Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Subject "Academic libraries"
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Academic Library and Research Data management Roles: The Case of Norwegian Libraries
(Master thesis, 2015)Within the knowledge society, data constitutes a significant fragment. The management and sharing of data especially with respect to research data coupled with the influx of information communication and technology is thus ... -
Accessibility and provision of digital library resources to the visually impaired students in academic libraries: A case study of University of Oslo Library
(Master thesis, 2011)The study explored the accessibility and provision of digital library resources to the visually impaired (VI) students in academic libraries, and it used the library of university of Oslo as a case institution. This study ... -
Because research data matters : a case at the Loughborough University Library
(Master thesis, 2012)Research data management is increasingly gaining importance in academic libraries, and there is a growing body of literature dedicated to this area of interest. However, only a few studies explored opinions and requirements ... -
A case study of library professionals’ attitudes towards marketing electronic resources in Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science
(Master thesis, 2012)Marketing as a commercial term has already been implemented in the public sectors for example library. There are a lot of research studies paid attentions to marketing policies, activities as well as users. Meanwhile, there ... -
Discovery Systems as an Alternative to Stand-Alone Databases. The Example of Primo at BI Norwegian Business School
(Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education;Vol. 10, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-31)Discovery systems (DS) harvest metadata from various sources into one central index. This data can be searched through thanks to an intuitive interface, which also redirects users to fulltext resources in their native ... -
Exploring the academic libraries' readiness for research data management: cases from Hungary and Estonia
(Master thesis, 2015)The aim of this thesis was to examine the academic libraries readiness for research data management in countries where this issue is only getting recognised. Therefore, eight academic libraries from Estonia and Hungary has ... -
Interdisciplinarity and information literacy: Librarians' competencies in emerging settings of higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Our aim with this conceptual analysis is to demonstrate possible expectations put on librarians who are engaged in interdisciplinary courses in higher education programs. We do so by relating views on interdisciplinarity ... -
Is the reference desk used for reference interviews
(Reference Services Review;Volume 49, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-08)Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate why users turn to the university library’s reference desk and whether librarians make use of the opportunity to conduct reference interviews to disclose any unexpressed ... -
Personalization and usage data in academic libraries : an exploratory study
(Master thesis, 2012)Personalization is a service pattern for ensuring proactive information delivery tailored to an individual based on learned or perceived needs of the person. It is credited as a remedy for information explosion especially ... -
Redesigning academic library websites in small, medium and large scale institutions : reasons and solutions
(Master thesis, 2010)Managing change always covers a large area in research. Many changes in academic library website have also been noticed. However, there is a gap in literature about the nature of the change in academic library website. ... -
Reference Management Software as digital libraries : a survey at the University of Torino
(Master thesis, 2012)Reference Management Software are used by researchers in academics to manage the bibliographic citations they encounter in their research. With these tools, scholars keep track of the scientific literature they read, and ... -
To Bento or Not to Bento? A usability study of prototypes of Oria and Bento Box
(Master thesis, 2020)This study focuses on a usability test conducted on two prototypes of the websites — Norwegian Primo (Oria of the University of Oslo Library) and a Bento box (the Princeton University Library). I conducted a virtual ... -
Universitets- og høgskolebibliotekenes rolle i forskningsformidling. En kvantitativ studie som kartlegger UH-bibliotekenes formidlingstiltak i Norge
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne masteroppgaven tar utgangpunkt i problemstillingen På hvilke måter og i hvilken grad driver UH-biblioteker i Norge med forskningsformidling per i dag? og undersøker ved hjelp av et spørreskjema hvilke formidlingstiltak ... -
Visual Literacy Practices in Higher Education
(Master thesis, 2015)In our media-driven age visuals are increasingly frequent and prominently present in society and their importance and influence across academic disciplines is growing. This makes it essential to enable learners to become ... -
What are they doing? And where? Tracking the Traffic as one of the instruments in an evidence-based redesign of a university library
(Liber quarterly: the journal of European research libraries;Volume 29 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-29)During the last decade we have seen an increased focus on the future use of academic libraries, both in terms of their legitimacy and the use of the physical library space itself. Prior to a planned, major rebuilding ...