Studying Educational Digital Library Users and the Emerging Research Methodologies

The purpose of this research is to examine students' information-seeking intention regarding academic digital library services guiding by the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Data was collected among students in a public higher learning institution in Federal Territory of Labuan Malaysia. The empirical result of the hierarchical regression had confirmed that students' intention to seek for information in digital library was influenced mainly by their attitude, implying that, in predicting the information-seeking intention in an academic digital library with TPB was much better than TRA. The findings of the research provide broader insights for the academic digital libraries to be more aware of the important factors that influence library users in seeking for information and fulfil their requirement. A new motion can be developed by using the result of this research, which improve the knowledge from previous studies via the assessment from TPB.

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Digital Libraries

Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4.ch015 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 152-161

Author(s):

Micah Altman

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Direct Access ◽

Digital Content ◽

Design Issues ◽

Library Users ◽

Information Professionals ◽

Access Information ◽

Audio Video ◽

Comprehensive Discussion

Digital libraries are collections of digital content and services selected by a curator for use by a particular user community. Digital libraries offer direct access to the content of a wide variety of intellectual works, including text, audio, video, and data; and may offer a variety of services supporting search, access, and collaboration. In the last decade digital libraries have rapidly become ubiquitous because they offer convenience, expanded access, and search capabilities not present in traditional libraries. This has greatly altered how library users find and access information, and has put pressure on traditional libraries to take on new roles. However, information professionals have raised compelling concerns regarding the sizeable gaps in the holdings of digital libraries, about the preservation of existing holdings, and about sustainable economic models. This chapter presents an overview of the history, advantages, disadvantages, and design principles relating to digital libraries, and highlights important controversies and trends. For an excellent comprehensive discussion of the use, cost and benefits of digital libraries see Lesk (2005), for further discussion of architectural and design issues see Arms (2000), and see Witten and Bainbridge (2002) for a detailed example of the mechanics of implementing a digital library.

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An Effective Approach for the Protection of User Privacy in a Digital Library

Libri ◽

10.1515/libri-2018-0148 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 69 (4) ◽

pp. 315-324

Author(s):

Zongda Wu ◽

Jian Xie ◽

Jun Pan ◽

Xining Su

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Data Privacy ◽

Positive Influence ◽

User Privacy ◽

Server Side ◽

User Query ◽

Library Users ◽

Digital Library Services ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

And Behavior

Abstract In a digital library, an increasingly important problem is how to prevent the exposure of user privacy in an untrusted network. This study aims to design an effective approach for the protection of user privacy in a digital library, by consulting the basic ideas of encryption and anonymization. In our proposed approach, any privacy data, which can identify user’s real identity, should be encrypted first before being submitted to the library server, to achieve anonymization of user identity. Then, to solve the problem of querying encrypted privacy data, additional feature data are constructed for the encrypted data, such that much of the query processing can be completed at the server-side, without decrypting the data, thereby improving the efficiency of each kind of user query operation. Both theoretical analysis and experimental evaluation demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, which can improve the security of users’ data privacy and behavior privacy on the untrusted server-side, without compromising the availability (i. e. accuracy, efficiency, and usability) of digital library services. This paper provides a valuable study attempt at the protection of digital library users’ privacy, which has a positive influence on the development of a privacy-preserving library in an untrusted network environment.

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Designing an untethered educational digital library

The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2004. Proceedings. ◽

10.1109/wmte.2004.1281362 ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Dong ◽

A. Agogino

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Educational Digital Library

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Designing, implementing, and evaluating an educational digital library resource

Online Information Review ◽

10.1108/14684520310481427 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 160-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Ahmad Rafee Che Kassim ◽

Thomas R. Kochtanek

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Library Resource ◽

Educational Digital Library

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SociaLib: a collaborative digital library model platform using Web 2.0

The Electronic Library ◽

10.1108/el-09-2012-0123 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 622-641 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sarandis Mitropoulos ◽

George Dimitrios Baltasis ◽

Michalis Rodios ◽

Christos Douligeris

Keyword(s):

Web 2.0 ◽

Digital Library ◽

Digital Libraries ◽

Content Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Library Users ◽

Digital Library System ◽

Model Platform ◽

Future Work ◽

Real World Situation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the SociaLib system, which is a collaborative digital library system. The system uses Drupal content management system to implement Web 2.0 functionalities and facilitate collaboration and cooperation between its users. It offers a variety of functions, like wikis, forums and it is also accessible from microbrowsers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper starts with a reference to collaboration in Digital Libraries and states related work. Then, it introduces the SociaLib system, including implementation and functionalities. There is also an example of how such a system can be used in a real-world situation. Ideas for future work are also included. Findings – The system was evaluated using a usability questionnaire on a subject of 50 people. The results were promising, showing user acceptance and satisfaction. Originality/value – This paper offer collaborative solutions to Digital Library users, helping them communicate and cooperate with colleagues on their research. The system uses Web 2.0 functions that enable the user to be more productive and also work mobile if he wishes.

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