A Taxonomy of e-Research Collaboration Tools: Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Collaborate and Create with Research Partners

Brunvand, Stein; Duran, Mesut

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“…Moreover, the advancements in the design of the networked library, ontology and semantic technology, data organisation, models and implementation guidelines were an organic part of the impacts of the digital systems, along with involvement of Web 2.0 (e.g. Brunvand and Duran, 2010;Lewis, 2010;RUSA-ALA, 2004). (3) Many studies much concerned with the information behaviour of the users in the digital environments.…”

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Networked library services in a research‐intensive university

Taha

2012

The Electronic Library

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The paper aims to present a conceptual model for networked academic library services in a research-intensive university. It also seeks to focus on the potential challenges that the networked library faces in responding to massive needs of the researchers for digital content in different forms and formats. Design/methodology/approach -The author conducted a personal interview (face-to-face, and email communication) with 75 research faculties and postgraduate students in the colleges of business, engineering, IT, and sciences at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). The approach to design the conceptual model for the research-oriented library service was based on the feedback and observations of the interviewees on the pattern of query processing, research consultations (e.g. comprehensive, expert, topical search), e-resources coverage, and relevance of the returns to their queries and information needs. Findings -The proposed conceptual model demonstrates the virtual reference service, processing of research queries, online information search and retrieval, and data delivery to the researchers within a virtual research environment (VRE) in the UAEU. The study argues that the UAEU library should employ new strategies to meet the arising challenges of digital content and ongoing advances in information and communication technology (ICT), as well as considering how to embed itself within a research-intensive university.Research limitations/implications -The personal interview does not claim to be all-inclusive since the research faculties in the humanities and social studies were not reached. The inference of the study is encouraging the directors of the academic and research libraries to consider new models and strategies for providing reliable research-oriented information services for supporting the emerging paradigm of e-research activities. Practical implications -The study derived research-oriented service implications for the subject librarians to engage effectively with the research-devoted community either in the physical or in the virtual sphere, i.e. a two-faceted sphere. Originality/value -An extensive literature review revealed that there is a lack of sc...

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networked library services in a research‐intensive university

Taha

2012

The Electronic Library

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A Taxonomy of e-Research Collaboration Tools: Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Collaborate and Create with Research Partners

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Networked library services in a research‐intensive university

Networked library services in a research‐intensive university

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