Browsing SAM - Joint Master Degree in Digital Library Learning (DILL) by Title
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Proposal of a method for assessing the quality of stock photography websites
(Master thesis, 2012)The advent of the Internet, the advent of digital photography and the chance of digitalizing large volumes of photographs, negatives, slides or daguerreotypes revolutionized the field of commercial stock photography. This ... -
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 ... -
Researchers' attitude to using institutional repositories : a case study of the Oslo University Institutional Repository (DUO)
(Master thesis, 2010)Institutional Repositories (IRs) have been considered one of the disseminating and preserving method for scholarly research publications. However, the success of IR is dependent on the contribution of researchers and faculty ... -
Role of Health Information Professionals (HIP)s in Promoting Health Information Literacy(HIL) among Nurses: A Case Study of Selected Norwegian Health institutes.
(Master thesis, 2014)Background As health has direct and indirect bearings upon many other issues like economy, environment, social progress etc., information literacy in health sector is one of the very important aspects, which has emerged ... -
The role of knowledge sharing in fostering innovation in higher education : a case study of Tallinn University
(Master thesis, 2011)The system of higher education is undergoing heightened evaluation and reform in a number of countries. These reforms have included embracing knowledge sharing to improve organizational performance. Realizing that in this ... -
Scholars and Institutional Repositories : Perceptions of Academic Authors towards Self -Archiving their Scholarly Works in the Bergen Open Research Archive
(Master thesis, 2010)This study describes the perceptions of academic authors towards self-archiving; specifically exploring the motivations and deterrence factors influencing decisions to deposit their works in an institutional repository ... -
Similarities and Differences Between Cloud Service Vendors
(Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of this study is to find out the Similarities and differences between different Cloud Service Vendors in terms of their fundamental technical aspects and range of service provided by them. This research has ... -
Standardization metadata schema for securing interoperability : a case study at FORDA Digital Libraries-Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2011)Metadata schema is very important and should be considered in a digital library. Metadata schema makes possible metadata interoperability in digital libraries. Standard metadata schema is needed for consistency and ... -
Students’ conceptions of the use of Web 2.0 tools
(Master thesis, 2010)In the past five years the emergence of Web 2.0 tools has permeated many human spheres including higher education sector. Some higher educational institutions had experimented with it and evidences showed that before its ... -
A study of image quality, authenticity, and metadata characteristics of photogrammetric three-dimensional data in cultural heritage domain
(Master thesis, 2010)This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of digital image quality, authenticity, and metadata issues of photogrammetry as a three-dimensional (3D) digitization technique in the cultural heritage domain. ... -
Supportive Services for Digital Scholarly Editors in the National Library: A Marriage of Necessity or the Necessity of a Marriage?
(Master thesis, 2014)Due to the constantly evolving nature of digital scholarly editions, this user group has some unmet needs. A supportive service in a national library can help meet these needs since they are service-centered institution ... -
Topic Maps : a bibliometric study
(Master thesis, 2012)Topic Maps is an international standard (ISO/IEC 13250) to describe and encode knowledge structures and associating them with relevant information resources. This thesis seeks to investigate what has been written about ... -
Topic Maps and library and information science : an exploratory study of Topic Maps principles from a Knowledge and Information Organization perspective
(Master thesis, 2009)Purpose: This master thesis attempts to present a ‘state of the art’ of the placement of Topic Maps (ISO13250) in Library and Information Science, through an extensive literature review and a synthesis based on their ... -
Trust in an online hospitality network : An interpretive study of The CouchSurfing Project
(Master thesis, 2009)The aim of this interpretive study is to acquire a deeper understanding of the concept of interpersonal trust in an online community, namely, The CouchSurfing Project. CouchSurfing is an online hospitality network whose ... -
The use of Wikipedia in secondary level education in an academic curriculum in Nepalese context
(Master thesis, 2015)Information and knowledge are the key components to be success in this 21st century. For this each and every one is searching or seeking information to make more knowledgeable. The use of Wikipedia pages as an academic ... -
User Experience (UX) and user engagement: a case study
(Master thesis, 2015)Aim and objectives The aim of the study is to understand to what extent User Experience strategies may positively impact users’ perception in a digital context such as the E-learning ones given by MOOCs, and to what ... -
Using participatory action research methodology for the development of academic librarians e-book competences
(Master thesis, 2016)Aim. The aim of the study is to understand how to improve librarians’ competences in order to develop an e-book service, in an active and reflective participative process. Objectives of the research are to explore ... -
Virtual storytimes: implementing dialogic reading into children’s digital libraries
(Master thesis, 2015)Early literacy skills in children are an important factor for later academic success. In particular, preschool years is profound in providing children reading skills that serve as a bridge to formal learning in school. Today ... -
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 ...