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In the United States, public technology funding is distributed differently across state lines. This impacts service and access to information particularly as it pertains to critical broadband access. Funding and service trends have changed, especially as it relates to public libraries, with some modifications working to their advantage and some to their detriment. As information is increasingly moving...
Despite efforts of the past three decades, participation of under represented minority groups is still an issue in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this context, a program between the Community College of Philadelphia and Drexel University to provide research experience to minority students was implemented based on the hypothesis that learning about science and...
This present study has been conceived to study the status of usage of E-Resources available under INDEST-AICTE Consortium by the Library Users of NIT, Silchar. Descriptive Research Method (Case Study of NIT Library Users) was adopted using self designed questionnaire incorporating some modification from the previous study conducted on usage of e-resources available under UGC-INFONET Digital Library...
Establishing an Open Access Policy (OAP) in an academic institution is unlike establishing other policies the institution might have developed. An OAP in an academic institution would require the active participation of all stakeholders; researcher/faculty, library, management (Administration) and even students. OAP development in Covenant University spanned a total of 13 months; covering, draft policy...
On the 13th conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) 2014 in Krakow a panel was held on ‘The Future of Knowledge Organization and ISKO’. Here a synopsis with additional information and more dense presentation is given by a panelist. The main items were: What is knowledge organization (KO)? What will be the most challenging for ISKO and KO in the future? What is your...
This paper illustrates the spaces, tribes and experiences within the Maker community. Using a theoretical framework of learning ecology and communities of practice, we illustrate and provide the context of Making, Maker Faires and Mini-Maker Faires, and Makers' experiences. We contribute a proposed taxonomy by which makerspaces can be categorized. We begin to compare Makers in our Southwest region...
This paper considers the problem of amplifying scientific paper's abstract by using its citation sentences. While scientific paper's abstract is concise and subjective, its citation sentences, which can be regarded as one kind of comment, are redundant and objective. A summary combining the merits of those two resource is helpful to researchers. A data-weighted reconstruction approach is proposed...
Initiatives for library digitization in Kenya are scattered all over with the university libraries, showing greatest progression. Despite the Government supporting the implementation of ICT related changes in universities, the pace in digitization of libraries still remains slow and pervasive. One of the reasons for the slow pace is attributed to challenges faced in managing the implementation of...
As traditional cultures around the world face the evermore prevalent threat of extinction, there has been a growing need to preserve these traditional cultures and traditional knowledge (TK). With the development of electronic information and communication technologies (ICTs) and a change in what the intellectual property (IP) system considers as prior art, information professionals can play an important...
Recent research indicates that women and minority students find computer science more meaningful and engaging when they have a chance to apply their knowledge within communal and societal context. We report the experience gained while incorporating a software engineering project that aid community and society at a university that predominantly serves underrepresented minority students. The project...
Broadband networks are becoming common worldwide, and people can communicate with each other overcoming the language barrier using machine translation and other tools. Libraries are becoming digital libraries where information can be obtained searching the contents of books and journals stored all over the world. Digital library technology contributes to improving the sustainability of society by...
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Library relocated in 2009. The new way of conducting business meant the change of software used, as the application CDS/ISIS no longer suited the Library needs. The library needed a modern integrated program solution and had no time to wait for the implementation of both Voyager and later Aleph which was organized by National and University Library. At...
The paper presents findings from the nationwide research about the current state of development of scientific digital repositories in the Croatian academic libraries. Although digital repositories of scientific information have become popular information resources in scientific community, only a small number of the Croatian academic libraries have such a digital repository active. The quantity of...
This paper presents an economic and theoretical feasibility study of the application of Micro Hydro Turbines at a case study Pressure Regulating Valve (PRV) site in a South African municipality's bulk water supply system. By examining data collected from the case study site it is possible to determine the flow rate available and pressure of the supply water flowing through the PRV system. Using this...
This paper explores the development of eLearning technologies as a new tool to implement competency-based curricula in Tanzania medical universities, with a specific focus on Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). The paper provides the background of eLearning aspects and the early attempt of adopting eLearning in 2006 at MUHAS and its challenges leading to failure, next it presents...
Building a platform for knowledge creation and engagement is a big task for librarians especially when incorporating social or new media. But, with the advent of new tools and open source technology, the librarians at Nanyang Technological University are able to sow the seeds in the library's technology infrastructure. The initiative leads in the construction of a campus wide platform, adopting WordPress...
Of all the benefits public access computers (PAC) offer users, one stands apart: stronger personal connections with friends and family. A closer look at the results of a qualitative study among users of libraries, telecenters, and cybercafes in Colombia, South America, shows that social media and personal relationships can also have an important community and sociopolitical dimension. By fostering...
Open source communities play an important role in open source software's development. Performance shows the result of all activities in an open source community (OSC). Based on the analysis of the components of an OSC and its knowledge sharing approaches, a reference model for evaluating performance of an OSC is presented, which consists of a new index system and a method based on Delphi-Ideal for...
In order to improve the effectiveness of information literacy education and extending the benefit of information literacy education, this article designed an educational platform of information literacy based on the network by PHP. The platform contained functional modules such as curriculum information, faculty, teaching plans, exercises and answers, VOD system, visual examination, application cases,...
As far as possible, the generally-known supporting techniques of Internet of Things and the widely-used Internet techniques are adopted to develop the interactive network platform of ubiquitous service, which can not only achieve the "stupidization" of its ways of using, but also is beneficial to march towards Ubiquitous Society. At present, according to changes of users' requirements in...
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