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oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1764 2019-07-17T13:25:55Z ital:ART

Editorial and Technological Workflow Tools to Promote Website Quality Morton-Owens, Emily G. Library websites are an increasingly visible representation of the library as an institution, which makes website quality an important way to communicate competence and trustworthiness to users. A website editorial workflow is one way to enforce a process and ensure quality. In a workflow, users receive roles, like author or editor, and content travels through various stages in which grammar, spelling, tone, and format are checked. One library used a workflow system to involve librarians in the creation of content. This system, implemented in Drupal, an opensource content management system, solved problems of coordination, quality, and comprehensiveness that existed on the library’s earlier, static website. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1764 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1764 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1764/1679 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1765 2019-07-17T13:26:22Z ital:ED

President's Message: Reflections on Membership Cuddy, Colleen Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1765 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1765 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1765/1668 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1766 2019-07-17T13:25:50Z ital:ED

Editorial: Koyaanisqatsi Truitt, Marc Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1766 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1766 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1766/1669 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1767 2019-07-17T13:25:52Z ital:ED

Editorial Board Thoughts: Eating Our Own Dogfood Witt, Michael Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1767 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1767 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1767/1678 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1768 2019-07-17T13:25:57Z ital:ART

Factors Affecting University Library Website Design Kim, Yongi-Mi Existing studies have extensively explored factors that affect users’ intentions to use university library website resources (ULWR); yet little attention has been given to factors affecting university library website design. This paper investigates factors that affect university library website design and assesses the success of the university library website from both designers’ and users’ perspectives. The findings show that when planning a website, university web designers consider university guidelines, review other websites, and consult with experts and other divisions within the library; however, resources and training for the design process are lacking. While website designers assess their websites as highly successful, user evaluations are somewhat lower. Accordingly, use is low, and users rely heavily on commercial websites. Suggestions for enhancing the usage of ULWR are provided. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1768 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1768 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1768/1673 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1769 2019-07-17T13:25:58Z ital:ART

Adoption of E-Book Readers Among College Students: A Survey Foasberg, Nancy M. To learn whether e-book readers have become widely popular among college students, this study surveys students at one large, urban, four-year public college. The survey asked whether the students owned e-book readers and if so, how often they used them and for what purposes. Thus far, uptake is slow; a very small proportion of students use e-readers. These students use them primarily for leisure reading and continue to rely on print for much of their reading. Students reported that price is the greatest barrier to e-reader adoption and had little interest in borrowing e-reader compatible e-books from the library. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1769 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1769 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1769/1674 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1770 2019-07-17T13:26:01Z ital:ART

Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues and Perspectives Riley-Huff, Debra A. Rholes, Julia M. Libraries are increasingly searching for and employing librarians with significant technology skill sets. This article reports on a study conducted to determine how well prepared librarians are for their positions in academic libraries, how they acquired their skillss and how difficult they are to hire and retain. The examination entails a close look at ALA-accredited LIS program technology course offerings and dovetails a dual survey designed to capture experiences and perspectives from practitioners, both library administrators and librarianss who have significant technology roles. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1770 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1770 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1770/1675 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1771 2019-07-17T13:26:03Z ital:TUT

Click Analytics: Visualizing Website Use Data Farney, Tabatha A. Click analytics is a powerful technique that displays what and where users are clicking on a webpage helping libraries to easily identify areas of high and low usage on a page without having to decipher website use data sets. Click analytics is a subset of web analytics, but there is little research that discusses its potential uses for libraries. This paper introduces three click analytics tools, Google Analytics’ In-Page Analytics, ClickHeat, and Crazy Egg, and evaluates their usefulness in the context of redesigning a library’s homepage. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-09-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1771 10.6017/ital.v30i3.1771 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 3 (2011) 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1771/1677 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1830 2019-07-17T13:20:28Z ital:ART

Library Use of Web-based Research Guides Ghaphery, Jimmy White, Erin This paper describes the ways in which libraries are currently implementing and managing web-based research guides (a.k.a. Pathfinders, LibGuides, Subject Guides, etc.) by examining two sets of data from the spring of 2011. One set of data was compiled by visiting the websites of ninety-nine American university ARL libraries and recording the characteristics of each site’s research guides. The other set of data is based on an online survey of librarians about the ways in which their libraries implement and maintain research guides. In conclusion, a discussion follows that includes implications for the library technology community. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1830 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1830 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 21-31 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1830/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1844 2019-07-17T13:13:36Z ital:ART

A File Storage Service on a Cloud Computing Environment for Digital Libraries Sosa-Sosa, Victor Jesus Hernandez-Ramirez, Emigdio M. This paper introduces a file storage service that is implemented on a private/hybrid cloud computing environment. The entire system was implemented using open source software. The characteristic of elasticity is supported by virtualization technologies allowing to increase and to decrease the computing and storage resources based on their demand. An evaluation of performance and resource consumption was made using several levels of data availability and fault tolerance. The set of modules included in this storage environment can be taken as a reference guide for IT staff that wants to have some experience building a modest cloud storage infrastructure. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1844 10.6017/ital.v31i4.1844 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 34-45 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1844/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1848 2019-07-17T13:17:59Z ital:ART

Academic Uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a Library Setting Dodsworth, Eva Nicholson, Andrew Over the last several years, Google Earth and Google Maps have been adopted by many academic institutions as an academic research and mapping tool. The authors were interested in discovering how popular the Google mapping products are in the academic library setting. A survey was conducted to establish the mapping products’ popularity, and type of use in an academic library setting. Results show that over 90% of the respondents use Google Earth and Google Maps either to help answer research questions, to create and access finding aids, for instructional purposes or for promotion and marketing. The authors recommend expanding the mapping product’s user base to include all reference and liaison librarians. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1848 10.6017/ital.v31i2.1848 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 102-117 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1848/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1855 2019-07-17T13:20:34Z ital:ART

Usability Test Results for a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library Fagan, Jody Condit Mandernach, Meris A. Nelson, Carl S. Paulo, Jonathan R. Saunders, Grover Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurrently search the library catalog and journal articles. While vendors rush to provide feature-rich interfaces and access to as much content as possible, librarians wonder about the usefulness of these tools to library patrons. In order to learn about both the utility and usability of EBSCO Discovery Service, James Madison University conducted a usability test with eight students and two faculty members. The test consisted of nine tasks focused on common patron requests or related to the utility of specific discovery tool features. Software recorded participants’ actions and time on task, human observers judged the success of each task, and a post-survey questionnaire gathered qualitative feedback and comments from the participants.  Overall, participants were successful at most tasks, but specific usability problems suggested some interface changes for both EBSCO Discovery Service and JMU’s customizations of the tool.  The study also raised several questions for libraries above and beyond any specific discovery tool interface, including the scope and purpose of a discovery tool versus other library systems, working with the large result sets made possible by discovery tools, and navigation between the tool and other library services and resources.  This article will be of interest to those who are investigating discovery tools, selecting products, integrating discovery tools into a library web presence, or performing evaluations of similar systems. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1855 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1855 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 83-112 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1855/1745 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1857 2019-07-17T13:20:23Z ital:ED

Editorial Board Thoughts: Tools of the Trade Farnel, Sharon Editorial Board Thoughts: Tools of the Trade Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1857 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1857 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 5-6 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1857/1736 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1859 2019-07-17T13:20:25Z ital:ART

Copyright: Regulation Out of Line with our Digital Reality? McDermott, Abigail J. This paper provides a brief overview of the current state of copyright law in the United States, focusing on the negative impacts of these policies on libraries and patrons. The article discusses four challenges current copyright law presents to libraries and the public in general, highlighting three concrete ways intellectual property law interferes with digital library services and systems. Finally, the author suggests that a greater emphasis on copyright literacy and a commitment among the library community to advocate for fairer policies is vital to correcting the imbalance between the interests of the public and those of copyright holders. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1859 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1859 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 7-20 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1859/1737 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1861 2019-07-17T13:20:36Z ital:TUT

Batch Ingesting into EPrints Digital Repository Software Neugebauer, Tomasz Han, Bin This paper describes the batch importing strategy and workflow used for the import of theses metadata and PDF documents into the EPrints digital repository software. A two-step strategy of importing metadata in MARC format followed by attachment of PDF documents is described in detail, including Perl source code for scripts used.  The processes described were used in the ingestion of 6,000 theses metadata and PDFs into an EPrints institutional repository. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1861 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1861 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 113-125 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1861/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1863 2019-07-17T13:22:54Z ital:ED

President's Message: Data Discovery Cuddy, Colleen President's Message: Data Discovery Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1863 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1863 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 150-151 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1863/1701 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1864 2019-07-17T13:23:13Z ital:ED

Outgoing Editor's Column: Parting Thoughts Truitt, Marc Outgoing Editor's Column: Parting Thoughts Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1864 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1864 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 152-154 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1864/1702 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1865 2019-07-17T13:22:57Z ital:ED

Incoming Editor's Column: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strain) Gerrity, Robert Incoming Editor's Column: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strain) Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1865 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1865 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 155 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1865/1703 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1866 2019-07-17T13:22:59Z ital:ED

Editorial Board Thoughts: Sharing Responsibility in the Digital Age Dehmlow, Mark Editorial Board Thoughts: Sharing Responsibility in the Digital Age Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1866 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1866 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 156 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1866/1704 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1867 2019-07-17T13:23:03Z ital:ART

Graphs in Libraries: A Primer Powell, James E. Alcazar, Daniel A. Hopkins, Matthew McMahon, Tamara M. Wu, Amber Collins, Linn Olendorf, Robert Whenever librarians use Semantic Web services and standards for representing data, they also generate graphs, whether they intend to or not. Graphs are a new data model for libraries and librarians, and they present new opportunities for library services. In this paper we introduce graph theory and explore its real and potential applications in the context of digital libraries. Part 1 describes basic concepts in graph theory and how graph theory has been applied by information retrieval systems such as Google. Part 2 discusses practical applications of graph theory in digital library environments. Some of the applications have been prototyped at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, others have been described in peer-reviewed journals, and still others are speculative in nature. The paper is intended to serve as a high-level tutorial to graphs in libraries. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1867 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1867 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 157-169 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1867/1705 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1868 2019-07-17T13:23:05Z ital:ART

Cataloging Theory in Search of Graph Theory and Other Ivory Towers Murray, Ronald J. Tillett, Barbara B. This paper summarizes a research program that focuses on how catalogers, other cultural heritage information workers, web/Semantic Web technologists, and the general public understand, explain, and manage resource description tasks by creating, counting, measuring, classifying, and otherwise arranging descriptions of cultural heritage resources within the bibliographic universe and beyond it. A significant effort is made to update the nineteenth-century mathematical and scientific ideas present in traditional cataloging theory to their twentieth- and twenty-first-century counterparts. There are two key elements in this approach: (1) a technique for diagrammatically depicting and manipulating large quantities of individual and grouped bibliographic entities and the relationships between them, and (2) the creation of resource description exemplars (problem–solution sets) that are intended to play theoretical, pedagogical, and IT system design roles. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1868 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1868 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 170-184 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1868/1706 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1869 2019-07-17T13:23:06Z ital:ART

Selecting a Web Content Management System for an Academic Library Website Black, Elizabeth L. This article describes the selection of a web content management system (CMS) at the Ohio State University Libraries. The author outlines the need for a CMS, describes the system requirements to support a large distributed content model and shares the CMS trial method used, which directly included content provider feedback side-by-side with the technical experts. The selected CMS is briefly described. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1869 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1869 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 185-189 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1869/1707 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1870 2019-07-17T13:23:08Z ital:TUT

From Static and Stale to Dynamic and Collaborative: The Drupal Difference Hubble, Ann Murphy, Deborah A. Perry, Susan Chesley Editor’s Note: This paper is adapted from a presentation given at the 2010 LITA Forum. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1870 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1870 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 190-197 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1870/1708 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1871 2019-07-17T13:23:11Z ital:TUT

Cloud Computing: Case Studies and Total Cost of Ownership Han, Yan This paper consists of four major sections: The first section is a literature review of cloud computing and a cost model. The next section focuses on detailed overviews of cloud computing and its levels of services: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Major cloud computing providers are introduced, including Amazon Web Services (AWS),Microsoft Azure, and Google App Engine. Finally, case studies of implementing web applications on IaaS and PaaS using AWS, Linode and Google AppEngine are demonstrated. Justifications of running on an IaaS provider (AWS) and running on a PaaS provider (Google AppEngine) are described. The last section discusses costs and technology analysis comparing cloud computing with local managed storage and servers. The total costs of ownership (TCO) of an AWS small instance are significantlylower, but the TCO of a typical 10TB space in Amazon S3 aresignificantly higher. Since Amazon offers lower storage pricing for huge amounts of data, the TCO might be lower. Readers should do their own analysis on the TCOs. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1871 10.6017/ital.v30i4.1871 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 4 (2011); 198-206 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1871/1709 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

oai:ital.corejournals.org:article/1880 2019-07-17T13:15:39Z ital:ART

Improving Independent Student Navigation of Complex Educational Web Sites: An Analysis of Two Navigation Design Changes in LibGuides Pittsley, Kate A Memmott, Sara Can the navigation of complex research web sites be improved so that users more often find their way without intermediation or instruction?  Librarians at Eastern Michigan University discovered that students were not recognizing navigational elements on web based research guides and tested possible solutions. In this study, two types of navigation improvements were applied to separate sets of online guides. Both sets of experimental guides showed an increase in use of navigation to secondary pages of the guides. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1880 10.6017/ital.v31i3.1880 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 52-64 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1880/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Usability Study of a Library's Mobile Website: An Example from Portland State University Pendell, Kimberly D. Bowman, Michael S. To discover how a newly developed library mobile website performed across a variety of devices, the authors used a hybrid field and laboratory methodology to conduct a usability test of the website. Twelve student participants were recruited and selected according to phone type. Results revealed a wide array of errors attributed to site design, wireless network connections, as well as phone hardware and software. This study provides an example methodology for testing library mobile websites, identifies issues associated with mobile websites, and provides recommendations for improving the user experience. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1913 10.6017/ital.v31i2.1913 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 45-62 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1913/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Next Generation Integrated Library System: A Promise Fulfilled? Wang, Yongming Dawes, Trevor A The adoption of Integrated Library Systems (ILS) became prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s as libraries began or continued to automate their processes.  These systems enabled library staff to work, in many cases, more efficiently than they had been in the past.  However, these systems were also restrictive – especially as the nature of the work began to change, largely in response to the growth of electronic and digital resources – for which these systems were not intended to manage.  New library systems – the second (or next) generation library systems are needed in order to effectively manage the processes of acquiring, describing and making available all library resources.  This article examines the state of library systems today and describes the features needed in a next generation library system.  The authors also examine some of the next generation library systems currently in development that purport to fill the changing needs of libraries. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1914 10.6017/ital.v31i3.1914 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 76-84 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1914/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Investigations into Library Web-Scale Discovery Services Vaughan, Jason Web-scale discovery services for libraries provide deep discovery to a library’s local and licensed content, and represent an evolution, perhaps a revolution, for end user information discovery as pertains to library collections.  This article frames the topic of web-scale discovery, and begins by illuminating web-scale discovery from an academic library’s perspective – that is, the internal perspective seeking widespread staff participation in the discovery conversation.  This included the creation of a discovery task force, a group which educated library staff, conducted internal staff surveys, and gathered observations from early adopters.  The article next addresses the substantial research conducted with library vendors which have developed these services.  Such work included drafting of multiple comprehensive question lists distributed to the vendors, onsite vendor visits, and continual tracking of service enhancements.  Together, feedback gained from library staff, insights arrived at by the Discovery Task Force, and information gathered from vendors collectively informed the recommendation of a service for the UNLV Libraries. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1916 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1916 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 32-82 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1916/1744 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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METS as an 'Intermediary' Schema for a Digital Library of Complex Scientific Multimedia Gartner, Richard The use of the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) schema as a mechanism for delivering a digital library of complex scientific multimedia is examined as an alternative to the Fedora Content Model (FCM). Using METS as an 'intermediary' schema, where it functions as a template which is populated with content metadata on-the-fly using an XSLT transformation, it is possible to replicate the flexibility of structure and granularity of FCM while avoiding its complexity and often substantial demands on developers. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1917 10.6017/ital.v31i3.1917 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 24-35 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1917/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Guest Editorial Lynch, Clifford Guest Editorial Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1918 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1918 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 3 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1918/1733 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Trends at a Glance: A Management Dashboard of Library Statistics Morton-Owens, Emily G Hanson, Karen L Systems librarians at an academic medical library created a management data dashboard. Charts were designed using best practices for data visualization and dashboard layout, and include metrics on gatecount, website visits, IM reference chats, circulation, and ILL volume and turnaround time. Several charts draw on EZproxy log data that has been analyzed and linked to other databases to reveal use by different academic departments and user roles (such as faculty or student). Most charts are bar charts and include a linear regression trendline. The implementation uses Perl scripts to retrieve data from eight different sources and add it to a MySQL data warehouse, from which PHP/Javascript webpages use Google Chart Tools to create the dashboard charts. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1919 10.6017/ital.v31i3.1919 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 36-51 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1919/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Learning to Share: Measuring Use of a Digitized Collection on Flickr and in the IR Schlosser, Melanie Stamper, Brian There is very little public data on usage of digitized library collections. New methods for promoting and sharing digitized collections are created all the time, but very little investigation has been done on the effect of those efforts on usage of the collections on library websites. This study attempts to measure the effects of reposting a collection on Flickr on use of the collection in a library-run institutional repository. The results are inconclusive, but the paper provides background on the topic and guidance for future efforts. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1926 10.6017/ital.v31i3.1926 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 85-96 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1926/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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President's Message: Open Access/Open Data Cuddy, Colleen President's Message Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1927 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1927 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 1-2 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1927/1734 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editor's Comments Gerrity, Robert Editor's Comments Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2008-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1928 10.6017/ital.v31i1.1928 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 1 (2012); 4 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1928/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Autocomplete as Research Tool: A Study on Providing Search Suggestions Ward, David Hahn, Jim Feist, Kirsten As the library website and on its online searching tools become the primary “branch” many users visit for their research, methods for providing automated, context-sensitive research assistance need to be developed to guide unmediated searching towards the most relevant results.  This study examines one such method, the use of autocompletion in search interfaces, by conducting usability tests on its use in typical academic research scenarios.  The study reports notable findings on user preference for autocomplete features, and suggests best practices for their implementation. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1930 10.6017/ital.v31i4.1930 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 6-19 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1930/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Information Retrieval Using a Middleware Approach Boberić Krstićev, Danijela This paper explores the use of a mediator/wrapper approach to enable the search of an existing library management system using different information retrieval protocols. It proposes an architecture for a software component that will act as an intermediary between the library system and search services. It provides an overview of different approaches to add Z39.50 and Search/Retrieval via URL (SRU) functionality using a middleware approach that is implemented on the BISIS library management system. That wrapper performs transformation of Contextual Query Language (CQL) into Lucene query language. The primary aim of this software component is to enable search and retrieval of bibliographic records using the SRU and Z39.50 protocols, but the proposed architecture of the software components is also suitable for inclusion of the existing library management system into a library portal. The software component provides a single interface to server-side protocols for search and retrieval of records. Additional protocols could be used. This paper provides practical demonstration of interest to developers of library management systems and those who are trying to use open-source solutions to make their local catalog accessible to other systems. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-03-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1941 10.6017/ital.v32i1.1941 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013); 54-69 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1941/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Examining Attributes of Open Standard File Formats for Long-term Preservation and Open Access Park, Eun G Oh, Sam This study examines the attributes that have been used to assess file formats in literature and compiles the most frequently used attributes of file formats in order to establish open standard file format selection criteria.  A comprehensive review was undertaken to identify the current knowledge regarding file format selection criteria. The findings indicate that the most common criteria can be categorized into five major groups: functionality, metadata, openness, interoperability and independence. These attributes appear to be closely related. Additional attributes include presentation, authenticity, adoption, protection, preservation, reference and others.  Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1946 10.6017/ital.v31i4.1946 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 46-67 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/1946/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: Doesn't Work Cyzyk, Mark Editorial Board Thoughts: Doesn't Work Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2161 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2161 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 3-5 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2161/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Reference Information Extraction and Processing Using Random Conditional Fields Groza, Tudor Grimnes, AAstrand Handschuh, Siegfried Fostering both the creation and the linking of data with the scope of supporting the growth of the Linked Data Web requires us to improve the acquisition and extraction mechanisms of the underlying semantic metadata. This is particularly important for the scientific publishing domain, where currently most of the datasets are being created in an author-driven, manual manner. In addition, such datasets capture only fragments of the complete metadata, omitting usually, important elements such as the references, although they represent valuable information. In this paper we present an approach that aims at dealing with this aspect of extraction and processing of reference information. The experimental evaluation shows that, currently, our solution handles very well diverse types of reference format, thus making it usable for, or adaptable to, any area of scientific publishing. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2163 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2163 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 6-20 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2163/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Public Library Computer Waiting Queues: Alternatives to the First-Come-First-Served Strategy Williamson, Stuart This paper summarizes the results of a simulation of alternative queuing strategies for a public library computer sign-up system.  Using computer usage data gathered from a public library, the performance of these various queuing strategies is compared in terms of the distribution of user wait times.  The consequences of partitioning a pool of public computers are illustrated as are the potential benefits of prioritizing users in the waiting queue according to the amount of computer time they desire. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2164 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2164 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 72-81 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2164/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Resource Discovery: Comparative Results on Two Catalog Interfaces Hessel, Heather Fransen, Janet Like many libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities now offers a next-generation catalog alongside a traditional online public access catalog (OPAC). One year after the launch of its new platform as the default catalog, usage data for the OPAC remained relatively high, and anecdotal comments raised questions. In response, the Libraries conducted surveys that covered topics such as perceptions of success, known-item searching, preferred search environments, and desirable resource types. Results show distinct differences in the behavior of faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate survey respondents, and between library staff and non-library staff respondents. Both quantitative and qualitative data inform the analysis and conclusions. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2165 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2165 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 21-44 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2165/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge? Dresselhaus, Angela Shrode, Flora In this paper we report on two surveys and offer an introductory plan that librarians may use to begin implementing mobile access to selected library databases and services. Results from the first survey helped us to gain insight into where students at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah, stand regarding their use of mobile devices for academic activities in general and their desire for access to library services and resources in particular. A second survey, conducted with librarians, gave us an idea of the extent to which responding libraries offer mobile access, their future plans for mobile implementation, and their opinions about whether and how mobile technologies may be useful to library patrons. In the last segment of the paper, we outline steps librarians can take as they “go mobile.” Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2166 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2166 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 82-101 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2166/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation Kastellec, Mike This paper examines factors that limit the ability of institutions to digitally preserve the cultural heritage of the modern era. The author takes a wide-ranging approach to shed light on limitations to the scope of digital preservation.  The author finds that technological limitations to digital preservation have been addressed but still exist, and that non-technical aspects—access, selection, law, and finances—move into the foreground as technological limitations recede.  The author proposes a nested model of constraints to the scope of digital preservation and concludes that costs are digital preservation’s most pervasive limitation. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2167 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2167 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 63-71 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2167/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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President's Message: The Year in Review--Everything Open Cuddy, Colleen President's Message Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-06-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2230 10.6017/ital.v31i2.2230 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2012); 1-2 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2230/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Extending IM beyond the Reference Desk: A Case Study on the Integration of Chat Reference and Library-Wide Instant Messaging Network Chan, Ian Ly, Pearl Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani Openfire is an open source IM network and a single unified application that meets the needs of chat reference and internal communications. In Fall 2009, the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Library began use of Openfire and other Jive software instant messaging technologies, to simultaneously improve our existing IM-integrated chat reference software and implement an internal IM network. This case study describes the chat reference and internal communications environment at the CSUSM Library and the selection, implementation, and evaluation of Openfire. In addition, the authors discuss the benefits of deploying an integrated instant messaging and chat reference network. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2241 10.6017/ital.v31i3.2241 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 4-24 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2241/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Experiences of Migrating to Open Source Integrated Library Systems Singh, Vandana Interest in migrating to open source integrated library systems is continually growing in libraries. Along with the interest, lack of empirical research and evidence to compare the process of migration brings a lot of anxiety to the interested librarians. In this research, twenty librarians who have worked in libraries that migrated to open source ILS or are in the process of migrating were interviewed. The interviews focused on their experiences and the lessons learned in the process of migration. The results from the interviews are used to create guidelines/best practices for each stage of the adoption process of open source ILS. These guidelines will be helpful or librarians who want to research and/or adopt open source ILS.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-03-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2268 10.6017/ital.v32i1.2268 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013); 36-53 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2268/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Student Use of Library Computers: Are Desktop Computers Still Relevant in Today's Libraries? Thompson, Susan Academic libraries have traditionally provided computers for students to access their collections and, more recently, facilitate all aspects of studying. Recent changes in technology, particularly the increased presence of mobile devices, calls into question how libraries can best provide technology support and how it might impact the use of other library services. A two-year study conducted at California State University San Marcos library analyzed student use of the computers in the library, both the library’s own desktop computers and laptops owned by students.  The results found that, despite the increased ownership of mobile technology by students, they still clearly preferred to use desktop computers in the library. It also showed that students who used computers in the library were more likely to use other library services and physical collections. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2284 10.6017/ital.v31i4.2284 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 20-33 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2284/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Social Contexts of New Media Literacy: Mapping Libraries Thorne Wallington, Elizabeth The development and diffusion of new media and digital technologies has profoundly affected the literacy experiences of today’s youth.  Young people today develop literacy through a variety of new media and digital technologies (Ito et al, 2009).  The dissemination of these resources has also allowed for youth to have literacy-rich experiences in an array of different settings.  This paper will explore how mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) can help illuminate the cultural and social factors related to how, and where, students access and use new media literacies and digital technology.  Libraries play an important role in encouraging new media literacy development; yet access to libraries must be understood through social and cultural contexts. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-12-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2309 10.6017/ital.v32i4.2309 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 4 (2013); 53-65 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2309/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Modeling a Library Web Site Redesign Process: Developing a User-Centered Web Site Through Usability Testing Becker, Danielle A. Yannotta, Lauren This article presents a model for creating a strong, user-centered web presence by pairing usability testing and the design process. Four rounds of usability testing were conducted throughout the process of building a new academic library web site. Participants were asked to perform tasks using a talk-aloud protocol. Tasks were based on guiding principles of web usability that served as a framework for the new site. Results from this study show that testing throughout the design process is an effective way to build a web site that not only reflects user needs and preferences, but can be easily changed as new resources and technologies emerge.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-03-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2311 10.6017/ital.v32i1.2311 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013); 6-22 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2311/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Eclipse Editor for MARC Records Surla, Bojana Dimić Editing bibliographic data is an important part of library information systems. In this paper we discuss existing approaches in developing of user interface for editing MARC records. There are two basic approaches, screen forms that support entering bibliographic data without knowledge of the MARC structure and direct editing of MARC records that is shown on the screen. The main result presented in the paper is Eclipse editor for MARC records that fully supports editing of MARC records. It is written in Java as Eclipse plug-in so it is platform-independent. It can be extended for using with any data store. At the end, the paper presents Rich Client Platform application made of MARC editor plug-in which can be used outside of Eclipse. The practical application of the results is integration of created Rich Client Platform application in BISIS library information system.  Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2384 10.6017/ital.v31i3.2384 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 65-75 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2384/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: Appreciation for History Porter, Cynthia Editorial Board Thoughts: Appreciation for History Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2526 10.6017/ital.v31i3.2526 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 2-3 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2526/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editor's Comments Gerrity, Robert Editor's Comments Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2528 10.6017/ital.v31i3.2528 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012); 1 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2528/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Mapping for the Masses: GIS Lite & Online Mapping Tools in Academic Libraries Weessies, Kathleen W. Dotson, Daniel S. Customized colorful maps depicting complex social data are much more prevalent today than in the past. Not only in formal published outlets, interactive map sites make it easy to create and publish custom maps in more casual outlets such as social media. This article defines GIS Lite, describes three licensed products currently licensed by institutions, and discusses issues that arise from their varied functionality and license restrictions.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-03-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2867 10.6017/ital.v32i1.2867 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2013); 23-35 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2867/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Animated Subject Maps for Book Collections Donahue, Tim Of our two primary textual formats, articles by far have received the most fiscal and technological support in recent decades. Meanwhile, our more traditional format, the book, seems in some ways to already be treated as a languishing symbol of the past. The development of OPACs and the abandonment of card catalogs in the Eighties and Nineties is the seminal evolution in print monograph access, but little else has changed. To help users locate books by call number and browse the collection by subject, animated subject maps were created. While the initial aim is a practical one, helping users to locate books and subjects, the subject maps also reveal the knowledge organization of the physical library, which it displays in a way that can be meaningful to faculty, students, and other community members. We can do more with current technologies to assist and enrich the experience of users searching and browsing for books. The subject map is hopefully an example of how we can do more in this regard. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-06-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2892 10.6017/ital.v32i2.2892 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 2 (2013); 7-17 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2892/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Computer Based Acquisitions System at Texas A&I University Morris, Ned C. In September 1966, a system was initiated at the University which provides for the use of automatically produced multiple orders and for the use of change chards to update order information on previously placed orders already on disk storage. The system is geared to an IBM 1620 Central Proessing Unit (40K) which has processed a total of 10,222 order transactions the first year. It is believed that the system will lend itself to further development within its existing framework and that it will be capable of handling future work loads. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2922 10.6017/ital.v1i1.2922 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 1-12 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2922/2541 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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A Book Catalog at Stanford Johnson, Richard D. Description of a system for the production of a book catalog for an undergraduate library, using an IBM 1401 Computer (12K storage, 4 tape drives), an expanded print chain on the 1403 Printer, and an 029 Card Punch for input. Described are the conversion of cataloging information into machine readable form, the machine record produced, the computer programs employed, and printing of the catalog. The catalog, issued annually, is in three parts: an author & title catalog, a subject catalog, and a shelf list. Cumulative supplements are issued quarterly. A central idea in the depiction of entries in the catalog is the abandonment of the main entry concept. The alphabetical arrangement of entries is discuessed: sort keys employed, filing order observed, symbols employed to alter this order, and problems encountered. Cost factors involved in the preparation of the catalog are summarized. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2923 10.6017/ital.v1i1.2923 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 13-50 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2923/2542 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Brown University Library Fund Accounting System Wedgeworth, Robert The computer-based acquisitions procedures which have been developed at the Library provide more efficient and more effective control over fund accounting and the maintenance of an outstanding order file. The system illustrates an economical, yet highly flexible, approach to automated acquisitions procedures in a university library. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2924 10.6017/ital.v1i1.2924 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 51-65 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2924/2543 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Comparative Costs of Converting Shelf List Records to Machine Readable Form Chapin, Richard E. Pretzer, Dale H. A study at Michigan State University Library compared the costs of three different methods of conversion: keypunching, paper-tape typewriting, and optical scanning by a service bureau. The record converted included call number, copy number, first 39 letters of the author's name, first 43 letters of the title, and date of publication. Source documents were all of the shelf list cards at the Library. The end products were a master book tape of the library collections and a machine readable book card for each volume to be used in an automated circulation system. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2925 10.6017/ital.v1i1.2925 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 66-74 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2925/2544 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Development and Administration of Automated Systems in Academic Libraries De Gennaro, Richard The first partof this paper considers three general approaches to the development of an automation system in a large research library. The library may decide simply to wait for developments; it may attempt to develop a total or integrated system from the start; or it may adopt an evolutionary approach leading to an integrated system. Oustside consultants, it is suggested, will become increasingly important. The second part of the paper deals with important elements in any program regardless of the approach. These include the building of a capability to do automation work, staffing, equipment, organizational structure, selection of projects, and costs. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2926 10.6017/ital.v1i1.2926 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 75-91 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2926/2545 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Automated Book Order and Circulation Control Procedures at the Oakland University Library Auld, Lawrence Automated systems of book order and circulation control using an IBM 1620 Computer are described as developed at Oakland University. Relative degrees of success and failure are discussed briefly. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-05-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2927 10.6017/ital.v1i2.2927 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 93-109 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2927/2546 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Creation of Computer Input in an Expanded Character Set Black, Donald V. Keypunching of an expanded character set for library catalog data is described. The set included 101 different characters. Source documents were shelf list cards, the master record at the University of California Library, Santa Cruz. At the end of February 1967, some 50 million characters, representing more than 110,000 separate titles, had been punched. Some of the considerations leading to the adoption of this method for the creation of machine readable input are given, and details on costs and production rates. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-05-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2928 10.6017/ital.v1i2.2928 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 110-120 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2928/2547 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Costs of Library Catalog Cards Produced by Computer Kilgour, Frederick G. Production costs of 79,831 cards are analyzed. Cards were produced by four variants of the Columbia-Harvard-Yale procedure employing an IBM 870 Document Writer and an IBM 1401 computer. Costs per card ranged from 8.8 to 9.8 cents for completed cards. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-05-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2929 10.6017/ital.v1i2.2929 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 121-127 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2929/2548 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Bell Laboratories' Library Real-Time Loan System (BELLREL) Kennedy, R. A. Bell Telephone Laboratories has established an on-line circulation system linking two terminals in each of its three largest libraries to a central computer. Objectives include imporved service through computer pooling of collections, immediate reporting on publication  availability or a borrower's record, automatice reserve follow-up; reduced labor; and increased management information. loans, returns, reserves and many queries are handled in real time. Input may be keyboard only or combined with card reading, to handle all publications with borrower present or absent. BELLREL is now being used for some 1500 transactions per day. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-05-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2930 10.6017/ital.v1i2.2930 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 2 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 128-146 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2930/2549 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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An Integrated Computer Based Technical Processing System in a Small College Library Scott, Jack W. A functioning technical processing system in a two-year community college library utilizes a model 2201 Friden Flexowriter with punch card control and tab card reading units, an IBM 026 Key Punch, and an IBM 1440 computer, with two tape and two disc drives, to produce all acquisitions and catalog files based primarily on a single typing at the time of initiating an order. Records generated by the initial order, with slight updating of information, are used to produce, via computer, manual and mechanized order files and shelf lists, catalogs in both the traditional 3x5 card form and book form, mechanized claiming of unfilled orders, and subject bibliographies. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2931 10.6017/ital.v1i3.2931 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 149-158 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2931/2550 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Cost Comparison of Computer Versus Manual Catalog Maintenance Kountz, John C. Is a computer assisted catalog system less expensive than its manual counterpart? A method for comparing the two was developed and applied to historical data from the Orange County Public Library. Comparative costs obtained were $.89 per entry for computer assisted catalog maintenance versus $1.71 for manual maintenance.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2932 10.6017/ital.v1i3.2932 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 159-177 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2932/2551 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Subject Reference Lists Produced by Computer Chen, Ching-chih Kingham, E. Robert A system developed to produce fourteen subject reference lists by IBM 360/75 is described in detail. The computerized system has many advantages over conventional manual procedures. The feedback from students and other users is discussed, and some analysis of cost is included. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2933 10.6017/ital.v1i3.2933 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 178-197 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2933/2552 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Production of Library Catalog Cards and Bulletin Using an IBM 1620 Computer and an IBM 870 Document Writing System Murrill, Donald P. A program is presented which runs on an IBM 1620 Computer and produces punched cards that activate an IBM 870 Document Writing System to type catalog cards in upper- and lower-case characters. Another program produces punched cards which instruct the 870 to type a library accessions bulletin. The programs are written in FORTRAN II and are described in detail. Estimates of costs and production times are included. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2934 10.6017/ital.v1i3.2934 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 3 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 198-212 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2934/2553 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Conversion of Bibliographic Information to Machine Readable Form Using On-Line Computer Terminals Balfour, Frederick M. A description of the first six months of a project to convert to machine readable form the entire shelf list of the Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo. IBM DATATEXT, the on-line computer service which was used for the conversion, provided an upper- and lower-case typewriter which transmitted data to disk storage of a digital computer. Output was a magnetic tape containing bibliographic information tagged in a modified MARC I format. Typists performed all tagging at the console. All information except diacriticals and non-Roman alphabets was converted. Direct costs for the first six months were $.55 per title. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2935 10.6017/ital.v1i4.2935 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 217-226 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2935/2554 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Bibliographic Retrieval from Bibliographic Input; the Hypothesis and Construction of a Test Ruecking, Jr., Frederick H. A study of problems associated with bibliographic retrieval using unverified input data supplied by requesters. A code derived from compression of title and author information to four, four-character abbreviations each was used for retrieval tests on an IBM 1401 computer. Retrieval accuracy was 98.67% Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2936 10.6017/ital.v1i4.2936 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 227-238 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2936/2555 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Automatic Retrieval of Biographical Reference Books Weil, Cherie B. A description of one of the first projected attempts to automate a reference service, that of advising which biographical reference book to use. Two hundred and thirty-four biographical books were categorized as to type of subjects included and contents of the uniform entries they contain. A computer program which selects up to five books most likely to contain answers to biographical questions is described and its test results presented An evaluation of the system and a discussion of ways to extend the scheme to other forms of reference work are given.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2937 10.6017/ital.v1i4.2937 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 239-249 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2937/2556 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Compression Word Coding Techniques for Information Retrieval Nugent, William R. A description and comparison is presented of four compression techniques for word coding having application to information retrieval. The emphasis is on codes useful in creating directories to large data files. It is further shown how differing application objectives lead to differing measures of optimality for codes, though compression may be a common quality. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2938 10.6017/ital.v1i4.2938 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 250-260 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2938/2557 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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MARC II and COBOL Avram, Henriette D. Droz, Julius R. A description of the machine processing of MARC II records using COBOL for an application on the Library of Congress System 360/30. Emphasis is on the manipulation by COBOL of highly complex variable length MARC records containing variable length fields. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 1968-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2939 10.6017/ital.v1i4.2939 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968): Journal of Library Automation; 261-272 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/2939/2558 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: Technology and Mission: Reflections of a First-Year Library Director Tallent, Ed Editorial Board Thoughts: Technology and Missions: Reflections of a First-Year Library Director Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3001 10.6017/ital.v31i4.3001 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 3-5 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3001/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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President's Message: 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Infrastructure Starr, Karen J. President's Message: 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Infrastructure Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3002 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3002 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 54 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3002/2616 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial: Singularity--Are We There Yet? Truitt, Marc Editorial: Singularity--Are We There Yet? Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3003 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3003 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 55-59 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3003/2617 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: Just Like Being There, or How I Learned To Stop Coveting Bare Metal and Learned to Love My VM Cyzyk, Mark Editorial Board Thoughts: Just Like Being There, or How I Learned To Stop Coveting Bare Metal and Learned to Love My VM Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3004 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3004 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 60-61 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3004/2618 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Management and Support of Shared Integrated Library Systems Vaughan, Jason Costello, Kristen The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3005 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3005 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 62-70 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3005/2619 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Benign Neglect: Developing Life Rafts for Digital Content DeRidder, Jody L. Benign Neglect: Developing Life Rafts for Digital Content Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3006 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3006 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 71-74 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3006/2620 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Enhancing Metadata Subject Elements with Weights Zhang, Hong Smith, Linda C. Twidale, Michael Gao, Fang Huang Subject indexing has been conducted in a dichotomous way in terms of what the information object is primarily about/of or not, corresponding to the presence or absence of a particular subject term, respectively. With more subject terms brought into information systems via social tagging, manual cataloging, or automated indexing, many more partially relevant results can be retrieved. Using examples from digital image collections and online library catalog systems, we explore the problem and advocate for adding a weighting mechanism to subject indexing and tagging to make web search and navigation more effective and efficient. We argue that the weighting of subject terms is more important than ever in today’s world of growing collections, more federated searching, and expansion of social tagging. Such a weighting mechanism needs to be considered and applied not only by indexers, catalogers, and taggers, but also needs to be incorporated into system functionality and metadata schemas. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3007 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3007 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 75-80 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3007/2621 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Building an Open Source Institutional Repository at a Small Law School Library: Is it Realistic or Unattainable? Wang, Fang Digital preservation activities among law libraries have largely been limited by a lack of funding, staffing and expertise. Most law school libraries that have already implemented an Institutional Repository (IR) chose proprietary platforms because they are easy to set up, customize, and maintain with the technical and development support they provide. The Texas Tech University School of Law Digital Repository is one of the few law school repositories in the nation that is built on the DSpace open source platform.1 The repository is the law school’s first institutional repository in history. It was designed to collect, preserve, share and promote the law school’s digital materials, including research and scholarship of the law faculty and students, institutional history, and law-related resources. In addition, the repository also serves as a dark archive to house internal records. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3008 10.6017/ital.v30i2.3008 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 2 (2011); 81-84 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3008/2622 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editor's Comments Gerrity, Robert Editor's Comments Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2012-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3012 10.6017/ital.v31i4.3012 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 31 No. 4 (2012); 1-2 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3012/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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President's Message: Membership, Leadership, Emerging Leaders, and LITA Starr, Karen J. President’s Message: Membership, Leadership, Emerging Leaders, and LITA Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3037 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3037 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 2 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3037/2660 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial: "The Air is Full of People" Truitt, Marc Editorial: "The Air is Full of People" Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3038 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3038 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 3-5 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3038/2661 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: Is Open Access the Answer? Porter, Cynthia Editorial Board Thoughts: Is Open Access the Answer? Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3039 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3039 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 6 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3039/2662 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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A Simple Scheme for Book Classification Using Wikipedia Yelton, Andromeda Because the rate at which documents are being generated outstrips librarians’ ability to catalog them, an accurate, automated scheme of subject classification is desirable. However, simplistic word-counting schemes miss many important concepts; librarians must enrich algorithms with background knowledge to escape basic problems such as polysemy and synonymy. I have developed a script that uses Wikipedia as context for analyzing the subjects of nonfiction books. Though a simple method built quickly from freely available parts, it is partially successful, suggesting the promise of such an approach for future research. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3040 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3040 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 7-15 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3040/2663 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Internet Public Library (IPL): An Exploratory Case Study on User Perceptions Maceli, Monica Wiedenbeck, Susan Abels, Eileen The Internet Public Library (IPL), now known as ipl2, was created in 1995 with the mission of serving the public by providing librarian-recommended Internet resources and reference help. We present an exploratory case study on public perceptions of an “Internet public library,” based on qualitative analysis of interviews with ten college student participants: some current users and others unfamiliar with the IPL. The exploratory interviews revealed some confusion around the IPL’s name and the types of resources and services that would be offered. Participants made many positive comments about the IPL’s resource quality, credibility, and personal help. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3041 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3041 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 16-23 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3041/2664 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Semantic Web for Reliable Citation Analysis in Scholarly Publishing Tous, Ruben Guerrero, Manel Delgado, Jaime Analysis of the impact of scholarly artifacts is constrained by current unreliable practices in cross-referencing, citation discovering, and citation indexing and analysis, which have not kept pace with the technological advances that are occurring in several areas like knowledge management and security. Because citation analysis has become the primary component in scholarly impact factor calculation, and considering the relevance of this metric within both the scholarly publishing value chain and (especially important) the professional curriculum evaluation of scholarly professionals, we defend that current practices need to be revised. This paper describes a reference architecture that aims to provide openness and reliability to the citation-tracking lifecycle. The solution relies on the use of digitally signed semantic metadata in the different stages of the scholarly publishing workflow in such a manner that authors, publishers, repositories, and citation-analysis systems will have access to independent reliable evidences that are resistant to forgery, impersonation, and repudiation. As far as we know, this is the first paper to combine Semantic Web technologies and public-key cryptography to achieve reliable citation analysis in scholarly publishing Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3042 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3042 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 24-33 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3042/2665 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Web Accessibility, Libraries, and the Law Fulton, Camilla With an abundance of library resources being served on the web, researchers are finding that disabled people oftentimes do not have the same level of access to materials as their nondisabled peers. This paper discusses web accessibility in the context of United States’ federal laws most referenced in web accessibility lawsuits. Additionally, it reveals which states have statutes that mirror federal web accessibility guidelines and to what extent. Interestingly, fewer than half of the states have adopted statutes addressing web accessibility, and fewer than half of these reference Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. Regardless of sparse legislation surrounding web accessibility, librarians should consult the appropriate web accessibility resources to ensure that their specialized content reaches all. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3043 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3043 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 34-43 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3043/4837 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Usability of the VuFind Next-Generation Online Catalog Emanuel, Jennifer The VuFind open–source, next-generation catalog system was implemented by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois as an alternative to the WebVoyage OPAC system. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign began offering VuFind alongside WebVoyage in 2009 as an experiment in next generation catalogs. Using a faceted search discovery interface, it offered numerous improvements to the UIUC catalog and focused on limiting results after searching rather than limiting searches up front. Library users have praised VuFind for its Web 2.0 feel and features. However, there are issues, particularly with catalog data. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3044 10.6017/ital.v30i1.3044 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 30 No. 1 (2011); 44-52 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3044/2666 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Searchable Signatures: Context and the Struggle for Recognition Schlesselman-Tarango, Gina Social networking sites made possible through Web 2.0 allow for unique user-generated tags called “searchable signatures.”  These tags move beyond the descriptive and act as means for users to assert online individual and group identities.  A study of searchable signatures on the Instagram application demonstrates that these types of tags are valuable not only because they allow for both individuals and groups to engage in what social theorist Axel Honneth calls the struggle for recognition, but also because they provide contextual use data and sociohistorical information so important to the understanding of digital objects.  This article explores how searchable signatures might be used by both patrons and staff in library environments. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-09-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3093 10.6017/ital.v32i3.3093 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 3 (2013); 5-19 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3093/pdf_1 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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First Aid Training for Those on the Front Lines: Digital Preservation Needs Survey Results 2012 DeRidder, Jody L. Every day history is being made and recorded in digital form. Every day, more and more digitally-captured history disappears completely or becomes inaccessible due to obsolescence of hardware, software, and formats. Although it has long been the focus of libraries and archives to retain, organize, and preserve information, these communities face a critical skills gap. Until we have in place the infrastructure, expertise and resources to distill critical information from the digital deluge and preserve it appropriately, what steps can those in the field take to help mitigate the loss of our cultural heritage? This article argues for the need for practical, accessible free or low-cost digital preservation training webinars, and reports on the results of a survey to identify the most important topics and types of materials on which to focus.   Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2013-06-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3123 10.6017/ital.v32i2.3123 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 32 No. 2 (2013); 18-28 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3123/pdf Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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President’s Message: BTOP, Broadband, E-Rate, and LITA Starr, Karen J. President’s Message: BTOP, Broadband, E-Rate, and LITA Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3124 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3124 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 162 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3124/2739 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial: The Space in Between, or, Why ITAL Matters Truitt, Marc Editorial: The Space in Between, or, Why ITAL Matters Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3125 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3125 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 163-166 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3125/2740 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial: Why Is ITAL Important? Marmion, Dan Editorial: Why Is ITAL Important? Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3126 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3126 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 167-168 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3126/2741 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Editorial Board Thoughts: System Requirements Farnel, Sharon Editorial Board Thoughts: System Requirements Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3127 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3127 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 169-170 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3127/2742 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Generating Collaborative Systems for Digital Libraries: a Model-Driven Approach Malizia, Alessio Bottoni, Paolo Levialdi, S. The design and development of a digital library involves different stakeholders, such as: information architects, librarians, and domain experts, who need to agree on a common language to describe, discuss, and negotiate the services the library has to offer. To this end, high-level, language-neutral models have to be devised. Metamodeling techniques favor the definition of domainspecific visual languages through which stakeholders can share their views and directly manipulate representations of the domain entities. This paper describes CRADLE (Cooperative-Relational Approach to Digital Library Environments), a metamodel-based framework and visual language for the definition of notions and services related to the development of digital libraries. A collection of tools allows the automatic generation of several services, defined with the CRADLE visual language, and of the graphical user interfaces providing access to them for the final user. The effectiveness of the approach is illustrated by presenting digital libraries generated with CRADLE, while the CRADLE environment has been evaluated by using the cognitive dimensions framework. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3128 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3128 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 171-186 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3128/2743 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband Visser, Marijke Ball, Mary Alice This paper discusses the role of the public library in ensuring access to the broadband communication that is so critical in today’s knowledge-based society. It examines the culture of information in 2010, and then asks what it means if individuals are online or not. The paper also explores current issues surrounding telecommunications and policy, and finally seeks to understand the role of the library in this highly technological, perpetually connected world. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3129 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3129 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 187-194 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3129/2744 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies Hilera, José R. Pagés, Carmen Martínez, J. Javier Gutiérrez, J. Antonio de-Marcos, Luis This paper describes a method to generate ontologies from glossaries of terms. The proposed method presupposes an evolutionary life cycle based on successive transformations of the original glossary that lead to products of intermediate knowledge representation (dictionary, taxonomy, and thesaurus). These products are characterized by an increase in semantic expressiveness in comparison to the product obtained in the previous transformation, with the ontology as the end product. Although this method has been applied to produce an ontology from the “IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology,” it could be applied to any glossary of any knowledge domain to generate an ontology that may be used to index or search for information resources and documents stored in libraries or on the Semantic Web. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3130 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3130 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 195-204 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3130/2745 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Bridging the Gap: Self-Directed Staff Technology Training Quinney, Kayla L. Smith, Sara D. Galbraith, Quinn Undergraduates, as members of the Millennial Generation, are proficient in Web 2.0 technology and expect to apply these technologies to their coursework—including scholarly research. To remain relevant, academic libraries need to provide the technology that student patrons expect, and academic librarians need to learn and use these technologies themselves. Because leaders at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University (HBLL) perceived a gap in technology use between students and their staff and faculty, they developed and implemented the Technology Challenge, a self-directed technology training program that rewarded employees for exploring technology daily. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Technology Challenge through an analysis of results of surveys given to participants before and after the Technology Challenge was implemented. The program will also be evaluated in terms of the adult learning theories of andragogy and selfdirected learning. HBLL found that a self-directed approach fosters technology skills that librarians need to best serve students. In addition, it promotes lifelong learning habits to keep abreast of emerging technologies. This paper offers some insights and methods that could be applied in other libraries, the most valuable of which is the use of self-directed and andragogical training methods to help academic libraries better integrate modern technologies. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3131 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3131 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 205-213 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3131/2746 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Next-Generation Library Catalogs and the Problem of Slow Response Time Brown-Sica, Margaret Beall, Jeffrey McHale, Nina Response time as defined for this study is the time that it takes for all files that constitute a single webpage to travel across the Internet from a Web server to the end user’s browser. In this study, the authors tested response times on queries for identical items in five different library catalogs, one of them a next-generation (NextGen) catalog. The authors also discuss acceptable response time and how it may affect the discovery process. They suggest that librarians and vendors should develop standards for acceptable response time and use it in the product selection and development processes. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a division of the American Library Association 2010-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3132 10.6017/ital.v29i4.3132 Information Technology and Libraries; Vol. 29 No. 4 (2010); 214-223 2163-5226 0730-9295 eng https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/3132/2747 Copyright (c) 2015 Information Technology and Libraries https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 0ed372b84454941197afa597d43324a1