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Availability, Use and Constraints to Use of Electronic Information Resources by Postgraduates Students at the University of Ibadan 伊巴丹大学研究生电子信息资源的可得性、使用与约束

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2017.7.4.051

Dare Samuel Adeleke, K. Nwalo

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引用次数: 12

Online Social Network Interactions: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Network Structure on McDonald's Facebook Sites between Taiwan and USA 在线社交网络互动:台湾与美国麦当劳Facebook网站网络结构的跨文化比较

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2017.7.4.005

Hui-Jung Chang

{"title":"Online Social Network Interactions: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Network Structure on McDonald's Facebook Sites between Taiwan and USA","authors":"Hui-Jung Chang","doi":"10.5865/IJKCT.2017.7.4.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2017.7.4.005","url":null,"abstract":"Article history: Received 05 May 2017 Revised 11 November 2017 Accepted 02 December 2017 A cross-cultural comparison of social networking structure on McDonald’s Facebook fan sites between Taiwan and the USA was conducted utilizing the individualism/collectivism dimension proposed by Hofstede. Four network indicators are used to describe the network structure of McDonald’s Facebook fan sites: size, density, clique and centralization. Individuals who post on both Facebook sites for the year of 2012 were considered as network participants for the purpose of the study. Due to the huge amount of data, only one thread of postings was sampled from each month of the year of 2012. The final data consists of 1002 postings written by 896 individuals and 5962 postings written by 5532 individuals from Taiwan and the USA respectively. The results indicated that the USA McDonald’s Facebook fan network has more fans, while Taiwan’s McDonald’s Facebook fan network is more densely connected. Cliques did form among the overall multiplex and within the individual uniplex networks in two countries, yet no significant differences were found between them. All the fan networks in both countries are relatively centralized, mostly on the site operators.","PeriodicalId":53292,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology","volume":"7 1","pages":"5-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71050230","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}

引用次数: 0

Acceptance of Moodle as a Teaching/Learning Tool by the Faculty of the Department of Information Studies at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman based on UTAUT 阿曼苏丹卡布斯大学信息研究系接受Moodle作为基于UTAUT的教学/学习工具

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-31 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.005

Naifa Eid Saleem, M. N. Al-Saqri, Salwa E.A. Ahmad

{"title":"Acceptance of Moodle as a Teaching/Learning Tool by the Faculty of the Department of Information Studies at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman based on UTAUT","authors":"Naifa Eid Saleem, M. N. Al-Saqri, Salwa E.A. Ahmad","doi":"10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.005","url":null,"abstract":"Article history: Received 18 February 2016 Revised 08 Marchl 2016 Accepted 11 April 2016 This research aims to explore the acceptance of Moodle as a teaching and learning tool by the faculty of the Department of Information Studies (IS) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in the Sultanate of Oman. The researchers employed the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to examine the effects of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions on the behavioural intention of SQU faculty members to employ Moodle in their instruction. Data were collected by the interview method. Results showed the emergence of two faculty groups: one uses Moodle and one does not use Moodle. In group that uses Moodle, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and behavioural intention are positively related, thereby influencing the faculty members’ use behavior. In addition to the aforementioned UTAUT constructs, four additional factors affect Moodle’s adoption. These moderators are gender, age, experience and the voluntariness of use, amongst which gender exhibits the least influence on Moodle adoption. That is, male and female faculty generally both use the learning platform. Although some members of the group that does not use Moodle exhibit optimistic performance expectancy for technology, the overall perception in this regard for Moodle is negative. The other UTAUT constructs exert no influence on this group’s adoption of the learning platform.","PeriodicalId":53292,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology","volume":"6 1","pages":"5-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71050200","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}

引用次数: 24

Information Professionals' Knowledge Sharing Practices in Social Media: A Study of Professionals in Developing Countries 社会媒体中信息专业人员的知识共享实践:对发展中国家专业人员的研究

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-31 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.043

A. Islam, Keita Tsuji

引用次数: 7

Re-conceptualization of Knowledge Organization: Imperatives of Networked Resources and Digitization 知识组织的重新概念化:网络资源和数字化的必要性

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-31 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.093

A. Chaudhry

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引用次数: 1

A Study on the Perception of Librarians of the Impact that Libraries Have on Society 图书馆馆员对图书馆社会影响的认知研究

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-31 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.109

Younghee Noh

{"title":"A Study on the Perception of Librarians of the Impact that Libraries Have on Society","authors":"Younghee Noh","doi":"10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.109","url":null,"abstract":"This study comprehensively analyzed domestic and foreign literature related to the value and impact of libraries on education, social behavior and economic conditions, developed a survey to investigate the librarians’ perception of the libraries’ value and impact, and accordingly investigated the perception of librarians according to the types of libraries in which they worked, public versus university. The results showed that the impact is greatest on education and literacy with a mean score of 3.98, followed by their social impact with 3.67 and their economic impact with 3.46. When subordinate items were analyzed it was found that the librarians perceived that the role that libraries are playing in the education area is expanding and their impact on reading and literacy is becoming greater and greater. Libraries were viewed as essential elements for education and the education system. When the difference in perception related to the impact of libraries was compared by types of libraries, the librarians in public libraries tended to rate their facilities higher than the librarians working in universities on most of the items.","PeriodicalId":53292,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":"109-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71050607","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}

引用次数: 0

Scholarly Reputation Building: How does ResearchGate Fare? 学术声誉建设:ResearchGate如何运作?

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.067

D. Nicholas, Eti Herman, D. Clark

引用次数: 16

Online Health Search Experience: Sentiments from South East Asia 在线健康搜索体验:来自东南亚的情感

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.029

A. Inthiran

{"title":"Online Health Search Experience: Sentiments from South East Asia","authors":"A. Inthiran","doi":"10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.2.029","url":null,"abstract":"Performing an online health search is a popular activity conducted on the Internet. Research studies from developed countries provide information on source used, type of search performed and devices used to perform the search. However, the same cannot be said about the online health information searching scene in South East Asia. Online health information searching is gaining popularity in South East Asia. Citizens in these countries are turning to the Internet to obtain health information quickly. Current research studies pertaining to online health information searching in South East Asian is limited, particularly relating to search experiences of South East Asian health searchers. Search experience is pertinent as it could deter or encourage the possibility of conducting future health searches. In this research study, a user study was conducted to describe the online search experience of South East Asian health searchers. A face to face interview with 50 participants was conducted. The interview was audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Results indicate participants have positive and negative search experiences. In some cases, post search outcomes influenced the search experience. Results of this research study contribute to the growing domain of knowledge in relation to online health information searching. Results of this study also provide an understanding pertaining to the search experience of South East Asian online health searchers.","PeriodicalId":53292,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology","volume":"6 1","pages":"29-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71050443","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}

引用次数: 3

The social networking application success model : An Empirical Study of Facebook and Twitter 社交网络应用成功模型:基于Facebook和Twitter的实证研究

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-08-24 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.1.005

C. Ou, R. Davison, Vivian Huang

引用次数: 10

Challenges in Information Technology Adoption in Pakistani University Libraries 巴基斯坦大学图书馆采用信息技术的挑战

International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology Pub Date : 2016-08-24 DOI: 10.5865/IJKCT.2016.6.1.105

Muhammad Sajid Mirza, Muhammad Arif

引用次数: 2