Organising access to free Internet resources: an overview of selection and management issues in large academic and national libraries with a view to defining a policy at Oxford University

Burnett, Peter; Seuring, Christina

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“…In a recent issue of Program, Peter Burnett and Christina Seuring discuss the way a number of US universities have approached the task of selection of e-resources, which has commonly been added to the remit of subject librarians or bibliographers. 17 Typically, the selection decisions are being made using web forms, which relay the information on the resource to the cataloguing department. The authors point out that selection of electronic resources can be complex:…”

Section: Reclaiming a Role For The Librarymentioning

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Virtuous learning environments: the library and the VLE

MacColl¹

2001

Program

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This paper describes the growing use of virtual learning environments in learning and teaching in UK HE. The distinction between content management and its presentation by web delivery systems is discussed. The way in which academic libraries should be involved in the development of these environments is identified with reference to Project ANGEL -a new project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee in the UK. Overlap between virtual learning environments and electronic reserve systems in libraries is discussed in the context of the requirement that academic libraries assert their role as resource information managers in their institutions. Discharging this function will require genuine partnership between academic librarians and course tutors, and a fuller integration of the Library into the course creation and delivery processes.

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Section: Reclaiming a Role For The Librarymentioning

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Virtuous learning environments: the library and the VLE

MacColl¹

2001

Program

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“…La creación de bases de datos y directorios de recursos de internet, también llamados directorios analíticos, pasarelas temáticas o subject gateways, supuso el primer paso hacia su gestión bibliotecaria, ya que es ahora cuando estos reciben un tratamiento técnico más allá de su mera selección o breve descripción (BURNETT;SEURING, 2001). Su inclusión en una base de datos o en un directorio analítico presupone una mayor consideración de estos recursos y significa una descripción en mayor profundidad, que recoja la información descriptiva en una serie de campos, más posibilidades de búsqueda y, en general, un volumen considerable de recursos, que justifica dicho tratamiento técnico.…”

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“…Las principales razones esgrimidas son que se puede optar por registros en formato MARC con menos profundidad o utilizar otros formatos mejor adaptados a los recursos electrónicos, como el Dublin Core o el RDA y que de esta forma se permite un único punto de acceso, que evite a los usuarios tener que buscar la información en diferentes fuentes (ESTIVILL; ABADAL, 2000;BROWN;MEAGHER, 2008). Además, esta opción no es incompatible con el acceso a través de directorios o guías temáticas (BURNETT;SEURING, 2001). Este enfoque mixto, que contempla la incorporación al catálogo mediante registros en formato MARC y el aprovechamiento de esos registros para crear guías o directorios, es una opción que ha tenido bastante aceptación en la comunidad bibliotecaria (BOYDSTON; LEYSEN, 2002).…”

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El papel de las bibliotecas en el acceso a recursos web de calidad

Fernández-Ramos

2014

Perspect. ciênc. inf.

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Internet ha supuesto una drástica transformación en las formas de comunicación y de acceso a la información. La ingente cantidad de información disponible en la web y el hecho de que esta no pase por ningún filtro suponen un problema a la hora de localizar información de calidad. Las deficiencias de los buscadores y la falta de competencia informacional dificultan un acceso eficaz a los recursos valiosos existentes en la web. En este trabajo se describe el papel que la biblioteca juega en el acceso a la información de calidad en internet a través de las principales actuaciones que pueden llevar a cabo: la formación de usuarios en competencias informacionales relacionadas con la búsqueda y evaluación de información y el desarrollo de herramientas y servicios que permitan el acceso a recursos de calidad disponibles en internet, como son las guías temáticas, los directorios temáticos o la inclusión de estos recursos en el catálogo.

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“…Evans ' (1999) survey of the creators of academic library home pages also found that most were librarians working in collaboration with others. Burnett and Seuring (2001) reviewed literature about organising access to free Internet resources in academic and national libraries. They found that committees and carefully planned cooperation between staff from different departments, were recommended.…”

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Stakeholder involvement in the development and maintenance of web sites for children

Coomes¹,

Liew

2007

Online Information Review

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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 purpose of this article is to investigate how public and state libraries are responding to research recommendations that the usability of a web site for children is improved by involving a wide range of stakeholders and particularly the end-users, in its creation. Design/methodology/approach -The study employs a self-administered, structured e-mail questionnaire.Findings -The development of children's web pages is usually the responsibility of teams of internal stakeholders, with the librarians responsible overall for the library web site being involved most, followed by children's librarians. Other library staff, information technology staff from the parent organisation and external experts made smaller contributions. The target group of children were less involved and took informal, indirect roles, rather than the direct, formal roles recommended by research.Research limitations/implications -The sample size is small and includes only children's web pages in Australia and New Zealand. Originality/value -The paper presents a valuable analysis of stakeholder involvement in the development and maintenance of web sites for children among state and public libraries in Australia and New Zealand.

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Organising access to free Internet resources: an overview of selection and management issues in large academic and national libraries with a view to defining a policy at Oxford University

Cited by 6 publications

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Virtuous learning environments: the library and the VLE

Virtuous learning environments: the library and the VLE

El papel de las bibliotecas en el acceso a recursos web de calidad

Stakeholder involvement in the development and maintenance of web sites for children

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