Browsing SAM - Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL) by Title
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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 ... -
The digital library professionals’ learning culture : a study on digital libraries’ community of practice in Europe
(Master thesis, 2011)In the context of knowledge management (KM) in the field of digital libraries (DL), communities of practice (CoPs) is one of the unexplored areas of interests for research, as compared with those in the fields of business ... -
Digital Preservation in Norway’s Record Keeping and Archiving Traditions : an exploration of authenticity practices using mixed methods research
(Master thesis, 2010)This work is a study of the current authenticity practices of records in Norway. The study is limited to public administration records at municipality level, specifically municipality and city archives. Norway has a well ... -
Digital preservation of scientific e-journals: Colombian case study
(Master thesis, 2015)Largest publishers and biggest libraries around the world have treated the long-‐term preservation of scientific e-‐journals with high standard practices. There are international initiatives tha ... -
Digital Reference Services in a digital environment: user’s perceptions of the Library and Information Center of Harokopio University
(Master thesis, 2015)Digital Reference Service operates as a supplementary service for traditional libraries by embracing the potentials of new technologies with the purpose of supporting distant users. On the contrary, in digital libraries ... -
Enriching Metadata Contents in Repositories: A case study in Institution Repositories of HIOA(ODA)
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis aims to explore the current state of metadata practices in Institution Repositories of HiOA in terms of the awareness of Institution Repositories, metadata and metadata types, the availability of guidelines, ... -
Essential competencies of an information professional working in a digital library environment, in the opinions of Norwegian and Thai library and information science educators
(Master thesis, 2010)Essential competencies required of an information professional to work in the digital environment have been a significant discussion topic the Library and Information science (LIS) world. Both in Norway and Thailand, one ... -
Evaluating the Web Usability – An Interpretive Study of the Bazar portal in Oslo Public Library, Norway
(Master thesis, 2010)The vast pool of information and the development of technology have given thousands of choices for users when using Internet for searching purposes. With all available websites and the diverse set of user skills, website ... -
The evaluation of real-world digital libraries : a case at the Loughborough University Library
(Master thesis, 2011)Evaluation is a crucial step for the development and improvements of digital libraries. Unfortunately, nowadays only few studies are focused on this matter and even fewer concentrate on how evaluation is conducted in ... -
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 ...