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Recommendation System “Virtual Reference”
2018 IEEE 13th International Scientific and Technical Conference on Computer Sciences and Information Technologies (CSIT), 2018The recommendation system that can be used in information activities in order to provide users with comprehensive recommendations on access to full-text information sources relevant to information needs is presented in the article. The basis for creating this reference system was the database, which consolidates the archives of virtual libraries ...
Antonii Rzheuskyi +2 more
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Virtual Reference: Chat with Us!
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2009Virtual chat services represent an exciting way to provide patrons of medical libraries with instant reference help in an academic environment. The purpose of this article is to examine the implementation, marketing process, use, and development of a virtual reference service initiated at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and ...
Mariana, Lapidus, Irena, Bond
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Virtual Reference, Real Money: Modeling Costs in Virtual Reference Services
portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009Libraries nationwide are in yet another phase of belt tightening. Without an understanding of the economic factors that influence library operations, however, controlling costs and performing cost-benefit analyses on services is difficult. This paper describes a project to develop a cost model for collaborative virtual reference services.
Lori Eakin, Jeffrey Pomerantz
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College & Undergraduate Libraries, 2007
Abstract Researchers performed a cost and benefit analysis of the University of South Florida's locally controlled chat service and compared the results to the advantages and expenses associated with a chat consortium. An evaluation of chat sessions revealed that a substantial portion of the inquiries received relate to university-specific interests ...
Bradley Wade Bishop, Matt Torrence
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Abstract Researchers performed a cost and benefit analysis of the University of South Florida's locally controlled chat service and compared the results to the advantages and expenses associated with a chat consortium. An evaluation of chat sessions revealed that a substantial portion of the inquiries received relate to university-specific interests ...
Bradley Wade Bishop, Matt Torrence
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Virtual Reference Services in Modern Libraries
International Journal of Digital Library Systems, 2015Reference Service is an important personalized service in the library and information centers. Traditionally, it is a one-to-one service provided by the reference librarian to users. But the present epoch is being transformed by the technology. Thus, with the progression of shifting technology the approaches of providing reference service in the ...
Nadim Akhtar Khan, Tazeem Zainab
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A reference architecture for scientific virtual laboratories
Future Generation Computer Systems, 2001Summary: Recent advances in the IT can be applied to properly support certain complex requirements in the scientific and engineering domains. In experimental sciences, for instance, researchers should be assisted with conducting their complex scientific experimentation and supporting their collaboration with other scientists.
Hamideh Afsarmanesh +4 more
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Frames of reference in virtual object rotation
Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Applied perception in graphics and visualization, 2004It is difficult with most current computer interfaces to rotate a virtual object so that it matches the orientation of another virtual object. Times to perform this simple task can exceed 20 seconds whereas the same kind of rotation can be accomplished with real objects and with some VR interfaces in less than two seconds.
Ware, Colin, Arsenault, Roland J.
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Dedicated Online Virtual Reference Instruction
Nurse Educator, 2005To facilitate nursing students' information literacy skills and enhance traditional library user services, academic librarians have developed synchronous (real-time) online virtual reference instruction in nursing research classes. The authors discuss collaborative efforts of nursing and library faculty in planning, implementing, and evaluating a ...
Ladonna, Guillot +2 more
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Journal of Library Administration, 2009
ABSTRACT When the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was incorporated as the Ohio College Library Center in July 1967, it was largely considered an enterprise whose primary task was investigating cataloging duplication in American libraries. Fred Kilgour, OCLC's founder, was the visionary behind a collaborative enterprise that would eventually ...
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ABSTRACT When the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was incorporated as the Ohio College Library Center in July 1967, it was largely considered an enterprise whose primary task was investigating cataloging duplication in American libraries. Fred Kilgour, OCLC's founder, was the visionary behind a collaborative enterprise that would eventually ...
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The Reference Librarian, 2002
Traditional reference services are changing in response to the rapid growth of electronic resources available outside of the library.
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Traditional reference services are changing in response to the rapid growth of electronic resources available outside of the library.
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