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, 2010 Open access to knowledge and free access to libraries mean that all libraries – public, academic, school libraries – are invited to increase new knowledge, helping the development of new scientific knowledge providing readers and researchers with as much documentation as possible, consistent with their financial and organizational capacity.
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Browsing a digital library: A new approach for the New Zealand digital library
, 2003 Browsing is part of the information seeking process, used when information needs are ill-defined or unspecific. Browsing and searching are often interleaved during information seeking to accommodate changing awareness of information needs.
Sally Jo Cunningham +3 more
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Access to information in digital libraries : users and digital divide
, 2004 Recognising the importance of information and knowledge in all spheres of human life, the recently held World Summit on Information Society came up with a plan of action for building a global information society. The goal of the world information society
Chowdhury, G.
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A survey of e-book awareness and usage amongst students in an academic library
, 2006 This paper reports on an online survey of e-book awareness and usage level in a British academic library. The main objectives of this survey were to: (a) assess students' awareness of the availability of e-books in their academic library; (b) measure the
Gibb, F., Abdullah, N.
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Participatory Usability: Supporting proactive users
, 2003 After software has been released the opportunities for users to influence development can often be limited. In this paper we review the research on post-deployment usability and make explicit its connections to open source software development.
Nichols, David M. +5 more
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Role of Libraries in Learning Spanish Foreign Language: action research
ČitališteThis article examines the extent to which the Spanish language students at the Faculty of Philology – University of Belgrade use the library of the Department of Iberian Studies and the library of the Instituto Cervantes in Belgrade for language learning.
Marijana Aleksić Milanović
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, 2007 To deliver effective personalization for digital library users, it is necessary to identify which human factors are most relevant in determining the behavior and perception of these users.
Liu, X +3 more
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Khizanah al-HikmahThe Digilib application represents an innovative library service aimed at extending access to a wider community. However, its utilization remained low, prompting this study to examine the factors influencing the acceptance of digital library technology ...
Jihan Dhiya Faridah +2 more
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The impact of library performance on students' satisfaction
This paper aims to assess undergraduate students’ satisfaction within the Arab International University (AIU). The results were addressed by conducting a questionnaire to a total of 228 of the undergraduate students of AIU, and by undertaken 8 interviews
Wade, Steve, Restoum, Maysoun
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To scope or not to scope; or what the users Will
, 2008 This paper describes services implemented in the webpac (SAULCAT) at the Library at the University of St Andrews to serve specialist user groups. These groups are primarily users of Rare book collections, audiovisual collections, Iranian Studies ...
Aucock, Janet +1 more
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