Spotlight: A Blacklight Plugin for Showcasing Digital Collections

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Panel: Leveraging Agile & Resourcing for Success - Hydramata, Avalon, Fedora 4 and Islandora

Panel at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

DevOps for Digital Repositories

Workshop at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

A Rights Expression Language for Federated Repositories

Poster at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Raise All Ships: Cooperative Repository Strategies in a Boot-Strap Culture

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Developing Repositories for Collecting 21st Century Ephemera

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

Vahvoja puheenvuoroja kirkkojen välttämättömyydestä tunnistaa ja tunnustaa teologisen antisemitisminsä perintö

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Practically Speaking

a list of practical tips to enhance one-on-one encounters with international students at library service desks

We All Have an Accent: Welcoming International Students to the Library

an overview of ways to make international students feel welcome in the library

Book review/Compte rendu

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Impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on Professional Development and Educational Needs of Library Professionals in the Universities of Kerala

The shift from print to digital information has a high impact on all components of the academic library system in India especially the users, services and the staff. Though information is considered as an important resource, the use of ICT tools to collect and disseminate information has been in a slow pace in majority of the University libraries This may be due to various factors like insufficient funds, inadequate staff trained in handling computers and software packages, administrative concerns etc. In Kerala, automation has been initiated in almost all University libraries using library automation software and is under different stages of completion. There are not much studies conducted about the effects of information communication technologies on the professional activities of library professionals in the universities in Kerala. It is important to evaluate whether progress in ICT has had any impact on the library profession in these highest educational institutions. The aim of the study is to assess whether the developments in information communication technologies have any influence on the library professionals’ professional development, and the need for further education and training in the profession and evaluate their skills in handling developments in ICT. The total population of the study is 252 including the permanently employed professional library staff in central libraries and departmental libraries in the main campuses of the universities under study. This is almost a census study of the defined population of users. The questionnaire method was adopted for collection of data for this study, supplemented by interviews of Librarians to gather additional information. Library Professionals have a positive approach towards ICT applications and services in Libraries, but majority do not have the opportunities to develop their skills and competencies in their work environment. To develop competitive personnel in a technologically advanced world, high priority must be given to develop competence in ICT applications, library management and soft skills in library professionals, by the University administrators and Library associations. Library science schools and teaching departments across the country have to take significant steps to revise library science curriculum, and incorporate significant changes to achieve the demands and challenges of library science profession.

lntemet utilization and academic activities of faculty members in the universities of Kerala : an analytical study

This thesis Entitled Internet Utilization and Academic Activities of Faculty Members in the Universities of kerala: an analytical study. Today, scientific research is throwing up new discoveries, inventions and vistas by the hour. We are witnessing a veritable knowledge explosion. It is important for members of university faculty members to keep abreast of it for giving up-t-date information to their students about the new development in the subject of their study. The internet is an invaluable tool for achieving it. Most of the universities have sufficient internet facility, but the accessibility to all the faculty members is not adequate. University Libraries also provides standard supplementary service in the internet area. This study indicates differential level of awareness and utilization of the internet services by the faculty members in the areas of teaching, research and publication. However the overall impression is that the awareness and utilization is inadequate. This point to the urgent need to devise programs and schemes to promote internet utilization among the faculty members. The suggestions indicate the key areas that deserve attention by policy makers and administrators. Thanks to the internet, every new development in every field of study is just a click away for faculty members, research scholars and students.

A study of information-seeking behavior and user perceptions of academic researchers

The purpose of this paper is to examine the information-seeking behavior of science and social science research scholars, including service effectiveness, satisfaction level on different type of sources and various methods adopted by the scholars for keeping up to dateData were gathered using a questionnaire survey of 200, randomly selected, PhD students of science and social science departments of four universities in Kerala, IndiaAlthough similarities exist between social science and science PhD students with regard to information-seeking behavior, there are significant differences as well. There is a significant difference between science and social science scholars on the perception of the adequacy of print journals and database collection which are very relevant to the research purposes. There is no significant difference between science and social science scholars on the perception of the adequacy of e-journals, the most used source for keeping up to date. The study proved that scholars of both the fields are dissatisfied with the effectiveness of the library in keeping them up to date with latest developments

Las bibliotecas universitarias brasileñas y el modelo español de centro de recursos para el aprendizaje e investigacion (CRAIs) : algunas reflexiones.

En el siglo XXI, las bibliotecas buscaron formas para revitalizarse en su misión de transmitir el conocimiento, respondiendo a los cambiaos que afectan el ambiente universitario en el mundo entero. En Europa, el establecimiento del 'Ambiente Europeo de Enseñanza Superior', por la Declaración de Bologna (1999), tuvo como consecuencia la proposición de un nuevo modelo de unidad de información: Centros de Recursos para el Aprendizaje e Investigación (CRAI). El modelo se basa en la interacción entre docentes y alumnos con los recursos de información, creando un ambiente virtual de aprendizaje. La propuesta del CRAI puede representar una alternativa viable para el desarrollo de las bibliotecas universitarias brasileñas. En este sentido, se proponen algunas reflexiones basadas en la contraposición de este modelo a la realidad de las universidades brasileñas.