bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Movie theaters' suicide‐by‐advertising with income from abusing customers
Authors: Rotfeld Herbert Jack
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to examine US cinema audiences' reactions to advertising. Cinema advertising and other failures of customer relations management by movie exhibitors explains how consumers are discouraged from going to a cinema to see newly released movies. To avoid commercials, consumers increasingly turn to VCR rentals, DVD purchases and computer downloads, all of which feed production company profits at the expense of the movie theater owners.

Design/methodology/approach

Historical observations on the origins and growth of cinema advertising in the USA, coupled with notes on the overall decline of the cinema viewing experience.

Findings

Cinema advertising swiftly grew from “underused” to commonplace in the early 1980s, while losing track of theater owners' early concerns for potential harm to the viewing experience for ticket purchasers. The presence of advertising is not in itself the cause for consumer dislike of the theater experience, but the increasing quantity of messages are often poorly written or produced, previously seen by audiences ad nauseam on television and written for a small target group of cinema audiences while boring or offending the rest.

Practical implications

There are limits to consumer tolerance of ambush media vehicles, and a failure to take this consumer abuse into account contributes to a loss of customers. In a similar vein, over commercialization of over‐the‐air radio encourages consumers to use subscription systems, satellite radio or other forms of in‐car entertainment. Increasing television advertising clutter is a major factor in declining ratings for programs, as well as decreased attention to advertising messages by audiences that remain.

Originality/value

A call to action for movie theaters to see ticket sales as a function of factors other than the appeal of the latest blockbusters, with overuse of advertising discouraging repeat customers.
Government information at Lied Library
Authors: Skarl Susie , Yunkin Michael , Skeers Timothy
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To provide a case study focusing on efforts Lied Library has undertaken in collection development and management, space utilization, electronic access, web site revisions, and staff training in government publications.

Design/methodology/approach

The construction of and move into Lied Library have coincided with major developments in the production and dissemination of federal, state and local government publications and other information products. Among them is a trend away from print publications and toward “born‐digital”, electronic‐only publications. At the same time, space utilization issues have become even more critical in the new building. This article will explore the ways in which these developments and the new technologies available both within Lied Library and elsewhere are shaping the management and use of the print collections, collection development practices and bibliographic control of government information and public access.

Findings

This article highlights activities that have been undertaken over the past two years in Lied Library to make the government information collection more user‐friendly.

Research limitations/implications

The article only highlights activities that have been undertaken at UNLV Libraries regarding government information resources, not on developments and challenges in other parts of the UNLV Libraries.

Practical implications

This article provides a useful case study focusing on one academic library's attempt to make government information resources more accessible to both library staff and users.

Originality/value

This article highlights and identifies Lied Library's experiences in making government information more accessible to both staff and patrons and discusses issues such as storage, evaluating the collection, cataloging, training staff and users, and revising the government information web site. Libraries may be able to use similar techniques in making their government resources more accessible to clientele.
Digitizing special collections: to boldly go where we've been before
Authors: Michel Peter
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Aims to present issues related to digitization in the context of the historical role and purpose of academic special collections.

Design/methodology/approach

Presents a comparison of current issues related to digitization to historical issues related to the management of traditional print special collections.

Findings

The current issues are not new. Technology has not dramatically altered the role of special collections in academic libraries.

Research limitations/implications

Based on personal observation and experience and an awareness of issues, but essentially a personal viewpoint.

Practical implications

May provide non‐special collections librarians with a better understanding of, or different perspective on, the popular notion of “digitizing special collections” and of special collections historically and generally.

Originality/value

This is the viewpoint of an experienced head of special collections, a trained academic historian, and someone who has been involved in a number of digital projects.
Ramping up assessment at the UNLV Libraries
Authors: Brown Jeanne
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Sets out to describe the development of an assessment program at UNLV Libraries and current assessment activities.

Design/methodology/approach

Assessment activities are first placed in organizational context, distinguishing between assessment initiated by departments, and assessment done library‐wide. Common expressions of resistance to assessment are noted, followed by the library and campus context relating to assessment. The impact of technology and of the LibQual+ survey is discussed.

Findings

Assessment activities at UNLV Libraries have strengthened and diversified over the last several years, thanks to several factors including the guidance of its dean, the development of technology and human infrastructure, the impact of implementing the LibQual+ survey, and other factors. Signs of its place in the Libraries can be seen in the Libraries' Strategic Plan and a recent review of the Strategic Plan's effectiveness and continued relevance.

Practical implications

Provides insight into the factors affecting the implementation of an assessment program.

Originality/value

This article is useful to those interested in the formation of a “culture of assessment.”
Integrating thesaurus relationships into search and browse in an online photograph collection
Authors: Dalmau Michelle , Floyd Randall , Jiao Dazhi , Riley Jenn
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Seeks to share with digital library practitioners the development process of an online image collection that integrates the syndetic structure of a controlled vocabulary to improve end‐user search and browse functionality.

Design/methodology/approach

Surveys controlled vocabulary structures and their utility for catalogers and end‐users. Reviews research literature and usability findings that informed the specifications for integration of the controlled vocabulary structure into search and browse functionality. Discusses database functions facilitating query expansion using a controlled vocabulary structure, and web application handling of user queries and results display. Concludes with a discussion of open‐source alternatives and reuse of database and application components in other environments.

Findings

Affirms that structured forms of browse and search can be successfully integrated into digital collections to significantly improve the user's discovery experience. Establishes ways in which the technologies used in implementing enhanced search and browse functionality can be abstracted to work in other digital collection environments.

Originality/value

Significant amounts of research on integrating thesauri structures into search and browse functionalities exist, but examples of online resources that have implemented this approach are few in comparison. The online image collection surveyed in this paper can serve as a model to other designers of digital library resources for integrating controlled vocabularies and metadata structures into more dynamic search and browse functionality for end‐users.
Experiments in academic social book marking with Unalog
Authors: Chudnov Daniel , Barnett Jeffrey , Prasad Raman , Wilcox Matthew
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Unalog software system, a free and open source toolkit for social book marking in academic environments.

Design/methodology/approach

The history, objectives, features, and technical design of Unalog is presented, along with a discussion of planned enhancements.

Findings

The Unalog system has been very useful for information sharing among members of the digital library community and a group of beta testers at Yale University, leading its developers to plan several new features and to capitalize on opportunities for integration with other campus systems.

Originality/value

This paper describes a freely available toolkit, which can be used to provide new services through libraries to academic communities, and how those new services might be enhanced by merging the potential they offer for easier information sharing with long‐standing practices of librarianship.
Open Journal Systems
Authors: Willinsky John
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To provide an insider's review of the journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems (OJS), from the Public Knowledge Project, which the author directs at the University of British Columbia.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper outlines the history, development, and features of OJS, including some of the experimental aspects, as well as early research results and work underway, on which it is based.

Findings

OJS (http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs) is an open source solution to managing and publishing scholarly journals online, which can reduce publishing costs compared to print and other traditional publishing processes. It is a highly flexible editor‐operated journal management and publishing system that can be downloaded for free and installed on a local web server.

Originality/value

OJS has been designed to reduce the time and energy devoted to the clerical and managerial tasks associated with editing a journal, while improving the record keeping and efficiency of editorial processes. It seeks to improve the scholarly and public quality of journal publishing through a number of innovations, from making journal policies more transparent to improving indexing.
Using open source to provide remote patron authentication
Authors: Wrosch Jackie
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To develop an open‐source remote patron authentication system to replace a problematic, proprietary vendor product.

Design/methodology/approach

Functional requirements were developed using the vendor product as a model with additional requirements determined by the libraries planning to use the application. Using PHP on Apache web server with a connection to our ILS database on Sybase, a flexible system that can be configured to the local libraries requirements was created.

Findings

Overall, the new system has been welcomed and the most widespread problems we encountered have been resolved. Most importantly though, using an in‐house system empowers libraries to introduce enhancements and bug fixes as soon as possible and not rely on a vendor's schedule for doing so.

Research limitations/implications

A project like this would not be possible if the ILS database was proprietary and inaccessible from other, open‐source technologies like PHP or the data structures were not published.

Practical implications

The remote patron authentication system is only one possible use of these technologies. Other applications using ILS data could be developed.

Originality/value

Using PHP with Apache and a connection to the ILS database, the necessary functionality was retained and added other features that improved reliability, configurability and cross‐browser usage. By embracing this approach, the authors also retained control on its future development and improvement.
Creating digital library collections with Greenstone
Authors: Witten Ian H. , Bainbridge David
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce Greenstone and explain how librarians use it to create and customize digital library collections.

Design/methodology/approach

Through an end‐user interface, users may add documents and metadata to collections, create new collections whose structure mirrors existing ones, and build collections and put them in place for users to view.

Findings

First‐time users can easily and quickly create their own digital library collections. More advanced users can design and customize new collection structures

Originality/value

The Greenstone digital library software is a comprehensive system for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a way of organizing information based on metadata and publishing it on the Internet or on removable media such as CD‐ROM/DVD.
Taking pro‐action
Authors: Holden Hugh A. , Deng Margaret
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of the article is to gauge reaction to the implementation of a wireless laptop lending program in a university library before it actually became operational and wireless access itself became available.

Design/methodology/approach

This online survey consisted of 22 multiple choice questions that all Monmouth University students and employees were invited by e‐mail to answer.

Findings

The vast majority of responses came from students, and most of them were ready for wireless access in the library and across campus. Several re‐emphasized in text their desire to log‐on to the network with their own laptops.

Research limitations/implications

The survey ran for only two weeks, and yet, because tabulation was done by hand, a response rate ten times greater would have made our method impracticable.

Practical implications

This kind of survey is comparatively easy and fast to implement. It lends itself to follow‐up surveys to measure the success of a wireless computer program or other technological development, including the possible effects on user attitude.

Originality/value

This study was original in that it took place just before a wireless laptop‐lending program was activated. Tightly focused online surveys with a limited number of questions can help librarians anticipate issues not considered or sufficiently emphasized earlier, or quickly assess the impact wireless access is having.
A statewide metasearch service using OAI‐PMH and Z39.50
Authors: Kaczmarek Joanne , Chiat Naun Chew
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe the Illinois LSTA grant‐funded project, “Yellow Brick Roads: Building a Digital Shortcut to Statewide Information”. The project investigated the feasibility of unified searching across library holdings, digitization projects, and online state government information through use of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI‐PMH) in tandem with the Z39.50 protocol through application of the Z39.50/OAI Gateway Profile.

Design/methodology/approach

The project proceeded through the construction of a metasearch service model based on the Z39.50/OAI Gateway Profile. Technical obstacles encountered during the construction of this demonstration service were noted, as were potential solutions. The evaluation of the Z39.50/OAI harvesting component of the Gateway Profile was conducted by means of a questionnaire of vendors providing Z39.50 servers to the Illinois Regional Library Systems.

Findings

The established technology platform provided by the University of Illinois Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Metadata Harvesting Project proved to be adequate to data sets of this size and character. However, the project concluded that the Z39.50/OAI Gateway Profile could not be deployed because of limitations in the functionality of typical Z‐servers.

Research limitations/implications

The project concentrated on the technical aspects of building such a service model rather than on the usability of the interface or on questions of interoperability at the metadata level, such as to what extent the vocabularies used by the different metadata communities was compatible.

Originality/value

The project's findings indicate that more labor intensive, or less timely, processes of aggregating records than that envisaged by the Z39.50/OAI approach will continue to be necessary. However, further investigation of hybrid approaches hold promise.
Similar interest clustering and partial back‐propagation‐based recommendation in digital library
Authors: Gao Kai , Wang Yong‐Cheng , Wang Zhi‐Qi
Published: January 2007

Purpose

This purpose of this paper is to propose a recommendation approach for information retrieval.

Design/methodology/approach

Relevant results are presented on the basis of a novel data structure named FPT‐tree, which is used to get common interests. Then, data is trained by using a partial back‐propagation neural network. The learning is guided by users' click behaviors.

Findings

Experimental results have shown the effectiveness of the approach.

Originality/value

The approach attempts to integrate metric of interests (e.g., click behavior, ranking) into the strategy of the recommendation system. Relevant results are first presented on the basis of a novel data structure named FPT‐tree, and then, those results are trained through a partial back‐propagation neural network. The learning is guided by users' click behaviors.
Using screen capture software for web site usability and redesign buy‐in
Authors: Goodwin Susan
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is two‐fold: to provide guidance on how to present persuasive web site redesign presentations to library stakeholders; and to introduce screen capture software as an effective and persuasive tool for usability studies to both record data and promote redesign recommendations to library stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach

Includes a review of the literature summarizing effective techniques used to create persuasive presentations and recounts how Camtasia Studio, Techsmith's screen capture software, was employed by the Usability Committee at Texas A&M University Libraries to record usability tests and present the committee's redesign recommendations to library administration and staff.

Findings

Screen capture software in conjunction with effective presentations can have a positive impact on library‐wide buy‐in for web site redesign initiatives.

Originality/value

Will be of interest to usability committees who want to streamline data recording and distribution techniques, as well as provide colleagues with a more compelling “data‐rich” option for the presentation of findings.
Digital libraries of the future – and the role of libraries
Authors: Castelli Donatella
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to introduce the digital libraries of the future, their enabling technologies and their organisational models.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper first discusses the requirements for the digital libraries of the future, then presents the DILIGENT infrastructure as a technological response to these requirements and, finally, it discusses the role that libraries can play in the organisational framework envisioned by DILIGENT.

Findings

Digital libraries of the future will give access to a large variety of multimedia and multi‐type documents created by integrating content from many different heterogeneous sources that range from repositories of text, images, and audio‐video, to scientific data archives, and databases. The digital library will provide a seamless environment where the co‐operative access, filtering, manipulation, generation, and preservation of these documents will be supported as a continuous cycle. Users of the library will be both consumers and producers of information, either by themselves or in collaborations with other users. Policy ensuring mechanisms will guarantee that the information produced is visible only to those who have the appropriate rights to access it. The realisation of these new digital libraries requires both the provision of a new technology and a change in the role played by the libraries in the information access‐production cycle.

Practical implications

Digital libraries of the future will be core instruments for serving a large class of applications, especially in the research field.

Originality/value

The paper briefly introduces one of the most innovative technologies for digital libraries, and it discusses how it contributes to the realisation of a novel digital libraries scenario.
e‐Science and its implications for the library community
Authors: Hey Tony , Hey Jessie
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to explain the nature of the “e‐Science’ revolution in twenty‐first century scientific research and its consequences for the library community.

Design/methodology/approach

The concepts of e‐Science are illustrated by a discussion of the CombeChem, eBank and SmartTea projects. The issue of open access is then discussed with reference to arXiv, PubMed Central and EPrints. The challenges these trends present to the library community are discussed in the context of the TARDis project and the University of Southampton Research Repository.

Findings

Increasingly academics will need to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams distributed across several sites in order to address the next generation of scientific problems. In addition, new high‐throughput devices, high‐resolution surveys and sensor networks will result in an increase in scientific data collected by several orders of magnitude. To analyze, federate and mine this data will require collaboration between scientists and computer scientists; to organize, curate and preserve this data will require collaboration between scientists and librarians. A vital part of the developing research infrastructure will be digital repositories containing both publications and data.

Originality/value

The paper provides a synthesis of e‐Science concepts, the question of open access to the results of scientific research, and a changing attitude towards academic publishing and communication. The paper offers a new perspective on coming demands on the library and is of special interest to librarians with strategic tasks.
Exploring the academic invisible web
Authors: Lewandowski Dirk , Mayr Philipp
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide a critical review of Bergman's study on the deep web. In addition, this study brings a new concept into the discussion, the academic invisible web (AIW). The paper defines the academic invisible web as consisting of all databases and collections relevant to academia but not searchable by the general‐purpose internet search engines. Indexing this part of the invisible web is central to scientific search engines. This paper provides an overview of approaches followed thus far.

Design/methodology/approach

Provides a discussion of measures and calculations, estimation based on informetric laws. Also gives a literature review on approaches for uncovering information from the invisible web.

Findings

Bergman's size estimate of the invisible web is highly questionable. This paper demonstrates some major errors in the conceptual design of the Bergman paper. A new (raw) size estimate is given.

Research limitations/implications

The precision of this estimate is limited due to a small sample size and lack of reliable data.

Practical implications

This study can show that no single library alone will be able to index the academic invisible web. The study suggests a collaboration to accomplish this task.

Originality/value

Provides library managers and those interested in developing academic search engines with data on the size and attributes of the academic invisible web.
The KB e‐Depot digital archiving policy
Authors: Oltmans Erik , van Wijngaarden Hilde
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Electronic journals dominate the field of academic literature, and it is of great importance to the international scientific community that this electronic intellectual output remains accessible in perpetuity. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the policy and ambitions of the National Library of The Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB) regarding digital archiving of electronic publications.

Design/methodology/approach

This article discusses three possible threats against permanent access, and proposes a coordinated and systematic approach to address these risks: the safe places network. This paper also includes a comprehensive overview of the e‐Depot system and the KB approaches to digital preservation.

Findings

The KB e‐Depot has been operational for more than three years, and fulfils the most important requirements.

Research limitations/implications

The KB focuses on both migration and emulation as preservation strategies Originality/value – This paper fulfils an identified need for collaboration.
The Nereus international subject‐based repository
Authors: Proudman Vanessa
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the essential partnerships needed to better guarantee strong added value institutional repository (IR) service provision for faculty user satisfaction, resulting in the essential content acquisition for IRs.

Design/methodology/approach

Three crucial partnerships are described as a basis for the development of a meaningful institutional repository service. This paper concentrates on two partnerships: the first describes the importance of partnership between institutions; in this case, an international subject‐specific network: Nereus is an innovative consortium of 15 prestigious European universities and institutes in the area of economics. The second partnership goes into that of the library with its IR content providers and service end users by taking the Economists Online (EO) project model as a case in point.

Findings

University libraries and their changing active roles are building valuable partnerships with their clients and information providers; the Nereus consortium, and its EO project is a case in point where benefits are felt by both libraries and researchers. EO is a Nereus cornerstone and aims to increase the usability, accessibility and visibility of economics research by digitizing, organizing, archiving and disseminating the complete academic output of some of Europe's leading economists, with full text access as key. It is building an integrated online showcase of Europe based on IRs. EO's prime goal is to focus on services of direct value to the author, e.g. providing new full text content online, digitizing older material, creating automated publication lists, metadata quality‐control, more focused dissemination of content – all from one repository source and complimentary to the services publishers provide. Successful partnerships can be formed by designing and offering a strong product and service, combined with a good advocacy program containing arguments which support the researcher in his/her work process, and addressing real problems.

Originality/value

Nereus and Economists Online have the potential to be a model for adaptation in any disciplinary sector for disseminating and giving heightened access to scientific output online. Some of the critical success factors of these initiatives have been identified and expanded upon in the paper.
Around the World to: The Information and Telecommunication Centre at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Authors: Kari Hudron
Published: January 2007

Purpose

This column takes us to the University Port Harcourt in Nigeria to learn about the new Information and Communication Technology Centre.

Design/methodology/approach

Background of a how an Information and Communication Technology Centre evolved at a Nigerian University including the extent from development staging to final implementation.

Findings

Very realistic experience and that combined extensive planning and patience, with long term goal setting. Seeing how libraries absorb additional information technology responsibilities and how the staff works through all the transitions is a good case study approach to management and service economies.

Value

For libraries in developing countries this is a good introduction to how to define a very practical need and see it evolve to fruition within the organizational and institutional parameters.
International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) 2005 Meeting
Authors: Bhatt Jay , Ghosh Maitrayee
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Aims to report on the 26th IATUL Annual Conference.

Design/methodology/approach

The conference focused on three major themes: infrastructure, people and global innovation initiatives, which are summarised.

Findings

This conference addressed many important and relevant issues to science and technological universities worldwide. Collaboration, partnership and further discussion not only within IATUL membership but with members of other organizations such as IFLA can further enhance the mission information dissemination of technological libraries. The conference highlighted several important issues that the information professionals worldwide need to continue to think, reflect and develop strategies to practically implement them for the benefit to not only to the information producing and disseminating organizations but the society as a whole.

Originality/value

This conference provided ample opportunities to network with information experts in a variety of specialty areas such as Open Access Initiative, Scholarly communication, Digital Libraries and Information Literacy, etc. The networking opportunities provided further opportunities to collaborate and in the process create future opportunities to enhance mission of technological libraries to fulfill information needs of their researchers and scientists in the most efficient ways. The value gained is enormous and recommend future dialogs and interaction by IATUL with other organizations such as IFLA.
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference Report
Authors: Cox Christopher , Daugherty Alice L. , Gelfand Julia , Ranti Junus S.G.
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To highlight content of interest to this journal’s readership that promotes current thinking and activities in information technology.

Design/methodology/approach

A selective conference report of the annual meeting of the American Library Association and a pre‐conference.

Findings

The largest conference of librarians, the variety of programs, activities, exhibit halls, creates one of the best professional development opportunities for librarians. Attracting librarians from all sectors and work environments from around the globe, this conference is hard to describe in a brief way except to say it is an experience. Documenting relevant programs about information technology was the goal of this contribution.

Practical implications

An alternative to not being present while gaining some information and coverage.

Originality/value

Contains information of particular interest to readers who did not attend these sessions. Introducers them to presenters and important hot topics.
Gaga over Google? Scholar in the Social Sciences
Authors: Gardner Susan , Eng Susanna
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To provide a summary of the main features of Google Scholar.

Design/methodology/approach

Reviews, contextualizes and provides a summary of Google Scholar.

Findings

This article compares the results of a sample search on “homeschooling in Google Scholar against the results in three fee‐based article index databases in the social sciences: PsycINFO, Social Science Citation Index, and ERIC. Comparisons are done in the areas of content, currency, relevancy, and overlap. Google Scholar yields more results and a greater variety in its types of sources along with a higher rate of relevancy, but less currency. Ultimately, Scholar’s lack of quality control and inability to let the user manipulate data make it less effective than the fee‐based databases at finding scholarly material in the social sciences.

Originality/value

Provides a useful summary for information professionals.
The 8th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education: 40 Years of Computers in Education: What Works?
Authors: Pittman Joyce
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To share information with global community about this anniversary conference and to promote the Stellenbosch Declaration.

Design/methodlogy/approach

This is a conference report of the 8th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education and describes four decades of development in human computer interaction and the use of computers in libraries and schools.

Findings

There was general agreement that twenty‐first century leaders and change agents must find new ways to merge the past, present, and future knowledge about learning, teaching, and technology to educate the new generation of learners.

Originality/value

A recap of progress in introducing computers in the classroom and the digital divide it often creates.
2005 LITA National Forum: Conference Report
Authors: Riggs Colby
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To report the highlights of the annual LITA National Forum.

Design/methodology/approach

Provides a brief review of the conference.

Findings

The forum offered a wide variety of timely presentations that were on new and emerging technologies and the application to the library environment.

Originality/value

This paper is a useful summary of a conference of interest to library and information management professionals.
AquaBrowser Library: Search, Discover, Refine
Authors: Kaizer Jasper , Hodge Anthony
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To describe a new online library catalog browser and interface AquaBrowser, developed specifically to enhance the experience of the library patron.

Design/methodology/approach

A summary of the main features of the AquaBrowser search engine.

Findings

This article provides an overview of AquaBrowser search engine: what it does, how it works, and its benefits.

Originality/value

This paper is useful for information management professionals who want to provide an alternative search and display functionality to an online library catalogues.
Adapting Existing Search Tools for Use with the JSR 168 and WSRP Portlet Standards: The CREE Project
Authors: Hunter Jonathan , Awre Chris
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Seeks to assess how new research and progress about how libraries and institutional web sites can adapt a range of distinct search tools using the portlet standards to achieve improved access.

Design/methodology/approach

Locally integrated web search tools help users to navigate through web sites without needing to go to multiple sites.

Findings

Search tools should be created with delivery via a portlet in mind. Compliance to CREE defined standards suggest good results as proven by several partners. This set of procedures suggests a very good future for locally integrated web search tools.

Originality/value

Examples of experiences with different partners suggest rather remarkable promise for portlet standards that can be applied to searching web sites The CREE project has proven easy adapability and now a significant amount of testing and experience confirms the operations it can perform with the JSR 168 and WSRP portlet standards and other Java‐based tools.
The BorderLink Project Provides Resources for Students Interested in College
Authors: Kerney Carol
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To provide a greater understanding of how technology can be utilized in the classroom and in relationships between teachers, students, parents, counselors, school board members and others in the community involved in the school district mission and activities.

Design methodology/approach

To examine and test ways that barriers can be reduced for post‐secondary opportunities for rural underserved students through the uses of technology.

Findings

Four major technologies were instrumental in the Project: LinkWorld, Mobile Learning Labs, Online Modules and Videoconferences, each used to achieve different ways to offer information and services to students at different sites.

Originality/value

For underserved students, the choices to go on for vocational training and post‐secondary schooling, access to technology, for purposes of student assessment, counseling, opportunities, interview skills, testing, academic achievement is critical for successful transitions. The technology products and interfaces that were created as part of this project lead students and teachers to better preparation and ways to bridge information and technology gaps.
Annual Conference of the Cataloguing, Classification and Indexing Section of the Nigerian Library Association
Authors: Onohwakpor Josephine E.
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To report on the 25th Annual Conference of Cataloguing, Classification and Indexing of the Nigerian Library Association, held in October 2005.

Design/methodology/approach

A summary of the main points of the conference.

Findings

The increased role of technology in the cataloguing, classification and indexing functions of technical services remains challenging in many libraries. Special and ongoing staff training is necessary to promote new procedures and efficiencies. Computer support, uninterrupted power supplies, and other issues complicate the progress and force libraries to create new solutions to these and other dilemmas.

Originality/value

This report is of interest to library and information management professionals and those interested in developments in library work in Africa.
RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming Soon to a Library near You!
Authors: Renee Moore Julie
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Article provides an overview (as of September 2006) of the genesis, history, and processes involved in creating the new cataloging rules, a work‐in‐progress, under the working title, RDA: Resource Description and Access. Also discusses structure and content, as well as possible uses outside of the library community.

Design/methodology/approach

Describes the history of the new rules and how they are currently organized, as well as where to go to keep informed of the new rules.

Findings

RDA will likely be adopted by libraries; because of its flexibility, there is a possibility that other non‐library and non‐MARC information communities will also be able to make use of this tool.

Originality/value

Article is of great benefit to librarians who want an overview of RDA in a nutshell. Provokes thought on flexibility of the new rules, using them for other communications standards than MARC and for other metadata schemas.
Nigerian Library Association Annual Conference: “Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society”
Authors: Ogugua Jonathan C. , Emerole Nancy
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To share the conference themes and presentations from the 2006 Nigerian Library Association National Conference.

Design/methodology/approach

Gives a brief review of the main events of the conference.

Findings

Serious concentration on library technology and ICTs in general to promote open access and encourage better skill sets and competitive advantages in world’s information marketplace.

Originality/value

Illustrates that innovation and technical expertise are the general themes that were impressed upon by most speakers in order to achieve goals.
Long run equilibrium: convergence within an urban and rural regional economy
Authors: England Scott
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To test the economic theory that economies with greater stability and diversity are also economies that are more insulated from economic shocks.

Design/methodology/approach

Uses persistence profiles derived from the cointegrated systems of two regional economies within the state of Oregon; the urban Portland Metropolitan Area (PMA) and the rural Southwest (SW) region.

Findings

The results of the above process illustrate that the more stable and diverse PMA responds with a smaller frequency and returns to equilibrium more quickly than the SW.

Research limitations/implications

This paper only provides one set of observations, which is insufficient to prove the theory, but does enable a more extensive time series approach than that has been done previously. Also regional economies typically become more diversified over time, so the level of diversity can only be measured in relative terms not absolute.

Practical implications

The paper reveals the benefits a diversified a diversified economy has in creating stable employment opportunities, as deviations in unemployment rates decline as diversification increases.

Originality/value

The paper takes a widely accepted time series econometrics technique from macroeconomic literature, cointegration, and applies it at a regional level. Cointegration combined with persistence profiles enables the integration of both the time dynamics of an economy and their inter‐industry linkages to be analyzed. This methodology dramatically increases the depth of possible analysis into the stability/diversity debate that has been waged over the last 70 years.
The impact of gender on the personal financial planning process
Authors: Stendardi Edward J. , Graham Judy F. , O’Reilly Mary
Published: January 2007

Purpose

To research the gender literature in order to determine whether it is advisable for a financial advisor to adjust their planning and advising processes based on the gender of their client.

Design/methodology/approach

To correlate the gender literature with the personal financial planning process in order to determine whether advisors should adjust their approach based on the gender of their client.

Findings

The gender literature reveals significant differences concerning how men and women invest; consequently, it is felt that it is advisable for financial advisors to tailor their approach based on the gender of their client.

Research limitations/implications

The financial planning process should be modified to incorporate the gender of the client.

Practical implications

Financial advisors should tailor their approach to the gender of their clients in order to ideal with them more effectively.

Originality/value

As female investors grow in importance, processes should be modified or adjusted in order to accommodated their preferences.
Analysis of customer portfolio and relationship management models: bridging managerial dimensions
Authors: Rajagopal  , Sanchez Romulo
Published: January 2007

Purpose

The customer portfolio and relationship management have been of contemporary interest to the academics and practitioners. This paper aims to systematically analyze the review and critique of this important area and broadly to discuss the customer portfolio theories and their implications in reference to marketing and purchasing perspectives.

Design/methodology/approach

The major conceptual contributions in the area of customer portfolio and relationship management have been categorically analyzed in the paper. The paper provides an insight of how marketers interpret and describe companies' actions and the discussion provides a framework for relationship management, the central tenet of which is to enable managers to invest their resources in the most efficient and effective way.

Findings

The review of literature shows that the customer portfolio analysis can provide strategic input to the firm towards developing a successful planning process. The conceptual discussion in the paper on relationship management may lead the strategies in managing the corporate social capital. The alternative models have been developed in the paper in reference to the market environment and values concepts discussing the triadic relationship among the organization, supplier and customer that reflects on the contemporary managerial perspectives.

Originality/value

The managerial implications of the discussion presented in the paper would be helpful to plan and create strategies to optimize returns on customer relationship over time. This paper would be of interest to the scholars as well as practitioners engaged in strategic planning of a firm.
Have small businesses adopted the market orientation concept? The case of small businesses in Michigan
Authors: Blankson Charles , Ming‐Sung Cheng Julian
Published: January 2007

Purpose

Sets out to nvestigate the adoption of and application of the market orientation concept within the small business sector using Michigan, USA, as a study setting.

Design/methodology/approach

Following a literature review, a pilot study involving face‐to‐face interviews with owner‐managers, and covert and overt observation of small businesses' marketing practices, was undertaken. The main thrust of the research involved a postal survey based on an adapted market orientation construct. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses are employed to assess the reliability of the results.

Findings

Reveals four dimensions/factors/strategies underpinning market orientation in the study setting. The paper concludes that the size of the business does not moderate the importance ascribed to, and the application of, the marketing concept (i.e. market orientation).

Research limitations/implications

Future research should be directed at assessing the congruence between owner‐managers' purported marketing practices and consumers' perceptions of their actions. There is the need to develop normative guidelines concerning small businesses' best practice in market orientation.

Practical implications

Insights derived from this study will provide owner‐managers with the building‐blocks for understanding their firm's market orientation capabilities, an important facet in dealing with upstream (suppliers) and downstream (customers) business relationships.

Originality/value

This study responds to a suggestion for marketing scholars to adapt/adopt existing models, constructs, frameworks, definitions, and also to an assertion that the age‐old adage that what does not get measured does not get managed and, as a result, empirical evidence explaining the appreciation and the employment of an extant market orientation construct in the small business environment has been put forward.