août 2017

31/08/2017

Searching Data: A Review of Observational Data Retrieval Practices (.pdf)

« A cross-disciplinary examination of the user behaviours involved in seeking and evaluating data is surprisingly absent from the research data discussion. This review explores the data retrieval literature to identify commonalities in how users search for and evaluate observational research data. Two analytical frameworks rooted in information retrieval and science…

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31/08/2017

Research Impact Metrics: A Faculty Perspective

« Les bibliothèques universitaires mettent de plus en plus l’accent sur la communication savante. Ce faisant, les bibliothécaires se demandent comment mieux appuyer le corps professoral en ce qui a trait au repérage, à l’interprétation et à l’utilisation appropriée d’indicateurs bibliométriques. Très peu de recherche portant sur la perspective des chercheurs…

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31/08/2017

Etats-Unis : Big Ten Academic Alliance: Next Generation Resource Delivery: Management System and UX Functional Requirements (.pdf)

Report of the BTAA Discovery to Delivery Project Action Committee

« (…) Usability testing has demonstrated patrons find the existing discovery to delivery process difficult to navigate. Our library backend systems are isolated from each other, therefore request management is challenging and requests are often duplicated. Patrons lack a single “my…

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31/08/2017

Providing researchers with the skills and competencies they need to practise Open Science

« Report of the Working Group on Education and Skills under Open Science. European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Open Science and ERA Policy Unit. July 2017.

Open Science is transformative to the research landscape, allowing research to be carried out with a high degree of transparency, collegiality, and research…

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31/08/2017

Institutional Repositories and Academic Social Networks: Competition or Complement? A Study of Open Access Policy Compliance vs. ResearchGate Participation

« The popularity of academic social networks like ResearchGate and Academia.edu indicates that scholars want to share their work, yet for universities with Open Access (OA) policies, these sites may be competing with institutional repositories (IRs) for content. This article seeks to reveal researcher practices, attitudes, and motivations around uploading their…

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30/08/2017

British Library to investigate possibility of a ‘single digital presence’ for UK public libraries

« The British Library is to lead an 18-month scoping project to establish the demand for and possible shape of a ‘single digital presence’ for UK public libraries.

Funded by Arts Council England and the Carnegie UK Trust, the project will investigate user expectations and demand for what a national online…

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30/08/2017

15e Congrès IFLA Interlending & Document Supply

« Le 15ème congrès ILDS (Interlending and Document Supply Conference) de l’IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) se déroule à Paris du 4 au 6 octobre 2017. Il porte sur le prêt entre bibliothèques et la mise à disposition de documents. Cette année, le congrès est intitulé No Library…

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