{"title":"An application profile for research collaboration and information management","authors":"Chariya Nonthakarn, V. Wuwongse","doi":"10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to design an application profile that will enable interoperability among research management systems, support research collaboration, and facilitate the management of research information. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on the Singapore Framework for Dublin Core Application Profile, a framework for designing metadata schemas for maximum interoperability. The application profile is built from gathering stakeholders’ requirements in research community and integrates four types of research information, i.e., information on researchers, research projects, research outputs, and research reports, which benefits researchers, research managers, and funding agencies. Findings – The resultant application profile is evaluated against widely used similar metadata schemas and requirements; and is found to be more comprehensive than the existing schemas and meets the collected requirements. Furthermore, the application profile is deployed with a prototype of r...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"242-265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62195942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A structural model of information privacy concerns toward hospital websites","authors":"Kuang-Ming Kuo, Paul C. Talley, Chen-Chung Ma","doi":"10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and empirically test a theoretical model that considers the predictors of an individual’s perceptions of information privacy, and also how it relates to his/her behavioral intention toward approaching hospital web sites. Design/methodology/approach – This paper collects data using survey methodology. A total of 331 usable participants are gathered and analyzed via structural equation modeling. Findings – Significant predictors of information privacy concerns include a stated online privacy policy and a hospital’s reputation. Further, online privacy policy predicts a hospital’s reputation. Finally, hospital reputation and information privacy concerns significantly predict an individual’s behavioral intention toward approaching hospital web sites. Research limitations/implications – The study confirmed that an online privacy policy and reputation can effectively alleviate specific information privacy concerns; therefore, this may indicate that these two fact...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"305-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-02-2014-0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62196211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A strategic framework for good governance through e-governance optimization: A case study of Punjab in India","authors":"N. S. Kalsi, R. Kiran","doi":"10.1108/PROG-12-2013-0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-12-2013-0067","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to find out whether the new information and communication technologies can make a significant contribution to the achievement of the objective of good governance. The study identifies the factors responsible for creating a conducive environment for effective and successful implementation of e-governance for achieving good governance and the possible barriers in the implementation of e governance applications. Based on the comprehensive analysis it proposes a strategic policy framework for good governance in Punjab in India. Punjab is a developed state ranked amongst some of the top states of India in terms of per capita income and infrastructure. Design/methodology/approach – The study designs a framework for good governance by getting the shared vision of all stakeholders about providing good quality administration and governance in the Indian context through “Participatory Stakeholder Assessment”. The study uses descriptive statistics, perception gap, AN...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"170-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-12-2013-0067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62200670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoption of Web 2.0 in library associations in the presence of social media","authors":"A. Hussain","doi":"10.1108/PROG-02-2013-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-02-2013-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the adoption of Web 2.0 in library associations in the presence of social media. This paper attempts to measure the penetration of Web 2.0 tools in various library associations all over the world. Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted through an assessment of the library associations’ web sites. A total of 188 library associations’ web sites were analysed, out of which 115 library associations have implemented Web 2.0 applications; this is 61.17 percent of the total. Findings – On the basis of the analysis it was found that the majority of Web 2.0 tools have been used by American continents library associations. This stands at, 89.86 percent, whereas only a small number of Web 2.0 tools have been used by Asian continent library associations, that is, 25.64 percent. The most of Web 2.0 tools used by library associations, is, Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds, LinkedIn, Flickr and Blogs. Research limitations/implications – The findings of this stu...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"151-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-02-2013-0007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62195855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Khor, W. Ismail, Mohd Nasir Md Rashid, A. Akla Wan Ismail, Muhammad Qayum Omar, Farah Hazwani Mohd Zanal
{"title":"UHF RFID proof of concept (POC) with open-source ILS at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Libraries","authors":"J. Khor, W. Ismail, Mohd Nasir Md Rashid, A. Akla Wan Ismail, Muhammad Qayum Omar, Farah Hazwani Mohd Zanal","doi":"10.1108/PROG-11-2012-0060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-11-2012-0060","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) uses different detection technologies and integrated library systems (ILS) at its four libraries located at different sites. Hence, ubiquitous data management system is required in the four libraries to enable real-time data sharing and tracking among the libraries. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Proof of concept is used to verify the performance of integration between different detection technologies including barcode, high frequency (HF) and ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) as well as Integrated Library Management Utility (ILMU) and Koha ILSs. Five pilot tests are performed to investigate the speed of the borrowing and returning transactions, the efficiency of security gate to detect non-borrowed items, and the reliability of the ubiquitous data management system. Findings – The HF RFID technology and the proprietary library system have been used in many libraries. The current study proves th...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"135-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-11-2012-0060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62200107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wayback machine: reincarnation to vanished online citations","authors":"B T Sampath Kumar, D. Vinay Kumar, K. Prithviraj","doi":"10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0039","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to know the rate of loss of online citations used as references in scholarly journals. It also indented to recover the vanished online citations using Wayback Machine and also to calculate the half-life period of online citations. Design/methodology/approach – The study selected three journals published by Emerald publication. All 389 articles published in these three scholarly journals were selected. A total of 15,211 citations were extracted of which 13,281 were print citations and only 1,930 were online citations. The online citations so extracted were then tested to determine whether they were active or missing on the Web. W3C Link Checker was used to check the existence of online citations. The online citations which got HTTP error message while testing for its accessibility were then entered in to the search box of the Wayback Machine to recover vanished online citations. Findings – Study found that only 12.69 percent (1,930 out of 15,211) citations were online...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"205-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62198197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Negation detection and word sense disambiguation in digital archaeology reports for the purposes of semantic annotation","authors":"A. Vlachidis, D. Tudhope","doi":"10.1108/PROG-10-2014-0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-10-2014-0076","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the role and contribution of Natural Language Processing Techniques, in particular Negation Detection and Word Sense Disambiguation in the process of Semantic Annotation of Archaeological Grey Literature. Archaeological reports contain a great deal of information that conveys facts and findings in different ways. This kind of information is highly relevant to the research and analysis of archaeological evidence but at the same time can be a hindrance for the accurate indexing of documents with respect to positive assertions","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"118-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-10-2014-0076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62199298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors affecting the satisfaction of an online community for archive management in Taiwan","authors":"Fang-Ming Hsu, Tser-yieth Chen, Chiu-Tsu Fang, Chungju Lin, Chu-Mei Chiu","doi":"10.1108/PROG-12-2012-0068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-12-2012-0068","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the richness of information and the satisfaction of participants in an online community regarding archive management in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach – An investigation was deployed to attendants in 20 training courses created by the National Archives Administration (NAA) in Taiwan for records staff on the topic of digital preservation. The responses were collected from respondents who were participating in an online community for archive management. Through structural equation modeling method, this study examined the effects of channel richness, information transparency and accessibility of archive to brand image and trust and then continued to the satisfaction of professional participants to archive management in an online community. Findings – Appropriate disclosure of information regarding archiving can effectively improve the satisfaction of participants in the online community to archive. Channel richness of communi...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"46-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-12-2012-0068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62199947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Georgia D. Solomou, Dimitrios A. Koutsomitropoulos
{"title":"Towards an evaluation of semantic searching in digital repositories: a DSpace case-study","authors":"Georgia D. Solomou, Dimitrios A. Koutsomitropoulos","doi":"10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0037","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Successful learning infrastructures and repositories often depend on well-organized content collections for effective dissemination, maintenance and preservation of resources. By combining semantic descriptions already lying or implicit within their descriptive metadata, reasoning-based or semantic searching of these collections can be enabled and produce novel possibilities for content browsing and retrieval. The specifics and necessities of such an approach, however, make it hard to assess and measure its effectiveness. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Therefore in this paper the authors introduce a concrete methodology toward a pragmatic evaluation of semantic searching in such scenarios, which is exemplified through the semantic search plugin the authors have developed for the popular DSpace repository system. Findings – The results reveal that this approach can be appealing to expert as well as novice users alike, improve the effectiveness of content dis...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"63-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-07-2013-0037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62198187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the management of unstructured data in e-learning systems using MongoDB","authors":"M. Stevic, B. Milosavljević, B. Perisic","doi":"10.1108/PROG-11-2013-0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-11-2013-0063","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Current e-learning platforms are based on relational database management systems (RDBMS) and are well suited for handling structured data. However, it is expected from e-learning solutions to efficiently handle unstructured data as well. The purpose of this paper is to show an alternative to current solutions for unstructured data management. Design/methodology/approach – Current repository-based solution for file management was compared to MongoDB architecture according to their functionalities and characteristics. This included several categories: data integrity, hardware acquisition, processing files, availability, handling concurrent users, partition tolerance, disaster recovery, backup policies and scalability. Findings – This paper shows that it is possible to improve e-learning platform capabilities by implementing a hybrid database architecture that incorporates RDBMS for handling structured data and MongoDB database system for handling unstructured data. Research limitations/implication...","PeriodicalId":49663,"journal":{"name":"Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems","volume":"49 1","pages":"91-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/PROG-11-2013-0063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62199885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}