Creating a Consolidated Online Catalogue for the University Press Community

The survey aims to investigate distance students’ perceptions of the efficacy of the online catalogue as a tool for information retrieval at the University of Zambia. A survey research design has been adopted in the study. Convenient sampling method was used to select 160 distance students. A structured questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate distance students. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse quantitative data into frequencies and percentages. The study established majority of distance students rarely used the online public access catalogue in exploiting the resources in the university library. Instead they employed shelf-to-shelf browsing in information searching and retrieval skills. Lack of proper orientation and user education were identified as major factors militating against their maximum utilization and exploitation of the resources in the university library. The findings of the study will inform stakeholders on how best to turn around the negative trends of OPAC.

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Dansk i danske samlinger. Om Udenlandske Danica i det 20. århundrede

Fund og Forskning i Det Kongelige Biblioteks Samlinger ◽

10.7146/fof.v51i0.41290 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

Author(s):

Grethe Jacobsen

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Subject Matter ◽

General Circulation ◽

Reading Room ◽

National Library ◽

Internal Conflicts ◽

The Caribbean ◽

University Department ◽

Online Catalogue ◽

The University

In the National Collection of printed works in the National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library, primarily collected through Legal Deposit, one finds also works published abroad, dealing with Denmark and Danes, the so-called Danica extranea. These have been collected since 1788 when instructions, written to the new director of the library, ordered him to purchase works dealing with all the Danish states and colonies and their subjects. At that time the Danish king ruled over Denmark, Norway, the Duchies (Schleswig-Holstein) as well as colonies in India, Africa and the Caribbean. This kingdom was reduced 26 years later following the Treaty of Kiel in 1814 when Norway was ceded to Sweden. In 1864, the Duchies became part of the emerging German Empire.According to the instructions of 1788, this should also have influenced the acquisition of Danica extranea. However, this was not the case. The staff of the Danish Department (established in 1780) of the library retained until 1991 the image of Denmark as it had been before 1814 when it came to defining what should be purchased for the national collection. The article describes how this was formulated and carried out in practice during the second half of the twentieth century. The Department operated with three categories of Danica extranea: extranea proper, non-extranea (works on areas and people who had at one point in time belonged to Denmark or had been Danish subjects), and Scandinavica (works on Scandinavian countries and people, unless dealing exclusively with Sweden). This was confusing for people using the library, for example they had to look for Norwegian books published after 1814 in the Danish catalogue and not in the foreign, catalogue, and it created internal conflicts in the library when books purchased for general circulation were withheld in the national collection because of their subject matter and then could only be used in the Reading Room. The issue was resolved in 1991 when acquisitions of non-extranea and Scandinavica became the task of the University Department and purchases of duplicate copies was made possible in case of any conflict. The introduction of an online catalogue in 1998, into which all separate card catalogues were merged made it easier for users to find a book.

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Electronic Resource Management and Digitisation

Advances in Library and Information Science - Handbook of Research on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Library and Information Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9825-1.ch017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 231-265

Author(s):

Swarup Kumar Raj ◽

Kakoli De

Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Digital Library ◽

Information Search ◽

Electronic Resource ◽

Library System ◽

University Library ◽

Usage Evaluation ◽

Set Up ◽

Online Catalogue ◽

The University

Electronic resource management (ERM) is the system and technique used by library professionals to track the selection, acquisition, access, maintenance, usage, evaluation of a library's electronic resources. The innovation of ERM conducted in the University Library, University of Calcutta has been discussed. It provides innovative insights into how technology transfer has operated in the University Library for digitising the documents. E-resources are a vital reference source for different types of library users. The main focus is on how ERM is done through the digitisation of resources in the digital library of the University of Calcutta. Digital libraries have been set up in all the campuses by the University Library System so that users can download e-resources from any campus. The University Library maintains an online catalogue for information search and retrieval. Theses have been digitised, and full texts are available. Through the innovation of the Digital Library System of the University, it would enhance the University's education and research value.

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Electronic Resource Management and Digitisation

Research Anthology on Collaboration, Digital Services, and Resource Management for the Sustainability of Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 130-166

Author(s):

Swarup Kumar Raj ◽

Kakoli De

Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Digital Library ◽

Information Search ◽

Electronic Resource ◽

Library System ◽

University Library ◽

Usage Evaluation ◽

Set Up ◽

Online Catalogue ◽

The University

Electronic resource management (ERM) is the system and technique used by library professionals to track the selection, acquisition, access, maintenance, usage, evaluation of a library's electronic resources. The innovation of ERM conducted in the University Library, University of Calcutta has been discussed. It provides innovative insights into how technology transfer has operated in the University Library for digitising the documents. E-resources are a vital reference source for different types of library users. The main focus is on how ERM is done through the digitisation of resources in the digital library of the University of Calcutta. Digital libraries have been set up in all the campuses by the University Library System so that users can download e-resources from any campus. The University Library maintains an online catalogue for information search and retrieval. Theses have been digitised, and full texts are available. Through the innovation of the Digital Library System of the University, it would enhance the University's education and research value.

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Making Our Collections Visible

Art Libraries Journal ◽

10.1017/alj.2020.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 68-72

Author(s):

Sarah Bromage

Keyword(s):

Art Collection ◽

Online Catalogue ◽

The University

This article details the process involved in making the collections of the University of Stirling Archives and Art Collection available online. Our new online catalogue http://collections.stir.ac.uk allows researchers to search across our CALM for archives catalogue and our Art Collection Adlib catalogue to uncover the depth and breadth of the cultural collections on offer at the University of Stirling.

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Quality of university libraries: the case of the Universidad de Granada

Journal of Teaching and Educational Research ◽

10.35429/jter.2021.19.7.28.33 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 28-33

Author(s):

José Antonio ARJONA-JIMÉNEZ ◽

Noelia RUIZ-HERRERA

Keyword(s):

University Libraries ◽

Document Type ◽

Library Collection ◽

University Library ◽

Quality Of Teaching ◽

Online Catalogue ◽

The University ◽

Academic Year ◽

Bibliographic Collection

Objective: To present the analysis of the bibliographic collection of the Universidad de Granada (UGR) taking as a reference the teaching guides of the Degree in Psychology during the academic year 2019/2020. Method: An analysis of the bibliographic collection of the teaching guides of the Degree in Psychology of the UGR was carried out. Documents were analysed by title, year, document categorisation, document type and subject data. Information on availability and the possibility of consulting the document online was also included. The search was carried out in the automated online catalogue of the UGR Library. Results: A total of 1,775 bibliographic references were contained in the teaching guides of the 49 subjects (distributed among six departments). A total of 76.8% were considered complementary by the teachers and 89.2% of the proposed documents were books. The UGR libraries had 81.8% of the references, while the Psychology library had 65.8% of the material. 24.4% of the references had a more up-to-date edition in the library. Contribution: The analysis of the bibliographic collection provides information on the adequacy of the teaching guides and the availability of the university library collection. This is an indicator of the quality of teaching and of the university library system.

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Proceedings of The Modern Language Association of America

PMLA ◽

10.1017/s0030812900130470 ◽

1935 ◽

Vol 50 (4) ◽

pp. 1343-1343

Keyword(s):

Modern Language Association ◽

Modern Language ◽

Local Committee ◽

Tuesday Morning ◽

University Of Cincinnati ◽

The University ◽

Plaza Hotel

The fifty-second meeting of the Modern Language Associationof America was held, on the invitation of the University of Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 30 and 31, 1935, and January 1, 1936. The Association headquarters were in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where all meetings were held except those of Tuesday morning and afternoon. These took place at the University of Cincinnati. Registration cards at headquarters were signed by about 900, though a considerably larger number of members were in attendance. The Local Committee estimated the attendance at not less than 1400. This Committee consisted of Professor Frank W. Chandler, Chairman; Professor Edwin H. Zeydel; Professor Phillip Ogden; Mr. John J. Rowe (for the Directors); and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon (for the Alumni).

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Spectrophotometric reductions with an IBM 1620

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900053328 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 116-117

Author(s):

P.-I. Eriksson

Keyword(s):

Astronomical Data ◽

Spectrophotometric Data ◽

Electronic Computers ◽

The University ◽

Near Future

Nowadays more and more of the reductions of astronomical data are made with electronic computers. As we in Uppsala have an IBM 1620 at the University, we have taken it to our help with reductions of spectrophotometric data. Here I will briefly explain how we use it now and how we want to use it in the near future.

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