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- Coto-Solano, Rolando, et al.
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Metadata Usage Tendencies in Latin American Electronic Journals
- 2009
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Ingår i: ELPUB2009. Rethinking Electronic Publishing: Innovation in Communication Paradigms and Technologies - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Milan, Italy. June 10-12. ; , s. 311-344
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present study investigates the extent to which metadata tags are used in Latin American electronic journals, and whether these journals in fact provide basic information (abstracts, keywords, etc.) that could be tagged as metadata. The authors also studied multilingualism in the marked-up information and in the basic information, particularly the use of English (which can help bring the scientific production of Latin America to a wider audience). In total, 45% of the journals had metadata; the metatags keywords and description were the most commonly used. The inclusion of structured metadata from the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set in the journals was found to be very low, only 13%, and primarily existed in journals from Argentina, Costa Rica, and Brazil. The articles examined did not always include abstracts and keywords (84% and 77% respectively), but in the articles that did have them, English was frequently used (85% in abstracts and 91% in keywords). The element was found to be used deficiently: Only 42% of full text OA articles had their actual title in the tag, which can potentially affect visibility in a search engine results. In sum, the road to marked-up metadata in all journals is still long, and there are great inconsistencies in how metadata are employed and in their content. The authors conclude that there are signs that support and efforts to increase awareness of how metadata can easily be included in a journal’s web site may result in improved metadata and greater visibility.
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- Francke, Helena
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Digitala tjänster : kultur, information & kommunikation
- 2009
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Ingår i: InfoTrend: Nordisk tidskrift för informationsspecialister. - : Svensk förening för informationsspecialister. - 1653-0225. ; 64:2-3, s. 74-78
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- In the autumn of 2009, the Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the University of Borås will launch a new master’s programme: Digital Services – Culture, Information & Communication. The programme is focused on services and tools in digital environments. This article describes the aims and direction of the programme as well as how it has been developed.
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- Francke, Helena
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Towards an Architectural Document Analysis
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Information Architecture. - : Copenhagen Business School. - 1903-7260. ; 1:1, s. 16-36
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information architecture (IA) and document architecture (DA) provide two, partly overlapping, perspectives on the creation of document structures. This article suggests how the architecture of a document can be analysed from these two perspectives. Literature on IA and DA has been examined in order to identify central ideas that are of relevance for analysing the architectures of digital documents. The article contains an overview of how IA and DA have been used and defined. The article shows how a model for analysing documents as sociotechnical artefacts can fruitfully draw on parts of the theoretical and practical complexes of IA and DA. The aspects that are identified as particularly important from IA are organisation systems, navigation, and labelling. From DA, logical structures, layout structures, content structures, and file structures are all applicable aspects. It is discussed how these various aspects may be interpreted in order to support an analysis of the organising principles of documents.
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- Sundin, Olof, et al.
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In Search of Credibility : Pupils' Information Practices in Learning Environments
- 2009
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Ingår i: Information research. - : University of Sheffield. - 1368-1613. ; 14:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction. We aim to create an in-depth understanding of how pupils in upper secondary school negotiate the credibility and authority of information as part of their practices of learning. Particular focus is on the use of user-created resources, such as Wikipedia, where authorship is collective and/or hard to determine. Method. An ethnographic study was conducted in an upper secondary school class. Methods included observation, group interviews and information seeking diaries in the form of blogs. Analysis. The empirical material from the class room study was categorised and aggregated into five themes, which emerged as a result of the interplay between the empirical material and a perspective based in socio-cultural theory. Results. The pupils make credibility assessments based on methods developed for traditional media where, for instance, origin and authorship are important. They employ some user-created sources, notably Wikipedia, because these are easily available, but they are uncertain about when these sources should be considered credible. Conclusions. In an increasingly diverse media world, pupils' credibility assessments need to be informed by a socio-technical understanding of sources which takes both social and material aspects into account. The diversity of resources requires that pupils assess credibility for the particular situation in which they use information.
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- Sundin, Olof, et al.
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Materialitet och remediering : konsekvenser för informationskompetens
- 2009
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Ingår i: Informationskompetenser : om lärande i informationspraktiker och informationssökning i lärandepraktiker - om lärande i informationspraktiker och informationssökning i lärandepraktiker. - 9789173312509 ; , s. 181-206
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Wilson, Tom D., et al.
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Developing a digital libraries Master's programme
- 2009
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Ingår i: Research and advanced technology for digital libraries. 13th European conference, ECDL 2009, Corfu, Greece. - : Berlin: Springer. - 9783642043451 ; , s. 402-407
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The changes in Swedish education following the Bologna requirements resulted in the first Master's programmes in Library and Information Science. Two of them target information professionals working with digital resources and services and seeking to develop and update their knowledge. One programme is oriented to foreign students from all over the world, another to Swedish students. A Venn diagram illustrating the relationships among the elements of LIS was used to develop the curriculum for the international Master's programmes in Digital Libraries and Information Services. As this programme is delivered in distance learning mode there was a need to find ways of organizing the study process and deliver the study materials so that it suited this mode of education. The poster describes the content and design of the programme, as well as student reactions.
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