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Comparative study of academic digital copyright in the United States and Europe

The advent of Internet and digital media has added more complications to the already complex copyright laws. This paper will first summarize the history of copyright laws in the United States and Europe. It will then analyze and compare the digital…

Tags: Copyright, Digital copyright law, European, Fair dealing, Fair use, United States

Position: 270 (540 views)

Promoting and teaching information literacy on the Internet: Surveying the websites of 264 academic libraries in North America

A survey was conducted between July and November 2012 to determine how academic libraries in the United States and Canada marketed and delivered information literacy on the Web. A random sample of 264 institutions was taken from Peterson's Four-Year…

Tags: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic instruction, Information literacy, Library instruction, Library Web sites, Marketing, Promotion

Position: 278 (538 views)

Evaluation and comparison of discovery tools: An update

Selection and implementation of a web scale Discovery tool by The Rider University Libraries (RUL) in the 2011-2012 academic year revealed the practical complexity of the endeavor. Research into the state of adoption of Web-scale Discovery tools in…

Tags: Discovery tool, Next generation catalog, Web-scale discovery tool

Position: 390 (506 views)

Information literacy online tutorials: An introduction to rationale and technological tools in tutorial creation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the findings of a survey of current technologies used in creating information literacy online tutorials in academic libraries. It also aims to inform readers of the technological tools available to…

Tags: Communication technologies, Information literacy, Library instruction, Tutorials

Position: 103 (629 views)

Autofill Browser Extension: A User-friendly Solution to Optimize Metadata WorkElow in Digital Repositories

Facing a complex metadata environment, it is challenging to implement strategies for optimizing metadata workflows in digital repositories. Running scripted applications and batch processing cost libraries additional resources, while not reducing…

Tags: Digital Repository, Duncker's Candle Problem, Functional Fixedness, Metadata Batch Processing, Metadata Optimization, Metadata Workflow

Position: 401 (501 views)

Know Your Crowd: A Case Study in Digital Collection Marketing

Digitized special collections and institutional repositories present unique challenges to libraries struggling to identify marketing strategies that will entice patrons to these services. These collections, which do not have the same mass appeal as…

Tags: Digital Collections, Digitization, Library Services Marketing, Marketing

Position: 293 (533 views)

All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: The Complexities of Usage Statistics as an Assessment Tool for Digital Libraries

Digital collection assessment has focused mainly on evaluating systems, metadata and usability. While use evaluation is discussed in the literature, there are no standard criteria and methods for how to perform assessment on use effectively. This…

Tags: Digital Collection Assessment, Digital Collection Evaluation, Digital Repository, DSpace, Institutional Repository, Use Statistics, Web Analytics

Position: 283 (536 views)

A Complete System for Publishing Music-related ETDs: Technology Development and Publishing Model

The purpose of this paper is to propose a complete system, including technology development and publishing model, which addresses the existing issues of publishing music-related ETDs. The paper shares the practice of utilizing the system developed by…

Tags: Audiovisual media, Digital libraries, Electronic media, Electronic theses and dissertations, Music-related ETDs, Software development

Position: 442 (481 views)

How ARL Academic Libraries Present Open Web Resources: A Proposed Solution to Address Discoverability.

With the questions of how ARL academic libraries collect, present, and make searchable open web resources, this paper analyzes all ARL academic libraries' websites and finds that all of them are collecting valuable open web resources and presenting…

Tags: Discoverability, Discoverability of open web resources, Online resources, Open web resources, Research guides, Subject guides

Position: 383 (507 views)

Internet technology + Information Service

The program committee invites library leaders and information science scholars to speak about the Internet technology driven library and information service.
Panel speakers:
Dr. Brad Eden, Dean of Valparaiso University Library
Dr. Hao-Ren Ke,…

Tags: Technology

Position: 657 (392 views)

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