficulties in recognizing the suitable literature for their use and meeting in a anticipated time frame.

Expanding libraries’ application of Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose the incorporation of Mayer’s cognitive theory of multimedia learning (CTML) into library digital initiatives, specifically open educational resources (OER). CTML contains established principles that maximize the impact of teaching material through optimizing the use of multimedia. As educators, librarians should adhere to CTML principles and advocate for them to be followed when library digital resources are created locally or used in a classroom. The paper looks at an OER title as an example and outlines changes based on CTML for improvements.Design/methodology/approachA literature review is used to identify the areas of librarianship where CTML already is in use and where research is lacking.FindingsThere are many opportunities to apply multimedia learning theory to aspects of library operations. The author should consider multimedia learning when making digitization decisions. OER projects should be accomplished with these principles and general learning theory principles in mind. Libraries should be aware of CTML principles when creating all digital scholarship.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is based on a literature review, not on research done specifically on this topic. It includes specific recommendations to improve an OER title as an example of what should be done on a broader scale.Practical implicationsLibrarians are educators should be aware of learning theory and particularly multimedia learning theory as learners often are not directly accessible to provide feedback. Design is critical to learning and this paper provides practical recommendations for application.Originality/valueOther papers have considered CTML as applied to online tutorials and instruction in general. Significantly less attention has been paid to applying CTML and cognitive learning theories outside of traditional instruction. This paper advocates expanding the use of cognitive learning theory and CTML to digital resources produced by the library.

Digital preservation practices in academic libraries in South Africa in the wake of the digital revolution

Background: The preservation of digital resources in academic institutions in South Africa is an imperative because of the proliferation of digital resources and the realities of the digital revolution. The study focused on digital preservation practices within academic libraries in South Africa. A number of studies were undertaken in the field of preservation in South Africa and they focused on the preservation of cultural heritage, preservation of electronic government and preservation of public digital information. The major gap in the literature reinforces the need to closely examine digital preservation practices in academic libraries in South Africa. There is a need to understand the extent of preservation of digital resources in various contexts in order to guarantee access to them for future generations. This will improve our understanding of the preservation of digital resources in academic libraries in the wake of the digital revolution. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate digital preservation practices in academic libraries in South Africa in order to suggest solutions for effective digital preservation. Method: The survey research method was used for data collection. Twenty-seven academic institutions in South Africa were surveyed. Data were analysed through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Results: The findings revealed that academic libraries experienced difficulties in preserving and sustaining their digital resources because of the absence of established standards, policies and procedures, inadequate resources, as well as a lack of skills and training. They also had difficulties with limited funding and collaboration efforts, and the threat of technological obsolescence because of the constantly changing software and hardware, poor technology infrastructure and legal issues. Conclusion: All these challenges have created the need for best practices and solutions to facilitate the long-term preservation of digital resources in the academic libraries. Recommendations were made on the basis of the results.

Usage of Commercial and Open Source Digital Resources in Libraries: With Special Reference to Islamic Management Arts & Science Colleges of Tamil Nadu

There are many subscribed resources and open source resources utilized by the Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members in higher educational institutions. Objective –of this study is to determine the Digital resources usage preferences in Arts & Science college libraries of Tamil Nadu, particularly Islamic Management Arts & Science colleges. This article also examines the usage of e-books, e-journals (both subscribed and open source), Library website and abstracting database. It also deals with the status of the colleges which are subscribing to the digital resources. Research methodology. A systematically designed questionnaire was distributed to the selected colleges and received the data for analysis. Quite a few interesting facts have come out. Findings -Accordingly the data reveals that the undergraduate and postgraduate users preferred opens access resources and Google as their search engine for quick access while on the other hand research scholars insisted that commercial resources are of help and have made a recommendation to increase them. In case of faculty they recommend more number of commercial resources for their study, research and teaching purpose. Suggestions were made by the users to improve the infrastructure facility, regular power connection and a speed increase in the high bandwidth internet connections and to conduct seminars/ workshops/ orientation to the users in order to create awareness to increase the both the category of digital resources.

Linguistic support for the formation of a consolidated information resource of social memory institutions

In the article it is analyzed the role of linguistic means as the most important, system-forming elements of any information and library system, including a consolidated information resource of social memory institutions. Metadata of library digital electronic resources, archives and museums is characterized as a fundamental linguistic support of consolidation process of these resources and simultaneously as means of human and machine interaction in the development and operation of a consolidated information resource. It is outlined the criteria for choosing linguistic means of the development of machine-readable descriptions of information resources for the consolidated information resource of social memory institutions in a smart city

Unbalanced Multistage Heat Conduction and Mass Diffusion Algorithm in an Educational Digital Library

Discovering valuable and diverse resources in an educational digital library can be difficult with the existing large number of content collections. Researchers in information retrieval and related domains have moved from considering only keyword-based matching to modeling the underlying behavior pattern of users. To achieve the purpose of both precision and diversity while providing online educational resource services, in this paper, we propose a weighted network-based information filtering framework that models user usage as a bipartite user-resource network; users and resources are treated as nodes in this network, each edge from a user to a resource means usage, and the weight represents the accumulation of multiple usage scenarios. Under this framework, we propose two individual algorithms, the unbalanced heat conduction algorithm and the unbalanced mass diffusion algorithm, and one hybrid multistage heat conduction and mass diffusion algorithm. There are two stages in these algorithms. In stage 1, an initial energy is assigned to each resource that has been visited by the target and passes to users according to a specific strategy. In stage 2, the energy is similarly transferred from users to resources, and a sorted resource list ranked by energy is presented to the target user. Experiments on a real-world dataset of one year of academic search logs showed improved performance from multiple indicators compared to existing algorithms.

To Study the Impact of CD-ROMs and Internet on the Student's Academic Work: A Case Study of Amity University, Jaipur

In the current era of information technology, library users are bound to use e-resources, if at all they are to keep abreast of the latest knowledge in their respective field of interest flooded globally. Traditional resources are gradually being replaced by digital resources in the contemporary modern libraries, apparently due to their inherent benefits which the print resources cannot bring. This paper presents and analyses the status of electronic resources facilities and services provided by the Amity University, Jaipur. It also discusses the purpose of using e-resources, benefits, subject coverage status, overall user satisfactions, problems that are faced by user's Amity University, Jaipur, while accessing e-resources and perceived impact of e-resources on users. Finally, it reports the results from questionnaire-based survey of e-resources use and its impact on user's Amity University, Jaipur.

Problems and Changes in Digital Libraries in the Age of Big Data From the Perspective of User Services

Based on the investigation of the position of user service for constructing digital libraries in the big data era, this paper points out that not only data resources of modern digital library have the characteristics of big data, but also the existing library services need to use big data methods to achieve reform and innovation, including resource transferring, resource utilization, social identity, thinking innovation. We focus on the importance of user services and types of big data resources that digital libraries can utilize, which include big data within libraries such as user behavior data and digital literature resource, and other big data outside libraries such as scholarly big data. We also examine the problems and potential of digital libraries in the age of big data relative to data, technology, services, and users. Using existing big data resources and considering the characteristics of current users' needs from the perspective of users, more effective ideas and methods to improve existing services in digital library can be put forward. At the same time, it is the personalized need of users in the age of big data that constitute the driving factor for the development of digital library from resource-sharing service to user-oriented service.