一项关于学术图书馆员和学生对下一代opac及其特点的看法的调查

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2015-01-20 DOI:10.1108/PROG-10-2013-0055

Hollie M. Osborne, A. Cox

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摘要

目的-本文的目的是确定下一代在线公共访问目录(OPAC)接口的功能是否对具有不同搜索能力的用户有用和直观。此外，它还调查了图书馆员和学生对特定功能的偏好是否存在差异。设计/方法/方法-该研究基于2012年7月对谢菲尔德大学的三组图书馆用户进行的18次半结构化访谈:图书馆员;文学硕士图书馆专业学生;还有一群研究生。总体而言，这项研究表明，虽然下一代目录界面和功能是有用的，但它们并不像以前一些研究声称的那样“直观”。受访者似乎更喜欢搜索和浏览选项，而不是Web 2.0功能。对于下一代OPAC功能的有用性，图书馆员和学生都有类似的看法，但更倾向于…

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An investigation into the perceptions of academic librarians and students towards next-generation OPACs and their features

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine whether features of next-generation Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) interfaces are useful and intuitive to users who have different levels of searching ability. In addition, it investigates whether there is a difference between librarians’ and students’ preferences for specific features. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on 18 semi-structured interviews conducted in July 2012 with three groups of library users from The University of Sheffield: librarians; Master of Arts Librarianship students; and a group of other post-graduate students. Findings – Overall, this study suggests that while the next-generation catalogue interfaces and features are useful, they are not as “intuitive” as some previous studies have claimed. Interviewees appeared to prefer the searching and browsing options over the Web 2.0 features. Both librarians and students have similar opinions regarding the usefulness of next-generation OPAC features, but preferen...

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

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1.30

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0.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： ■Automation of library and information services ■Storage and retrieval of all forms of electronic information ■Delivery of information to end users ■Database design and management ■Techniques for storing and distributing information ■Networking and communications technology ■The Internet ■User interface design ■Procurement of systems ■User training and support ■System evaluation