Library Information Resources Research Articles

Physical Format and Users’ Satisfaction with the Information Resources in University Libraries in the South-South Zone of Nigeria

The study was conducted to determine the influence of physical format on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted for the study. The population of this study consists of 83 library staff and 7426 lecturers in the 11 university libraries in the zone during the 2011/2012 academic session. A sample of 36 library staff and 4627 lecturers from 6 of the universities in the zone was used. The researcher made questionnaire, Physical Format and Users’ Satisfaction with Information Resources (PFUSIRQ), was used to collect data. Means and standard deviations were used in answering the research question while the hypothesis was tested using t-Test in IBM SPSS for Window version 20 at p = 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was no significant influence of physical format on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. There is a strong indication that users were satisfied with physical format of the information resources acquired in the university libraries studied. It is therefore recommended that librarians should continue to take cognizance of the variable, physical format when acquiring information resources for the libraries.Keywords: Physical Format; Users’ Satisfaction; Information Resources

Number of Copies and Users’ Satisfaction with the Information Resources in University Libraries in the South-South Zone of Nigeria

The study was conducted to determine the influence of number of copies on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research method. The population of this study consists of 83 library staff and 7, 426 lecturers in the 11 university libraries in the zone during the 2012/2013 academic session. A sample of 36 library staff and 4, 627 lecturers from six of the universities in the zone was used. The researcher made questionnaire, and number of copies and users’ satisfaction with information resources questionnaire was used to collect data. Means and standard deviations were used in answering the research question, whereas the hypothesis was tested using t-test in International Business Machine Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Window version 20 at p = 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was significant influence of number of copies on users’ satisfaction with information resources. The inference is that, this variable number of copies has strong influence on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria.

Methodical Work on Formation of Information Competence of Librarians Working with Legal Information Systems

The article highlights the issues of free access of users to information resources in libraries on the example of specifics of librarians work with the legal information systems (LIS). In this regard, there are analyzed the issues of development of professional competencies in the field of libraries. It is presen-ted the training used at the Russian State Library as a method of formation of information competence and shown its effectiveness for the users of legal information systems (“Consultant Plus”, “Garant”, “Techexpert”, “CIS Legislation”), as well as official web portals (LIS “Legislation of Russia”, Research Center of Legal Information “Etalon”, etc.). There are disclosed component parts of the training: flow chart for design of lessons, examples of training tasks. The article represents the results of survey conducted among the users to get their estimate of the contents and form of training lectures, to identify their level of knowledge and skills in operating with the legal information systems. There are given guidelines for librarians on the basis of competency-based approach in the use of LIS. The results of the research can be used by libraries in the practice of methodical work for the formation of professional competencies of library staff, working with the legal information systems, and other electronic resources.

Biblioethnology as Scientific and Academic Discipline

The article is devoted to the new part of library science - Biblioеthnology, which studies the trends and patterns of library activities development in its ethno-cultural aspect. The object of the research is the polyethnic library activity. As part of the external and internal library policy it is also studied by the Library Political Science. Scientific methods of research in the field of biblioethnology are based on the integrated use of the scientific approaches in the humanities knowledge. Biblioеthnology studies perspective areas of polyethnic library work: participation in the promoting the idea of linguistic diversity in cyberspace, strengthening the position of the national Russian language in the close cooperation with the government authorities, civil society entities, organizations and institutions in the field of science, culture, education and information, ethnic centers, mass media; creation of bibliographic aids, thematic electronic databases and digital libraries; development of scientific research and methodical work; education and training of librarians. Subjects of biblioethnology research are ethnic readers (representatives of the major ethnic groups, national minorities) and librarians, who should have sense of national identity and international consciousness; implement active mediation between the polyethnic population and the library-information resources; have specialization in the field of intercultural communication; possess the professional skills to work with the polyethnic population and ethnic communities. Currently biblioethnology is not only scientific, but also academic discipline. Library scientists develop and implement training courses, grants. Basics of biblioethnology are being taught in educational centers and libraries; trainings and seminars in the areas and on the topics of polyethnic library activities are conducted.

Impact of E-resources on Budget Appropriation in Agricultural Libraries of Northern India

A study was conducted to assess the proportion at which the budget is spent on acquisition of the print information resources (PIRs) and electronic information resources (EIRs) in academic libraries of India, so that we are able to understand the current trend in this regard across agricultural libraries of northern India. The survey method has been adopted as the method to conduct the study and questionnaire has been used as a main data collection tool for collection of data. The telephonic interaction and e-mail correspondence has also been used to seek clarifications, remove ambiguities and obtain data of higher significance. It is found that presently major chunk of the allocated budget is being spent on acquisition of print form of books and journals across all the seven libraries under scope of present study. As such the advent of e-books and e-journals seems to have not yet laid any prominent impact on budget appropriation. Though the libraries seem to have switched their focus towards e-journals than that of print, they are seen to avail their full text access through consortium subscribed platforms and do not afford to buy many e-journals of their own. The interest to subscribe bibliographical of abstract level databases, seems to have diminished across the libraries under study. Though the libraries are interested to procure good number and quality e-books the budgetary provisions do not support or allow them to fulfill this instinct. This is first work of its nature in northern India with domain as agricultural libraries. The findings will help the librarians and the financial authorities to make judicious allocation of budget and allow them to utilise it well in commensuration with the actual need.

Influences on Undergraduate Business Students' Perceptions About the Adequacy of Library Information Resources

This qualitative study was designed to provide insight into the responses of undergraduate business students to a survey item about the adequacy of library resources. Interviews with seven business majors revealed that students were not aware of the information resources available to them and that they found library resources overwhelming and confusing. The findings of this study did not reveal that additional business information resources should be provided to support students, but the study did yield useful information about what influences undergraduate business students' perceptions of and expectations about the information resources provided by the library. The article includes recommendations for increasing students' awareness of specialized business databases and improving students' perception that the content of these databases is useful for their coursework.

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Every library is supposed to have adequate information resources in order to enable it effectively serve the information needs of its users. In view of this, the paper aimed at assessing the resources in the school of health technology library Ningi, Bauchi state .Questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data. 200 copies of self designed questionnaire were distributed, out of which 150 were successfully returned. Data collected from one hundred and fifty(150) respondents, who participated in this study, through completion of questionnaire and were analyzed alongside with information obtained from documentary source. The study shows that available information resources in the school library, does not meet the approved school library standards. There researcher recommends amongst others, the integration of school library in the overall plan of the school; employment of professional librarians; provision of quality and quantity information resources, as some of measures that would improve the relevance of the library resources, in the school. Key words: Assessment, school library, resources, technology library.

Study on the Patterns of Library Resource Construction and Services in MOOC

It is of great significance to reform the patterns of library resource construction and services in MOOC, for example, it can help to fulfill the individual needs of learners, and achieve sustainable development for the library. Firstly, the author analyzes the characteristics of MOOC; secondly, discusses the characteristics of information construction of library; and then designs a knowledge discovery model of the library information resources construction in MOOC; finally proves that it could provide favorable support for the improvement of library resource construction and services to discover knowledge from library data base according to the result of case study.

Some Problems and Measures in the Characteristic Database Building of Library

The construction of library characteristic database is in order to better play the function of the library in the information resources, and provide more comprehensive information for customers, which also can enhance the competitiveness of library in the field of information. This article embarks from the significance of library characteristic database establishment, analyzes and discusses the existence of characteristic database construction, and puts forward some suggestions, in order to promote the construction of the characteristic database, improve the utilization rate of library information resources and the library's competitiveness.

Analysis of the Construction of the Library Information Resources from the Perspective of Big Data

The advent of big data era brings new development and opportunities for the construction of library information resources. This paper analyzes the impact of big data on the library at home and abroad, and points out the necessary new reform of construction of library information resources in colleges and universities from the perspective of information resource configuration. Under the big data environment, library should develop the data analysis service of big data information resources, establish the literature resources allocation scheme with circulation data as the assessment indicator and develop towards intelligent library.

The Development of Czech Libraries, 1990–2013

In the last twenty years, libraries in the Czech Republic have undergone extensive changes, which were evoked by a transition to a democratic society and market economy. At the beginning of the millennium, the development of libraries was gradually stabilized; this process culminated in the adoption of the new library act in 2001. The role of the Ministry of Culture is characterized in relation to libraries and grant programs in support of libraries. This paper studies the changes and trends in the individual areas of library activities, such as library collections and information resources, the construction of libraries, the automation of library processes, the retrospective conversion of Czech library catalogs and portals, the digitization of library collections, the training of library staff, and the activities of library societies and associations. An emphasis is placed on the transformations connected with the development of information technologies. The paper is complemented by selected statistical data on the development of libraries.

Design of Network System Security System of Digital Library

Digital library is a development direction of library, which has attracted the attention of the countries around the world widely. Digital library is an important part of informationization in university. As an information system, digital library is the backbone of the digital library information resources; the safety of library digital information resources is the key to the normal operation and development of digital library, which is also the guarantee for library to service. How to guarantee the security of information resources and the information system in open network environment has been considered by many people in the industry, the digital library information security has become one of core issues in digital library construction and development.

Constructing Digital Library Information Platform Based On Cloud Computing

With the development of cloud computing, more and more fields are leveraging it for application revolution. As the information resources of university libraries are becoming digital and networked, the portal of university libraries is now the important source of information and services. However, the access of information and services becomes harder because of the massive data resources and services. Besides, the cost on collection expenditure, network devices and resources integration is also increasing. To this end, we propose to construct a digital library information platform using cloud computing technique. Specifically, in his paper, we propose a reference architecture of a cloud based digital library information platform, and then focus on the resource allocation component. In our experiment, we evaluate the efficiency of our resource allocation algorithm.

Exploring the effect of individual differences on user perceptions of print and electronic resources

Purpose – Individual differences are critical in determining how individuals think and behave in different ways. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of individual differences on users’ perceptions of print and electronic resources in terms of ease of use, usefulness and usage in the hopes that a better understanding of these effects can help Chinese university libraries to meet the diversified information needs of their users more specifically and appropriately so that the second-level capability divide and third-level outcome divide of library information resources can be much reduced. Design/methodology/approach – Data collected from 273 library users were used for data analysis. The independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and two-way ANOVA were employed. Meanwhile, the quantitative analysis is supplemented by the qualitative interviews which present richer data about the use of specific types of print and electronic resources. Findings – The effect of basic characteristics (gender, age, field) and experience (experience with library print resources, experience with library electronic resources, which library resources were used first) on users’ perceptions of print and electronic resources in terms of ease of use, usefulness and usage was explored and discussed. Meanwhile, the two-way interaction effect was examined and 13 significant interaction effects were presented. Originality/value – Building on the digital divide, this study examines ease of use, usefulness and usage in terms of individual differences which cover not only basic characteristics but also experience and two-way interaction, which the authors think provides a new view for library information resources research and practice alike in China.

Use of electronic information resources in goverment libraries

AbstractThe article presents the use of electronic information resources in government libraries in Slovenia. It starts with the definition of government libraries and electronic publications. On a selected sample of government libraries, the state of the usage of electronic information resources in government libraries was studied. On the basis of interviews, carried out in five government libraries, it was established that government libraries mostly do not focus on, or even think about, the use of electronic information resources. What they have and use seems self-evident to them.

The Construction of Colleges and Universities Library Unified Information System Based on Guangxi Regional Features

Through the integrated application of Library information system and campus culture of Guangxi colleges as well as the research of Guangxi colleges serving developments of China-ASEAN, and Guangxi Beibu Gulf economic region, this paper provides solution of integrated construction of college campus culture and library information system on informatization condition. In the system of college campus culture construction based on perspective of Gungxi colleges, college library information resource is used as medium to integrate into cultural connotation serving regional economy on the basis of knowledge architecture, with applications of Internet, computer telecom integration technology as well as IVR and TTS technology, communication tools commonly used by college students and teachers are adopted as informatization approaches, concept identification system, activity identification system, visual identification system, subject and specialty service system, environment and culture planning system and other unified information general culture systems are established, and e-mail, voice message, short message, WAP, real time communication, web, VoIP and other campus culture interactive measures are realized. The reconfigurable analysis of aggregate diagnosis flow proves the integrated construction of campus culture and library unified information is feasible.

Research of Information Resource Storage Mode Based on Cloud Storage

This paper introduces the present situation of library information resource storage. And SAN mode base on cloud storage is mainly studied. And then, the structure of the system based on SAN is put forward. In addition, it illustrates the principle of RAID5 and parity algorithm. At last, layered structure of cloud storage platform is introduced.

Library Digital Information Resources Construction

digital, network library information resources, makes the object of library information service has been extended from the school teachers and students to the whole society; and further improve readers' information requirements, requirements of the construction of the information resources of digital library must actively using modern computer, network technology, using modern information technology to promote the construction of the information resources of digital library development higher level, in order to meet the increasing needs of readers, to better serve the readers.

The Application of ElGamal Encryption Technology to the Information Security of Digital Library

Nowadays, the construction and application of digital library leads a new era of the way people obtain knowledge and information, and promotes the academic exchanges and social progress. Digital library, however, also involves great risk, hacker attacks become the main threat of the information security of digital library, and may probably cause the loss and damage of the information resources in library. This article mainly introduces the advantages and the potential safety hazard of digital library, and then makes an analysis aiming at the information security of digital library, and finally puts forward an algorithm based on ElGamal encryption to protect library information encryptedly, and effectively guarantee the information security of digital library. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i12.3937

Google and information resources in library and information science: a comparative analysis

ABSTRACTThe article is based on the author’s (Sluga, 2006) research which was the basis for he rbachelor’s thesis. The purpose of the research was to analyse and compare the performance of different online based information retrieval systems in answering queries on library and information science. A case study approach which included four carefully selected cases was used. Search was made in Google, Google Scholar and in appropriate library databases and systems. The performance of these systems was assessed in terms of relevancy, uniqueness, quality, accessibility of documents and precision. The findings demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Library databases were highly successful in relevancy, quality and uniqueness of the results and have the ability to retrieve a more precise set of documents. With Google ,there were no problems with accessibility, and it offers a high proportion of unique documents. Google Scholar is superior in quality but there are more problems with accessibility. Thus, these systems complement each other.