Browsing SAM - Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL) by Title
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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 ... -
Analysis of functional requirements to ensure authenticity and integrity of archiving Norwegian electronic public administration records
(Master thesis, 2011)Authenticity and integrity are crucial elements of trust in physical or electronic document archiving. This thesis analyzed the functional requirements of authenticity and integrity and how to ensure them in the context ... -
Analysis of the usability of a preliminary design for an EDM metadata mapping tool
(Master thesis, 2012)Europeana aims to bring together metadata for cultural heritage objects from institutions throughout Europe, to increase their visibility and accessibility. This project requires that metadata created and stored in a ... -
Analysis of User’s Data for Book Search
(Master thesis, 2015)Today the world is flooding with enormous amount of information in the web. For retrieval of proper information, it can be a confusing task though with help of some effective tools we can seek desired information within ... -
Application of Preservation Metadata for Long-Term Accessibility of Digital Objects
(Master thesis, 2010)In the process of digital preservation metadata management for long-term accessibility of digital objects has been an important discussion point internationally. However, there is a gap in the implementation of preservation ... -
Baltic and nordic university libraries marketing in facebook
(Master thesis, 2015)Facebook provides possibility to every organization to market their services and products through Pages and also libraries have a chance to be closer to their audiences. Libraries have always had standpoint of being where ... -
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 ... -
Building the Collection of the National Digital Library of Kosova : Users’ Expectations
(Master thesis, 2009)This mixed qualitative/quantitative exploratory case study research is informed by a constructivist approach. Its aim is to identify user-based content selection criteria for the national digital library of Kosova. The ... -
Case studies on digitization and metadata creation and management
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis’ initial aim is to study the life-cycle of metadata from its creation, its development and management and the role they play during digitization processes. Three memory institutions and their respective ... -
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 ... -
A case study on the application of wiki technology for knowledge management in the corporate setting
(Master thesis, 2011)In our current world of postindustrial generation, knowledge has been considered as one of the most significant production resources. More and more organizations realize the importance of leveraging and retaining employees‟ ... -
Cataloging images in library, archive and museum
(Master thesis, 2015)This research was supposed to illustrate the process of image cataloging in a library, an archive and a museum in Oslo. Because of the importance and performance of visual items, cataloging becomes an effective aspect in ... -
Challenges for international students in using electronic resources in the Learning Centre : a case study of Oslo University College
(Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this study is to find out the challenges facing by international students in using electronic resources in the OUC learning center. This research has used a qualitative approach and purposive, a non-probability ... -
Challenges of metadata migration in digital repository : a case study of the migration of DUO to Dspace at the University of Oslo Library
(Master thesis, 2011)This work is a study of challenges in the metadata migration, generally and with DUO as a case, thereby defining the appropriate strategy to convert metadata elements of DUO to Dspace in the migration project at UBO. The ... -
The changing professional image of librarians : focusing on the job positions of digital librarians in academic libraries in the United States of America
(Master thesis, 2010)This content analysis study sought to gauge the technology-induced changing image of librarians in the context of digital environment of academic libraries in the USA via their job titles, responsibilities and qualifications ... -
Collaborative virtual reference services in Norway : a case study
(Master thesis, 2012)With the increasing availability of electronic information services, and the emergence of digital libraries, Virtual Reference Services have occurred as natural extensions of library works and, the Virtual Reference Services ... -
Crowdsourcing for image metadata : a comparison between game-generated tags and professional descriptors
(Master thesis, 2012)One way to address the challenge of creating metadata for digitized image collections is to rely on user-created index terms, typically by harvesting tags from the collaborative information services known as folksonomies ... -
Data sharing in the life sciences : a study of researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
(Master thesis, 2012)Digital research data collected in the sciences has the potential to be reused and shared openly. Several arguments for such sharing have come forward both from funders and researchers during the last decade. This study ... -
Digital Curation in the Italian context: new roles and professions for Digital Librarians
(Master thesis, 2015)The aim of this research is to analyse the activity of digital curation in the Italian context, focusing the attention on the IT skills and competencies of the digital curator. The main hypothesis comes from a reflection ...