scholarly journals Metodología para la mejora arquitectónica de repositorios universitarios

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrià Fernández-Luna ◽  
Mario Pérez-Montoro ◽  
Javier Guallar
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The University ◽  
Improve Access ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Se propone la utilización de metodologías propias de la disciplina de la Arquitectura de la información para mejorar el acceso a los contenidos de los repositorios universitarios o institucionales. Se ha observado que en la mayoría (80%) de los repositorios universitarios se utiliza una implementación por defecto del software DSpace. El hecho de no adecuar la arquitectura del repositorio a las necesidades de la universidad y sus usuarios puede generar una mala experiencia de usuario llegando a generar búsquedas insatisfactorias en una de cada tres interacciones. Este obstáculo en la recuperación de documentos puede evolucionar en una falta de visibilidad de la producción científica de la institución. Por ello se hace una propuesta metodológica para mejorar la arquitectura de los repositorios basada en las técnicas de User Persona y de Card Sorting empleando herramientas gratuitas como Google Forms, y se aplica la metodología a un estudio de caso: el Dipòsit Digital de la UB. The article proposes the use of methodologies of the discipline of Information Architecture to improve access to the contents of institutional repositories. It has been observed that in the majority (80%) of the university repositories a default implementation of the DSpace software is used. The fact of not adapting the architecture of the repository to the needs of the university and its users can generate a bad user experience, generating unsatisfactory searches in one of every three interactions. This obstacle in the recovery of documents can evolve in a lack of visibility of the scientific production of the institution. Therefore, a methodological proposal is made to improve the architecture of the repositories based on the techniques of User Persona and Card Sorting using free tools such as Google Forms, and this methodology is applied to a case study: Dipòsit Digital of the UB.

scholarly journals Best Practices for Information Architecture, Organization, and Retrieval in Digital Language Archives within University Institutional Repositories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Vann
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Software Implementations ◽  
Digital Language

This report presents a case study about building a working digital language archive in a hosted university institutional repository. Best practices in language documentation regarding information architecture, organization, and retrieval are considered in relation to university library commitments to resource acquisition/preservation and online cataloging/delivery systems. Despite challenges, findings suggest that constructing digital language archives in university institutional repositories may offer viable collaborative solutions for researchers unable to find suitable, pre-existing archives in which to deposit their language documentary materials. The report concludes that, in such situations, the ability to satisfy best practices may respond to the strengths/weaknesses of particular software implementations as much as it reflects the design team’s vision, as theory and method in language documentation increasingly become matters of library and information science.

scholarly journals User Experience in Institutional Repositories

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽  
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The University

Disruptive ideas and innovative business models take shape from observing and investigating the needs and demands of potential users and measuring their success based on the acceptance by users and their satisfaction. In an educational context, a new mission of the university has emerged, supported by the transfer of open access knowledge through Institutional Repositories (IR); it is important to know the motivations and needs of the academic community to promote scientific dissemination using these platforms. The present article uses the method of systematic literature review: using 29 studies from SCOPUS and WoS, involving the topics User-Centered Design (UCD) and repositories. The results show that two of the three UCD phases—evaluation and requirements—are closely linked and are the reiterative focus of UCD; thus, it is desirable to promote the design of custom-made prototypes according to the users' motivations. It is necessary to redefine methodologies for IR development within open-access ecosystems to guide them towards meeting their potential users' needs and motivations.

scholarly journals User Experience in Institutional Repositories

2020 ◽  
pp. 423-440
Author(s):  
Laura Icela González-Pérez ◽  
María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽  
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Present Article ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The University

Disruptive ideas and innovative business models take shape from observing and investigating the needs and demands of potential users and measuring their success based on the acceptance by users and their satisfaction. In an educational context, a new mission of the university has emerged, supported by the transfer of open access knowledge through Institutional Repositories (IR); it is important to know the motivations and needs of the academic community to promote scientific dissemination using these platforms. The present article uses the method of systematic literature review: using 29 studies from SCOPUS and WoS, involving the topics User-Centered Design (UCD) and repositories. The results show that two of the three UCD phases—evaluation and requirements—are closely linked and are the reiterative focus of UCD; thus, it is desirable to promote the design of custom-made prototypes according to the users' motivations. It is necessary to redefine methodologies for IR development within open-access ecosystems to guide them towards meeting their potential users' needs and motivations.

scholarly journals Digital integrity and the teaching/learning nexus: Taking the pedagogical pulse of the multilocation university

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Stirling ◽  
Kerryn Hopkins ◽  
Brendan Riddick
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Distributed Learning ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Distributed Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Improve Access ◽  
Australian Universities

This case study considers questions of pedagogical and educational integrity in relation to multi-location or distributed learning environments that deploy blended learning models. Specifically, we engage with the implications of these models in light of recommendations that Australian universities continue to improve access for students from low socio-economic backgrounds and other identified equity groups. We provide an overview of the critical success factors germane to the implementation of these models at the University of Wollongong in 2000 and examine some of the pressure points that have emerged as the project expands into 2010.

The Concoct of Digital Preservation in Open Access

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-138
Author(s):  
Thatayaone Segaetsho
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The University

Research pursuit in Open Access (OA) has become a center of interest in academic institutions. Academic institutions and publishers have been energetically working hard towards achieving strategic and sustained partnerships in providing OA to information resources. While the work of strengthening these endeavours is ongoing, very little have been done on the logistics for digital preservation of OA resources in Institutional Repositories. This chapter explores digital preservation processes in OA using the University of Botswana Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Archive (UBRISA) as a case study. The chapter establishes the implementation activities, the outcomes, and challenges experienced by UBRISA. The findings reveal that the UBRISA commits to strategically capturing and preserving the intellectual output, raw data, and historic values of the institution for posterity. The UBRISA is challenged by limited budgets, logistical challenges, and limited expertise. This chapter recommends that partnerships and advocacy for legislative structures that support OA are critical.

Integrating the IR into strategic goals at the University of Toledo: case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjun Sabharwal ◽  
Gerald R. Natal
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this case study is to demonstrate a current model, as well as explore future models, for integrating institutional repositories (IRs) in higher education goals at the University of Toledo. Design/methodology/approachThis is a case study that uses literature review as an exploratory framework for new approaches while reflecting on existing literature to present the current practical framework for using IRs. FindingsThe digital environment has pushed academic institutions toward new strategies for curating their record on scholarship and preserving their heritage collections, using their IRs. Innovative approaches are also vital to curating the IR content digitally to facilitate access to those contents in ways that was not possible a few decades ago. Surveys and existing literature point to increasing uses of IRs despite abstinence from considering open access for scholarly activity among faculty concerned about copyright, plagiarism and sustainability. Staffing and funding IR initiatives are important factors in sustaining the curation of scholarship in the digital environment. Practical implicationsIRs with open access publishing, expert gallery and digital library features place academic libraries in a central role as partners in digital scholarship. Originality/valueThis case study presents an original approach to incorporating the IR into the curation of digital content while also considering potential uses of knowledge management approaches for data and knowledge sharing in an academic environment.

Towards user responsive institutional repositories: a case study

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rea Devakos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Early Adopter ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The University ◽  
Student Assistants ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeTo report on the University of Toronto's implementation of an institutional repository.Design/methodology/approachDescribe decision making process. A range of qualitative research methods were used to solicit early adopter and library concerns. Findings were then used to guide implementation.FindingsProvides the rational behind decisions made. Argues that modified qualitative research methods may be useful to new library projects.Research limitations/implicationsThe report is specific to an institution.Practical implicationsPrioritizing actions, focusing on faculty and leveraging resources, notably student assistants is key.Originality/valueThis paper provides practical information and a model which may be useful for others implementing repository services or other emerging technologies.

scholarly journals Card sorting e teste de performance: Técnicas para compreender e avaliar o entendimento da informação pelo usuário | Card Sorting and Performance Testing: Techniques to Understand and evaluate the user's understanding of the information

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-142
Author(s):  
Anny Caroline Castelo Branco Martins ◽  
Franciane Da Silva Falcão
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
Classification And Labeling ◽  
Testing Techniques ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Monitoring Module

O propósito deste estudo é destacar as vantagens da utilização das técnicas de card sorting e teste de performance para a construção da informação em produtos, sejam eles físicos ou digitais. O artigo relata um estudo de caso desenvolvido dentro da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) com a criação do módulo de monitoria no sistema ecampus. Foi desenvolvido utilizando a metodologia projeto E (MEURER e SZABLUK, 2012) dividido em 4 etapas: (1) estratégia, (2) escopo, estrutura e esqueleto, (3) estética e (4) execução. Como resultado da aplicação das técnicas de card sorting e teste de performance pode-se compreender o raciocínio do usuário, identificar sua compreensão dos rótulos e avaliar seu entendimento da informação. Ao final, obteve-se uma interface que comunica efetivamente com seus usuários, de forma eficaz, eficiente e satisfatória.*****The goal of this paper is to highlight the benefits of applying card sorting techniques and performance testing for improve digital products. A case study was developed at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) with the creation of the monitoring module in the campus system, aka ecampus. This study was directed with support of the project E methodology (MEURER and SZABLUK, 2012), that was divided in four steps: (1) strategy, (2) scope, structure and skeleton, (3) aesthetics and (4) execution. As result we had a better understanding about the needs of users utilizing classification and labeling. This information allowed us to create a better user experience: a interface that communicates with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.

AFRICAN INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES AS CONTRIBUTORS TO GLOBAL INFORMATION: A SOUTH AFRICAN CASE STUDY

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Van Wyk ◽  
Janneke Mostert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The University

Globally, institutional repositories (IRs) have become part of the services offered in academic libraries. This is, however, not yet the case in African academic libraries. In South Africa, the majority of academic libraries have embarked on digitising their research output. The aim of the study reported on in this article was to describe the IR of the University of Zululand (commonly known as Unizulu). A literature review, personal experience and observations were used to gather information for the study. It was found that although there were a number of challenges in the beginning stages, the project known as UZSpace was launched successfully. It was also found that due to the fact that the open access principle was embraced, and through the use of harvesters, the IR was heavily utilised especially during the first few months after going live – a trend that is still continuing. The article points out the challenges experienced; highlights the current status of the project; and shows the strengths and weaknesses of the project. Recommendations include that the IR management should form its own department under the auspices of the library; staff issues be resolved; and contingency plans be put in place for when a staff member leaves the project. The digitisation of the research materials should also be done in-house instead of being outsourced in order to save time and finances.

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