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Assessment of Academic Utilization of Online Information Resources by Undergraduate Students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka

  • Mole, Austin J.C.
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.29-48
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    • 2017
  • The aim of this paper was to determine the utilization of online information resources by undergraduate students in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It was undertaken specifically with the objectives of identifying the online information resources used; academic purposes for their use, extent, problems and strategies for improving the academic use of the resources by undergraduate students. Descriptive survey was used as the research design. The population of this study comprises of all 25,657 regular registered undergraduate students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The sample for this study comprises 2500 students which is 10% of the population. The results of the study shows that most of the online information resources are not used by the undergraduate students. Just a few of them are highly used. Some of the academic purposes for the use of the resources include to do course assignment and project works and to stay up-to-date on social events. The major problems responsible for the low utilisation of the resources include incessant power failure, limited available computers in the university library, and server's low bandwidth. Based on the findings, maintenance of uninterrupted power supply, provision of enough computers in the library; constant upgrade of server's bandwidth and many more were recommended as the strategies for improving the use of online information resources by undergraduate students in UNN. The implication of this study lies in the fact that solutions to the problems raised would be helpful to the university management, librarians and students in ensuring maximum and adequate provision and effective utilisation of online information a resources in the library.

A Study on Gathering & Connecting Online Reference Resources for Improving the Quality of Online Knowledge Service (온라인지식정보서비스 품질 향상을 위한 온라인지식정보원 확보 및 연계전략에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.17-30
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    • 2009
  • This study is to improve the quality of online reference service which is serviced in the world. For this it suggests the strategic methods for collecting and connecting of internet information resources. It makes information service circumstance for professional librarians to retrieve and service. To achieve the purpose, this study have drawn implications by analysing the theoretical discussions and the cases of online reference resources system. This study suggests some strategies as follows; 1) Collaborative constructing and using of online reference resources, 2) Developing classification scheme and subdividing the subjects of it, 3) Developing the standard format of the data as like metadata, 4) Developing the guidelines to select the proper resources from many internet information resources, 5) Subdividing the 'knowledge DB' by subjects, 6) Connecting as much as possible the DBs as like the National DB and open access resources.

A Study on the Cooperative Cataloging System for Online Electronic Resources (온라인 전자자료의 협동목록 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • 최현경;이창수
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.237-256
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    • 2004
  • The issue of the cataloging the electronic resources have been vigorously presented recently because of many problems involved in it. The study aims to examine the various formats of the electronic resources mainly centering around the internet as well as the need for cooperative cataloging of the resources. In addition, the study attempts to analyse the CORC of OCLC and the PCC of LC. Based on these, the cooperative cataloging system for online electronic resources in Korea is suggested.

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The Role of Facilitating Conditions and User Habits: A Case of Indonesian Online Learning Platform

  • AMBARWATI, Rita;HARJA, Yuda Dian;THAMRIN, Suyono
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.10
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    • pp.481-489
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    • 2020
  • The study examines the role of facilitating conditions and user habits in the use of technology in Online Learning Platform (OLP) in Indonesia. The adoption of online learning, persistence, and learning results in online platforms is essential for ensuring that education technology is implemented and gets as much value as possible. People who use technology and systems will embrace new technologies even more. This quantitative study is based on a survey of 254 respondents, who were active users of the technology, and considers the facilitating conditions and user habits variables. Two research hypotheses were tested using the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling method. Cronbach's Alpha, path coefficient, AVE, R-square, T-test were applied. The results showed that the factors significantly influence the Online Learning Platform technology behavioral intention. This impact is primarily associated with the availability of the resources required to use OLP technology. The availability of these resources includes supporting infrastructures such as widespread Internet access, easy access to mobile devices, and file sizes that affect access speed. The findings of this study suggest that it is necessary to introduce and increase the availability of resources for using OLP technology, and familiarize people with the technology features.

Information Retrieval Tools as Predictors for Information Resources Utilization in Academic Libraries in Nigeria

  • David-West, Boma Torukwein
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.21-31
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    • 2020
  • The study examined information retrieval tools as predictors for information resources utilization, four research questions, and four hypotheses were made to guide the study. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study. Random sampling technique was used to select sample of 393 from a population of 557 academic staff registered in the University of Port Harcourt library. The questionnaire was adopted as a data collection instrument titled Information retrieval as predictors for information resources utilization (IRPIRUQ). Data were analyzed using both simple and multiple regression while analysis of variance (ANOVA) associate with regression was used for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The study revealed that information resources are under utilized as the OPAC and Online Databases are not easily accessed. Further findings showed that the academic staff made use of internet search engines more often than the OPAC and online databases. It was recommended among others that a new library software be installed in place of KOHA for wider connectivity and adequate distribution of software that will aid usage of the online databases and OPAC.

A Study on the Required Characteristics of Collaborative Online Platform for Social Enterprises

  • Sun-Hwa Lee;Jong-Soo Yoon
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.129-137
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    • 2024
  • Social enterprises have a high cost structure, inefficient operation, and poor human and material resources due to a dual structure that must achieve both economic and social purposes. To solve this problem, collaboration, such as sharing resources and information between social enterprises, is emerging as an important management issue. Accordingly, in recent years, the establishment and operation of an online platform is being emphasized as a means to effectively support the problem of lack of resources (human resources, equipment, funds, and technology) between social enterprises, the promotion of joint projects between companies, and the establishment of organic information sharing and communication channels between companies. This study empirically analyzed how the required characteristics of the online platform that supports the collaboration of social enterprises vary depending on the characteristics of the enterprise (general characteristics, collaboration characteristics), and found that there are statistically significant differences depending on the size. These results are expected to be useful in deriving management plans for online platforms for cooperation support for domestic social enterprises in the future, and seeking ways to increase collaboration using the platforms.

A Study on the Current State of Online Subject Guides in Academic Libraries (대학도서관 온라인 주제가이드의 현황과 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Soojung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.165-189
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    • 2012
  • This study investigated the current state of online subject guides in Korean academic libraries and suggests improvement. Through the examination of 100 academic libraries' Web sites, only 14 online subject guides were identified, showing that the development of online subjects guides in Korea is still in infancy. The examined online subject guides were evaluated as high quality in terms of accessibility, integration of information resources, and format consistency, but low quality in the provision of specialized subjects, user instruction, and information retrieval systems. An online subject guide should be a one-stop service that provides fast access to information resources along with subject-specialized user instruction and effective communication with librarians.

Automated Testing of Online Game Servers by Agents (에이전트에 의한 온라인게임 서버 테스트 자동화)

  • Lee Hun-Joo;Jung Yong-Woo;Lim Bum-Hyun;Shim Kwang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.5B
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we present an efficient method for simulating massively virtual clients in an online game environment. Massively multi-player online games and other multi-user based networked applications are becoming more attractive to the gamer players. Such kind of technology has long been researched in the area called Networked Virtual Environments. In the game development process, a set of beta tests is used to ensure the stability of online game servers. A set of testing processes consumesa lot of development resources such as cost, time, and etc. The purpose of VENUS system is to provide an automated beta test environment to the game developers to efficiently test the online games to reduce development resources.

A methodology to determine realtime monitoring locations for water distribution systems based on the effect index matrix (영향행렬지수를 기반으로 한 상수관망의 실시간 모니터링 지점의 결정 알고리즘)

  • Jun, Hwan-Don;Cho, Moon-Soo;Back, Chun-Woo;Yoo, Do-Guen;Kim, Joong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.1428-1432
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    • 2008
  • 상수관망이 노후화됨에 따라 파괴나 누수와 같은 운영상의 문제가 빈번하게 발생한다. 따라서 상수관망의 상태를 보다 정확히 파악하여 운영할 경우 안정적인 상수관망의 운영이 가능할 것이며 관파괴와 같은 돌발적인 사태의 피해를 최소화 할 수 있을 것이다. 그러나 상수관망의 실시간 모니터링 센서중 대표적인 online 압력계를 모든 지점에 설치할 경우 과다한 초기투자 비용이 소요되며 시스템의 유지관리 측면에서도 적절하지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 상수관망의 실시간 모니터링을 위한 적정한 규모의 online 압력계 설치위치의 결정 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 영향행렬지수(Effect Index Matrix)를 기반으로 하며 영향행렬지수내 column search를 수행하여 online 압력계의 위치를 선정한다. 제안된 방법을 미국의 Cherry Hill 상수관망에 적용하여 적용성을 검증하였다.

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Guide to Learning Systems Biology for Korean Medicine Researchers (한의학 연구자를 위한 시스템 생물학 학습 가이드)

  • Kim, Chang-Eop
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.412-418
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    • 2016
  • The emergence of systems biology in the 21st century is changing the paradigm of biomedical research. Whereas the reductionist approaches focus on components rather than time or contexts, systems biology focus more on interrelationships, dynamics, and contexts. The key ideas of the systems biology shares much with the philosophy of Korean Medicine(KM) and therefore, the paradigm shift is shedding light on understanding the mechanism of action of KM at system level. In this article, I provide a guide to learning systems biology for KM researchers using online learning resources. Thanks to the recent development of MOOC(massive open online courses) and other online learning platforms, learners can access to plenty of high-quality resources from top-tier universities in the world. I expect this guide help researchers to employ systems biology methods into their KM researches, and will lead to the development of future curricula for training "bi-lingual" experts, KM and computational approaches.