An exploratory study on institutional repository, social networking, and bibliographic databases of scholarly communication in Nigeria's academic landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Olatokunbo Christopher Okiki ◽  
Racheal Opeyemi Odunlade
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Institutional Repository

Comparing Repository Types

2012 ◽  
pp. 329-341
Author(s):  
Chris Armbruster ◽  
Laurent Romary
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
High Quality ◽  
World Regions ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Services ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Dimensions

After two decades of repository development, some conclusions may be drawn as to which type of repository and what kind of service best supports digital scholarly communication. In this regard, four types of publication repository may be distinguished, namely the subject-based repository, research repository, national repository system, and institutional repository. Two important shifts in the role of repositories may be noted and in regard to content, a well-defined and high quality corpus is essential. This implies that repository services are likely to be most successful when constructed with the user and reader in mind. With regard to service, high value to specific scholarly communities is essential. This implies that repositories are likely to be most useful to scholars when they offer dedicated services supporting the production of new knowledge. Along these lines, challenges and barriers to repository development may be identified in three key dimensions, i.e., identification and deposit of content, access and use of services, and preservation of content and sustainability of service. An indicative comparison of challenges and barriers in some major world regions is offered.

Information Seeking, Sharing and Use on Religion among Afghan youth in Toronto

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Quirke
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Étude Qualitative ◽  
Etude Qualitative

This poster summarizes the findings of a qualitative, exploratory study on Afghan youth’s information seeking, sharing and use regarding religion. Data collection included interviews and participant observation. Findings included the key role of technology, the iKoran and social networking sites in particular, in facilitating information seeking and sharing on Islam.Cette affiche résume les résultats d’une étude qualitative exploratoire auprès des jeunes femmes afghanes sur leurs pratiques de recherche, de partage et d’utilisation de l’information concernant la religion. Les données recueillies proviennent d’entrevues et d’observation des participantes. Les résultats démontrent le rôle clé de la technologie, iKoran et les sites de réseautage social en particulier, et facilite la recherche et le partage d’information sur l’Islam.

scholarly journals Leveraging Social Networking for Talent Management: An Exploratory Study of Indian Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunanda Nayak ◽  
Jyotsna Bhatnagar ◽  
Pawan Budhwar
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Talent Management

Twitter Content Categorisation: A Public Library Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shiri ◽  
Dinesh Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Library System ◽  
Knowledge Management Practices

With the rise of social media, many library and information services have begun to incorporate a wide variety of social media and social networking applications into their systems and services. Among the mainstream social networking applications, micro-blogging, in general, and Twitter, in particular, have gained increasing popularity. This paper reports the results of an exploratory study of the application of Twitter in the context of a large public library system. Specifically, this study has sampled, content analysed and categorised a select number of tweets created by a public library system in order to identify and document the ways in which Twitter can be used for various information services and knowledge management practices in public libraries. One of the main outcomes of this study is a tweet categorisation scheme that has a specific focus on the information services offered by public libraries.

scholarly journals Checking in with the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demmy Verbeke ◽  
Laura Mesotten
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
The Future ◽  
Commercial Publishing ◽  
The University

KU Leuven has been supporting Green OA through its institutional repository Lirias for many years already. As it is clear, however, that Green OA provides only part of the solution for the crisis in scholarly communication, the university was looking to intensify its efforts to maximize exchange, collaboration and innovation thanks to the dissemination of scholarly results. This led to the establishment of the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access in March 2018. This fund initially provided financial support for the production costs of OA monographs published by Leuven University Press as well as for the production costs of articles published in OA journals, on the condition that these journals are published according to the Fair OA model and maintain the highest academic standards. As of 2019, the scope of the fund was broadened to include financial support to non-commercial publishing initiatives and infrastructures in general. This poster briefly presents the KU Leuven Fund for Fair OA and details which articles, books, initiatives and infrastructures are supported during the first two years of operation. It also discusses the future of the fund and how it ties in with the open scholarship roadmap within KU Leuven.

scholarly journals What value do users derive from social networking applications?

First Monday ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Neale ◽  
Rebekah Russell-Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Functional Value ◽  
Emotional Value ◽  
Different Levels

Why do users of social networking sites recommend some applications to their friends while rejecting others? What value do they obtain from applications? This exploratory study investigates the value users derive from ‘cool’ Facebook applications, and explores the features that either encourage or discourage users to recommend applications to their friends. Our qualitative data reveal consumers derive a combination of functional value along with either social or emotional value from the applications. Female Facebook users indicate self-expression as important motivators, while males tend to use Facebook applications to socially compete. Three broad categories emerged for application features; symmetrical features can both encourage or discourage recommendation, polar features where different levels of the same feature encourage or discourage, and uni-directional features only encourage or discourage but not both. Recommending or not recommending an application tends to be the result of a combination of features and context, rather than one feature in isolation.

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