Effect of perceived ease of use on librarians' e-skills: Basis for library technology acceptance intention     

Roland Izuagbe  Nurudeen Ademola Ibrahim  Lilofa Osamienfa Ogiamien  Olajumoke Rebecca Olawoyin  Nwanne Mary Nwokeoma  Promise Ifeoma Ilo  Odaro Osayande 《Library & information science research》2019,41(3):100969

Despite the widespread application of technology in the 21st century, making informed decisions regarding its acceptance in organisations is a function of several factors, particularly in developing countries, due to factors such as rising cost of the information technology infrastructure and low technological exposure. A model that incorporated perceived ease of use (PEOU) and e-Skills to examine librarians' intention for actual library technology acceptance was tested. The correlational research design, along with a multistage sampling procedure, was applied to select samples to reduce the sample to a manageable proportion. Professional librarians and library officers in four university libraries provided the data for the study. Results showed that e-Skill is the model's strongest determinant of technology acceptance intention among librarians. Also, PEOU will significantly moderate librarians' intention towards library technology acceptance when e-Skills are insufficient. From these outcomes, the understanding of the determinants of behavioural intention captured in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAT) is extended and refined.  相似文献   

基于心理契约的编者与作者关系优化     

王景周 《编辑学报》2019,31(1):26-29

融洽的编者和作者关系促进双方的心理平衡、尊重、理解和认同,彼此间起激励作用;心理契约遭到破坏,编者和作者间产生失望、挫折和欺凌感,影响编者工作积极性和作者信任,甚至产生懈怠、报复或不端行为。本文基于心理契约,从微观视角,探讨编者和作者信任关系的构建与承诺履行机制,分析彼此间心理期望的内容、心理契约违背的感知、违背的危害及基于心理契约的编者和作者关系优化策略。  相似文献   

岳阳职业技术学院学报“应用技术研究”栏目2009—2010年载文计量分析     

马余平 《岳阳职业技术学院学报》2011,26(5):120-124

采用文献计量学的分析方法,对《岳阳职业技术学院学报》"应用技术研究"栏目2009-2010年的载文、作者等情况进行统计。结果表明:该刊12期"应用技术研究"栏目共载文75篇,平均每期载文6.25篇;共有作者159人,平均每篇约2.12人;基金项目论文占37.3%;论文合著率54.67%,合作度2.12;第一作者高级职称占41.3%;论文时滞较短;校内外稿件录用比例在6:4左右浮动。作者群体合作力度不够大、基金论文率不足,建议通过提高载文量,建立作者信息库,拓宽稿源渠道,充分发挥编委作用等方面来进一步提高刊物质量。  相似文献   

Student perceptions of information literacy skills and curriculum before and after completing a research assignment     

Lyda Fontes McCartin  Stephanie Evers  Brianne Markowski 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2019,45(3):262-267

Library instruction often involves one-shot sessions where librarians interact with students for a short period of time and are then left wondering what the students thought of the session and if students perceive the session as helpful for their course work. Using two surveys to gather data, this study compared student perceptions of a redesigned library curriculum and of their own information literacy skills immediately after attending a library workshop and six weeks later after completing a research paper. The findings indicate that the library workshop is meeting student needs and has a lasting effect. Additionally, the researchers found that students were better able to articulate gaps in their own knowledge after having the opportunity to apply their skills to a research assignment. The researchers recommend that librarians using surveys to inform one-shot curricular changes gather data after students have applied the skills and knowledge gained in the instruction session.  相似文献   

Talent,Schmalent: An Instructional Design/Action Research Framework for the Professionalization of Teaching in Academic Libraries     

Alexander J. Carroll  Kevin Michael Klipfel 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2019,45(2):110-118

When myths become canonical beliefs within a professional culture, they can have a profound impact on professional practice. In this paper we identify as a pernicious educational myth the belief that the ability to teach well is a naturally occurring innate talent or skill. The first two sections of the paper aim to demonstrate (i) that the concept of the naturally gifted teacher is a myth based on factually incorrect assumptions about expertise development and (ii) that this myth has several major negative implications for professional practices around teaching in academic libraries. We then we draw on the education literature to offer an alternative model for the cultivation of teaching excellence, an instructional design/action research framework that prioritizes ‘deliberative’ practice over innate talent. We close with suggestions for how academic librarians and library administrators can implement this framework within their institutions.  相似文献   

Research characteristics on health law in China: Social network analysis     

Qing Chang  Chao Long  Mark A. Hall  Zhiguang Duan 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2019,45(2):126-136

To determine the nature and extent of the emerging field of “health law” scholarship in China, we retrieved 2956 publications about various aspects of health law published up through 2014 in 268 journals from the “Chinese Social Science Citation Index” and from the list of Chinese “Core Journals” maintained by the Peking University Library. By bibliometric analysis, we observed some interesting results which were different from our expectations. The collaboration network among Chinese health law (CHL) authors was relatively small, loose, unstable and early in its development. Kan Tian and Lixin Yang were leading authors, Renmin University of China was the primary institution, and Beijing was the predominant region studying Chinese health law (CHL). Kan Tian ranked 1st in the collaboration network and Lixin Yang published the most number of articles on CHL. Comprehensive universities made up the majority of institutions studying CHL, while medical colleges did not focus on health law research, possibly due to medical schools focusing mainly on clinical education and not attaching as much importance to social and humanistic aspects of medicine. Food safety, health administration, and the general principles of civil law were the main areas of focus in CHL research, which is basically in line with what we expected.  相似文献   

Exploring Twitter use and services of academic innovation centers     

Besiki Stvilia  Leila Gibradze 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2019,45(5):102052

This study examined the Twitter streams and websites of 36 university innovation centers and identified 14 service categories the centers offered. Exploring the present Twitter use practices of innovation centers and the services the centers provide can inform the design and planning of service offerings at new innovation centers and support training for center staff in the use of this social media platform. In addition, existing innovation centers can benchmark their service offerings against those services. Furthermore, mapping the services the innovation centers offer to the activities in an innovation workflow model can help center managers optimize the information architecture of their websites and resource guides. In this way, students can easily be informed about the help and resources available for each activity or phase of the innovation process. A comparison of the tweet categories identified in the present study with those of academic libraries assembled in a previous study revealed significant overlap, but some differences as well. In contrast to the Twitter accounts of academic libraries, the Twitter accounts of innovation centers did not tweet about their information services even if they offered them. Innovation centers also did not use Twitter to provide Q&A services to their users. Furthermore, innovation centers tweeted not only about the technological resources they provided, but also about the human resources they recruited to serve as student mentors and advisors. Finally, technology use was more mediated in innovation centers than in libraries, and some centers offered their users fee-based assistance from professionals with their 3D design and printing tasks.  相似文献   

论经验性的作者*--从神学诗学角度下的探讨     

陈于思 《楚雄师范学院学报》2015,(5)

神学诗学对文学的考察一直颇受学界的关注。从神学诗学中的时间概念入手,首先通过“经验性”这一特质来说明作者存在的局限性,然后引入“记忆”的概念着重探讨作者的经验性,最后通过对文学作品《追忆似水年华》中的经验性层面的呈现来更好地论证作者的经验性。对作者之为“经验性的人”的论证,有利于更好地去把握文本的内在意蕴。  相似文献   

基于文献计量学的国际基础数学领域作者合作网络分析     

尹莉 《现代情报》2014,34(4):102-107

系统地统计了基础数学领域10本国际顶级期刊在1981-2011年间发表的所有论文的作者情况,做出了作者合作网络图。并应用社会网络分析方法对最大连通子网络的属性进行了具体分析,对网路的小世界效应、无标度特点、集聚系数等分别进行了计算分析,得到了一些有意义的结论。  相似文献   

浅谈我馆图书索书号取法     

周晓惠 《湖北函授大学学报》2014,(22):100-101

随着科学技术的发展,各高校图书馆都在探究适合自身的图书取号方法,并在实际的工作中不断摸索改进,基本上都确立了各自的取号方法。本文首先对索书号的构成进行了叙述,重点对华侨大学厦门工学院图书馆图书索书号的取法进行了阐述,针对一般图书、不同版本图书、多卷书、连续出版物、配套书以及套书种次号的取法进行论述,全面讲述了一个让图书馆的藏书排架更科学合理、便于利用的图书取号法。  相似文献