Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries

2016 ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Sangeeta N. Dhamdhere ◽  
Ramdas Lihitkar
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Federated Search ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Single User Interface ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
The Right

A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, both within and outside the library. A few federated search engines like EBSCO Discovery service, Summon (web scale discovery service), Knimbus, Mendeley, FedGate, ABCD open source software, Google CSE etc. are being used by libraries to give access to all subscribed or free online e-resources as well as library catalogues, archives' and other reading materials in the library to save the time of readers and give easy access to multiple databases and resources through federated search tool. In distance learning and online education environment libraries need to provide the right information on a single platform to its users from all resources or databases available in the library in a minimum of time. In this chapter the author discusses about the selected commercial as well as open source discovery tools used in Indian Libraries.

Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information Search Tools in Indian Libraries

2020 ◽  
pp. 550-565
Author(s):  
Sangeeta N. Dhamdhere ◽  
Ramdas Lihitkar
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Federated Search ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
Single User Interface ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
The Right

A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, both within and outside the library. A few federated search engines like EBSCO Discovery service, Summon (web scale discovery service), Knimbus, Mendeley, FedGate, ABCD open source software, Google CSE etc. are being used by libraries to give access to all subscribed or free online e-resources as well as library catalogues, archives' and other reading materials in the library to save the time of readers and give easy access to multiple databases and resources through federated search tool. In distance learning and online education environment libraries need to provide the right information on a single platform to its users from all resources or databases available in the library in a minimum of time. In this chapter the author discusses about the selected commercial as well as open source discovery tools used in Indian Libraries.

Flashlight as a Process Tracing Method

2012 ◽  
pp. 88-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck ◽  
Ryan O. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Laboratory Setup ◽  
Mouse Movements ◽  
Specialized Hardware ◽  
Information Board

Flashlight is an open source process-tracing tool that records mouse movements in real time during an information search task (Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Murphy & Hutzler, 2011). Using this tool, acquisition behavior and visual attention can be recorded in an unobtrusive way with a wide variety of different stimuli. Because of the structure of the stimuli in Flashlight, information acquisition behavior can be measured similarly to how eye tracking works, but unlike eye tracking systems, Flashlight can be implemented without any special equipment. The motivation for developing a new process-tracing tool comes from experience with existing process tracing methods and their limitations. Other existing process tracing tools restrict the structure of information (often in a rigid matrix similar to an information board); require a fixed and confided laboratory setup; and need specialized hardware and software that is both expensive to purchase and operate. Flashlight solves these issues by providing a free open source adaptable software package that can work via a Web browser on any Internet connected personal computer. Moreover, the researcher has great flexibility in how stimuli are constructed and presented, and Flashlight also enables easy access to a large number of participants through Internet based experiments.

scholarly journals A SURVEY PAPER ON ELASTIC SEARCH SIMILARITY ALGORITHM

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 361
Author(s):  
Nilanjana Dev Nath ◽  
Shreekant Jha ◽  
Janki Meena M ◽  
Syedibrahim S.p
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Survey Paper ◽  
Programming Library ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Similarity Algorithm ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
The Right

Elasticsearch is a web search tool in view of Lucene. Apache Lucene is a free and open-source data retrieval programming library. Versatile Search gives a conveyed, multitenant-fit full-content web search tool with a HTTP web interface and pattern free JSON archives. It is created in Java and has been released as open source under the terms of the Apache License. Elasticsearch can be utilized to pursuit a wide range of records. It gives adaptable hunt, has close continuous pursuit, and backings multitenancy. It is appropriated, which implies that records can be partitioned into shards and every shard can have zero or more duplicates. Every hub has one or more shards, and goes about as a facilitator to delegate operations to the right shard(s). Elasticsearch is like a wrapper on top of Lucene. In this paper a detailed description of how lucene’s scoring algorithm works and how elasticsearch uses it as “similarity algorithm”

scholarly journals QVigourMap: A GIS Open Source Application for the Creation of Canopy Vigour Maps

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 952
Author(s):  
Lia Duarte ◽  
Ana Cláudia Teodoro ◽  
Joaquim J. Sousa ◽  
Luís Pádua
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Vegetation Monitoring ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Monitoring Process ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Right

In a precision agriculture context, the amount of geospatial data available can be difficult to interpret in order to understand the crop variability within a given terrain parcel, raising the need for specific tools for data processing and analysis. This is the case for data acquired from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), in which the high spatial resolution along with data from several spectral wavelengths makes data interpretation a complex process regarding vegetation monitoring. Vegetation Indices (VIs) are usually computed, helping in the vegetation monitoring process. However, a crop plot is generally composed of several non-crop elements, which can bias the data analysis and interpretation. By discarding non-crop data, it is possible to compute the vigour distribution for a specific crop within the area under analysis. This article presents QVigourMaps, a new open source application developed to generate useful outputs for precision agriculture purposes. The application was developed in the form of a QGIS plugin, allowing the creation of vigour maps, vegetation distribution maps and prescription maps based on the combination of different VIs and height information. Multi-temporal data from a vineyard plot and a maize field were used as case studies in order to demonstrate the potential and effectiveness of the QVigourMaps tool. The presented application can contribute to making the right management decisions by providing indicators of crop variability, and the outcomes can be used in the field to apply site-specific treatments according to the levels of vigour.

scholarly journals Utilizing Context in Location-Aware Short-Range Wireless Communication

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesa A. Korhonen ◽  
Ritva Pyykkönen
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Data Filtering ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Search Tool ◽  
Additional Value

We discuss how a short-range wireless communication service implemented for modern mobile communication devices can provide additional value for both the consumer and the service/product provider. When used as an information search tool, such systems allow services and products being promoted at the location they are available. For the customer, it may provide a “digitally augmented vision”, an enhanced view to the current environment. With data filtering and search rules, this may provide a self-manageable context, where the user's own personal environment and preferences to the features available in the current surroundings cooperate with a direct connection to the web-based social media. A preliminary design for such service is provided. The conclusion is that the method can generate additional revenue to the company and please the customers' buying process. In addition to the marketing, the principles described here are also applicable to other forms of human interaction.

In quest of goldilocks ranges in searching for information on the web

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Matysek ◽  
Jacek Tomaszczyk
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Search Task ◽  
Web Searching ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Right ◽  
User Experiment ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe quest to discover optimal conditions or amounts has been carried out in many scientific disciplines and practical fields. In astrophysics, biology, medicine, psychology and education, the quest has resulted in finding the right amount of something, a desirable middle between extremes, a balance between conditions or the optimal state of a system. The results are referred to as the Goldilocks principle, which is based on the idea of being “just right”. The aim of our study was to find out if there are any measures in information search that could be identified as Goldilocks ranges.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted a user experiment in which 68 participants carried out a time-unlimited, topical search task involving finding relevant websites on the basis of which the participants were supposed to prepare a presentation on a given topic. We examined aspects of their search behavior.FindingsWe found that information search Goldilocks ranges can be identified for a length of a search session, number of relevant results, number of queries submitted and number of search engine results pages (SERPs) visited. This preliminary study has resulted in indicating the following dominant ranges: Number of relevant documents found: 5–8; Time spent searching: 21–35 min; Number of queries submitted: 3–7; Number of SERPs viewed: 1–3.Originality/valueTill now, no one has studied Goldilocks ranges in information retrieval. The Goldilocks ranges have some practical implications for improving the effectiveness of web searching.

Converting Raw Accelerometer Data to Activity Counts Using Open-Source Code: Implementing a MATLAB Code in Python and R, and Comparing the Results to ActiLife

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ruben Brondeel ◽  
Yan Kestens ◽  
Javad Rahimipour Anaraki ◽  
Kevin Stanley ◽  
Benoit Thierry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Accelerometer Sensor ◽  
Interclass Correlation ◽  
Acceleration Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
Pearson Correlations ◽  
Closed Source

Background: Closed-source software for processing and analyzing accelerometer data provides little to no information about the algorithms used to transform acceleration data into physical activity indicators. Recently, an algorithm was developed in MATLAB that replicates the frequently used proprietary ActiLife activity counts. The aim of this software profile was (a) to translate the MATLAB algorithm into R and Python and (b) to test the accuracy of the algorithm on free-living data. Methods: As part of the INTErventions, Research, and Action in Cities Team, data were collected from 86 participants in Victoria (Canada). The participants were asked to wear an integrated global positioning system and accelerometer sensor (SenseDoc) for 10 days on the right hip. Raw accelerometer data were processed in ActiLife, MATLAB, R, and Python and compared using Pearson correlation, interclass correlation, and visual inspection. Results: Data were collected for a combined 749 valid days (>10 hr wear time). MATLAB, Python, and R counts per minute on the vertical axis had Pearson correlations with the ActiLife counts per minute of .998, .998, and .999, respectively. All three algorithms overestimated ActiLife counts per minute, some by up to 2.8%. Conclusions: A MATLAB algorithm for deriving ActiLife counts was implemented in R and Python. The different implementations provide similar results to ActiLife counts produced in the closed source software and can, for all practical purposes, be used interchangeably. This opens up possibilities to comparing studies using similar accelerometers from different suppliers, and to using free, open-source software.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN FOTOGRAFI DASAR SEBAGAI MEDIA VISUAL PROMOSI WISATA INDONESIA TIMUR

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wegig Murwonugroho
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Picture Quality ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Technical Functions ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Visitor Numbers

<p><em>Photography is an activity cherised by many people of all age as hobby. In an era with easy access to internet and social media, photography also enjoys an increase in popularity. Young adult age group is the one who benefits the most from those technology advancements. It’s as if they compete to create images on social media to be liked by other people. However, sometimes people lacking in technological knowledge buy cameras without knowing the full technical functions and differences in image quality produced by them. The lack of knowledge in photography basic techniques and aesthetical composition may cause picture quality to suffer. This </em>Program Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM)<em> with the theme of Photography Basic Training aims to grow basic photography skills as a tool to produce interesting stock photos. Therefore, participants will have the capability to capture the exoticism of East Indonesia, where they come from. Tourist promotion with easthetically pleasing photos is believed to be positively impacting visitor numbers. It’s true that informations about photography basic techniques are prevalent online, but people who are only beginning to learn still need face-to-face guidance to assure transfer of informations occur the right way. After engaging in this </em>PkM<em> program, their knowledge and skill of basic photography techniques will improve. They will be more knowing of how to make more interesting pictures.</em></p>

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