Traditional Library System Research Articles

Penerapan Layanan Aplikasi Perpustakaan Digital pada Perpustakaan Universitas Negeri Padang

This study aims to describe: (1) achievement of objectives in the implementation of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library; (2) integration in the implementation of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library; (3) adaptation to the application of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library.This research is a qualitative research with descriptive method. The research instrument used is an interview guideline. The data collection techniques used in this research are observation, interview, and the documentation. The data analysis are data collection, data reduction, data presentation, dan conclusions. Source triangulation was used to test the validity of the data in this study. The results of this study are as follows. First, the achievement of goals in the implementation of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library has not been maximized, limited membership quotas and the unavailability of applications on non-Android devices cause uneven access for users. Second, the integration of the implementation of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library is running quite well, the application is easy to use and also a different system from the traditional library system owned by Padang State University so that it is difficult to integrate the application service. Third, adaptation to the application of digital library application services at the Padang State University Library has not been maximized, the collections available in the application have not adjusted to the target users, in this case Padang State University students.

Borrowing Spaces: The Geographies of ‘Libraries of Things’ in the Canadian Sharing Economy

AbstractOver the last decade, the sharing economy has resulted in numerous innovative sharing and borrowing practices, many of which have the potential to radically transform communities and societies. One such innovation is the Library of Things (LoT), a non‐profit sharing space modelled on traditional library systems, which enables users to borrow a diverse range of equipment, tools and goods. This paper contributes to the emerging literature and research on the non‐profit sharing economy and the role of LoTs as sharing spaces. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with LoT founders and managers, three main socio‐spatial themes are discussed in the development of Canadian LoTs: sharing cultures, sharing capital and sharing politics. Overall, this work highlights that the success and sustainability of these sharing spaces hinge on the negotiation of these complex social and spatial dynamics, ranging from their capacity to build spaces of collaboration, experimentation and community.

Application of FCM Clustering Algorithm in Digital Library Management System

Traditional library systems are gradually being replaced by digital libraries. Digital libraries are developing from simple database-based storage and retrieval to knowledge-based implementation. The fuzzy C-means (FCM) clustering algorithm is an example of data collection and data processing technology. It evaluates and draws conclusions based on mathematics, large data, and other technologies. In order to better improve the digital library management system, this paper applied FCM clustering algorithm to the digital library management system. Based on the in-depth study of the FCM clustering algorithm, this paper built a digital library management system. The clustering algorithm was used to cluster library borrowing records and reader information. It provided technical support and suggestions on library collection construction and book purchase and promoted book management to form a good spitting cycle. The experimental results extracted during the evaluation phase demonstrated that the overall error rate of the suggested FCM clustering algorithm for information clustering is 3.66%, which is better than the existing comparative models. This shows that applying the FCM clustering algorithm to a digital library management system has some practical significance.

Knowledge Organization Approach in Online Public Access Catalogues (OPAC) for Search and Navigation

Effective organization, discovery, and retrieval of resources have always been essential functions for any library. Libraries have implemented various new information systems along with traditional library systems such as federated search, webscale discovery, next-generation catalogue, etc. Faceted navigation, known as faceted search, faceted browsing, or guided navigation, has been applied in many e-commerce sites and dominates features in the interaction paradigm. Faceted approach to knowledge organization in searching and navigation features in the online catalogue supports users in finding the information needed in the most effective and efficient manner. This paper discusses faceted searching and navigation application in library Online Public Access Catalogues (OPAC).

Literary works in the scope of folksonomies and traditional library systems for subject indexing

<p><strong>Cilj. </strong>Cilj je rada predstaviti istraživanje korisničkog označivanja književnoumjetničkih tekstova. Istraživanje je provedeno s ciljem utvrđivanja osobitosti folksonomijskoga pristupa označivanju književnosti i tematske informativnosti korisničkih oznaka dodijeljenih književnoumjetničkim djelima te radi njihove usporedbe s oznakama iz knjižničnih kataloga i predstavljanja potencijala folksonomija u poboljšanju tradicionalnog pristupa označivanju lijepe književnosti.</p> <p><strong>Pristup/metodologija/dizajn. </strong>U prvom su dijelu rada predstavljeni osnovni teorijski elementi sadržajnoga označivanja iz perspektive knjižnične klasifikacije, predmetne obrade i korisničkoga označivanja. U drugom dijelu rada prikazani su rezultati istraživanja korisničkih oznaka koje je provedeno u dvije faze – analiza korpusa korisničkih oznaka na lingvističkoj, funkcionalnoj i značenjskoj razini te usporedba istih s predmetnim odrednicama prikupljenima iz mrežnih kataloga knjižnica.</p> <p><strong>Rezultati. </strong>Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su veću tematsku informativnost korisničkih oznaka od predmetnica koje dodjeljuju predmetni stručnjaci i da mogu poslužiti kao dobar temelj za unapređenje tradicionalnih sustava za sadržajno označivanje književnoumjetničkih djela.</p> <p><strong>Ograničenja. </strong>Istraživački je dio rada proveden na temelju autoričina odabira određenih književnoumjetničkih djela te prikupljanja korpusa oznaka iz mrežnih kataloga Nacionalne i sveučilišne knjižnice u Zagrebu, Knjižnica grada Zagreba, Kongresne knjižnice u Washingtonu te iz mrežnog sustava LibraryThing.</p> <p><strong>Praktična primjena. </strong>Istraživanje može poslužiti kao početni korak za daljnja proučavanja problematike sadržajnog označivanja književnih djela u knjižničnim sustavima te kao prvi korak prema njihovom poboljšanju radi pružanja što kvalitetnijih rezultata pretraživanja književnoumjetničkih tekstova.</p> <p><strong>Društveni značaj. </strong>Rezultati istraživanja impliciraju mogućnost uključivanja nestručne čitateljske zajednice i njihovog izravnog doprinosa u razvoj knjižničnih sustava.</p> <p><strong>Originalnost. </strong>Rad predstavlja istraživanje koje prvi put na jednom mjestu prikazuje usporedbu korisničkih oznaka za prozna, dramska i pjesnička književnoumjetnička djela s predmetnim odrednicama iz knjižničnih kataloga.</p> <p>*Rad je nastao na temelju diplomskog rada Tihane Lončarić koji je napisan pod naslovom Korisničko označivanje književnoumjetničkih djela pod mentorskim vodstvom dr. sc. Sonje Špiranec. Rad je obranjen na Filozofskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu 2017. godine.</p>

Emerging trends and technologies for digital transformation of libraries

Emerging trends and technologies for digital transformation of libraries - IJLSIT- Print ISSN No: - 2582-1555 Online ISSN No:- 2456-9623 Article DOI No:- 10.18231/j.ijlsit.2019.011, IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology-IP Indian J Libr Sci Inf Technol

IoT-Based Library Automation & Monitoring system: Developing an Implementation framework

En la actualidad, las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) y asuntos relacionados, tales como el Internet de las Cosas (IoT, por sus siglas en inglés), tiene una influencia decisiva en todos los aspectos de la vida humana. IoT como fenómeno dominante es la transformación de la vida diaria mediante el uso de las funciones inteligentes como la de Identificación por Radio Frecuencia (RFID, por sus siglas en inglés) y las Redes de Tecnología de Sensores Inalámbricos (WSN, por sus siglas en inglés). Conforme el IoT avanza, se amplía en tamaño y dimensiones, mejorando muchos de los contextos de la sociedad; tales como, el sistema tradicional de biblioteca. Esta investigación propone un marco de ejecución sobre el empleo del IoT con el fin de renovar la estructura y esquema convencional de las bibliotecas a sistemas inteligentes en línea. El IoT permite la conectividad en tiempo real de un objeto físico (como un libro o cualquier otro tipo de texto) mediante el uso de las etiquetas RFID y sensores diminutos. El monitoreo continuo de los libros en tiempo real y la localización de objetos de manera geográfica son algunas de las características que se derivan del uso de las etiquetas de IoT. Estas características de IoT permiten la implementación de una línea de bibliotecas por medio de una cadena de suministros, la integración con diferentes tipos de tecnologías como la base de datos, la recopilación de datos y sistemas en la nube. El Internet de las Cosas también ofrece una panorámica de la vinculación entre el gran número de universidades y bibliotecas en el mundo en tiempo real, todo el tiempo. Se concluye que el implementar el IoT en sistemas de gestión de bibliotecas sería una estructura prometedora que puede jugar un papel vital en la organización de conocimientos del ser humano y en el acceso a informaciones para ayudar a investigadores, diseñadores y administradores en una manera más eficiente e inteligente.

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SEMANTIC WEB AND USER-CENTERED TAGGING SYSTEMS

This paper uses Husserl’s theory of phenomenology to provide a model for the relationship between user-centered tagging systems, such as del.icio.us, and the more highly structured systems of the Semantic Web. Using three aspects of phenomenological theory—the movement of the mind out towards an entity and then back in an act of reflection, multiplicities within unity, and the sharing of intentionalities within a community—the discussion suggests that both tagging systems and the Semantic Web foster an intersubjective domain for the sharing and use of information resources. The Semantic Web, however, resembles traditional library systems, in that it relies for this intersubjective domain on the conscious implementation of domain-centered standards which are then encoded for machine processing, while tagging systems work on implied principles of emergence.

A WWW interface to the OMNIS/Myriad literature retrieval engine

Cataloguing and searching procedures in traditional library systems are expensive, time-consuming and often incomplete. OMNIS is a novel multimedia information retrieval system for the administration of documents in libraries and offices. Using the fulltext database system Myriad combined with scanning and OCR technologies it offers the disclosing, archiving and searching functions at drastically reduced costs with much more precision. Documents may contain page images, full-length PostScript or other medial information and offer the user a much better insight into documents. At Technische Universität München a considerable number of computer science documents have been made searchable by a simple fulltext query language. To make this document retrieval system available to WWW clients the OMNIS document access function was implemented as OMNIS-WWW server which is already in operation. This paper contains the substantial features of OMNIS (especially its searching function) and discusses the concepts and the implementation of its WWW server. The development of OMNIS is promoted by DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and DFN-Verein (Deutsches Forschungsnetz) [6].

SUBJECT SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR AT THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE AND AT THE SHELVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ONLINE INTERACTIVE CATALOGUES

Searching behaviour in a university library is studied using a wholistic approach, encompassing the use of bibliographic tools and shelf browsing. The present study is designed as the first half of a ‘before and after’ study to permit the evaluation of the impact of a future online catalogue on users' searching behaviour. A combined methodology was devised: searchers were encouraged to talk aloud during their search, and this information, together with some probing and real time expert interpretation, enabled the experimenter to record the searching activity on a highly structured observation form. The study reveals the extent of subject searching activity, and suggests that this may have been underestimated in previous studies. The analysis of expressed topics, search formulation strategy and documents retrieved reveals the adaptive nature of the subject searching process, whereby the user adapts to the structure of the available tools. The information retrieval task in a traditional library system is tailored by the system to a single, one dimensional, sequential process. It is suggested that a major obstacle to subject searching effectiveness may lie in the lack of interaction between the different possible approaches in the searching process: the indexing language, the classification, and the titles. It is to be hoped that a future online searching environment will encourage a more truly interactive approach to subject searching.