item: #1 of 712 id: ital-10019 author: Fifarek, Aimee title: President's Column: For The Record date: 2017 words: 805 flesch: 60 summary: President of LITA has just finished the 2016/17 Annual Report. He has written on the last year's events of ALA, LITa, Conferences, Forums, a new strategic plan, information, ethics, and advocacy. He works with Executive Director Jenny Levine and the rest of the Board to prepare the agenda for their upcoming meetings. keywords: lita; president; work cache: ital-10019.pdf plain text: ital-10019.txt item: #2 of 712 id: ital-10022 author: Ozeran, Megan title: Managing Metadata for Philatelic Materials date: 2017 words: 5080 flesch: 41 summary: Megan, Ozeran, and Boggs have written a paper about collecting philatelic material and managing it. It is intended to create international standards for Philatelic materials. It also includes information on technology, history, and literature. keywords: collections; information; institutions; materials; metadata; museum; philatelic; postal; stamp; standards cache: ital-10022.pdf plain text: ital-10022.txt item: #3 of 712 id: ital-10044 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Developing Relentless Collaborations and Powerful Partnerships date: 2017 words: 1703 flesch: 36 summary: Mark Dehmlow is a librarian. He wants to focus on collaboration and partnerships in his new career. He is proud of the work he has done in the library over the past few years. He believes it is important to work together. keywords: libraries; oit; services cache: ital-10044.pdf plain text: ital-10044.txt item: #4 of 712 id: ital-10046 author: Clossen, Amanda S. title: Trope or Trap? Role-Playing Narratives and Length in Instructional Video date: 2018 words: 2830 flesch: 53 summary: Amanda S. Clossen is Learning Design Librarian at Pennsylvania State University. She is concerned about whether students will watch the video they are directed to. A survey of more than thirteen hundred respondents found that the length and presence of a role-playing narrative in how-to videos can enhance or detract from the viewer experience depending on demographic. keywords: figure; information; length; narrative; screencast; survey; video cache: ital-10046.pdf plain text: ital-10046.txt item: #5 of 712 id: ital-10060 author: Lou, Wen; Wang, Hui; He, Jiangen title: Of the People for the People: Digital Literature Resource Knowledge Recommendation Based on User Cognition date: 2018 words: 6723 flesch: 48 summary: Wen Lou, Hui Wang and Jiangen He create a digital literature resource organization model based on user cognition to improve both the content and presentation of retrieval systems. They conducted a mock-up to compare the new category and knowledge-recommendation system with the current one. keywords: books; category; cognition; data; information; knowledge; model; people; recommendation; relationship; resource; retrieval; service; system; user cache: ital-10060.pdf plain text: ital-10060.txt item: #6 of 712 id: ital-10067 author: Marmion, Dan title: Editorial: How Do You Know Whence They Will Come? date: 2017 words: 951 flesch: 60 summary: Dan Marion is a librarian at Western Michigan University and at the University of Notre Dame Libraries. His responsibilities include overseeing the online cata-log and the libraries' Web presence. Librarians in both institutions are discussing the relationship between the two. keywords: catalog; site; web cache: ital-10067.pdf plain text: ital-10067.txt item: #7 of 712 id: ital-10068 author: Jankowska, Maria Anna; Jankowski, Piotr title: Is This a Geolibrary? A Case of the Idaho Geospatial Data Center date: 2017 words: 4753 flesch: 53 summary: Maria Anna Jankowska and Piotr Jankowski discuss the Idaho Geospatial Data Center (IGDC). IGDC is a digital library of public-domain geographic data for the state of Idaho. The article presents methodology and tools used to build IGDC with the focus on a geoli-brary map browser. keywords: data; digital; geolibrary; gis; idaho; igdc; information; libraries; map; query; spatial; user cache: ital-10068.pdf plain text: ital-10068.txt item: #8 of 712 id: ital-10069 author: Kibirige, Harry M.; DePalo, Lisa title: The Internet as a Source of Academic Research Information: Findings of Two Pilot Studies date: 2017 words: 4553 flesch: 53 summary: Harry M. Kibirige and Lisa DePalo wrote a paper on the Internet as a source of academic research information. The use of electronic resources found on and off the Internet is becoming increasingly vital for education and training in academic environments. keywords: databases; engines; information; internet; library; research; resources; search; seeking; users cache: ital-10069.pdf plain text: ital-10069.txt item: #9 of 712 id: ital-10070 author: Su, Siew-Phek T.; Needamangala, Ashwin title: Harvesting Information from a Library Data Warehouse date: 2017 words: 7239 flesch: 64 summary: Data warehousing technology has been used by industries and academia to develop data warehouses for decision support and knowledge discovery. Daniel Boorstin, the former Librarian of Congress, argues that interpretation has outrun data for most of Western history. Library managers find it important to have an integrated view of library operations. keywords: -clarr; data; dlc; hull; information; library; notis; number; permission; query; screen; system; text(20; titles; warehouse; ybp1996 cache: ital-10070.pdf plain text: ital-10070.txt item: #10 of 712 id: ital-10071 author: Soderdahl, Paul A.; Hughes, Carol Ann title: That's My Bailiwick: A Library-Sponsored Faculty Research Web Server date: 2017 words: 4302 flesch: 45 summary: That's My Bailiwick is a Library-sponsored Faculty Research Web Server at the University of Iowa. It provides a place for faculty and students to share their research interests on the Web. It also provides them with a computing environment and a knowledgeable staff. keywords: arcade; bailiwick; faculty; information; iowa; libraries; project; research; university; web cache: ital-10071.pdf plain text: ital-10071.txt item: #11 of 712 id: ital-10072 author: Walter, Scottt title: Engelond: A Model for Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in the Information Age date: 2017 words: 6903 flesch: 41 summary: The Information Arcade is a one-stop place for presenting scholar-ly research. Each faculty member is assigned an Information Arcade consultant at the point of submitting a bailiwick application. The consultant serves as a primary contact person for technical support, troubleshooting, basic inter-face design guidance, and referrals to other staff both in the libraries and on campus. The Information Arcade provides public access to a host of multimedia development workstations for scanning, slides, text, and for digi-tizing video and audio. keywords: engelond; faculty; information; information literacy; information resources; instruction; library; literacy; resources; site; students; use; web cache: ital-10072.pdf plain text: ital-10072.txt item: #12 of 712 id: ital-10073 author: Borin, Jacqueline title: Site License Initiatives in the United Kingdom: The PSLI and NESLI Experience date: 2017 words: 4074 flesch: 51 summary: Jacqueline Borin is the Coordinator of Reference and Electronic Resources, Library and Information Services at California State University, San Marcos. She explains the development of Site License Initiatives in the United Kingdom and the issues they faced, including off-site access and definition of a site. keywords: access; chest; education; information; initiative; journals; libraries; license; nesli; publishers; site cache: ital-10073.pdf plain text: ital-10073.txt item: #13 of 712 id: ital-10074 author: England, Mark; Joseph, Lura; Schlect, Nem W. title: A Low-Cost Library Database Solution date: 2017 words: 3086 flesch: 62 summary: There is a rise in scholarly journal prices. The NESLI neither encourages nor hinders changes in scholarly commu-nication, so the question of restructuring the scholarly communi-cation process remains. The Joint Funding Council's Libraries' Review Group's report on the issue of site licensing for electronic materials was published in 1993. keywords: bibliography; dakota; data; database; libraries; mysql; north; perl; web cache: ital-10074.pdf plain text: ital-10074.txt item: #14 of 712 id: ital-10075 author: Zhou, Jian-Zhong (Joe) title: The Internet, the World Wide Web, Library Web Browsers, and Library Web Servers date: 2017 words: 2333 flesch: 61 summary: This article explains the difference between the Internet and the Web. It also explains the relationship between the Web's protocol HTTP and other high-level Internet protocols, such as Telnet and FTP. The article studies the market growth for Web browsers and Web servers between 1993 and 1999. keywords: information; internet; netscape; percent; server; web cache: ital-10075.pdf plain text: ital-10075.txt item: #15 of 712 id: ital-10076 author: Marmion, Dan title: Pearls: Pixel Sizes for Web Pages date: 2017 words: 549 flesch: 66 summary: "Pearls" are ITAL's version of the "Top Technology Trends" topic. The first pearl appeared on Web4Lib on August 19, 1999 under the subject "Pixel sizes for web". Thomas Dowling asked if Web site developers should assume the standard monitor resolution is 640x480 pixels or something else. keywords: size; web cache: ital-10076.pdf plain text: ital-10076.txt item: #16 of 712 id: ital-10077 author: Zillner, Tom title: Book Reviews date: 2017 words: 2433 flesch: 53 summary: Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki L. O'Day are anthropologists who study the world of technology. They argue that the most useful way to look at information technology is through the metaphor of "infor-fledgedmation ecologies". keywords: ecologies; information; media; people; reeves; technology cache: ital-10077.pdf plain text: ital-10077.txt item: #17 of 712 id: ital-10078 author: Helmer, John F. title: Editorial: I Inhaled date: 2017 words: 1242 flesch: 47 summary: The third special issue of Information Technology and Libraries is dedicated to library consortia. John Helmer and Jim Kopp were involved in the creation and matu-ration of the Orbis consortium in Oregon and Washington in the mid-1990s. Helmer was guest editor of ITAL in 1998. keywords: consortia; editorial; issue; ital; library cache: ital-10078.pdf plain text: ital-10078.txt item: #18 of 712 id: ital-10079 author: Krzyzanowski, Rosaly Favero; Taruhn, Rosane title: Electronic Library for Scientific Journals: Consortium Project in Brazil date: 2017 words: 3241 flesch: 38 summary: The paper describes the creation of a consortium for the 1111iversity and research institute libraries in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project will facilitate information access and minimize acquisition costs of international scien-tific periodicals. The objectives, management, and implementation of the project are detailed. keywords: access; consortium; information; library; paulo; project; publications; sao cache: ital-10079.pdf plain text: ital-10079.txt item: #19 of 712 id: ital-10080 author: Dai, Longji; Chen, Ling; Zhang, Hongyang title: China Academic Library and Information System: An Academic Library Consortium in China date: 2017 words: 3072 flesch: 46 summary: China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS) is an academic library consortium in China. It consists of thirteen management or informa-tion centers and seventy member libraries' 700,000 stu-dents. Academic libraries in China have shrinking budgets and growing patron demands. Library consortia provide an organizational form for libraries to share resources. keywords: academic; calis; center; china; databases; information; libraries; library; member; national; regional; system cache: ital-10080.pdf plain text: ital-10080.txt item: #20 of 712 id: ital-10081 author: Bush, Carmel title: Prospector: A Multivendor, Multitype, and Multistate Western Union Catalog date: 2017 words: 9567 flesch: 43 summary: Prospector project is a union catalog of 16 libraries in Colorado and Wyoming built around the INN-Reach software from Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III). In 1997, the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and the University of Northern Colorado submitted a joint grant to create a regional union catalog for the major academic and public libraries in the region. keywords: alliance; catalog; colorado; force; interfaces; libraries; library; member; patron; permission; prospector; public; record; system; task; union catalog; university cache: ital-10081.pdf plain text: ital-10081.txt item: #21 of 712 id: ital-10082 author: Giordano, Tommaso title: Digital Resource Sharing and Library Consortia in Italy date: 2017 words: 4797 flesch: 38 summary: Interlibrary cooperation in Italy is a fairly recent and not very widespread practice. The word "cooperation" became established in the language of Italian librarians only in the mid-'70s. There is a renewed interest in cooperation in all library sectors, especially in university libraries. keywords: consortia; cooperation; information; initiatives; italian; italy; libraries; library; national; programme; sbn; university cache: ital-10082.pdf plain text: ital-10082.txt item: #22 of 712 id: ital-10083 author: Cutright, Patricia title: Consortia Building: A Handshake and a Smile, Island Style date: 2017 words: 4555 flesch: 43 summary: The Federated States of Micronesia are located in the western Pacific Ocean and cover 3.2 million square miles. There is an enthusiastic library community of staff and users that have changed the outlook of libraries since 1991. A project has unfolded over the past year to improve library services through staff training and edu-cation while using innovative technology. keywords: consortia; fsm; information; libraries; library; micronesia; public; services; states; technology; training cache: ital-10083.pdf plain text: ital-10083.txt item: #23 of 712 id: ital-10084 author: Barrionuevo, Miguel Duarte title: New Strategies in Library Services Organization: Consortia University Libraries in Spain date: 2017 words: 5164 flesch: 38 summary: Miguel Duarte Barrionuevo describes the process by which different regions in Spain have organized university library consortia. Public libraries depend on central or local governments and are funded through either the national general budget or the regional government budget. Universities are self-governed institutions regulated by the Ley de Reforma Universitaria, or University Reform Law, approved by the Spanish parlia-ment in 1983 to promote scientific study and greater self-government of Spanish universities. keywords: automation; consortia; cooperation; information; libraries; library; organization; permission; resources; services; universidad; universities; university; university libraries cache: ital-10084.pdf plain text: ital-10084.txt item: #24 of 712 id: ital-10085 author: Zillner, Tom; Morgan, Eric Lease title: Book Reviews date: 2017 words: 4602 flesch: 60 summary: In the Beginning...Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson is a short book with a discursive tour through Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX. Zillner, Tom, and Tom, from Information Technology and Libraries, reviewed it in 2000. keywords: command; gift; information; libraries; library; line; people; source; stephenson; world cache: ital-10085.pdf plain text: ital-10085.txt item: #25 of 712 id: ital-10086 author: Yelton, Andromeda title: President's Message: 50 Years date: 2017 words: 593 flesch: 55 summary: It's 50 years since LITA was voted into existence in Detroit in 1966. It's a fact that they have just completed their first 50th anniversary. Some of the true giants of library technology have held this office: Jesse, Shera, Avram, Henriette, Ala, Frederick Kilgour, Keri, Henriette Avram and Marcy. keywords: library; lita cache: ital-10086.pdf plain text: ital-10086.txt item: #26 of 712 id: ital-10087 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Content and Functionality--Know When to Buy 'Em, Know When to Code 'Em date: 2017 words: 1598 flesch: 44 summary: There is a range of choices in technology and interfaces. Librarians have more choices than ever before. The internet has evolved and libraries have become more central to the skillset of many people. Libraries are available through APIs and local applications. keywords: data; information; library; user cache: ital-10087.pdf plain text: ital-10087.txt item: #27 of 712 id: ital-10113 author: Buell, Jesi; Sandford, Mark title: From Dreamweaver to Drupal: A University Library Website Case Study date: 2018 words: 4130 flesch: 49 summary: Jesi Buell and Mark Sandford talk about converting a static HTML website to the Drupal platform at Colgate University Libraries in Hamilton, New York. The case study outlines the process librarians used to complete this project using only in-house resources and minimal funding. keywords: content; drupal; librarian; libraries; library; new; wdc; website cache: ital-10113.pdf plain text: ital-10113.txt item: #28 of 712 id: ital-10146 author: Hart, Timothy Robert; de Vries, Denise title: Metadata Provenance and Vulnerability date: 2017 words: 4333 flesch: 48 summary: Timothy Robert Hart and Denise de Vries write a paper on metadata and how easily they can be lost and corrupted by everyday use. The paper aims to raise awareness and emphasise the necessity of caution and expertise when handling digital data. keywords: case; file; history; image; information; metadata; objects; preservation cache: ital-10146.pdf plain text: ital-10146.txt item: #29 of 712 id: ital-10160 author: Howard, Heather A.; Huber, Sarah; Carter, Lisa V.; Moore, Elizabeth Anne title: Academic Libraries on Social Media: Finding the Students and the Information They Want date: 2018 words: 4268 flesch: 50 summary: Heather Howard, Sarah Huber, Lisa Carter, and Elizabeth Moore conducted a survey at four of the nine campus libraries to determine student social media habits and preferences. Students use Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat more than other social media types, but they would like to see the library on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. YouTube was seen as a resource for library service information. keywords: facebook; libraries; library; media; percent; students; survey cache: ital-10160.pdf plain text: ital-10160.txt item: #30 of 712 id: ital-10170 author: Guo, Ya Jun; Liu, Yan Quan; Bielefield, Arlene title: The Provision of Mobile Services in US Urban Libraries date: 2018 words: 5420 flesch: 48 summary: Ya Jun Guo, Yan Quan Liu and Arlene Bielefield discuss the provision of mobile services in US urban libraries. They found that nearly 95% of these libraries have at least one mobile website, mobile catalog, or mobile app. keywords: apps; information; libraries; library; mobile; printing; services; social; survey; urban; websites cache: ital-10170.pdf plain text: ital-10170.txt item: #31 of 712 id: ital-10177 author: Sharma, Kumar; Marjit, Ujjal; Biswas, Utpal title: Efficiently Processing and Storing Library Linked Data using Apache Spark and Parquet date: 2018 words: 8112 flesch: 55 summary: Kumar Sharma, Ujjal Marjit, Utpal Biswas, and others discuss a distributed solution for efficiently processing and storing library linked data stored in traditional storage systems. The storage system is built on top of Hadoop Distributed File Systems (HDFS) and uses the Apache Parquet format to store data in a compressed form. SPARQL queries are processed using Spark. keywords: big; column; data; file; information; libraries; library; parquet; processing; queries; query; rdf; spark; storage; storing; triples; web cache: ital-10177.pdf plain text: ital-10177.txt item: #32 of 712 id: ital-10181 author: Khan, Muzammil; Rahman, Arif Ur title: A Systematic Approach Towards Web Preservation date: 2019 words: 8997 flesch: 36 summary: Muzammil Khan and Arif Ur Rahman discuss a systematic approach to web preservation in Information Technology and Library in March 2019 issue of INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES. They explain the main purpose of the article is to divide the web into small stages and design a step-by-step process. keywords: approach; archive; archiving; contents; digital; domain; information; libraries; metadata; news; preservation; process; resources; selection; web; web archive; web contents; web preservation; websites cache: ital-10181.pdf plain text: ital-10181.txt item: #33 of 712 id: ital-10191 author: Galbreath, Blake Lee; Johnson, Corey; Hvizdak, Erin title: Primo New User Interface: Usability Testing and Local Customizations Implemented in Response date: 2018 words: 9456 flesch: 61 summary: Blake Lee Galbreath, Corey Johnson, Erin Hvizdak and others discuss the Primo New User Interface: Usability and Local Customizations. The study was the final segment of a six-month process for migrating to the new user interface of Ex Libris Primo. keywords: icon; interface; item; link; new; page; participant; primo; question; research; search; use; user; yes cache: ital-10191.pdf plain text: ital-10191.txt item: #34 of 712 id: ital-10208 author: Godfrey, Bruce; Stoddart, Rick title: Managing In-Library Use Data: Putting a Web Geographic Information Systems Platform through its Paces date: 2018 words: 5182 flesch: 40 summary: Bruce Godfrey and Rick Stoddart discuss how to manage in-library use data using Web GIS platforms. They propose using the Esri ArcGIS Online platform for a pilot project by an academic library for this purpose. keywords: arcgis; data; gis; information; learning; library; online; platform; research; space; use; web cache: ital-10208.pdf plain text: ital-10208.txt item: #35 of 712 id: ital-10230 author: Wilkinson, Jaci title: Accessible, Dynamic Web Content Using Instagram date: 2018 words: 3631 flesch: 42 summary: Jaci Wilkinson is a Web Services Librarian at the University of Montana's Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. She created a dynamic content creation using Instagram's API to create a feed of the Archives’s most recent posts for their website's homepage. keywords: api; asc; collections; content; feed; instagram; libraries; library; media cache: ital-10230.pdf plain text: ital-10230.txt item: #36 of 712 id: ital-10237 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor date: 2017 words: 359 flesch: 55 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum has been appointed Editor of Information Technology and Libraries as the journal enters its 50th year. He wants to expand the scope and impact of the journal by seeking and soliciting articles from a wider range of librarians, adding more case studies and being more rapidly responsive to the evolving technology landscape in front of us. keywords: technology cache: ital-10237.pdf plain text: ital-10237.txt item: #37 of 712 id: ital-10238 author: Yelton, Andromeda title: President’s Message date: 2017 words: 852 flesch: 51 summary: Andromeda Yelton is LITA President 2017-18 and Senior Software Engineer, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, United States. She thanks Bob Gerrity for his six years of service as ITAL's Editor in Chief and welcomes Ken Varnum as the new editor-in-chief. keywords: data; library; lita cache: ital-10238.pdf plain text: ital-10238.txt item: #38 of 712 id: ital-10239 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Reinvesting in Our Traditional Personnel Through Knowledge Sharing and Training date: 2017 words: 1356 flesch: 34 summary: Mark Dehmlow has been working in academic library technology for nearly 20 years. He is a member of the ITAL Editorial Board and Director of the Library Information Technology at Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. He has been thinking about how those in technology positions can extend their impact throughout organizations. keywords: libraries; metadata; technology cache: ital-10239.pdf plain text: ital-10239.txt item: #39 of 712 id: ital-10240 author: Willis, Samuel Kent; O'Reilly, Faye title: Enhancing Visibility of Vendor Accessibility Documentation date: 2018 words: 6557 flesch: 19 summary: Samuel Kent Willis and Faye O’Reilly are interested in increasing the visibility of vendor accessibility documentation for the benefit of their users. The World Wide Web was developed late in 1989 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990. keywords: accessibility; accessibility documentation; databases; digital; disabilities; documentation; information; libraries; library; patrons; section; study; technology; users; vendors; vpat cache: ital-10240.pdf plain text: ital-10240.txt item: #40 of 712 id: ital-10308 author: Shen, Yaqi title: Library Space Information Model Based on GIS — A Case Study of Shanghai Jiao Tong University date: 2018 words: 4030 flesch: 49 summary: Yaqi Shen is a librarian at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Yaqi Shen wrote a paper on a library-space information model based on a geographical information system. The model shows the bookshelf location of each book through the display interface of various terminals. keywords: book; bookshelf; gis; information; library; model; readers; system; university cache: ital-10308.pdf plain text: ital-10308.txt item: #41 of 712 id: ital-10338 author: Cyzyk, Mark title: ITAL Editorial Board Thoughts. Halfway Home: User Centered Design and Library Websites date: 2018 words: 826 flesch: 65 summary: Mark Cyzyk is a member of LITA and the ITAL editorial board. He is the Communication Architect in The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Their Library Website has gone through two major redesigns in the past 5 years. In both cases, a User Centered Design approach was used to plan the site. keywords: design; user cache: ital-10338.pdf plain text: ital-10338.txt item: #42 of 712 id: ital-10339 author: Cyzyk, Mark title: Information Technology and Libraries at 50: The 1960's in Review date: 2018 words: 617 flesch: 50 summary: Mark Cyzyk is a member of LITA and the ITAL editorial board. He is the Scholarly Architect in The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. He believes that librarians have always been at worst technological users and at best true IT innovators. keywords: library; volume cache: ital-10339.pdf plain text: ital-10339.txt item: #43 of 712 id: ital-10357 author: Ziegler, Scott; Shrake, Richard title: PAL: Toward a Recommendation System for Manuscripts date: 2018 words: 4567 flesch: 49 summary: Scott Ziegler and Richard Shrake discuss the development of a recommendation system for manuscripts at the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. The system is called People Also Liked (PAL) and it uses circulation data collected through the collection-management software package, Aeon. keywords: aeon; collection; pal; recommendations; user; xsl cache: ital-10357.pdf plain text: ital-10357.txt item: #44 of 712 id: ital-10386 author: Yelton, Andromeda title: President's Message date: 2018 words: 582 flesch: 49 summary: Andromeda Yelton is LITA President 2017-18 and Senior Software Engineer, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In her last President’s Message, Andromeda talked about change and imagination. Andromeda is thinking about a new combined division with ALCTS and LLAMA. keywords: lita; president cache: ital-10386.pdf plain text: ital-10386.txt item: #45 of 712 id: ital-10388 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (March 2018) date: 2018 words: 431 flesch: 49 summary: This issue marks 50 years of Information Technology and Libraries. Automation was launched in 1968 and libraries are now using technology to rethink, recreate, and reinvent services. The remaining issues this year will focus on the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The journal's centennial celebration is in 2068. keywords: journal cache: ital-10388.pdf plain text: ital-10388.txt item: #46 of 712 id: ital-10405 author: Thomchick, Richard; San Nicolas-Rocca, Tonia title: Application Level Security in a Public Library: A Case Study date: 2018 words: 5647 flesch: 27 summary: Richard Thomchick and Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca write a report on application level security in a public library. The report is intended to shed light on the state of HTTPS implementation in libraries and suggest ways to improve it. keywords: application; https; information; libraries; library; patron; privacy; public; security; technology; use; wcpl; web cache: ital-10405.pdf plain text: ital-10405.txt item: #47 of 712 id: ital-10407 author: Kucera, Ann title: A Closer Look at User Centered Design date: 2018 words: 362 flesch: 53 summary: Ann Kucera wrote a letter to the editor about User Centered Design and Library Websites in the March 2018 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). She thinks the idea that User Centering Design automatically eliminates anything from a website that the main user group did not expressly ask for is faulty. keywords: design cache: ital-10407.pdf plain text: ital-10407.txt item: #48 of 712 id: ital-10432 author: Ullah, Irfan; Khusro, Shah; Ullah, Asim; Naeem, Muhammad title: An Overview of the Current State of Linked and Open Data in Cataloging date: 2018 words: 14765 flesch: 30 summary: Irfan Ullah, Shah Khusro, Asim Ullah and Muhammad Naeem discuss the current state of Linked and Open Data in cataloging. LOD is a Semantic Web technology that makes knowledge and information manageable, reusable, shareable, exchangeable and interoperable. Major libraries are transferring their bibliographic metadata to the LOD landscape. keywords: bibframe; cataloging; community; data; digital; information; issues; libraries; library; library metadata; lod; lov; metadata; publishing; quality; rda; research; search; semantic; standards; state; ullah; users; vocabularies; vocabulary; web cache: ital-10432.pdf plain text: ital-10432.txt item: #49 of 712 id: ital-10437 author: Searle, Sam title: The Benefits of Enterprise Architecture for Library Technology Management: An Exploratory Case Study date: 2018 words: 6933 flesch: 32 summary: Sam Searle is Manager, Library Technology Services, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Case study describes how librarians and enterprise architects at an Australian university worked together to document key components of the Library’s “as-is” enterprise architecture. keywords: application; architects; architecture; business; data; enterprise; information; library; management; process; services; systems; technology; work cache: ital-10437.pdf plain text: ital-10437.txt item: #50 of 712 id: ital-10460 author: Farnel, Sharon title: ITAL Editorial Board Thoughts: Events in the Life of ITAL date: 2018 words: 988 flesch: 49 summary: Sharon Farnel is ending her time on the ITAL Editorial Board at the end of June 2018. She used the Sqend Event Data service to gather data on 38 ITAL articles. The data was gathered on May 9, 2018. keywords: data; events; ital cache: ital-10460.pdf plain text: ital-10460.txt item: #51 of 712 id: ital-10493 author: Yelton, Andromeda title: President's Message date: 2018 words: 474 flesch: 66 summary: Andromeda Yelton is LITA President 2017-18 and Senior Software Engineer, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts. She wrote the President's Message for Information Technology and Library Resources on June 3, 2018. She also wrote three other columns for the year. keywords: lita cache: ital-10493.pdf plain text: ital-10493.txt item: #52 of 712 id: ital-10494 author: Shores, Sandra J title: Information Technology and Libraries at 50: The 1970s in Review date: 2018 words: 1172 flesch: 39 summary: Sandra Shores is Senior IT & Facilities Officer, Learning Services, University of Alberta. She is a member of LITA and the ITAL editorial board. She enjoyed reading the 1970s' Journal of Library Automation, predecessor to Information Technology and Libraries. Shores wanted to become a librarian after her undergraduate degree. keywords: automation; journal; library; technology cache: ital-10494.pdf plain text: ital-10494.txt item: #53 of 712 id: ital-10571 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (June 2018) date: 2018 words: 567 flesch: 60 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum is the Editor of Information Technology and Libraries. The June 2018 issue celebrates ITAL’s 50th year of publication. He thanks departing members of the Editorial Board for their years of service to the journal. Seven new members have been appointed for two-year terms beginning July 1, 2018. keywords: board; university cache: ital-10571.pdf plain text: ital-10571.txt item: #54 of 712 id: ital-10574 author: Bengtson, Jason Alden; Coleman, Jason title: Taking the Long Way Around: Improving the Display of HathiTrust Records in Primo date: 2019 words: 5502 flesch: 45 summary: Jason Bengtson and Jason Coleman discuss how to improve the display of HathiTrust records in the Primo Discovery System in the Information Technology and Library Services for Kansas State University and KSU Libraries. They discuss the problem of a library-wide discussion about removing Hathi trust shares from Primo. keywords: api; hathigenius; hathitrust; information; libraries; library; primo; results; search; state cache: ital-10574.pdf plain text: ital-10574.txt item: #55 of 712 id: ital-10596 author: Hoover, Jasmine title: Gaps in IT and Library Services at Small Academic Libraries in Canada date: 2018 words: 4507 flesch: 42 summary: Jasmine Hoover is Scholarly Resources Librarian at Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. She found a gap between IT and library services at several small university libraries across Canada. This paper outlines results of a survey of small universities in Canada focusing on IT and the library. keywords: academic; issues; libraries; library; services; staff; technology; university cache: ital-10596.pdf plain text: ital-10596.txt item: #56 of 712 id: ital-10599 author: Tešendić, Danijela; Boberić Krstićev, Danijela title: Business Intelligence in the Service of Libraries date: 2019 words: 5438 flesch: 43 summary: Danijela Tešendić and Danijela Boberić Krstićev discuss Business Intelligence in the Service of Libraries. They discuss the application of BI technology in libraries using the BISIS library management system. keywords: bisis; business; data; libraries; library; model; olap; reports; warehouse cache: ital-10599.pdf plain text: ital-10599.txt item: #57 of 712 id: ital-10604 author: Lewis, Colby Lil title: The Open Access Citation Advantage: Does It Exist and What Does It Mean for Libraries? date: 2018 words: 6513 flesch: 45 summary: Colby Lewis is a second year Master of Science in Information student at the University of Michigan School of Information. He is the winner of the 2018 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award. Since 2001, the debate over whether there is a citation advantage caused by making articles open access has plagued scholars and publishers alike. keywords: access; advantage; articles; citation; et al; gold; impact; journals; oaca; research; studies; study cache: ital-10604.pdf plain text: ital-10604.txt item: #58 of 712 id: ital-10702 author: Dougan, Kirstin title: The “Black Box”: How Students Use a Single Search Box to Search for Music Materials date: 2018 words: 10143 flesch: 51 summary: Study uses transaction log analysis of the music and performing arts module of a library’s federated discovery tool to determine how patrons search for music materials. The study also looks for other search characteristics such as type of search, use of advanced search techniques and any other patterns of search behavior. keywords: box; discovery; examples; information; libraries; library; mpal; music; number; patrons; research; search; searches; searching; sessions; students; study; subject; terms; title; tools; use; work cache: ital-10702.pdf plain text: ital-10702.txt item: #59 of 712 id: ital-10703 author: Kim, Bohyun title: President’s Message: Rebuilding Our Identity, Together date: 2018 words: 1352 flesch: 48 summary: Bohyun Kim is the editor of Information Technology and LITA's official journal. He is the president and chief technology officer of LIT a. LITa is discussing a potential merger with ALCTS and LLLAMA. keywords: division; lita; new cache: ital-10703.pdf plain text: ital-10703.txt item: #60 of 712 id: ital-10714 author: Ding, Yi title: Is Creative Commons a Panacea for Managing Digital Humanities Intellectual Property Rights? date: 2019 words: 6950 flesch: 18 summary: Yi Ding is Online Instructional Design Librarian and Affordable Learning Co-coordinator, California State University, Northridge. Yi Ding argues that Creative Commons (CC) licenses are not a panacea for managing the intellectual property rights of digital scholarship. keywords: attribution; cc licenses; commons; copyright; december; humanities; irrevocability; librarians; licenses; property; rights; scholars; use; works cache: ital-10714.pdf plain text: ital-10714.txt item: #61 of 712 id: ital-10738 author: Costello, Eamon; Bolger, Richard; Soverino, Tiziana; Brown, Mark title: Determining Textbook Cost, Formats, and Licensing with Google Books API: A Case Study from an Open Textbook Project date: 2019 words: 2910 flesch: 53 summary: Eamon Costello, Richard Bolger, Tiziana Soverino, Mark Brown, and Richard are concerned about the rising cost of textbooks. They present a case study focusing on the cost, accessibility, and licensing with Google Books API. keywords: api; books; cost; course; google; information; open; textbooks cache: ital-10738.pdf plain text: ital-10738.txt item: #62 of 712 id: ital-10746 author: Joiner, Ida Arlene title: Getting to Yes: Stakeholder Buy-In for Implementing Emerging Technologies in Your Library date: 2018 words: 1008 flesch: 61 summary: Ida Joiner is a librarian at the Universal Academy School in Irving, Texas. She is the author of “Emerging Library: It’s Not Just for Geeks” (Elsevier, August 2018). Ida is passionate about emerging technologies and how they are and will be used in libraries. keywords: initiatives; technology cache: ital-10746.pdf plain text: ital-10746.txt item: #63 of 712 id: ital-10747 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (September 2018) date: 2018 words: 267 flesch: 43 summary: The September 2018 issue of ITAL continues the celebration of the journal's 50th anniversary. The student paper by Colby Lewis from the University of Michigan School of Information won the Ex Libris/LITA Student Writing Award. It's Kenneth Varnum's fourth issue as editor. keywords: editor cache: ital-10747.pdf plain text: ital-10747.txt item: #64 of 712 id: ital-10749 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Information Technology and Libraries at 50: The 1980s in Review date: 2018 words: 1902 flesch: 43 summary: Mark Dehmlow is Director of Library Information Technology at the Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame. He is a Gen-Xer and his professional perspective has been shaped by the last two decades in libraries. The most pronounced event for the journal during the 1980s was the transition from the Journal of Library Automation to Information Technology and Libraries between 1981 and 1982. keywords: information; libraries; library; systems; technology cache: ital-10749.pdf plain text: ital-10749.txt item: #65 of 712 id: ital-10810 author: Ippoliti, Cinthya title: Critical Technology date: 2018 words: 1868 flesch: 39 summary: Cinthya Ippoliti is a librarian and director of Auraria Library at the University of Colorado. She is concerned about technology-related issues in academic libraries. She asks who should feel welcome in a technology-rich space and why. keywords: design; libraries; space; technology; users cache: ital-10810.pdf plain text: ital-10810.txt item: #66 of 712 id: ital-10821 author: Bowers, Steven K. title: Information Technology and Libraries at 50: The 1990s in Review date: 2018 words: 2851 flesch: 45 summary: Steven K. Bowers is Executive Director, Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET). He played some computer games in the 1980s. He got his first email account in 1993. He was amazed by the end of the 1990s to be doing research on a university library catalog system connected with other institutions of higher education throughout the region. keywords: 1990s; access; information; libraries; library; technology cache: ital-10821.pdf plain text: ital-10821.txt item: #67 of 712 id: ital-10822 author: Rubel, Dejah title: No Need to Ask date: 2019 words: 5664 flesch: 45 summary: Dejah Rubel is a librarian at Ferris state university and author of No Need to Ask: Creating Permissionless Blockchains of Metadata Records. The process would start by creating public and private keys and nodes. Only the top tier nodes would be required to store a copy of the entire chain. keywords: bitcoin; block; blockchain; consensus; hash; metadata; nodes; nov; record; research; transaction cache: ital-10822.pdf plain text: ital-10822.txt item: #68 of 712 id: ital-10844 author: Rennick, Brian title: Library Services Navigation: Improving the Online User Experience date: 2019 words: 4070 flesch: 42 summary: Brian Rennick wrote an article on improving the online user experience for the Library at Brigham Young University and Information Technology at the University of Utah. The article is about a web application developed to help users find the right service on the website. keywords: information; libraries; library; links; page; search; services; users; web; website cache: ital-10844.pdf plain text: ital-10844.txt item: #69 of 712 id: ital-10850 author: Kim, Bohyun title: President’s Message: Imagination and Structure in Times of Change date: 2018 words: 1535 flesch: 48 summary: Bohyun Kim is LITA President 2018-19 and Chief Technology at University of Rhode Island Libraries, Kingston, RI. She talked about forming a new division to achieve financial sustainability and more transparency, responsiveness, and agility in her last column. The proposed new division would merge ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) and LLAMA (Library Leadership and Management Association). It was discussed at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. keywords: change; division; new cache: ital-10850.pdf plain text: ital-10850.txt item: #70 of 712 id: ital-10852 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (December 2018) date: 2018 words: 402 flesch: 52 summary: As 2018 draws to a close, so does the celebration of Information Technology and Libraries’ 50th anniversary. In the final “ITAL at 50” column, Editorial Board member Steven Bowers takes a look back at the 1990s. In 2019, there will be a new quarterly column, “Public Libraries Leading the Way,” to highlight a technology-based innovation from a public library perspective. keywords: libraries; technology cache: ital-10852.pdf plain text: ital-10852.txt item: #71 of 712 id: ital-10875 author: Lund, Brady title: 50 Years of ITAL/JLA date: 2019 words: 7523 flesch: 34 summary: Brady Lund is a PhD student at Emporia State University's School of Library and Information Management. He is summarizing 50 years of ITAL/JLA: A Bibliometric Study of Its Major Influences, themes, and Interdisplinarity. keywords: american; association; disciplines; information; information science; information technology; ital; jla; journal; libraries; library; library science; science; study; technology; university cache: ital-10875.pdf plain text: ital-10875.txt item: #72 of 712 id: ital-10886 author: van Veen, Theo title: Wikidata date: 2019 words: 3569 flesch: 43 summary: Theo van Veen is a researcher at Koninklijke Bibliotheek. He would like to make a transition from "an" to "the" Identifier in Wikidata. Wikidata is a data-sharing tool that helps connect resources. keywords: authority; entity; identifier; information; resource; use; wikidata cache: ital-10886.pdf plain text: ital-10886.txt item: #73 of 712 id: ital-10921 author: Ozeran, Megan; Martin, Piper title: “Good Night, Good Day, Good Luck” date: 2019 words: 4715 flesch: 44 summary: Megan Ozeran, Piper Martin and Piper Martin created a pilot project to apply topic-modeling to chat using algorithms in Python. The results are presented in the article “Good Night, Good Day, Good Luck”. keywords: analysis; chat; conversations; data; information; lda; library; modeling; project; reference; services; topic; words cache: ital-10921.pdf plain text: ital-10921.txt item: #74 of 712 id: ital-10973 author: San Nicolas-Rocca, Tonia; Burkhard, Richard J title: Information Security in Libraries date: 2019 words: 5671 flesch: 22 summary: Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca and Richard J. Burkhard wrote an Information Security in Libraries: Examining the Effects of Knowledge Transfer on Libraries. The results of the study suggest that knowledge transfer has a positive effect on libraries. keywords: course; cybersecurity; information; information security; knowledge; libraries; library; security; transfer cache: ital-10973.pdf plain text: ital-10973.txt item: #75 of 712 id: ital-10974 author: Finley, Thomas K title: The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: One Library’s Approach date: 2019 words: 2202 flesch: 50 summary: Thomas Finley is an adult services manager at a public library in Frisco, Texas. He talks about the Democratization of Artificial Intelligence and how it can be used to help people find their way using maps, search engines and e-mail filters. keywords: google; intelligence; kits; library; public cache: ital-10974.pdf plain text: ital-10974.txt item: #76 of 712 id: ital-10977 author: Conrad, Suzanna; Stevens, Christy title: “Am I on the library website?” date: 2019 words: 13423 flesch: 51 summary: In spring 2015, the Cal Poly Pomona University Library conducted usability testing with ten student testers to establish recommendations and guide the migration process from LibGuides version 1 to version 2. Suzanna Conrad is Associate Dean for Digital Technologies and Resource Management at California State University, Sacramento. Christy Stevens is the Associate University Librarian at San Francisco State University. keywords: box; column; content; information; libguides; libraries; library; navigation; page; research; search; students; task; testing; usability; users; version; website cache: ital-10977.pdf plain text: ital-10977.txt item: #77 of 712 id: ital-10979 author: Ford, Kevin M title: Who Will Use This and Why? User Stories and Use Cases date: 2019 words: 1287 flesch: 63 summary: Kevin M. Ford is a librarian, Linked data specialist, and author of "User Stories and Use Cases" for Information Technology and Library of Congress. He explains the difference between "user stories" and "use cases" to the editorial board. keywords: case; use; user cache: ital-10979.pdf plain text: ital-10979.txt item: #78 of 712 id: ital-10980 author: Kim, Bohyun title: LITA President’s Message: Updates from the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting date: 2019 words: 1441 flesch: 37 summary: Bohyun Kim is LITA President and Chief Technology Officer and Associate Professor of Librarianship at the University of Rhode Island Island. He would like to share some updates from the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The potential merger of LITa with ALCTS and Llama was temporarily put on hold due to an ambitious timeline. keywords: conference; forum; lita; virtual cache: ital-10980.pdf plain text: ital-10980.txt item: #79 of 712 id: ital-10992 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (March 2019) date: 2019 words: 336 flesch: 41 summary: In the March issue of Information Technology and Libraries, Kenneth J. Varnum invites contributions to the "Public Libraries Leading the Way" column and "The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: One Library’s Approach" by Thomas Finley from Texas. keywords: column; technology cache: ital-10992.pdf plain text: ital-10992.txt item: #80 of 712 id: ital-11007 author: Sanchez, Lotta; DeLooper, John P title: Creating and Deploying USB Port Covers at Hudson County Community College date: 2019 words: 3146 flesch: 46 summary: In 2016, Hudson County Community College (HCCC) deployed several wireless keyboards and mice with its iMac computers. The required USB receiver would disappear frequently, so the library staff developed and deployed 3D printed port covers to enclose the dongles. This article will discuss the development of these port covers and their deployment. keywords: covers; library; port; staff; technology; usb cache: ital-11007.pdf plain text: ital-11007.txt item: #81 of 712 id: ital-11009 author: Schultz, Teresa Auch; Azadbakht, Elena; Bull, Jonathan; Bucy, Rosalind; Floyd, Jeremy title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Open Access Finding Tools date: 2019 words: 3870 flesch: 38 summary: Teresa Auch Schultz, Elena Azadbakht, Jonathan Bull, Rosalind Buch, Bucy, and Jeremy Floyd are studying the effectiveness of Open Access Finding Tools. The project used Open Access Button, Unpaywall, Lazy Scholar, and Kopernio to search for open versions of 1,000 articles. keywords: access; articles; button; finding; google; scholar; tools; versions cache: ital-11009.pdf plain text: ital-11009.txt item: #82 of 712 id: ital-11015 author: McDonald, Courtney; Burkhardt, Heidi title: Library-Authored Web Content and the Need for Content Strategy date: 2019 words: 6432 flesch: 36 summary: Courtney McDonald and Heidi Burkhardt write about Library-Authored Web Content and the Need for Content Strategy. They discuss the advantages and challenges of content management systems (CMS) and the advantages of embracing content strategy. The article will be published on September 8th, 2019. keywords: cms; content; content management; content strategy; information; libraries; library; library web; management; strategy; systems; technology; web; web content; website cache: ital-11015.pdf plain text: ital-11015.txt item: #83 of 712 id: ital-11018 author: Han, Sharon title: Weathering the Twitter Storm date: 2019 words: 4866 flesch: 28 summary: Sharon Han studied the use of social media as a disaster response tool in public libraries during Hurricane Sandy. She is a candidate for a Master in Science in Information Technology and Library Science at Illinois University. The study is based on the fall and winter 2017-18 hurricane seasons. keywords: disaster; hurricane; information; libraries; library; media; public; response; twitter; use cache: ital-11018.pdf plain text: ital-11018.txt item: #84 of 712 id: ital-11075 author: Cook, Matt ; Lischer-Katz, Zack; Hall, Nathan; Hardesty, Juliet; Johnson, Jennifer; McDonald, Robert; Carlisle, Tara title: Challenges and Strategies for Educational Virtual Reality date: 2019 words: 12723 flesch: 22 summary: Matt Cook, Zack Lischer-Katz, Nathan Hall, Juliet Hardesty, Jennifer Johnson, Robert McDonald, Tara Carlisle, and Nathan Hall are presenting the results of an Expert-led Forum on 3D/VR Technologies across Academic Institutions. Academic libraries are increasingly adopting VR technology for research and teaching purposes. keywords: academic; challenges; content; data; faculty; findings; forum; forum participants; information; institutions; learning; libraries; library; participants; public; reality; research; strategies; support; technologies; technology; virtual; visualization cache: ital-11075.pdf plain text: ital-11075.txt item: #85 of 712 id: ital-11077 author: Ibacache, Kathia title: Use of Language-Learning Apps as a Tool for Foreign Language Acquisition by Academic Libraries Employees date: 2019 words: 4307 flesch: 38 summary: Language-learning apps are becoming prominent tools for self-learners. Kathia Ibacache is the Romance Languages Librarian at the University of Colorado Boulder. The research is based on a survey sent to librarians and employees of 74 university libraries around the United States. keywords: apps; employees; language; learning; libraries; library; mobile; respondents; use cache: ital-11077.pdf plain text: ital-11077.txt item: #86 of 712 id: ital-11091 author: Ippoliti, Cinthya title: Digital Faculty Development date: 2019 words: 1160 flesch: 27 summary: Cinthya Ippoliti is Director of Auraria Library, Colorado. Cinthya discusses the rise of the role of faculty development within the digital environment and the importance of full-time and adjuncts in the education of students. keywords: development; faculty; students cache: ital-11091.pdf plain text: ital-11091.txt item: #87 of 712 id: ital-11093 author: Kim, Bohyun title: Moving Forward with LITA date: 2019 words: 1238 flesch: 39 summary: The merger of LITA, ALCTS, and LLLAMA is back on track. The current leaders of the companies have reviewed the work they have done so far and decided that the merger will go ahead. President-Elects of the three companies were elected this April. keywords: alcts; information; library; lita; president cache: ital-11093.pdf plain text: ital-11093.txt item: #88 of 712 id: ital-11101 author: Wittmann, Rachel; Neatrour, Anna; Cummings, Rebekah; Myntti, Jeremy title: From Digital Library to Open Datasets date: 2019 words: 5588 flesch: 25 summary: Rachel Wittmann, Anna Neatrour, Rebekah Cummings, and Jeremy Myntti discuss the burgeoning “collections as data” movement within the fields of digital libraries and digital humanities. They discuss how to develop open datasets using text mining, topic modeling, and GIS. keywords: collections; data; digital; humanities; library; marriott; metadata; mining; project; text; topic; university; utah cache: ital-11101.pdf plain text: ital-11101.txt item: #89 of 712 id: ital-11141 author: Davis, Jeffrey title: Online Ticketed-Passes date: 2019 words: 1622 flesch: 47 summary: Jeffrey Davis is Branch Manager at a Public Library in San Diego, California. New York’s Culture Pass is a joint program of New York, Brooklyn, Queens, and New York City. It gives access to 33 museums free of charge. keywords: libraries; library; new; pass; passes cache: ital-11141.pdf plain text: ital-11141.txt item: #90 of 712 id: ital-11169 author: Lierman, Ashley; Scott, Bethany; Warren, Mea; Turner, Cherie title: Testing for Transition date: 2019 words: 9320 flesch: 56 summary: Ashley Lierman, Bethany Scott, Mea Warren, and Cherie Turner are writing an article on the usability of research guides around a platform migration. The article describes multiple stages of usability testing that were conducted before and after a research library’s transition to a new platform for its research guides. keywords: face; guides; information; libraries; library; questions; research; resources; subject; survey; tasks; testing; usability; users cache: ital-11169.pdf plain text: ital-11169.txt item: #91 of 712 id: ital-11241 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (June 2019) date: 2019 words: 481 flesch: 44 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum is the editor of Information Technology and Libraries. John O’Connor helped him with adapting to the new interface and the editorial workflows. Columns in this issue include Bohyun, Kim’s, Cinthya, Ippoliti, Jeffrey Davis, and the Editorial Board. keywords: information; issue; libraries cache: ital-11241.pdf plain text: ital-11241.txt item: #92 of 712 id: ital-11251 author: Bauder, Julia title: HathiTrust as a Data Source for Researching Early Nineteenth-Century Library Collections date: 2019 words: 4798 flesch: 50 summary: Julia Bauder is Associate Professor and Services Librarian at Grinnell College. She will report on progress in developing an automated method to match entries in early nineteenth-century book catalogs with digitized versions of those books. keywords: books; catalogs; company; hathitrust; libraries; library; library company; new; york cache: ital-11251.pdf plain text: ital-11251.txt item: #93 of 712 id: ital-11273 author: Kovalcik, Justin; Villalobos, Mike title: Automated Storage & Retrieval System date: 2019 words: 5730 flesch: 46 summary: Justin Kovalcik and Mike Villalobos discuss the Automated Storage & Retrieval System (AS/RS) at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Oviatt Library. The AS/RS provides efficient space management for the library and has added value in materials security and inventory as well as customer service. keywords: items; libraries; library; materials; operations; retrieval; space; storage; system; use cache: ital-11273.pdf plain text: ital-11273.txt item: #94 of 712 id: ital-11369 author: Frost, Megan; Goates, Michael C; Cheng, Sarah; Johnston, Jed title: Virtual Reality date: 2020 words: 3669 flesch: 38 summary: Megan Frost, Michael Goates, Sarah Cheng, and Jed Johnston conducted a survey to inform the expansion of a virtual reality (VR) service in their library. They found use among all measured demographics and sufficient patron interest for them to justify expansion of the current services. keywords: information; libraries; library; reality; services; students; technology; university cache: ital-11369.pdf plain text: ital-11369.txt item: #95 of 712 id: ital-11519 author: Sherriff, Graham; DeSanto, Dan; Benson, Daisy; Atwood, Gary S. title: Meeting Users Where They Are date: 2020 words: 4028 flesch: 46 summary: Graham Sherriff, Dan DeSanto, Daisy Benson, and Gary S. Atwood are presenting a case study on a campus portal in Information Technology and Library in March 2020. They discuss how the University of Vermont collaborated with the portal developers to create content for a dedicated “Library’s” page. keywords: campus; content; information; libraries; library; myuvm; portal; services; users cache: ital-11519.pdf plain text: ital-11519.txt item: #96 of 712 id: ital-11571 author: Lamanna, Thomas title: On Educating Patrons On Privacy And Maximizing Library Resources date: 2019 words: 1800 flesch: 44 summary: T.J. Lamanna is an adult services librarian at Cherry Hill Public Library. He recommends Public Libraries Leading the Way: On Educating Patrons on Privacy and Maximizing Library Resources for September 4th 2019 4th column. keywords: libraries; library; patrons; privacy cache: ital-11571.pdf plain text: ital-11571.txt item: #97 of 712 id: ital-11577 author: Yang, Wenfan; Zhao, Bin; Liu, Yan Quan; Bielefield, Arlene title: Are Ivy League Libraries’ Websites ADA Compliant? date: 2020 words: 5713 flesch: 50 summary: Wenfan Yang, Bin Zhao, Yan Quan Liu, and Arlene Bielefield are writing a paper entitled Are Ivy League Library Website Homepages Accessible? for Information Technology and Library Science journal in June 2020. Academic libraries should be accessible to all, including the visually impaired and those with reading and learning disabilities. keywords: accessibility; homepages; ivy; ivy league; june; league; libraries; library; university; wave; website cache: ital-11577.pdf plain text: ital-11577.txt item: #98 of 712 id: ital-11581 author: Jaffy, Marc title: Bento Box User Experience Study at Franklin University date: 2020 words: 6875 flesch: 57 summary: Marc Jaffy is an Acquisitions Librarian at Franklin University. He conducted a study of the Bento-box method of searching library resources. Students found more items on the bento box site than the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The library decided to implement bento-boxes on its website. keywords: bento; box; franklin; information; library; results; search; site; university cache: ital-11581.pdf plain text: ital-11581.txt item: #99 of 712 id: ital-11585 author: Wetherington, Corey; Wagner, Scott title: A Comprehensive Approach to Algorithmic Machine Sorting of Library of Congress Call Numbers date: 2019 words: 6254 flesch: 42 summary: Scott Wagner and Corey Wetherington developed an algorithm for machine sorting Library of Congress (LC) call numbers. They used it to create an open-source software tool for library stacks maintenance. The method has potential application to any software environment that stores and retrieves LC call number information. keywords: character; classification; column; congress; cutter; decimal; libraries; library; numbers; sorting; string cache: ital-11585.pdf plain text: ital-11585.txt item: #100 of 712 id: ital-11607 author: Blessinger, Kelly; Comeaux, David title: User Experience with a New Public Interface for an Integrated Library System date: 2020 words: 8550 flesch: 52 summary: Kelly Blessinger and David Comeaux conducted user studies on the new public search interface from SirsiDynix, Enterprise for an integrated library system at Louisiana State University. They found problems with the new interface that need to be addressed. keywords: catalog; experience; information; interface; libraries; library; participants; results; search; staff; students; study; system; user cache: ital-11607.pdf plain text: ital-11607.txt item: #101 of 712 id: ital-11627 author: Morton-Owens, Emily title: Sustaining LITA date: 2019 words: 1102 flesch: 44 summary: Emily Morton-Owens is LITA President 2019-20 and the Assistant University Librarian for Digital Library Development & Systems at the University of Pennsylvania. ALA adopted sustainability as one of the core values of librarianship at the 2019 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. keywords: future; lita; members cache: ital-11627.pdf plain text: ital-11627.txt item: #102 of 712 id: ital-11631 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (September 2019) date: 2019 words: 382 flesch: 32 summary: There are six new members to the ITAL Editorial Board for two-year terms (2019-2021). Emily Morton-Owens is LITA's new President. The next edition of the magazine has the next edition's "Public Libraries Leading the Way" column. keywords: board; library; lita cache: ital-11631.pdf plain text: ital-11631.txt item: #103 of 712 id: ital-11723 author: Sample, Angela title: Using Augmented and Virtual Reality in Information Literacy Instruction to Reduce Library Anxiety in Nontraditional and International Students date: 2020 words: 9928 flesch: 43 summary: Angela Sample is Head of Access Services at Oral Roberts University's Library. She wrote an article on Augmented and Virtual Reality in Information Literacy Instruction to Reduce Library Anxiety in Nontraditional and International Students for Information Technology and Library in 2020. keywords: anxiety; barriers; information; instruction; jiao; libraries; library; library anxiety; onwuegbuzie; oru; reality; research; responses; students; survey; tour cache: ital-11723.pdf plain text: ital-11723.txt item: #104 of 712 id: ital-11787 author: Young, Scott W. H.; Chao, Zoe; Chandler, Adam title: User Experience Methods and Maturity in Academic Libraries date: 2020 words: 10618 flesch: 36 summary: Scott W. H. Young, Zoe Chao, and Adam Chandler conducted a survey on the methods and maturity of user experience (UX) in academic libraries. Their results reveal the most- and least-common UX methods currently in use. They also offer a library-focused maturity scale with recommended practices for advancing UX maturity. keywords: analysis; experience; experience methods; libraries; library; maturity; methods; model; research; stage; survey; user; user experience; ux maturity; ux methods; young cache: ital-11787.pdf plain text: ital-11787.txt item: #105 of 712 id: ital-11811 author: Singh, Neeraj Kumar title: Near-field Communication (NFC) date: 2020 words: 5826 flesch: 40 summary: Neeraj Kumar Singh, PhD, is Deputy Librarian, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has written a paper on Near-field Communication (NFC), an alternative to RFID in Libraries, for Information Technology and Library in June 2020. keywords: book; communication; field; field communication; information; libraries; library; mobile; mode; nfc; rfid; tag; technology; users cache: ital-11811.pdf plain text: ital-11811.txt item: #106 of 712 id: ital-11837 author: Maistrovskaya, Mariya; Wang, Rachel title: Creating and Managing a Repository of Past Exam Papers date: 2020 words: 2586 flesch: 47 summary: Mariya Maistrovskaya and Rachel Wang create and manage a repository of past exam papers at the University of Toronto. They discuss the workflows and infrastructure to support the collection, provision of access to, and repository management of past papers. keywords: access; campus; exams; metadata; repository; utl cache: ital-11837.pdf plain text: ital-11837.txt item: #107 of 712 id: ital-11847 author: Kirsch, Breanne title: Virtual Reality date: 2019 words: 1135 flesch: 57 summary: Breanne Kirsch attended EDUCAUSE Annual Conference from October 14-17, 2019. She was impressed with the variety of programs, vendors, and options for learning about technology and higher education. She found out about some new trends, such as the growth of esports in high schools and the use of VR in libraries. keywords: libraries; reality cache: ital-11847.pdf plain text: ital-11847.txt item: #108 of 712 id: ital-11859 author: O'Hara, Gayle; Lapworth, Emily; Lampert, Cory title: Cultivating Digitization Competencies date: 2020 words: 14500 flesch: 27 summary: Cultivating Digitization Competencies: A Case Study in Leveraging Grants as Learning Opportunities in Libraries and Archives is a case study of how six competencies were developed and disseminated via grant-funded digitization projects at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries Special Collections and Archives. keywords: capture; collections; competencies; competency; digital; digitization; digitization competencies; digitization projects; experience; grant; information; learning; libraries; management; materials; metadata; planning; project; scale; staff; technology; workflows; workshops cache: ital-11859.pdf plain text: ital-11859.txt item: #109 of 712 id: ital-11863 author: Murray, Jennifer; Feinberg, Daniel title: Collaboration and Integration date: 2020 words: 5782 flesch: 49 summary: Jennifer L. Murray and Daniel E. Feinberg discuss integration of library resources in Canvas. The University of North Florida transitioned to Canvas as its Learning Management System in summer 2017. The Thomas G. Carpenter Library’s online presence was enhanced, but it was not visible in the LMS. keywords: canvas; integration; learning; library; online; resources; students; unf cache: ital-11863.pdf plain text: ital-11863.txt item: #110 of 712 id: ital-11877 author: Markman, Chris; Hess, M; Lou, Dan; Nguyen, Anh title: VR Hackfest date: 2019 words: 1771 flesch: 55 summary: The eLibrary team at the Palo Alto City Library held a VR Hackfest weaving together multiple emerging technologies into a single workshop. Participants learned how to use A-Frame code to render 3D scenes to the web. Afterwards, an exhibit showcasing the participants’ VR scenes was placed at the Mitchell Park branch. keywords: library; technologies; technology; web cache: ital-11877.pdf plain text: ital-11877.txt item: #111 of 712 id: ital-11883 author: Fu, Meng-Hsuan title: Integrated Technologies of Blockchain and Biometrics Based on Wireless Sensor Network for Library Management date: 2020 words: 5352 flesch: 40 summary: Meng-Hsuan Fu is Assistant Professor, Shih Hsin University (Taiwan). He proposes a library based on integrated technologies using blockchain and finger-vein biometrics. The collection is managed by image recognition, RFID, and wireless sensor technologies. keywords: biometrics; blockchain; borrowing; cards; devices; information; libraries; library; recognition; technologies; technology; user cache: ital-11883.pdf plain text: ital-11883.txt item: #112 of 712 id: ital-11905 author: Morton-Owens, Emily title: Joining Together date: 2019 words: 873 flesch: 57 summary: Emily Morton-Owens is LITA President 2019-20 and the Assistant University Librarian for Digital Library Development & Systems at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. She is looking forward to the merger with ALCTS and LLAMA. She believes the proposed core division can support and extend the tradition of library technology work. keywords: lita; technology cache: ital-11905.pdf plain text: ital-11905.txt item: #113 of 712 id: ital-11923 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor (December 2019) date: 2019 words: 337 flesch: 40 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum was at the Sharjah Library Conference in the United Arab Emirates earlier this fall. He returned to his job with a newfound appreciation for the importance of open access publications like Information Technology and Libraries. He invites readers to contribute to the journal. keywords: experience cache: ital-11923.pdf plain text: ital-11923.txt item: #114 of 712 id: ital-11937 author: Valenti, Sandra; Lund, Brady; Wang, Ting title: Virtual Reality as a Tool for Student Orientation in Distance Education Programs date: 2020 words: 4789 flesch: 38 summary: Virtual reality (VR) is a popular technology for gaming and learning. Sandra Valenti, Brady Lund and Ting Wang studied the effect of VR as a tool for new student orientation in distance education programs at Emporia State University. Students who received a VR orientation expressed more optimistic views about the technology, saw greater improvement in scores on an assessment of knowledge about their program and chosen profession, and saw a small decrease in program anxiety. keywords: experience; group; information; library; orientation; reality; students; study; technology cache: ital-11937.pdf plain text: ital-11937.txt item: #115 of 712 id: ital-11977 author: Willis, Samuel Kent; O'Reilly, Faye title: Filling the Gap in Database Usability date: 2020 words: 9531 flesch: 41 summary: Samuel Kent Willis and Faye O'Reilly write a study on the accessibility of library database platforms. The study examines selected vendors’ VPAT reports through a manual assessment of their database platforms to determine their overall accessibility. They argue that the enhancements often overlooks users who rely on assistive technology. keywords: accessibility; content; database usability; databases; december; gap; information; keyboard; libraries; library; navigation; online; percent; research; technology; text; usability; users; vendor; vpat; willis cache: ital-11977.pdf plain text: ital-11977.txt item: #116 of 712 id: ital-12035 author: Panescu, Adrian-Tudor; Grosu, Teodora-Elena; Manta, Vasile title: Stateful Library Analysis and Migration System (SLAM) date: 2021 words: 5565 flesch: 33 summary: Adrian-Tudor Pănescu, Teodora-Elena Grosu, Vasile Manta, Gheorghe Asachi, and Adrian Tudor are studying Information Technology and Library Management at the University of Iași in Romania. They discuss the interoperability between research and management systems. keywords: analysis; crosswalk; information; library; metadata; migration; records; repositories; repository; slam; system cache: ital-12035.pdf plain text: ital-12035.txt item: #117 of 712 id: ital-12039 author: Thomas, Camille; Vardeman, Kimberly; Wu, Jingjing title: User Experience Testing in the Open Textbook Adaptation Workflow date: 2021 words: 7729 flesch: 34 summary: Camille Thomas, Kimberly Vardeman, and Jingjing Wu are presenting their case study on User Experience Testing in the Open Textbook Adaptation Workflow in Information Technology and Library Resources in March 2021. The study examines the user and accessibility testing workflow during the modification of an existing open textbook at Texas Tech University. keywords: accessibility; adaptation; content; experience; experience testing; information; libraries; library; march; oer; students; technology; testing; textbook; thomas; university; usability; user; user experience; workflow cache: ital-12039.pdf plain text: ital-12039.txt item: #118 of 712 id: ital-12041 author: Azadbakht, Elena; Schultz, Teresa title: At the Click of a Button date: 2020 words: 6286 flesch: 53 summary: At the Click of a Button, Lazy Scholar, Kopernio, and Unpaywall are browser extension tools aimed at helping information seekers find open versions of scholarly articles when they hit a paywall. Elena Azadbakht and Teresa Schultz conducted a usability study involving six undergraduate students and six faculty at a large public research university in the United States. Both students and faculty preferred simple, clean design elements and straightforward functionality. keywords: access; article; button; faculty; kopernio; open; participants; scholar; tools; unpaywall cache: ital-12041.pdf plain text: ital-12041.txt item: #119 of 712 id: ital-12053 author: Borrego, Ángel title: Measuring the Impact of Digital Heritage Collections Using Google Scholar date: 2020 words: 3934 flesch: 39 summary: Ángel Borrego is Associate Professor, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain). He used Google Scholar to measure the impact of digital heritage collections. The most cited MDC collection contains digitized ancient Catalan periodicals. The European Union has invested €265 million in research and innovation for advanced digitisation technologies. keywords: citations; citing; collections; digital; heritage; impact; mdc; scholar cache: ital-12053.pdf plain text: ital-12053.txt item: #120 of 712 id: ital-12067 author: Willis, Laurie title: Tackling the Big Projects date: 2020 words: 1327 flesch: 68 summary: Laurie Willis is Web Services Manager, San Jose Public Library. She is a member of the Information Technology and Libraries editorial board. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of doing the project yourself and contracting with a vendor. They find the learning curve significantly higher on the website migration/redesign. keywords: project; vendor cache: ital-12067.pdf plain text: ital-12067.txt item: #121 of 712 id: ital-12089 author: Knox, Sheryl; Smiley, Trenton title: Google Us! date: 2020 words: 1716 flesch: 64 summary: Sheryl Cormicle Knox and Trenton M. Smiley are from Capital Area District Libraries (CADL), a 13 branch library system in and around Lansing, Michigan. In 2016, CADL began using more digital tactics to increase its marketing reach and control over promoting the right service at the right time. keywords: ads; campaigns; google; libraries cache: ital-12089.pdf plain text: ital-12089.txt item: #122 of 712 id: ital-12105 author: Morton-Owens, Emily title: A Framework for Member Success date: 2020 words: 1344 flesch: 46 summary: Emily Morton-Owens is LITA President 2019-20 and the Assistant University Librarian for Digital Library Development & Systems at the University of Pennsylvania. She is concerned about the potential merger with ALCTS and LLAMA before the vote. keywords: core; lita; members; organization cache: ital-12105.pdf plain text: ital-12105.txt item: #123 of 712 id: ital-12123 author: Vargas Ochoa, Isabel title: Navigation Design and Library Terminology date: 2020 words: 5304 flesch: 59 summary: Isabel Vargas Ochoa is Web Services Librarian at California State University, Stanislaus. She conducted a user-centered usability study on the library website. A topic-based navigation design will be implemented instead of an audience-based design, a search-all will be integrated, and the headings and menu links will be modified. keywords: design; library; navigation; search; students; study; task; website cache: ital-12123.pdf plain text: ital-12123.txt item: #124 of 712 id: ital-12137 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor date: 2020 words: 341 flesch: 56 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum voted in favor of the merger of ALCTS, LLLAMA and LITA into a new consolidated division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. If the merger does not go through, LTLMA will be forced to dissolve over the coming year. keywords: core cache: ital-12137.pdf plain text: ital-12137.txt item: #125 of 712 id: ital-12163 author: Hyams, Rebecca title: Tending to an Overgrown Garden date: 2020 words: 5057 flesch: 52 summary: Rebecca Hyams is Web and Systems Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. In 2019, the library undertook a massive cleanup and reconfiguration of the content and guides contained in their LibGuides v2 system. The aim was to make their guides easier for students to use and understand and for librarians to maintain. keywords: content; guides; libguides; librarian; library; links; list; time; web cache: ital-12163.pdf plain text: ital-12163.txt item: #126 of 712 id: ital-12175 author: Jiang, Yiping; Chi, Xiaobo; Lou, Yan; Zuo, Lihua; Chu, Yeqi; Zhuge, Qingyi title: Peer Reading Promotion in University Libraries date: 2021 words: 6300 flesch: 37 summary: Yiping Jiang, Xiaobo Chi, Yan Lou, Lihua Zuo, Yeqi Chu, and Qingyi Zhuge are discussing Peer Reading Promotion in University Libraries based on Simulation Study about Readers’ Opinion Seeking in Social Networks. keywords: capital; chi; information; libraries; library; network; opinions; peer; promotion; readers; reading; reading promotion; research; seeking; technology; university; university libraries cache: ital-12175.pdf plain text: ital-12175.txt item: #127 of 712 id: ital-12191 author: Smith, Drew; Cook, Meghan L.; Torrence, Matt title: Making Disciplinary Research Audible date: 2020 words: 5058 flesch: 43 summary: Drew Smith, Meghan L. Cook, and Matt Torrence write an article on podcasting for academic libraries. The article describes the process needed to produce and market the podcast episodes and offers preliminary assessments of the podcast impact. keywords: calling; earth; faculty; information; libraries; library; podcast; podcasting; research; use; usf cache: ital-12191.pdf plain text: ital-12191.txt item: #128 of 712 id: ital-12197 author: Veve, Marielle title: Using the Harvesting Method to Submit ETDs into ProQuest date: 2020 words: 4364 flesch: 51 summary: Marielle Veve is a librarian at the University of North Florida. She developed a new method to submit electronic theses and dissertations into the ProQuest database. The method provides a series of advantages over alternative methods. keywords: etds; harvesting; metadata; method; oai; option; proquest; students cache: ital-12197.pdf plain text: ital-12197.txt item: #129 of 712 id: ital-12207 author: Friedenthal, Melody title: Intro to Coding Using Python at the Worcester Public Library date: 2020 words: 1662 flesch: 70 summary: Melody Friedenthal is a Public Services Librarian at the Worcester Public Library. She teaches an intro to coding class in Python at the library. She came to librarianship from a long career in software development. She used the Code Academy website as her teaching environment. keywords: class; python; students cache: ital-12207.pdf plain text: ital-12207.txt item: #130 of 712 id: ital-12209 author: Reed, Karen; Miller, A title: Applying Gamification to the Library Orientation date: 2020 words: 9033 flesch: 41 summary: Karen Nourse Reed and A. Miller write a paper on applying gamification to the library orientation at Middle Tennessee State University. The study was published in Information Technology and Library in September 2020. It was based on user experience research and gamification. keywords: game; gamification; graduate; groups; information; libgo; libraries; library; library orientation; online; orientation; services; students; user cache: ital-12209.pdf plain text: ital-12209.txt item: #131 of 712 id: ital-12211 author: Doney, Jylisa; Wikle, Olivia; Martinez, Jessica title: Likes, Comments, Views date: 2020 words: 5653 flesch: 35 summary: This article presents a content analysis of academic library Instagram accounts at eleven land-grant universities. Showcasing posts accounted for more than 50% of the posts shared. Crowdsourcing posts generated the most likes on average. A larger proportion of crowdsourcing posts included comments. keywords: category; comments; content; instagram; libraries; library; likes; media; number; posts; stuart cache: ital-12211.pdf plain text: ital-12211.txt item: #132 of 712 id: ital-12219 author: Quintel, Denise; Wilson, Robert title: Analytics and Privacy date: 2020 words: 4704 flesch: 34 summary: Denise FitzGerald Quintel and Robert Wilson discuss using Matomo for web analytics in their library’s discovery layer. Matomo is a free and open-source software application designed around user-privacy assurances. The authors discuss the installation process, comparisons between Matomo and Google Analytics, and describes how it works within EBSCO's Discovery Service. keywords: analytics; data; google; google analytics; information; libraries; library; matomo; privacy; service; technology; user; web cache: ital-12219.pdf plain text: ital-12219.txt item: #133 of 712 id: ital-12235 author: Grabus, Sam title: Evaluating the Impact of the Long-S upon 18th-Century Encyclopedia Britannica Automatic Subject Metadata Generation Results date: 2020 words: 4744 flesch: 40 summary: This article is the 2020 winner of the LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award. Sam Grabus is an Information Science PhD Candidate at Drexel University's College of Computing and Informatics and Research Assistant at the Metadata Research Center. keywords: encyclopedia; entry; indexing; long; metadata; results; subject; terms cache: ital-12235.pdf plain text: ital-12235.txt item: #134 of 712 id: ital-12325 author: Fayyaz, Nosheen; Khusro, Shah; Ullah, Shakir title: Accessibility of Tables in PDF Documents date: 2021 words: 9861 flesch: 36 summary: Nosheen Fayyaz, Shah Khusro, and Shakir Ullah discuss accessibility of tables in PDF documents in Informational Technology and Library in September 2021. They argue that the retrieval of important units such as images, figures, algorithms, and tables becomes a challenge. keywords: accessibility; content; data; digital; documents; extraction; information; libraries; library; pdf; pdf documents; pdf tables; processing; recognition; structure; tables; technology; text cache: ital-12325.pdf plain text: ital-12325.txt item: #135 of 712 id: ital-12341 author: Gonzales, Sara; Carson, Matthew B.; Viger, Guillaume; O'Keefe, Lisa; Allen, Norrina B.; Ferrie, Joseph P.; Holmes, Kristi title: User Testing with Microinteractions date: 2021 words: 6342 flesch: 25 summary: Sara Gonzales, Matthew B. Carson, Guillaume Viger, Lisa O'Keefe, Norrina B. Allen, Joseph P. Ferrie, Kristi Holmes and others write about User Testing with Microinteractions: Enhancing a Next-Generation Repository in Information Technology and Library. keywords: data; information; library; microinteractions; record; repository; research; results; testers; testing; university; user; user testing cache: ital-12341.pdf plain text: ital-12341.txt item: #136 of 712 id: ital-12363 author: Sweeney, Miriam; Davis, Emma title: Alexa, Are You Listening? date: 2021 words: 9234 flesch: 43 summary: Miriam E. Sweeney and Emma Davis report on the results of a national survey that documents how libraries are integrating smart voice assistants into their services, programming and checkout programs. The survey also surfaces some of the key privacy concerns of library workers in regards to implementing voice assistants in library services. keywords: alexa; assistants; data; devices; information; libraries; library; patrons; privacy; services; technologies; technology; use; voice; voice assistants; workers cache: ital-12363.pdf plain text: ital-12363.txt item: #137 of 712 id: ital-12367 author: Ford, Kevin M title: Seeing through Vocabularies date: 2020 words: 2684 flesch: 47 summary: Kevin Ford is a Linked Data Specialist in the Library of Congress’s Network Development and MARC Standards Office. He works on Bibframe Initiative and MADS/RDF projects. He is a member of the ITAL Editorial Board. keywords: ontology; ontovoc; owl; rdf; vocabularies cache: ital-12367.pdf plain text: ital-12367.txt item: #138 of 712 id: ital-12383 author: Morton-Owens, Emily title: Facing What’s Next, Together date: 2020 words: 755 flesch: 46 summary: Emily Morton-Owens is LITA President 2019-20 and the Acting Associate University Librarian for Library Technology Services at the University of Pennsylvania. She wrote an editorial in March. Technology staff are important to libraries. Since states began to shut down, the listserv, lita-l, has hosted discussions on topics like how to provide person-to-person reference and computer assistance. keywords: libraries; library; lita cache: ital-12383.pdf plain text: ital-12383.txt item: #139 of 712 id: ital-12391 author: McAndrew, Chuck title: LibraryVPN date: 2020 words: 1417 flesch: 57 summary: Chuck McAndrew is Information Technology Librarian, Lebanon (NH) Public Libraries. He recommends using a VPN to protect online privacy and security. The current VPN solutions require a paid subscription, which puts them out of reach of the general public. keywords: libraries; library; libraryvpn; vpn cache: ital-12391.pdf plain text: ital-12391.txt item: #140 of 712 id: ital-12405 author: Varnum, Ken title: Letter from the Editor date: 2020 words: 388 flesch: 58 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum is the editor of Information Technology and Library's June 2020 issue. He wrote a letter from the editor about a "blank page" and the current social and political situation in the U.S. He believes that a blank page can be liberating. keywords: page cache: ital-12405.pdf plain text: ital-12405.txt item: #141 of 712 id: ital-12453 author: McDonald, Courtney; Burkhardt, Heidi title: Web Content Strategy in Practice within Academic Libraries date: 2021 words: 13324 flesch: 42 summary: Courtney McDonald and Heidi Burkhardt conducted a web-based survey of academic and research library professionals in order to identify present trends in this area of practice by academic librarians. They propose a web content strategy maturity model specific to academic libraries. keywords: academic; arl; burkhardt; college; content; content strategy; group; information; level; libraries; libraries march; library; maturity; mcdonald; oberlin; oberlin group; practice; research; research libraries; technology; user; web content; website; xxxxxx cache: ital-12453.pdf plain text: ital-12453.txt item: #142 of 712 id: ital-12457 author: Zharinov, Serhii title: The Role of the Library in the Digital Economy date: 2020 words: 7791 flesch: 14 summary: Serhii Zharinov is a researcher at the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine. The transition to a digital economy requires business entities to adapt to the new environment. Big Data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are becoming common tools implemented by the pioneers of digital transformation. Management of research data is one of the most promising areas of the digital transformation of libraries. keywords: data; development; digital; economy; information; information technology; libraries; library; management; new; process; research; research data; research information; role; technologies; technology; transformation; ukraine; use cache: ital-12457.pdf plain text: ital-12457.txt item: #143 of 712 id: ital-12483 author: Mertoğlu, Uğur; Genç, Burkay title: Automated Fake News Detection in the Age of Digital Libraries date: 2020 words: 7496 flesch: 44 summary: Uğur Mertoğlu and Burkay Genç developed an automated fake news detection system based on Turkish digital news content. This model can be integrated into libraries’ digital systems to label news content as potentially fake whenever necessary. keywords: age; content; dataset; december; detection; features; genç; information; learning; libraries; mertoğlu; model; news; news detection; systems; technology; words cache: ital-12483.pdf plain text: ital-12483.txt item: #144 of 712 id: ital-12529 author: Formanek, Matus title: Solving SEO Issues in DSpace-based Digital Repositories date: 2021 words: 11574 flesch: 47 summary: Matúš Formanek is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mediamatics and Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia. He and his colleagues discuss the importance of search engine optimization (SEO) for digital repositories. keywords: digital; dspace; information; issues; libraries; march; page; repositories; repository; results; score; search; seo; seo issues; solving; tag; test; tools; website cache: ital-12529.pdf plain text: ital-12529.txt item: #145 of 712 id: ital-12553 author: Han, Yan; Rychlik, Marek title: Development of a Gold-standard Pashto Dataset and a Segmentation App date: 2021 words: 6145 flesch: 46 summary: Yan Han and Marek Rychlik developed a Pashto dataset and a segmentation app. The dataset consists of 300 line images and corresponding text from three selected books. It is one of the first open access datasets which maps line images to their corresponding text in the Pashtian language. The app uses textbox expanding algorithms. keywords: app; arabic; dataset; images; information; line; ocr; pashto; segmentation; standard; system; technology; text; writing cache: ital-12553.pdf plain text: ital-12553.txt item: #146 of 712 id: ital-12589 author: Jayakanth, Francis; Byrappa, Anand; Visvanathan, Raja title: Off-campus Access to Licensed Online Resources through Shibboleth date: 2021 words: 3678 flesch: 42 summary: Francis Jayakanth, Ananda T. Byrappa, and Raja Visvanathan write a paper on Shibboleth-based single sign-on (SSO) access management system at the JRD Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science. keywords: access; campus; idp; institute; resources; service; shibboleth; users cache: ital-12589.pdf plain text: ital-12589.txt item: #147 of 712 id: ital-12593 author: Krahmer, Ana; Douglas, Laura title: A Collaborative Approach to Newspaper Preservation date: 2020 words: 2170 flesch: 50 summary: Ana Krahmer and Laura Douglas are writing a column on the Collaborative Approach to Newspaper Preservation. Ana manages the Digital Newspaper Unit at UNT and manages the Texas Digital Newspaper Program collection on The Portal to Texas History. Laura Douglas is the librarian in charge of the Special Collections with the Denton Public Library. The project was funded by a $24,820.00 grant through the IMLS Library Services and Technology Act. keywords: grant; newspaper; project; texas; unt cache: ital-12593.pdf plain text: ital-12593.txt item: #148 of 712 id: ital-12619 author: Ayre, Lori Bowen title: What More Can We Do to Address Broadband Inequity and Digital Poverty? date: 2020 words: 2584 flesch: 29 summary: Lori Ayre is Principal, The Galecia Group and a member of the ITAL's Editorial Board. She asks what more can be done to address Broadband Inequity and Digital Poverty in the context of the novel coronavirus. keywords: access; broadband; community; libraries; library; partners; poverty cache: ital-12619.pdf plain text: ital-12619.txt item: #149 of 712 id: ital-12629 author: Connell, Ruth Sara; Wallis, Lisa; Comeaux, David title: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Academic Library Resources date: 2021 words: 7771 flesch: 44 summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted higher education, including academic libraries. Louisiana State University, Northeastern Illinois University and Valparaiso University studied the use of library resources during time frames of the pandemic. The institutions experienced similar patterns of use across many categories. keywords: control; covid; covid time; covid-19; frame; impact; libraries; library; march; resources; time; time frame; university; use cache: ital-12629.pdf plain text: ital-12629.txt item: #150 of 712 id: ital-12637 author: Howard, Mary title: Harnessing the Power of OrCam date: 2020 words: 1160 flesch: 62 summary: Mary Howard is Reference Librarian at the St. Clair County Library, Port Huron, Michigan. She is promoting the use of OrCam readers for the blind, visually impaired and people with reading disabilities. She was impressed with the compact and powerful design of the OrCam reader. keywords: library; orcam; users cache: ital-12637.pdf plain text: ital-12637.txt item: #151 of 712 id: ital-12647 author: Paskali, Ljubomir; Ivanovic, Lidija; Kapitsaki, Georgia; Ivanovic, Dragan; Dimic Surla, Bojana; Surla, Dusan title: Personalization of Search Results Representation of a Digital Library date: 2021 words: 9314 flesch: 34 summary: Personalization of search results representation of a digital library is the aim of the research presented in the paper. The paper was written by Ljubomir Paskali, Lidija Ivanovic, Bojana Dimic Surla, Dragan Ivanovic and Dusan Surla. keywords: data; digital; information; ivanovic; libraries; library; personalization; phd; phd uns; representation; representation style; results representation; search results; surla; system; uns; users; word cache: ital-12647.pdf plain text: ital-12647.txt item: #152 of 712 id: ital-12687 author: Weinraub Lajoie, Evviva title: In the Middle of Difficulty Lies Opportunity date: 2020 words: 896 flesch: 59 summary: Evviva Weinraub Lajoie is Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian at University at Buffalo. She is the last LITA President. Her 2-month term has been filled with meetings, reports, protests and preparations for their metamorphosis into Core. keywords: lita; time cache: ital-12687.pdf plain text: ital-12687.txt item: #153 of 712 id: ital-12691 author: Varnum, Ken title: Letter from the Editor date: 2020 words: 385 flesch: 48 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum is the editor of Information Technology and Libraries. He is excited about the merger of LITA, LLAMA, and ALCTS into the new Core division on September 1st. This issue includes the first-and-last message from incoming and outgoing LITa President Evviva Weinraub Lajoie. keywords: lita; september cache: ital-12691.pdf plain text: ital-12691.txt item: #154 of 712 id: ital-12751 author: Ibacache, Kathia; Rybin Koob, Amanda; Vance, Eric title: Emergency Remote Library Instruction and Tech Tools date: 2021 words: 10874 flesch: 37 summary: During spring 2020, emergency remote teaching became the norm for hundreds of higher education institutions in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Librarians were suddenly tasked with moving in-person services and resources online. They had to choose between synchronous and asynchronous sessions, learn new technology and tools for active learning, and vetting the same tools for security issues and ADA compliance. They surveyed 202 academic instruction librarians. The study will discuss the survey's findings and make recommendations toward best practices for utilizing technology tools. keywords: covid-19; digital; emergency; engagement; information; instruction; learning; librarians; library; library instruction; literacy; online; respondents; students; tech tools; technology; technology tools; tools cache: ital-12751.pdf plain text: ital-12751.txt item: #155 of 712 id: ital-12835 author: Galbreath, Blake Lee; Merrill, Alex; Johnson, Corey title: A Framework for Measuring Relevancy in Discovery Environments date: 2021 words: 7397 flesch: 43 summary: A study aims to create a quantitative, reproducible framework to test the relevancy of Washington State University’s discovery environment. The authors use bibliographic citations from student research papers submitted as part of a required university class as the proxy for relevency. keywords: citations; discovery; environments; framework; libraries; matches; primo; queries; query; relevancy; research; results; search; study; success cache: ital-12835.pdf plain text: ital-12835.txt item: #156 of 712 id: ital-12847 author: Goddard, Jon title: Public Libraries Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Creating a New Service Model date: 2020 words: 1658 flesch: 46 summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, public libraries have demonstrated their value to their communities. Librarians promoted ebooks and other important platforms available to patrons with their library cards. Since the lockdown began in mid-March, the daily average for ebook checkouts has been 52%. keywords: libraries; library; new; patrons; public; service cache: ital-12847.pdf plain text: ital-12847.txt item: #157 of 712 id: ital-12857 author: Hall, Jessica title: Journey with Veterans date: 2020 words: 1405 flesch: 67 summary: Jessica Hall is a community librarian in charge of outreach to seniors and veterans. Fresno County Public Library obtained a $3000 Value of Libraries grant. $2905 went to purchase a Google Expeditions kit and supplied to create a virtual reality program called Journey with Veterans. keywords: participant; program; veterans cache: ital-12857.pdf plain text: ital-12857.txt item: #158 of 712 id: ital-12915 author: Ellern, Gillian (Jill) D; Cruz, Laura title: Black, White, and Grey date: 2021 words: 9251 flesch: 35 summary: Gillian D. Ellern and Laura Cruz present a study on the Wicked Problem of Virtual Reality in Libraries for Information Technology and Library in December 2021. They conducted 11 interviews and interviewed 13 people, including librarians, IT staff and faculty members. keywords: challenges; cruz; december; ellern; grey; information; learning; libraries; library; oculus; problems; reality; research; respondents; role; study; technology; use cache: ital-12915.pdf plain text: ital-12915.txt item: #159 of 712 id: ital-12959 author: Bianchini, Carlo; Bargioni, Stefano; Pellizzari di San Girolamo, Camillo Carlo title: Beyond VIAF date: 2021 words: 12392 flesch: 32 summary: Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control in Libraries is published by Information Technology and Library Research in June 2021. It is based on a paper by Carlo Bianchini, Stefano Bargioni, and Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo. keywords: authority; bargioni; bianchini; clusters; girolamo; ids; information; items; june; libraries; library; national; pellizzari; san; sources; table; technology; viaf; viaf clusters; viaf ids; wikidata cache: ital-12959.pdf plain text: ital-12959.txt item: #160 of 712 id: ital-12963 author: Ridley, Michael; Pawlick-Potts, Danica title: Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for Libraries date: 2021 words: 6667 flesch: 23 summary: Michael Ridley and Danica Pawlick-Potts argue for a role for libraries in algorithmic literacy. They provide a working definition, a pressing need, a pedagogical strategy, and two specific contributions that are unique to libraries. keywords: algorithms; digital; information; information literacy; learning; libraries; library; literacy; machine; new; public; ridley; role; systems; technology; thinking; xai cache: ital-12963.pdf plain text: ital-12963.txt item: #161 of 712 id: ital-12987 author: Homenda, Nicholas title: Persistent URLs and Citations Offered for Digital Objects by Digital Libraries date: 2021 words: 4956 flesch: 29 summary: Libraries, archives, and museums make their unique digital collections openly available via digital library services and in different contexts. This study reviews institutional websites from the Digital Library Federation’s (DLF) published list of 195 members to determine persistent URL formats and citation options. Findings indicate an equal split between offering and not offering discernible persistent URLs. keywords: collections; digital; information; institutions; libraries; library; link; objects; persistent; study; urls cache: ital-12987.pdf plain text: ital-12987.txt item: #162 of 712 id: ital-13027 author: Cronin, Christopher title: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures date: 2020 words: 978 flesch: 49 summary: Christopher Cronin welcomes ITAL subscribers to Core: Leadership, Infrastructure and Futures. Core is the result of the merger of ALA's three divisions: ALCTS, LITA and LLLAMA. Core's membership includes ITAL's readers. keywords: core; loss cache: ital-13027.pdf plain text: ital-13027.txt item: #163 of 712 id: ital-13051 author: Varnum, Ken title: Letter from the Editor date: 2020 words: 371 flesch: 45 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum sends a letter from the editor of Information Technology and Library (ITL) to the end of 2020. He hopes for a positive influence on the future of society. He invites public library colleagues to submit a contribution to the quarterly column, "Public Libraries Leading the Way". keywords: hope cache: ital-13051.pdf plain text: ital-13051.txt item: #164 of 712 id: ital-13053 author: Hardesty, Juliet; Nolan, Allison title: Mitigating Bias in Metadata date: 2021 words: 6224 flesch: 18 summary: Mitigating Bias in Metadata: A Use Case Using Homosaurus Linked Data is a paper by Juliet L. Hardesty and Allison Nolan. They discuss how the Homosaurus, an LGBTQ+ linked data controlled vocabulary, can provide an augmented and updated search experience to mitigate bias within a system that only uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. keywords: catalog; community; homosaurus; information; lcsh; libraries; library; subject; terminology; terms; use; vocabularies; vocabulary cache: ital-13053.pdf plain text: ital-13053.txt item: #165 of 712 id: ital-13063 author: Boczar, Jason; Pollock, Bonita; Mi, Xiying; Yeslibas, Amanda title: Bridging the Gap date: 2021 words: 6584 flesch: 46 summary: Jason Boczar, Bonita Pollock, Xiying Mi, and Amanda Yeslibas wrote a paper on using Linked Data to improve Discoverability and Diversity in Digital Collections. The paper is published in Information Technology and Library Studies. keywords: boczar; collections; data; december; digital; heritage; information; libraries; library; metadata; pollock; technology; usf; web cache: ital-13063.pdf plain text: ital-13063.txt item: #166 of 712 id: ital-13117 author: Fruehan, Parker; Hellyar, Diana title: Expanding and Improving Our Library’s Virtual Chat Service date: 2021 words: 3547 flesch: 49 summary: Parker Fruehan and Diana Hellyar discuss how the Hilton C. Buley Library at Southern Connecticut State University's virtual chat service has been adjusted to meet user needs since January 2015. The article is published in Information Technology and Library Resources. keywords: chat; libchat; librarians; library; reference; service; widget cache: ital-13117.pdf plain text: ital-13117.txt item: #167 of 712 id: ital-13193 author: Lund, Brady title: The Fourth Industrial Revolution date: 2021 words: 1955 flesch: 50 summary: Brady Lund is a member of the ITAL Editorial Board. He is a doctoral student at Emporia State University's School of Library and Information Management. The term "fourth industrial revolution" describes the evolution of information technology towards greater automation and interconnectedness. It includes or incorporates technological advances such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, advanced robotics, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, 3D printing, nanotechnology and quantum computing. keywords: fourth; information; libraries; library; revolution cache: ital-13193.pdf plain text: ital-13193.txt item: #168 of 712 id: ital-13209 author: Black, Matthew; Powelson, Susan title: A Rapid Implementation of a Reserve Reading List Solution in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2021 words: 5322 flesch: 40 summary: Matthew Black and Susan Powelson discuss the rapid implementation of Ex Libris’ reading list solution Leganto at the University of Calgary in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The solution supports the necessary move to online teaching and learning. keywords: implementation; leganto; list; reading; reading list; reserve; support; system; university cache: ital-13209.pdf plain text: ital-13209.txt item: #169 of 712 id: ital-13241 author: Narlock, Mikala; Brower, Don title: Product Ownership of a Legacy Institutional Repository date: 2021 words: 5264 flesch: 19 summary: Product Ownership of a Legacy Institutional Repository: A Case Study on Revitalizing an Aging Service by Mikala Narlock and Don Brower is published in Information Technology and Library (IT&L) in September 2021. The case study will explore the lengthy process of stewarding an aging service. keywords: campus; legacy; libraries; library; product; repositories; repository; research; service; support; technology cache: ital-13241.pdf plain text: ital-13241.txt item: #170 of 712 id: ital-13257 author: Suni, Karin; Brown, Christopher title: We Can Do It for Free! date: 2021 words: 1676 flesch: 50 summary: Karin Suni and Christopher A. Brown write about We Can Do It for Free! Using Freeware for Online Patron Engagement. It is a column spotlighting technology in public libraries. It was created by the Special Collections Division of the Free Library of Philadelphia during the pandemic. keywords: free; google; library; repository cache: ital-13257.pdf plain text: ital-13257.txt item: #171 of 712 id: ital-13261 author: Berra, Daniel title: Utilizing Technology to Support and Extend Access to Students and Job Seekers during the Pandemic date: 2021 words: 1490 flesch: 51 summary: Daniel Berra is Assistant Director, Pflugerville Public Library in Texas. The ongoing pandemic necessitated a reimaging of public library services and resources. The PFL moved its service model to include virtual programs, curbside pickup, library cards issued remotely and a focus on electronic resources. keywords: access; library; students; technology cache: ital-13261.pdf plain text: ital-13261.txt item: #172 of 712 id: ital-13279 author: Wang, Zhiyu; Wu, Jingyu; Yu, Guang; Song, Zhiping title: Text Analysis and Visualization Research on the Hetu Dangse During the Qing Dynasty of China date: 2021 words: 8726 flesch: 36 summary: Zhiyu Wang, Jingyu Wu, Guang Yu, and Zhiping Song conducted a text analysis and visualization research on the Hetu Dangse during the Qing Dynasty of China. They used historical documents preserved in the archives of Liaoning Province as data analysis samples. keywords: analysis; catalog; catalog data; data; documents; hetu dangse; information; institutions; model; number; office; research; shengjing; technology; text; text analysis; visualization; word cache: ital-13279.pdf plain text: ital-13279.txt item: #173 of 712 id: ital-13297 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Reviewers Wanted date: 2021 words: 476 flesch: 37 summary: Information Technology and Libraries invites applications for peer-reviewers. Reviewers should expect to review 2-4 articles a year and provide thoughtful and actionable comments to the authors and the editor. They will work with the editor, associate editor or editorial board of the corresponding journal. keywords: reviewers cache: ital-13297.pdf plain text: ital-13297.txt item: #174 of 712 id: ital-13333 author: Koh, HyunSeung; Fienup, Mark title: Topic Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts date: 2021 words: 8541 flesch: 39 summary: In this article, HyunSeung Koh and Mark Fienup discuss Topic Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts. They analyze one academic library’s chat reference data collected from April 10, 2015 to May 31, 2019 with the goal of extracting the most accurate and easily interpretable topics. keywords: access; analysis; article; book; chat; data; information; journal; koh; latent; lda; libraries; library; reference; research; september; study; techniques; technology; tool; topic; topic modeling; transcripts; words cache: ital-13333.pdf plain text: ital-13333.txt item: #175 of 712 id: ital-13353 author: Ely, Eric title: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statements on Academic Library Websites date: 2021 words: 8777 flesch: 25 summary: Eric Ely is a Ph.D. candidate at Wisconsin-Madison. Eric analyzes the diversity, equity and inclusion statements on academic libraries and their websites. Eric's article is published in Informational Technology and Library Research, December 2021. keywords: academic; analysis; content; dei; dei statements; equity; inclusion; inclusion statements; information; libraries; library; statements; university; university libraries; websites cache: ital-13353.pdf plain text: ital-13353.txt item: #176 of 712 id: ital-13355 author: Tallman, Nathan title: A 21st Century Technical Infrastructure for Digital Preservation date: 2021 words: 8730 flesch: 32 summary: Nathan Tallman is a librarian at Pennsylvania State University and an expert on Digital Preservation. He presents a 21st Century Technical Infrastructure for Digital Preservation in Information Technology and Library in December 2021 in Microsoft Word 13355 20211217 galley. keywords: activities; century; data; digital; file; fixity; information; infrastructure; libraries; object; preservation; servers; software; stack; storage; technology; use cache: ital-13355.pdf plain text: ital-13355.txt item: #177 of 712 id: ital-13389 author: Longmeier, Meris Mandernach title: Hackathons and Libraries date: 2021 words: 8925 flesch: 25 summary: Meris Mandernach Longmeier is the head of research services at Ohio State University's Libraries. He explains the relationship between hackathons and libraries in the article "Information Technology and Libraries" for December 2021 in Microsoft Word 13389 20211217 galley. keywords: coding; community; data; december; digital; event; hackathon; information; libraries; library; outreach; participants; planning; public; services; spaces; students; technology; university; use cache: ital-13389.pdf plain text: ital-13389.txt item: #178 of 712 id: ital-13415 author: McCormack, Allison; Wittmann, Rachel title: Rarely Analyzed date: 2022 words: 4937 flesch: 31 summary: As of August 2019, the Special Collections Division of the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott held over 256,000 printed works and archival collections. Approximately 22% of the collection belongs to the Rare Books Department. Allison McCormack and Rachel Wittmann compared the digital and physical rare books collections. keywords: books; collection; data; digital; information; libraries; library; marc; metadata; university cache: ital-13415.pdf plain text: ital-13415.txt item: #179 of 712 id: ital-13461 author: Sauers, Michael P. title: Do Space’s Virtual Interview Lab date: 2021 words: 1361 flesch: 66 summary: Do Space in Omaha, Nebraska is the country’s first Community Technology Library run by Community Information Trust, a privately funded non-profit. It was closed for three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened in June 2020 with limited services. One of the new services it offered was the Virtual Interview Lab. keywords: interview; lab; space cache: ital-13461.pdf plain text: ital-13461.txt item: #180 of 712 id: ital-13499 author: Yarbrough, Will title: Service Barometers date: 2021 words: 1189 flesch: 67 summary: Public libraries have been using lending kiosks for close to ten years now. They are used to reach people with limited mobility or who lack reliable transportation. Southern Chesapeake is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, measuring at 350 square miles. The closest library is located in Great Bridge, which houses over 289,000 items. More than 500,000 people visit it annually. keywords: chesapeake; kiosks; library cache: ital-13499.pdf plain text: ital-13499.txt item: #181 of 712 id: ital-13513 author: Heller, Margaret title: Making Room for Change through Rest date: 2021 words: 1208 flesch: 59 summary: Margaret Heller is a member of the Core Technology and the newly elected president-elect of Core, with her term starting in July 2021. The planning for Core began years ago but became a real division of ALA in the most chaotic of times. The summer of 2020 was one of the most challenging of her life. keywords: core; rest; time cache: ital-13513.pdf plain text: ital-13513.txt item: #182 of 712 id: ital-13537 author: Jayakanth, Francis; Byrappa, Ananda T; Minj, Filbert title: Migration of a Research Library's ICT-Based Services to a Cloud Platform date: 2022 words: 5407 flesch: 46 summary: Francis Jayakanth, Ananda T. Byrappa, and Filbert Minj have migrated some of the library’s locally hosted ICT-based services onto the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The migration helped the library significantly reduce the downtime of its services due to power or network or system outages. keywords: azure; cloud; ict; library; migration; platform; process; repository; research; services; system; vms cache: ital-13537.pdf plain text: ital-13537.txt item: #183 of 712 id: ital-13573 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Improving ITAL's Peer Review date: 2021 words: 411 flesch: 21 summary: ITAL has enrolled almost 30 reviewers to the journal’s new review panel. In this issue, incoming Core president Margaret Heller wrote an essay about the need to recharge after a challenging year. In the issue, Michael Sauers wrote an Editorial Board Thoughts essay. keywords: ital; libraries; review cache: ital-13573.pdf plain text: ital-13573.txt item: #184 of 712 id: ital-13601 author: Kordahi, Marilou title: Ontology for the User-Learner Profile Personalizes the Search Analysis of Online Learning Resources date: 2022 words: 7663 flesch: 35 summary: Marilou Kordahi is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration and Management, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut and Associate Researcher, Paragraph Research Laboratory, Paris 8 University. She and her co-authors present the design of an ontology for the digital User-Learner Profile (OntoULP) and its application. keywords: digital; information; knowledge; learner; learner profile; learning; libraries; model; oer; ontology; ontoulp; profile; research; search; technology; universities; user cache: ital-13601.pdf plain text: ital-13601.txt item: #185 of 712 id: ital-13659 author: Byrd-McDevitt, Dominic; Dewees, John title: Using DPLA and the Wikimedia Foundation to Increase Usage of Digitized Resources date: 2022 words: 4541 flesch: 34 summary: The Digital Public Library of America has created a process by which rights-free or openly licensed resources that have already been harvested can be copied over into Wikimedia Commons. The major benefit of this migration is the ease with which assets can be added to Wikipedia articles, exposing resources to general internet users. keywords: byrd; commons; dpla; foundation; information; libraries; ohio; wikimedia cache: ital-13659.pdf plain text: ital-13659.txt item: #186 of 712 id: ital-13697 author: Williams, Carole title: Delivering date: 2021 words: 1291 flesch: 61 summary: Charleston County Public Library opened four new branches with Automated Materials Handler (AMH) in 2021. Residents approved a referendum to build five new libraries and renovate 13 others. The branch AMHs have interior and exterior return windows and sit along a glass wall so patrons can watch their items ride conveyor belts and drop into sorting bins. keywords: amh; items; shipment; staff cache: ital-13697.pdf plain text: ital-13697.txt item: #187 of 712 id: ital-13775 author: Ritzo, Chris; Rhinesmith, Colin; Jiang, Jie title: Measuring Library Broadband Networks to Address Knowledge Gaps and Data Caps date: 2022 words: 8174 flesch: 22 summary: Measuring Library Broadband Networks to Address Knowledge Gaps and Data Caps is a paper by Chris Ritzo, Colin Rhinesmith, and Jie Jiang. It was published in Information Technology and Library in September 2022. It is based on a three-year research project funded by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services. keywords: broadband; data; digital; information; internet; lab; libraries; library; library data; measurement; mlbn; networks; ookla; page; public; report; research; service; speeds cache: ital-13775.pdf plain text: ital-13775.txt item: #188 of 712 id: ital-13781 author: Swanson, Paul title: Building a Culture of Resilience in Libraries date: 2021 words: 1695 flesch: 55 summary: Paul Swanson is Technology Manager, Minitex and a member of the Italian Editorial Board. They discuss building a culture of resiliency in libraries in the wake of the global pandemic. They also discuss the need to introduce more flexibility into their workflows. keywords: change; libraries; resilience cache: ital-13781.pdf plain text: ital-13781.txt item: #189 of 712 id: ital-13783 author: Kim, Heesop; Maltceva, Nadezhda title: Digitization of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Russia date: 2022 words: 7535 flesch: 19 summary: Heesop Kim and Nadezhda Maltceva write a paper on the digitization of cultural heritage in Russian libraries, archives, and museums. The main constraints on digitization within LAMs in Russia are the scale of the work, dispersal of rare books throughout the country and low level of document usage. keywords: access; archives; collections; digital; digitization; documents; heritage; information; libraries; library; museums; national; preservation; russian; state cache: ital-13783.pdf plain text: ital-13783.txt item: #190 of 712 id: ital-13799 author: Glowacka-Musial, Monika title: Applying Topic Modeling for Automated Creation of Descriptive Metadata for Digital Collections date: 2022 words: 4514 flesch: 32 summary: Monika Glowacka-Musial is Assistant Professor/Metadata Librarian at New Mexico State University Library. She developed a topic model to create descriptive metadata for the digital collection of NMSU news releases issued between 1958 and 2020. keywords: digital; documents; headings; information; libraries; metadata; modeling; new; news; subject; topic; topic modeling; university cache: ital-13799.pdf plain text: ital-13799.txt item: #191 of 712 id: ital-13803 author: Letriz, Joseph title: Local Hosting of Faculty-Created Open Education Resources date: 2022 words: 3721 flesch: 35 summary: Joseph Letriz is the Electronic Systems Librarian at the University of Dubuque. He developed Pressbooks to support faculty development of Open Education Resources (OER) at the university. The project will be launched in March 2022. keywords: configuration; dubuque; faculty; information; installation; instance; pressbooks; university; wordpress cache: ital-13803.pdf plain text: ital-13803.txt item: #192 of 712 id: ital-13859 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor date: 2021 words: 351 flesch: 13 summary: In the editorial section of this issue, we have two columns to share. Paul Swanson's essay on "Building a Culture of Resilience in Libraries" and Carole Williams' column on "Delivering: Automated Materials Handling for Staff and Patrons" are discussed. Peer-reviewed content includes articles on bias mitigation in metadata, accessibility of PDF documents, automated classification of texts, and a case study on the importance of product ownership. keywords: libraries; september cache: ital-13859.pdf plain text: ital-13859.txt item: #193 of 712 id: ital-14027 author: Berkowitz, Adam title: Classical Musicians v. Copyright Bots date: 2022 words: 4364 flesch: 22 summary: Adam Eric Berkowitz is Supervisory Librarian, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library. The COVID-19 pandemic forced classical musicians to cancel in-person recitals and concerts. Automated copyright enforcement systems pose a problem for classical musicians. Berkowitz suggests how libraries may employ mitigation tactics to reduce the negative impacts. keywords: bots; content; copyright; domain; enforcement; facebook; libraries; library; media; musicians; public; youtube cache: ital-14027.pdf plain text: ital-14027.txt item: #194 of 712 id: ital-14033 author: Valizadeh-Haghi, Saeideh; Nasibi-Sis, Hamed; Shekofteh, Maryam; Rahmatizadeh, Shahabedin title: ResearchGate Metrics’ Behavior and Its Correlation with RG Score and Scopus Indicators date: 2022 words: 5050 flesch: 35 summary: Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Hamed Nasibi-Sis, Maryam Shekofteh, and Shahabedin Rahmatzadeh are Iranian scholars in the medical sciences. They studied ResearchGate Metrics’ behavior and its correlation with RG Score and Scopus Indicators. keywords: faculty; faculty members; members; metrics; researchgate; rg score; score cache: ital-14033.pdf plain text: ital-14033.txt item: #195 of 712 id: ital-14041 author: Friedenthal, Melody title: How COVID Affected our Python Class at the Worcester Public Library date: 2021 words: 1608 flesch: 66 summary: Melody Friedenthal is a librarian at the Public Library in Worcester, MA. In June 2020, she was offered a course in Python for beginners in which she was taught five times. In January 2020, libraries were closed because of disease. keywords: class; covid; students cache: ital-14041.pdf plain text: ital-14041.txt item: #196 of 712 id: ital-14073 author: Coughlin, Daniel title: Balancing Community and Local Needs date: 2022 words: 6408 flesch: 44 summary: Daniel Coughlin is the Head of Libraries Strategic Technologies at Penn State. He wrote a paper on the development of an institutional repository. It will be published in March 2022. Institutional repository provides long-term access to the scholarship and research outputs of an institution. keywords: community; data; development; infrastructure; libraries; local; needs; platform; repository; scholarsphere; software; system; team; technology cache: ital-14073.pdf plain text: ital-14073.txt item: #197 of 712 id: ital-14093 author: Qing, Fan; Tan, Guoxin ; Sun, Chuanming; Chen, Panfeng title: Research on Knowledge Organization of Intangible Cultural Heritage Based on Metadata date: 2022 words: 4918 flesch: 14 summary: Qing Fan, Guoxin Tan, Chuanming Sun, and Panfeng Chen wrote an article entitled Research on Knowledge Organization of Intangible Cultural Heritage Based on Metadata for Information Technology and Library in June 2022. They argue that digital storage and presentation of intangible cultural heritage is an inevitable requirement for the protection of China’s long history and culture in the information age. keywords: description; digital; elements; heritage; information; knowledge; metadata; organization; research; resources; standards cache: ital-14093.pdf plain text: ital-14093.txt item: #198 of 712 id: ital-14099 author: Avgousti, Avgoustinos; Papaioannou, Georgios title: The Current State and Challenges in Democratizing Small Museums’ Collections Online date: 2023 words: 6712 flesch: 17 summary: This article focuses on the problematic democratization of small museum collections online in Cyprus. The web has enabled cultural heritage organizations to democratize information to diverse audiences, but many small museums do not enjoy the fruits of this digital revolution and cannot democratize their collections online. keywords: challenges; collections; heritage; information; machine; museum collections; museums; online; papaioannou; respondent; semantic; staff; state; technology; web cache: ital-14099.pdf plain text: ital-14099.txt item: #199 of 712 id: ital-14141 author: Guo, Yajun; Yang, Zinan; Yuan, Yiming; Ma, Huifang; Liu, Yan Quan title: Contactless Services date: 2022 words: 6927 flesch: 43 summary: Contactless services have become a common way for public libraries to provide services. The strategy used by public libraries in China will effectively stop the spread of epidemics caused by human touch. The primary goal of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of the contactless service measures provided by large Chinese public libraries. keywords: china; contactless; contactless services; guo; information; libraries; library; liu; online; patrons; public; reference; resources; self; services; technology; touch; yang cache: ital-14141.pdf plain text: ital-14141.txt item: #200 of 712 id: ital-14175 author: Symulevich, Allison; Hamilton, Mark title: Using Open Access Institutional Repositories to Save the Student Symposium during the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2022 words: 5542 flesch: 39 summary: Allison Symulevich and Mark Hamilton used their institutional repositories to adapt their student research symposiums to virtual events in a matter of weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both universities use the bepress Digital Commons platform. keywords: access; campus; digital; longwood; presentations; projects; repositories; research; student; symposium; university cache: ital-14175.pdf plain text: ital-14175.txt item: #201 of 712 id: ital-14291 author: Varnum, Kenneth J. title: Letter from the Editor date: 2021 words: 297 flesch: 43 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum is the editor of Information Technology and Library Resources. He wishes readers health, peace, and the spirit of adaptation as they turn to the new year. This month's topics are: digital library, innovation, virtual reality, diversity, equity, inclusion and migration. keywords: library; year cache: ital-14291.pdf plain text: ital-14291.txt item: #202 of 712 id: ital-14325 author: Guo, Yan; Lam, Apple Hiu Ching; Chiu, Dickson K. W.; Ho, Kevin K. W. title: Perceived Quality of Reference Service with WhatsApp date: 2022 words: 6992 flesch: 25 summary: Yan Guo, Apple Hiu Ching Lam, Dickson K. W. Chiu, and Kevin W. Ho are presenting a study on the perceived quality of WhatsApp reference service at a major university in Hong Kong in September 2022. The study explores user satisfaction towards the reference service. keywords: academic; chiu; information; lam; libraries; library; quality; reference; reference service; satisfaction; services; study; user; whatsapp; whatsapp reference cache: ital-14325.pdf plain text: ital-14325.txt item: #203 of 712 id: ital-14433 author: Ullah, Asim; Khusro, Shah; Ullah, Irfan title: Library Management Practices in the Libraries of Pakistan date: 2022 words: 14816 flesch: 40 summary: Asim Ullah, Shah Khusro and Irfan Ullah have written a paper on Library Management Practices in the Libraries of Pakistan. The study analyzes the websites of 82 libraries in Pakistan. They recommend a transition from traditional to more advanced information and communication technology. keywords: information; information technology; khusro; libraries; libraries september; library; library management; library services; na b; pakistan; pakistan library; practices; search; services; technology; tools; ullah; university; university libraries; web; ✓ ;  c;  cn;   cache: ital-14433.pdf plain text: ital-14433.txt item: #204 of 712 id: ital-14683 author: Ridley, Michael title: Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) date: 2022 words: 7159 flesch: 17 summary: Michael Ridley is a librarian at the University of Guelph. He writes about explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and how academic libraries should adopt and advocate for XAI in order to ensure that machine learning appropriately serves librarianship and the public interest. keywords: algorithms; audit; auditing; data; explanation; information; intelligence; june; learning; libraries; machine; machine learning; model; new; public; research; ridley; systems; technology; xai cache: ital-14683.pdf plain text: ital-14683.txt item: #205 of 712 id: ital-14719 author: Wu, Annie; Davis-Van Atta, Taylor ; Scott, Bethany; Washington, Anne; Thompson, Santi; Jones, Jerrell ; Weidner, Andrew; Ramirez, A. Laura; Smith, Marian title: Navigating Uncharted Waters date: 2022 words: 7041 flesch: 35 summary: Navigating Uncharted Waters: Utilizing Innovative Approaches in Legacy Theses and Dissertations Digitization at the University of Houston Libraries is published in Information Technology and Library Science in September 2022. It includes Annie Wu, Taylor Davis-Van Atta, Bethany Scott, Santi Thompson, Anne Washington, Jerrell Jones, Andrew Weidner, A. Laura Ramirez, and Marian Smith. keywords: access; copyright; digital; digitization; dissertations; force; information; libraries; library; metadata; process; project; scanning; task; tdd; technology; theses; university; workflow cache: ital-14719.pdf plain text: ital-14719.txt item: #206 of 712 id: ital-14773 author: Lund, Brady title: Policy Before Technology date: 2022 words: 1563 flesch: 43 summary: Brady Lund is a member of the ITAL Editorial Board and a lecturer at Emporia State University. He believes organizations should consider the risks of emerging technologies before introducing them in their organizations. Virtual reality is a popular technology in libraries and learning organizations, but there are risks associated with it. keywords: data; library; policy; technology cache: ital-14773.pdf plain text: ital-14773.txt item: #207 of 712 id: ital-14801 author: Vargas Ochoa, Isabel title: A Library Website Migration date: 2022 words: 4047 flesch: 47 summary: Isabel Vargas Ochoa is a librarian at California State University, Stanislaus. She is writing about a library website migration project for the California State university. The project was completed within a year under a sudden time limit due to a global pandemic and a shift to remote work. keywords: cms; design; drupal; libguides; library; library website; migration; website cache: ital-14801.pdf plain text: ital-14801.txt item: #208 of 712 id: ital-14881 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors (March 2022) date: 2022 words: 485 flesch: 20 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum and Marisha C. Kelly are the editors of Information Technology and Library Research. Marisha is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Northcentral University. They are looking for new Editorial Board members to fill vacancies starting in July. They also invite library technologists to submit articles for publication. keywords: information; issue; technology cache: ital-14881.pdf plain text: ital-14881.txt item: #209 of 712 id: ital-14967 author: Wang, Yongming title: Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to Analyze Library Chat Reference Transcripts date: 2022 words: 3929 flesch: 46 summary: Yongming Wang used machine learning and natural language processing to analyze one academic library’s chat transcripts over a period of eight years. Stanford University Library is one of the pioneers in the research and application of AI and machine learning in the library. keywords: chat; data; learning; libraries; library; machine; model; reference; transcripts cache: ital-14967.pdf plain text: ital-14967.txt item: #210 of 712 id: ital-15097 author: Gerrish, Thomas; Kong, Ningning Nicole title: Spatiotemporal Distribution Change of Online Reference During the Time of COVID-19 date: 2022 words: 5547 flesch: 45 summary: Thomas Gerrish and Ningning Nicole Kong studied the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the spatiotemporal distribution of the library's online patrons. The results suggest that the library could adjust the online reference schedule to provide better access and service to patrons. keywords: campus; covid-19; distribution; fall; information; libraries; library; online; questions; reference; time cache: ital-15097.pdf plain text: ital-15097.txt item: #211 of 712 id: ital-15101 author: Rushton, Erin; Mulligan, Bern title: A Library Website Redesign in the Time of COVID date: 2022 words: 3759 flesch: 61 summary: In November 2019, Binghamton University Libraries initiated a website redesign project to create a user-centered, data-informed website with refreshed content and upgraded functionality. When the Libraries went remote in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had to quickly adapt their processes and workflows. keywords: covid; libraries; library; page; project; redesign; website cache: ital-15101.pdf plain text: ital-15101.txt item: #212 of 712 id: ital-15107 author: Watson, Alex title: To Thine Own 3D Selfie Be True: Outreach for an Academic Library Makerspace with a 3D Selfie Booth date: 2023 words: 7028 flesch: 47 summary: To promote an academic library makerspace, the University of Mississippi hosted a 3D selfie booth outside the library. The booth did not materialize, but the project resulted in data about interested patrons and ideas for similar projects going forward. keywords: booth; idealab; libraries; library; mississippi; patrons; selfie; staff; technology; uml; university cache: ital-15107.pdf plain text: ital-15107.txt item: #213 of 712 id: ital-15123 author: Ingram-Monteiro, Neah; McKernan, Ro title: An Omeka S Repository for Place- and Land-Based Teaching and Learning date: 2022 words: 5282 flesch: 30 summary: Neah Ingram-Monteiro and Ro McKernan developed an Omeka S repository to support a land-based, multidisciplinary academic initiative at Whatcom Community College. They document the relational labor, dialogue and tensions involved with this open education project. keywords: curriculum; development; education; faculty; land; learning; libraries; metadata; omeka; repository; salish; salish sea; sea; teaching cache: ital-15123.pdf plain text: ital-15123.txt item: #214 of 712 id: ital-15143 author: Liu, Yan Quan; Lewis, Sarah title: Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US date: 2023 words: 8218 flesch: 53 summary: Yan Quan Liu and Sarah Lewis studied the services provided to mobile users by the top-visited public libraries in the US. They found that libraries are adapting to the changing times by providing mobile services. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, services such as mobile renewal, subscriber database access, and mobile reservations were expanded. keywords: app; apps; devices; information; libraries; library; liu; march; mobile; public; reference; services; technology; users cache: ital-15143.pdf plain text: ital-15143.txt item: #215 of 712 id: ital-15161 author: Lane, Julie title: Gathering Strength to Combat Access Inequality date: 2022 words: 2380 flesch: 55 summary: Julie Lane is the Technology Resource Centre Coordinator and Educational Resource Consultant, County of Prince Edward Public Library and Archives in Prince Edward County, Canada. PEC is located east of Toronto and covers approximately 1,050 square kilometers. It is a part of the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB). PEC has 6 public schools, one Catholic school, and one private school. The other county serviced is Hastings County, which covers 7,220 square kilometers and has 39 in-person schools and a K-10 virtual school. CPEPL's system of 6 branches services just under 25,000 residents and tourists. keywords: access; library; public; school; students cache: ital-15161.pdf plain text: ital-15161.txt item: #216 of 712 id: ital-15201 author: Dong, Hanwen title: Supporting Faculty’s Instructional Video Creation Needs for Remote Teaching: A Case Study on Implementing eGlass Technology in a Library Multimedia Studio Space date: 2023 words: 5742 flesch: 44 summary: In 2021, the University of Idaho Library received a transparent glass whiteboard called the eGlass for faculty to record video-based lectures. The eGlass is suitable for creating instructional videos for flipped classrooms and integrating Zoom for synchronous online classes. keywords: author; eglass; equipment; faculty; instructors; learning; library; lightboard; space; students; studio; technology; university; video cache: ital-15201.pdf plain text: ital-15201.txt item: #217 of 712 id: ital-15225 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors (June 2022) date: 2022 words: 509 flesch: 25 summary: Kenneth J. Varnum, Marisha C. Kelly, Ashlea Green, Mary A. Guillory, Dana Haugh, Shanna Hollich, and Cynthia Schwarz will join the Editorial Board on July 1. keywords: board; editorial; libraries cache: ital-15225.pdf plain text: ital-15225.txt item: #218 of 712 id: ital-15383 author: Rybin Koob, Amanda; Ibacache Oliva, Kathia Salomé; Williamson, Michael; Lamont-Manfre, Marisha; Hugen, Addison; Dickerson, Amelia title: Tech Tools in Pandemic-Transformed Information Literacy Instruction date: 2022 words: 12031 flesch: 44 summary: Tech Tools in Pandemic-Transformed Information Literacy Instruction: Pushing for Digital Accessibility is published in Information Technology and Library in December 2022. The paper examines the digital accessibility of five tech tools used in information literacy sessions for students who use assistive technology such as screen readers. keywords: accessibility; ibacache; information; information technology; instruction; issues; kahoot; koob; lamont; libraries; literacy; manfre; padlet; pandemic; rybin; screen; tech tools; technology; tools cache: ital-15383.pdf plain text: ital-15383.txt item: #219 of 712 id: ital-15475 author: Markman, Chris; Kimura, Kasper; Wallner, Molly title: The First 500 Mistakes You Will Make While Streaming on Twitch.tv date: 2022 words: 1472 flesch: 62 summary: Chris Markman, Kasper Kimura and Molly Wallner are librarians at the Palo Alto City Library. They will be streaming Minecraft on Twitch.tv in 2020. They discuss the first 500 mistakes they made while streaming. keywords: mistakes; stream; streaming; twitch.tv cache: ital-15475.pdf plain text: ital-15475.txt item: #220 of 712 id: ital-15535 author: McClure, Jessica; Hess, Carl; Marsicano, David title: Redesigning Research Guides: Lessons Learned from Usability Testing at the University of Memphis date: 2023 words: 6843 flesch: 54 summary: Redesigning Research Guides: Lessons Learned from Usability Testing at the University of Memphis is published in Information Technology and Library in September 2023. Jessica McClure, Carl Hess, and David Marsicano are the authors of the article. The team of librarians and library staff formed the Research Guides Redesign Team to redesign, organize and evaluate the University Libraries’ research guides. keywords: guides; homepage; information; libraries; library; participant; research; scenario; task; task scenario; usability; use cache: ital-15535.pdf plain text: ital-15535.txt item: #221 of 712 id: ital-15559 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors (September 2022) date: 2022 words: 559 flesch: 37 summary: This issue of Information Technology and Libraries is published in September 2022. The northern hemisphere's academic calendar is getting started. After the past two years of COVID-directed activities, it feels good to be returning to a more typical start to the year. Technology is a never-ending process. keywords: editor; libraries; library cache: ital-15559.pdf plain text: ital-15559.txt item: #222 of 712 id: ital-15599 author: Guo, Jin Xiu; Xu, Gordon title: Decision-Making in the Selection, Procurement, and Implementation of Alma/Primo: The Customer Perspective date: 2023 words: 10621 flesch: 42 summary: Jin Xiu Guo and Gordon Xu discuss the decision-making process of library leaders and administrators in the selection, procurement, and implementation of Ex Libris Alma/Primo as their library services platform. The authors conducted a survey of libraries and library consortia in Canada and the United States who have implemented or plan to implement Alma. keywords: alma; data; decision; guo; implementation; information; libraries; library; making; march; migration; new; primo; process; procurement; project; selection; services; staff; system; technology cache: ital-15599.pdf plain text: ital-15599.txt item: #223 of 712 id: ital-15603 author: Santosa, Faizhal Arif title: Exploring Final Project Trends Utilizing Nuclear Knowledge Taxonomy: An Approach Using Text Mining date: 2023 words: 5654 flesch: 40 summary: Faizhal Arif Santosa is Academic Librarian at Polytechnic Institute of Nuclear Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency. The National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN) taxonomy is a nuclear competence field organized into six categories. Engineering of Nuclear Devices and Facilities is the most popular field among students. Isotopes and Radiation are the most prominent fields in Nuclear Technochemistry. Text mining can assist librarians in grouping documents based on specific criteria. keywords: classification; documents; endf; field; information; knowledge; nuclear; project; study; taxonomy; technology; text cache: ital-15603.pdf plain text: ital-15603.txt item: #224 of 712 id: ital-15701 author: Cahill, Maria; Ingram, Erin; Joo, Soohyung title: Technology Integration in Storytime Programs: Provider Perspectives date: 2023 words: 7760 flesch: 37 summary: Maria Cahill, Erin Ingram and Soohyung Joo conducted a study on the integration of technology into public library storytime programs with young children. They found that children’s librarians have a unique role to play in guiding the technology use of children and their families. keywords: children; information; integration; libraries; library; media; programs; provider; storytime; storytime programs; technology; technology integration; technology use; use cache: ital-15701.pdf plain text: ital-15701.txt item: #225 of 712 id: ital-15799 author: Park, Haram; Kim, Haklae title: Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Knowledge Graph: Linking Fragmented Digital Records date: 2023 words: 5786 flesch: 35 summary: Haram Park and Haklae Kim create a knowledge graph to link fragmented digital records from distributed digital archives related to Japanese military “comfort women” in Korea. Between 1931 and 1945, the Imperial Japanese Army forced about 200,000 girls and young women from Korea, China, and other countries to serve as ‘comfort women' for the Japanese military. keywords: archives; comfort; comfort women; digital; graph; information; knowledge; knowledge graph; metadata; military; records; schema; women cache: ital-15799.pdf plain text: ital-15799.txt item: #226 of 712 id: ital-15977 author: Saeidnia, Hamid Reza; Kozak, Marcin; Lund, Brady; Mannuru, Nishith Reddy; Keshavarz, Hamid; Elango, Bakthavachalam; Babajani, Afshin; Ghorbi, Ali title: Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Mobile Application for Academic Library Services: A Study in a Developing Country date: 2023 words: 7032 flesch: 30 summary: The study aims to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a mobile application for academic library services at Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran, Iran) in September 2023. The participants are: Hamid Reza Saeidnia, Marcin Kozak, Brady Lund, Nishith Reddy Mannuru, Hamid Keshavarz, Bakthavachalam Elango, Afshin Babajani and Ali Ghorbi. keywords: academic; access; app; application; design; development; evaluation; implementation; information; libraries; library; mobile; saeidnia; services; technology; university; user cache: ital-15977.pdf plain text: ital-15977.txt item: #227 of 712 id: ital-16005 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors date: 2022 words: 457 flesch: 20 summary: The December issue of Information Technology and Library Resources contains a letter from the editors to the librarians about the COVID-19 pandemic. Four of the 5 articles relate to the many ways the pandemic altered how libraries do their work. Accessibility is a critical component of libraries’ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessiblity efforts. keywords: libraries; tools cache: ital-16005.pdf plain text: ital-16005.txt item: #228 of 712 id: ital-16025 author: McIlwain, J. Robertson title: Towards an Open Source-first Praxis in Libraries date: 2023 words: 10218 flesch: 37 summary: J. Robertson McIlwain is a librarian and research associate at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences. He wrote an article entitled Towards an Open Source-first Praxis in Libraries. It was accepted for Publication on September 12, 2023 and published on 18 December 2023. keywords: access; adoption; december; folio; information; librarianship; libraries; libraries december; library; open; praxis; source; source software; source technology; support; systems; technology; use; values cache: ital-16025.pdf plain text: ital-16025.txt item: #229 of 712 id: ital-16209 author: Formanek, Matus title: DSpace 7 Benefits: Is It Worth Upgrading? date: 2023 words: 12766 flesch: 41 summary: Matus Formanek is Assistant Professor, Department of Mediamatics and Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia. The study discusses the importance of the DSpace open-source software that supports numerous digital libraries and repositories around the world. Several thousand DSpace-based systems will probably have to be upgraded in the near future. Older versions of DSpace have reached the end of their developer support. keywords: aip; benefits; content; data; digital; donohue; dspace; export; formanek; information; libraries; new; release; repositories; repository; september; software; support; system; technology; upgrade; version cache: ital-16209.pdf plain text: ital-16209.txt item: #230 of 712 id: ital-16233 author: Angell, Katelyn title: Privacy Audit of Public Access Computers and Networks at a Public College Library date: 2023 words: 4311 flesch: 29 summary: In 2021, the assessment-data management librarian at Lehman College Library decided to conduct a privacy audit of the Library’s public access computers and networks during the 2021–2022 academic year. The audit reviewed 17 key items related to protecting user privacy and confidentiality. Faculty and staff from Circulation, Library Technology and Online Learning identified 10 indicators needing work. keywords: access; audit; college; computers; data; information; libraries; library; networks; privacy; technology cache: ital-16233.pdf plain text: ital-16233.txt item: #231 of 712 id: ital-16253 author: Jill Locascio; Dejah Rubel title: A Tale of Two Tools: Comparing LibKey Discovery to Quicklinks in Primo VE date: 2023 words: 2638 flesch: 56 summary: A Tale of Two Tools: Comparing LibKey Discovery to Quicklinks in Primo VE is written by Jill Locascio and Dejah Rubel of SUNY College of Optometry and Ferris State University. They compare the two direct linking tools: Iron’s LibKey and Quicklinks by Ex Libris. keywords: articles; discovery; libkey; link; quicklinks cache: ital-16253.pdf plain text: ital-16253.txt item: #232 of 712 id: ital-16295 author: Brzustowicz, Richard title: From ChatGPT to CatGPT: The Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Library Cataloging date: 2023 words: 6524 flesch: 49 summary: Richard Brzustowicz is a librarian at Carlow University. In his paper, he explains the potential of ChatGPT to transform library cataloging. The use of AI-generated records also raises questions related to intellectual property rights and bias. keywords: brzustowicz; cataloging; chatgpt; data; information; libraries; library; marc; potential; records; september; technology; training cache: ital-16295.pdf plain text: ital-16295.txt item: #233 of 712 id: ital-16315 author: Mason, David; Ji, Alan title: Virtual Production at Cloud901 in the Memphis Central Library date: 2023 words: 1906 flesch: 45 summary: Cloud901 is a teen learning center in the Memphis Public Library. It gives youth between the ages of 13 and 18 exclusive access to all the resources needed to produce anything from short films to visual art. Alan Ji is Youth Contributor. David Mason is Program Specialist. keywords: camera; cloud901; production; programming; project cache: ital-16315.pdf plain text: ital-16315.txt item: #234 of 712 id: ital-16319 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors: March 2023 date: 2023 words: 824 flesch: 37 summary: The March 2023 issue of Information Technology and Library is out. It contains the first issue of the calendar year and a collection of five peer-reviewed articles. The ITAL Editorial Board, a Core committee, will be issuing a call for volunteers in April for two-year terms of service. keywords: board; ital; libraries cache: ital-16319.pdf plain text: ital-16319.txt item: #235 of 712 id: ital-16473 author: Burchfield, Julie; Possinger, Maggie title: Managing Your Library’s LibGuides: Conducting a Usability Study to Determine Student Preference for LibGuide Design date: 2023 words: 6462 flesch: 54 summary: Managing Your Library’s LibGuides conducted a usability study on their guides to identify student design preferences. Julie Burchfield is the Instruction and Distance Learning Librarian at Lee University and Maggie Possinger is an undergraduate student. keywords: information; libguides; libraries; library; page; participants; research; starter; students; study; usability cache: ital-16473.pdf plain text: ital-16473.txt item: #236 of 712 id: ital-16475 author: Black, Matthew; Ganshorn, Heather; Wheeler, Justine title: Using Qualtrics XM to Create a Point-of-Use Survey to Assess the Usability of a Local Implementation of Primo date: 2023 words: 2794 flesch: 48 summary: Matthew Black, Heather Ganshorn and Justine Wheeler used Qualtrics XM to create a point-of-use survey to collect user feedback on the usability of their implementation of Primo, Ex Libris’s web-scale discovery service. keywords: libraries; point; primo; qualtrics; survey; use; users cache: ital-16475.pdf plain text: ital-16475.txt item: #237 of 712 id: ital-16511 author: Guy, Julia; Pival, Paul R.; Lewis, Carla J.; Groome, Kim title: Reference Chatbots in Canadian Academic Libraries date: 2023 words: 4323 flesch: 32 summary: Julia Guy, Paul R. Pival, Carla J. Lewis and Kim Groome conducted a web-based survey of 106 academic library websites in Canada and found that only two libraries were using chatbots for reference service. For live chat services, 78 libraries provided this service. keywords: chatbot; information; libraries; library; reference; research; service; technology; university; use cache: ital-16511.pdf plain text: ital-16511.txt item: #238 of 712 id: ital-16617 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors: June 2023 date: 2023 words: 692 flesch: 43 summary: ITAL is moving from Boston College to ALA Production Services this summer. The landing page URL will get you to the journal’s front page both now and after the migration is complete. The DOIs will continue to resolve the new home of the journal. keywords: board; editorial; technology cache: ital-16617.pdf plain text: ital-16617.txt item: #239 of 712 id: ital-16619 author: Mary Carrier title: Community-Driven Programming: Offering Coding and Robotics Classes in Your Library date: 2023 words: 2408 flesch: 62 summary: Mary Carrier is the Technology & Growth Specialist for the Mohawk Valley Library System in Schenectady, New York. She used to teach digital literacy and technology trends at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library. In 2015, she began offering coding and STEM classes to children and teens as outreach programs. keywords: coding; community; library; programming; robots; technology cache: ital-16619.pdf plain text: ital-16619.txt item: #240 of 712 id: ital-16925 author: Fischer, Rachel title: Automating the Diversity Audit Process date: 2023 words: 1696 flesch: 44 summary: Rachel K. Fischer is the Member Services Librarian at Cooperative Computer Services, a public library consortium in Illinois. She recommends doing a diversity audit of the collections, programs, toys and policies of public libraries as a step towards an improved collection development policy. keywords: audit; collection; diversity; library cache: ital-16925.pdf plain text: ital-16925.txt item: #241 of 712 id: ital-16943 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors: September 2023 date: 2023 words: 528 flesch: 26 summary: The September 2023 issue marks the first at the new URL, https://italcorejournals.org/. After more than a decade of generous sponsorship by Boston College, Information Technology and Libraries is now hosted by ALA Production Services. In July, ITAL’s Editorial Board began meeting with its new cohort. keywords: issue; libraries; library cache: ital-16943.pdf plain text: ital-16943.txt item: #242 of 712 id: ital-16983 author: Amram, Tess; Malamud, Robin Goodfellow; Hollingsworth, Cheryl title: Response to "From ChatGPT to CatGPT" date: 2023 words: 2145 flesch: 44 summary: Letters to the Editors reflect opinions of their authors and are notnecessarily those of the Editorial Board or ALA’s Core Division. The article “From ChatGPT to CatGPT” in your Sept. 2023 issue sparked a lot of discussion. keywords: cataloging; chatgpt; field; information; record cache: ital-16983.pdf plain text: ital-16983.txt item: #243 of 712 id: ital-16987 author: Hanney, Ross title: Reorienting Collection Analysis: Cost-Effective Item-Level Analysis and Machine Learning in Public Libraries date: 2023 words: 2400 flesch: 52 summary: Ross Hanney is an information technology expert and development coordinator at St. Joseph County Public Library in Lakeville, Indiana. He is working on a project to assess item-level cost-effectiveness for each item in public libraries as part of a year-long project. keywords: collection; cost; data; item; libraries; library cache: ital-16987.pdf plain text: ital-16987.txt item: #244 of 712 id: ital-16988 author: Guillory, Mary title: Drained-pool Politics Versus Digital Libraries in U.S. Cyberspace date: 2023 words: 1124 flesch: 11 summary: Mary A. Guillory is a member of the Editorial Board of Information Technology and Library Studies. She believes digital libraries are a threat to modern-day politics in the U.S. because they are increasingly digital and easy to access. keywords: access; digital; libraries; library cache: ital-16988.pdf plain text: ital-16988.txt item: #245 of 712 id: ital-16991 author: DeZelar-Tiedman, Christine title: Response to "From ChatGPT to CatGPT" date: 2023 words: 1172 flesch: 36 summary: Letters to the Editors reflect opinions of their authors and are notnecessarily those of the Editorial Board or ALA’s Core Division. Richard Brzustowicz does not advocate that ChatGPT should replace human customers for cataloging. keywords: brzustowicz; cataloging; chatgpt cache: ital-16991.pdf plain text: ital-16991.txt item: #246 of 712 id: ital-16995 author: Floyd, David title: Response to "From ChatGPT to CatGPT" date: 2023 words: 1506 flesch: 46 summary: Letters to the Editors reflect the opinions of their authors and are notnecessarily those of the Editorial Board or ALA’s Core Division. Richard Brzustowicz found a number of errors in the article “From ChatGPT to CatGPT” and his feedback is structured in this way. keywords: article; chatgpt; rda; record cache: ital-16995.pdf plain text: ital-16995.txt item: #247 of 712 id: ital-17014 author: Varnum, Kenneth J.; Kelly, Marisha C. title: Letter from the Editors: December 2023 date: 2023 words: 521 flesch: 24 summary: The current issue of Information Technology and Library Studies is out. The journal's Editorial Board has begun work this fall in two main areas: an updated scope statement and exploration of content areas to match the journal's diversity statement. The board is working with guest editors Peter Musser and Joy Dubose on an artificial intelligence-themed special issue that will be published in 2024. keywords: issue; ital; libraries cache: ital-17014.pdf plain text: ital-17014.txt item: #248 of 712 id: ital-1764 author: Morton-Owens, Emily G. title: Editorial and Technological Workflow Tools to Promote Website Quality date: 2011 words: 5241 flesch: 57 summary: Emily G. Morton-Owens recommends eDitoriAl and tecHNoloGicAl WorkFloW tools to proMote WeBsite QuAlitY and MortoN-oWeNs to promote website quality. Everard and Galletta performed an experimental study with 232 university students to discover if website flaws affect perception of site quality and trust. Briggs et al. did two studies of users’ likelihood of accepting advice presented on a website. keywords: content; library; nyuhsl; quality; staff; system; users; website; workflow cache: ital-1764.pdf plain text: ital-1764.txt item: #249 of 712 id: ital-1765 author: Cuddy, Colleen title: President's Message: Reflections on Membership date: 2011 words: 1290 flesch: 60 summary: LITA-L and ALA Connect members are informed about technology and how it is integrated into libraries and lives. Much of the LITA experience is gained from attending meetings in person and making connec-tions. Two new taskforces have been formed to look at virtual participation in formal and informal LITa meetings. keywords: lita; members; year cache: ital-1765.pdf plain text: ital-1765.txt item: #250 of 712 id: ital-1766 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: Koyaanisqatsi date: 2011 words: 2218 flesch: 66 summary: Lifelife out of balance is a 1982 film that juxtaposed images of natural beauty with scenes of humankind’s intrusion into the environment set to a score by Philip Glass. The title is a Hopi word meaning “life out of bal-ance” or “crazy life.” The sense that one is living in unbalanced, crazy, or crazy times is nothing new. keywords: balance; libraries; library; services; technology cache: ital-1766.pdf plain text: ital-1766.txt item: #251 of 712 id: ital-1767 author: Witt, Michael title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Eating Our Own Dogfood date: 2011 words: 931 flesch: 63 summary: Michael Witt helped his relative learn how to use his first computer. Information technology professionals have a significant impact on library staff productivity by the quality of the systems they select or develop and implement. In this time of reduced budgets and changing staff roles, it is important to extend similar consideration to the systems provided for their co-workers. keywords: library; new; work cache: ital-1767.pdf plain text: ital-1767.txt item: #252 of 712 id: ital-1768 author: Kim, Yongi-Mi title: Factors Affecting University Library Website Design date: 2011 words: 5534 flesch: 40 summary: Factors affecting university library website design include institutional forces, supervisors’ technical knowledge and support, input from secondary sources, and input from users. Success factors are the extent to which website designers meet users’ needs and their actual usage. keywords: academic; designers; factors; information; libraries; library; percent; technology; university; users; website cache: ital-1768.pdf plain text: ital-1768.txt item: #253 of 712 id: ital-1769 author: Foasberg, Nancy M. title: Adoption of E-Book Readers Among College Students: A Survey date: 2011 words: 9894 flesch: 59 summary: As new media formats emerge, libraries must avoid both extremes: uncritical, hype-driven adoption of new formats and irrational attachment to the status quo. The most recent wave of e-readers began with the Sony Reader in 2006 and Amazon’s Kindle in 2007. Barnes and Noble and Borders have entered the market with the Nook and the Kobo. Apple has introduced the iPad, a multifunction device that works well as an e-reader. keywords: adoption; book; book readers; college; dec; devices; libraries; readers; reading; students; survey; technology; use; users cache: ital-1769.pdf plain text: ital-1769.txt item: #254 of 712 id: ital-1770 author: Riley-Huff, Debra A.; Rholes, Julia M. title: Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues and Perspectives date: 2011 words: 8568 flesch: 46 summary: Debra A. Riley-Huff, Julia M. Rholes and Lia Branna Arians write a book on LIS education for librarians. They discuss the lack of awareness about what the core of LIS needs to be or to become in order to offer real value in a constantly changing information landscape. keywords: courses; education; experience; information; job; librarians; library; lis; number; programs; roles; skill; survey; technology cache: ital-1770.pdf plain text: ital-1770.txt item: #255 of 712 id: ital-1771 author: Farney, Tabatha A. title: Click Analytics: Visualizing Website Use Data date: 2011 words: 5164 flesch: 54 summary: Librarians should have access to website usage statistics to measure their webpages’ effectiveness and refine the pages as necessary. With web analytics libraries can increase the effectiveness of their websites. A librarian implemented Google Analytics’ In-Page Analytics, ClickHeat, and Crazy Egg on the Library’s website for six months. keywords: analytics; click; data; library; page; web; webpage; website cache: ital-1771.pdf plain text: ital-1771.txt item: #256 of 712 id: ital-1830 author: Ghaphery, Jimmy; White, Erin title: Library Use of Web-based Research Guides date: 2008 words: 3891 flesch: 55 summary: In this paper, Jimmy Ghaphery and White discuss the ways in which libraries are implementing and managing web-based research guides. There is still work to be done on developing a strong return on investment metric for research guides, as well as for other library technologies. keywords: content; guides; libguides; libraries; library; research; system cache: ital-1830.pdf plain text: ital-1830.txt item: #257 of 712 id: ital-1844 author: Sosa-Sosa, Victor Jesus; Hernandez-Ramirez, Emigdio M. title: A File Storage Service on a Cloud Computing Environment for Digital Libraries date: 2012 words: 4963 flesch: 47 summary: Victor Jesús Sosa-Sosa and Emigdio M. Hernandez-Ramirez write a paper on a file-storage service on a private/hybrid cloud-computing environment based on open-source software. It can be taken as a reference guide for IT staff wanting to build a modest cloud storage infrastructure. keywords: cloud; data; environment; file; hybrid; libraries; replication; service; storage; time cache: ital-1844.pdf plain text: ital-1844.txt item: #258 of 712 id: ital-1848 author: Dodsworth, Eva; Nicholson, Andrew title: Academic Uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a Library Setting date: 2012 words: 5795 flesch: 51 summary: Eva Dodsworth and Andrew Nicholson report on the academic uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a library setting. Over 90% of respondents use Google Maps and Google Earth to answer research questions, create and access finding aids, for instructional purposes or for promotion and marketing. keywords: academic; earth; google; information; libraries; library; mapping; maps; products; technology; use cache: ital-1848.pdf plain text: ital-1848.txt item: #259 of 712 id: ital-1855 author: Fagan, Jody Condit; Mandernach, Meris A.; Nelson, Carl S.; Paulo, Jonathan R.; Saunders, Grover title: Usability Test Results for a Discovery Tool in an Academic Library date: 2008 words: 13224 flesch: 53 summary: Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. Madison University conducted a usability test with eight students and two faculty members to test the utility and usability of EBSCO Discovery Service. The results suggested some interface changes for both the tool and JMU’s customizations of it. keywords: articles; catalog; discovery; discovery tool; ebsco; eds; information; interface; jmu; libraries; library; participants; research; results; search; study; task; test; time; tool; usability; users cache: ital-1855.pdf plain text: ital-1855.txt item: #260 of 712 id: ital-1857 author: Farnel, Sharon title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Tools of the Trade date: 2008 words: 983 flesch: 69 summary: Sharon Farnel has written her second “Editorial Board Thoughts’ piece about tools. Tools are programs and applications that can be used to make work easier. Sharon had recently returned from a short conference. She and her colleagues are planning to test some new tools. keywords: line; tools cache: ital-1857.pdf plain text: ital-1857.txt item: #261 of 712 id: ital-1859 author: McDermott, Abigail J. title: Copyright: Regulation Out of Line with our Digital Reality? date: 2008 words: 6541 flesch: 43 summary: Abigail J. McDermott wrote a paper about the current state of copyright law in the United States and its negative impacts on libraries and patrons. In July 2010, the library community applauded when Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). keywords: act; books; copyright; copyright law; digital; google; ibid; law; librarians; library; orphan; public; rights; use; works cache: ital-1859.pdf plain text: ital-1859.txt item: #262 of 712 id: ital-1861 author: Neugebauer, Tomasz; Han, Bin title: Batch Ingesting into EPrints Digital Repository Software date: 2008 words: 3212 flesch: 43 summary: Batch importing into the EPrints digital repository software was used in the ingestion of 6,000 theses metadata and PDFs into an institutional repository. The software does not have a bulk uploading feature, but it does have a versatile infrastructure for this purpose. keywords: batch; eprints; import; marc; metadata; plugin; repository cache: ital-1861.pdf plain text: ital-1861.txt item: #263 of 712 id: ital-1863 author: Cuddy, Colleen title: President's Message: Data Discovery date: 2011 words: 1518 flesch: 58 summary: In the 21st century data needs to be available 24/7 in a curated state for analysis. Librarians have valuable skills sets in mining and accessing data, human–computer interaction, computer interface design, and knowledge management that can be leveraged now. keywords: data; forum; information; library cache: ital-1863.pdf plain text: ital-1863.txt item: #264 of 712 id: ital-1864 author: Truitt, Marc title: Outgoing Editor's Column: Parting Thoughts date: 2011 words: 2215 flesch: 65 summary: In his September column, I offered some old-school suggestions for how we as a profession might cope with our confused and unbalanced times. Since then, several more ideas have crossed my mind. I have serious reservations about outsourcing library services, but recognize the imperatives that have caused us to resort to them. keywords: editor; ital; services; years cache: ital-1864.pdf plain text: ital-1864.txt item: #265 of 712 id: ital-1865 author: Gerrity, Robert title: Incoming Editor's Column: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strain) date: 2011 words: 827 flesch: 54 summary: Bob Gerrity is taking on the editorship of ITAL, a journal dedicated to library automation and related topics. He has spent a few hours in the Z678.9 section of his library’s stacks perusing three decades of back vol-umes of the journal. keywords: editor; ital cache: ital-1865.pdf plain text: ital-1865.txt item: #266 of 712 id: ital-1866 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Sharing Responsibility in the Digital Age date: 2011 words: 869 flesch: 54 summary: Mark Dehmlow shares his thoughts on the topic of responsibility in the digital age with the Editorial Board. He explains how his institution launched a new interface to its catalog this past year. The project was in public beta for two years before it went into production. There were many issues with the new interface, but the solution was to change to a graphical user interface. keywords: people; system cache: ital-1866.pdf plain text: ital-1866.txt item: #267 of 712 id: ital-1867 author: Powell, James E.; Alcazar, Daniel A.; Hopkins, Matthew; McMahon, Tamara M.; Wu, Amber; Collins, Linn; Olendorf, Robert title: Graphs in Libraries: A Primer date: 2011 words: 8584 flesch: 51 summary: Graphs in Libraries: A Primer explains how Google makes sense of vast quantities of data from the web and gives researchers tools that are as effective for them as Google is for web surfers. The more deeply libraries and librarians can mine bibliometric data, the more reliable are their metrics. keywords: author; centrality; data; edges; figure; graphs; information; libraries; library; networks; nodes; relationships; subject; systems; theory; web cache: ital-1867.pdf plain text: ital-1867.txt item: #268 of 712 id: ital-1868 author: Murray, Ronald J.; Tillett, Barbara B. title: Cataloging Theory in Search of Graph Theory and Other Ivory Towers date: 2011 words: 9322 flesch: 31 summary: This paper summarizes a research program that focuses on how catalogers, other cultural heritage information workers, web/Semantic Web technologists, and the public understand, explain, and manage resource descriptions. The paper presents a major re-visioning of cataloging theory, introducing along the way a tech-nique for depicting diagrammatically large quantities of bibliographic entities. keywords: cataloging; description; diagram; dick; figure; frbr; graph; heritage; information; library; moby; murray; paper; relationships; resource; resource description; theory; tool; use cache: ital-1868.pdf plain text: ital-1868.txt item: #269 of 712 id: ital-1869 author: Black, Elizabeth L. title: Selecting a Web Content Management System for an Academic Library Website date: 2011 words: 3808 flesch: 55 summary: OSU Libraries needed a content management system (CMSS) for their website. They selected A weB coNteNt MANAGeMeNt sYsteM for AN AcADeMic liBrArY weBsite. The focus of this article is on the selection of a web CMS. keywords: cms; content; library; management; requirements; system; web; ■ ■ cache: ital-1869.pdf plain text: ital-1869.txt item: #270 of 712 id: ital-1870 author: Hubble, Ann; Murphy, Deborah A.; Perry, Susan Chesley title: From Static and Stale to Dynamic and Collaborative: The Drupal Difference date: 2011 words: 4205 flesch: 59 summary: In 2009, the University of California, Santa Cruz moved from a static Dreamweaver- and HTML-created website to a database-driven website using the open-source content management system (CMS) called Drupal. This article describes the interdisciplinary approach the team took for this large-scale transi-tion process with a focus on user testing, information architecture, user analytics, data gathering, and change management. keywords: content; drupal; figure; library; march; modules; staff; website cache: ital-1870.pdf plain text: ital-1870.txt item: #271 of 712 id: ital-1871 author: Han, Yan title: Cloud Computing: Case Studies and Total Cost of Ownership date: 2011 words: 6552 flesch: 59 summary: In DeceMBer 2011, Yan Han wrote two articles: one was to make a case for using the cloud and the other provided details of moving a library's IT infrastructure to the cloud. Mirsa and Mondal proposed a suitability index and a Return on Investment model. Mitchell suggested the same but did not pro-vide detailed cost information. keywords: amazon; applications; aws; cloud; computing; cost; data; google; instance; libraries; paas; services; storage; web cache: ital-1871.pdf plain text: ital-1871.txt item: #272 of 712 id: ital-1880 author: Pittsley, Kate A; Memmott, Sara title: Improving Independent Student Navigation of Complex Educational Web Sites: An Analysis of Two Navigation Design Changes in LibGuides date: 2012 words: 5222 flesch: 51 summary: Eastern Michigan University librarians investigated possible navigation issues related to the LibGuides platform. They found that some students were not recognizing navigation elements on web-based research guides and so were not always accessing secondary pages of the guides. Both duplicate menu links and improvements to tab design appeared to improve student navigation of complex research sites. keywords: changes; design; group; guides; libguides; navigation; pages; research; tabs; usage; use; web cache: ital-1880.pdf plain text: ital-1880.txt item: #273 of 712 id: ital-1913 author: Pendell, Kimberly D.; Bowman, Michael S. title: Usability Study of a Library's Mobile Website: An Example from Portland State University date: 2012 words: 6716 flesch: 46 summary: Kimberly D. Pendell and Michael S. Bowman conducted a usability study of a library mobile website from Portland State University. They found a wide array of errors attributed to site design, wireless network connections, as well as phone hardware and software. keywords: authentication; chat; library; mobile; participants; phone; search; study; task; test; testing; usability; user; website cache: ital-1913.pdf plain text: ital-1913.txt item: #274 of 712 id: ital-1914 author: Wang, Yongming; Dawes, Trevor A title: The Next Generation Integrated Library System: A Promise Fulfilled? date: 2012 words: 4243 flesch: 45 summary: Yongming Wang and Trevor Dawes discuss the need for a next generation integrated library system. The current library automation system has been in use since the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the last decade, the library has seen huge changes in terms of resources and services it provides. keywords: generation; ils; libraries; library; management; resources; services; staff; systems cache: ital-1914.pdf plain text: ital-1914.txt item: #275 of 712 id: ital-1916 author: Vaughan, Jason title: Investigations into Library Web-Scale Discovery Services date: 2008 words: 19878 flesch: 51 summary: Web-scale discovery services for libraries provide deep discovery to a library’s local and licensed content. This article explains the history of the development of such services in detail. The author was unable to find any substantive published work detailing identification, research, evaluation, and recommendation related to library web services. keywords: content; discovery; discovery platform; discovery services; discovery task; force; information; interface; libraries; library; local; platform; product; questions; results; scale; scale discovery; search; services; staff; system; task; task force; user; vendor; web cache: ital-1916.pdf plain text: ital-1916.txt item: #276 of 712 id: ital-1917 author: Gartner, Richard title: METS as an 'Intermediary' Schema for a Digital Library of Complex Scientific Multimedia date: 2012 words: 4338 flesch: 35 summary: Richard Gartner proposes Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) as an alternative to the Fedora Content Model (FCM) for delivering a digital library of complex scientific multimedia via the web. METS is a template that is populated with content metadata using Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT). keywords: digital; div; experiment; file; library; mets cache: ital-1917.pdf plain text: ital-1917.txt item: #277 of 712 id: ital-1918 author: Lynch, Clifford title: Guest Editorial date: 2008 words: 341 flesch: 32 summary: Clifford Lynch congratulates LITA and Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) on moving to fully open-access electronic distribution. ITAL now joins ACRL’s College & Research Libraries as part of the American Library Association's portfolio of open access journals. keywords: information cache: ital-1918.pdf plain text: ital-1918.txt item: #278 of 712 id: ital-1919 author: Morton-Owens, Emily G; Hanson, Karen L title: Trends at a Glance: A Management Dashboard of Library Statistics date: 2012 words: 5600 flesch: 58 summary: Systems librarians at an academic medical library created a management data dashboard. Charts were designed using best practices for data visualization and dashboard layout and include metrics on gatecount, website visits, instant message reference chats, circulation, and interlibrary loan volume and turnaround time. keywords: chart; dashboard; data; information; library; line; log; number; table; user; warehouse cache: ital-1919.pdf plain text: ital-1919.txt item: #279 of 712 id: ital-1926 author: Schlosser, Melanie; Stamper, Brian title: Learning to Share: Measuring Use of a Digitized Collection on Flickr and in the IR date: 2012 words: 5077 flesch: 51 summary: There is very little public data on usage of digitized library collections. Melanie Schlosser and Brian Stamper conducted a study to measure the effects of reposting a collection on Flickr on use of the collection in a library-run institutional repository (IR). The results were inconclusive. keywords: collection; digital; february; flickr; image; library; site; study; usage; use; users cache: ital-1926.pdf plain text: ital-1926.txt item: #280 of 712 id: ital-1927 author: Cuddy, Colleen title: President's Message: Open Access/Open Data date: 2008 words: 923 flesch: 50 summary: This issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is the beginning of a new era for the journal. ITAL is now an open-access, electronic-only journal. Colleen Cuddy is proud to see ITAL go open access in her presidential year. keywords: access; new; research cache: ital-1927.pdf plain text: ital-1927.txt item: #281 of 712 id: ital-1928 author: Gerrity, Robert title: Editor's Comments date: 2008 words: 378 flesch: 48 summary: The first issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) has been released as an open-access, e-only publication. Abigail McDermott’s overview on copyright law and two studies on library discovery services are included in this issue. keywords: information; ital cache: ital-1928.pdf plain text: ital-1928.txt item: #282 of 712 id: ital-1930 author: Ward, David; Hahn, Jim; Feist, Kirsten title: Autocomplete as Research Tool: A Study on Providing Search Suggestions date: 2012 words: 5764 flesch: 48 summary: Autocomplete is a searching feature that offers suggestions for search terms as a user types text in a search box. Autocomplete has become ubiquitous on both larger search engines and smaller, individual sites. It has made inroads into the library realm through inclusion in vendor search interfaces, such as ProQuest and EBSCO products. keywords: autocomplete; feature; information; library; research; results; search; searches; students; suggestions; use cache: ital-1930.pdf plain text: ital-1930.txt item: #283 of 712 id: ital-1941 author: Boberić Krstićev, Danijela title: Information Retrieval Using a Middleware Approach date: 2013 words: 5867 flesch: 37 summary: Danijela Boberić Krstićev proposes a middleware approach to add Z39.50 and Search/Retrieval via URL (SRU) functionality to the BISIS library management system. The wrapper performs transformation of Contextual Query Language (CQL) into Lucene query language. The software provides a single interface to server-side protocols for search and retrieval of records. keywords: component; library; mediator; query; search; server; sru; system; wrapper; z39.50 cache: ital-1941.pdf plain text: ital-1941.txt item: #284 of 712 id: ital-1946 author: Park, Eun G; Oh, Sam title: Examining Attributes of Open Standard File Formats for Long-term Preservation and Open Access date: 2012 words: 8446 flesch: 36 summary: Study examines the attributes that have been used to assess file formats in literature to establish open-standard file-format-selection criteria. The most common criteria are functionality, metadata, openness, interoperability, independence, presentation, authenticity, adoption, protection, preservation, reference, and others. keywords: access; digital; file; file formats; formats; information; november; pdf; preservation; standard; term; term preservation; xml; yes cache: ital-1946.pdf plain text: ital-1946.txt item: #285 of 712 id: ital-2161 author: Cyzyk, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Doesn't Work date: 2012 words: 1285 flesch: 60 summary: Jens and Andreas from Germany used to fix things around the library for their boss, Mark Cyzyk, but sometimes their work didn't work. Mark tells them to fix the problem by the agreed-upon time. keywords: code; libraries; technology; work cache: ital-2161.pdf plain text: ital-2161.txt item: #286 of 712 id: ital-2163 author: Groza, Tudor; Grimnes, AAstrand; Handschuh, Siegfried title: Reference Information Extraction and Processing Using Random Conditional Fields date: 2012 words: 6557 flesch: 51 summary: In order to foster the growth of the Linked Data Web, we need to improve the acquisition and extraction mechanisms of the underlying semantic metadata. This is especially important for the scientific publishing domain, where most of the datasets are being created in an author-driven, manual manner. In this paper, we present an approach that aims at dealing with this aspect of extraction and processing of reference information. keywords: chunker; chunking; conference; crf; dataset; extraction; fields; information; metadata; percent; reference cache: ital-2163.pdf plain text: ital-2163.txt item: #287 of 712 id: ital-2164 author: Williamson, Stuart title: Public Library Computer Waiting Queues: Alternatives to the First-Come-First-Served Strategy date: 2012 words: 3662 flesch: 59 summary: There are long waiting times at public libraries. Long waiting times are a common source of frustration for both customers and staff. The most effective solution to this problem is to install more public computers at the library. Some libraries may be tempted to partition their waiting queue by installing separate 15-minute-long express queues. keywords: computer; priority; strategy; times; users; waiting cache: ital-2164.pdf plain text: ital-2164.txt item: #288 of 712 id: ital-2165 author: Hessel, Heather; Fransen, Janet title: Resource Discovery: Comparative Results on Two Catalog Interfaces date: 2012 words: 7952 flesch: 58 summary: The University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities offers a next-generation catalog and a traditional online public access catalog. One year after the launch of its new platform as the default catalog, usage data for the OPAC remained relatively high. The libraries conducted a survey on perceptions of success, known-item searching, preferred search environments, and desirable resource types. keywords: classic; libraries; library; mncat; plus; respondents; results; search; survey; users cache: ital-2165.pdf plain text: ital-2165.txt item: #289 of 712 id: ital-2166 author: Dresselhaus, Angela; Shrode, Flora title: Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge? date: 2012 words: 6769 flesch: 48 summary: Angela Dresselhaus and Flora Shrode conducted a paper on Mobile Technologies & Academics. They asked students and librarians at Utah State University (USU) about their use of mobile devices for academic activities and access to library services. They also conducted a needs assessment. keywords: access; devices; information; libraries; library; mobile; percent; resources; services; students; survey; technology; use; usu cache: ital-2166.pdf plain text: ital-2166.txt item: #290 of 712 id: ital-2167 author: Kastellec, Mike title: Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation date: 2012 words: 3684 flesch: 38 summary: Mike Kastellec has written a paper on practical limits to the scope of digital preservation. He finds that technological limitations to digital preservation have been addressed but still exist. Non-technical aspects, such as access, selection, law, and finances, move into the foreground as technological limitations recede. keywords: access; archival; information; limitations; model; objects; preservation; scope cache: ital-2167.pdf plain text: ital-2167.txt item: #291 of 712 id: ital-2230 author: Cuddy, Colleen title: President's Message: The Year in Review--Everything Open date: 2012 words: 1065 flesch: 61 summary: Colleen Cuddy's theme for 2012 was open data/open science. The LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology was given to Clifford Lynch and G. Sayeed Choudhury. ITAL is now an open-access journal. Eva Dodsworth will conduct an online course on harnessing data sets to work with geospatial technology. keywords: lita; new; president; year cache: ital-2230.pdf plain text: ital-2230.txt item: #292 of 712 id: ital-2241 author: Chan, Ian; Ly, Pearl; Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani title: Extending IM beyond the Reference Desk: A Case Study on the Integration of Chat Reference and Library-Wide Instant Messaging Network date: 2012 words: 6634 flesch: 42 summary: Ian Chan, Pearl Ly, and Yvonne Meulemans wrote a case study on the integration of IM and chat reference at the California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Kellogg Library. IM is an open-source instant messaging (IM) network and a single unified application. keywords: chat; communication; fastpath; information; instant; internal; library; meebo; messaging; network; openfire; reference; system; use cache: ital-2241.pdf plain text: ital-2241.txt item: #293 of 712 id: ital-2268 author: Singh, Vandana title: Experiences of Migrating to Open Source Integrated Library Systems date: 2013 words: 7434 flesch: 63 summary: Vandana Singh and her colleagues interviewed 20 librarians who worked in libraries that migrated to an open-source integrated library system (ILS) or are in the process of migrating. The results from the interviews are used to create guidelines for each stage of the adoption process of an ILS. keywords: data; evergreen; ils; information; libraries; library; migration; process; source; system; training cache: ital-2268.pdf plain text: ital-2268.txt item: #294 of 712 id: ital-2284 author: Thompson, Susan title: Student Use of Library Computers: Are Desktop Computers Still Relevant in Today's Libraries? date: 2012 words: 6169 flesch: 53 summary: Susan Thompson studies student use of desktop computers in the library at California State University San Marcos library. The study found that students still prefer to use desktop computers despite the increased use of mobile technology. It also showed that students who used desktop computers were more likely to use other library services and physical collections. keywords: computers; desktop; laptop; library; percent; students; study; survey; technology; use; users cache: ital-2284.pdf plain text: ital-2284.txt item: #295 of 712 id: ital-2309 author: Thorne Wallington, Elizabeth title: Social Contexts of New Media Literacy: Mapping Libraries date: 2013 words: 4910 flesch: 47 summary: Elizabeth Thorne-Wallington wrote a paper on the issue of universal library access to Internet, computers, and technology for digital natives. She conducted a geospatial analysis of library location and certain socioeconomic factors in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. The development and diffusion of new media and digital technologies has profoundly affected the literacy experiences of today’s youth. keywords: access; city; libraries; library; literacy; louis; media; new; school cache: ital-2309.pdf plain text: ital-2309.txt item: #296 of 712 id: ital-2311 author: Becker, Danielle A.; Yannotta, Lauren title: Modeling a Library Web Site Redesign Process: Developing a User-Centered Web Site Through Usability Testing date: 2013 words: 5994 flesch: 56 summary: In 2008 the Hunter College Libraries launched a two-year website redesign process driven by iterative usability testing. Four rounds of usability testing were conducted throughout the process of building a new academic library web site. Results show that testing throughout the design process is an effective way to build a website that reflects user needs and preferences. keywords: design; information; libraries; library; new; participants; redesign; study; testing; usability; users; website cache: ital-2311.pdf plain text: ital-2311.txt item: #297 of 712 id: ital-2384 author: Surla, Bojana Dimić title: Eclipse Editor for MARC Records date: 2012 words: 3901 flesch: 47 summary: Eclipse editor for MARC records was developed at the University of Novi Sad as a part of the BISIS library information system. It is written in Java as an Eclipse plug-in and can be extended for use with any data store. It uses MARC 21 variant of the MARC format. keywords: cataloging; data; eclipse; editing; editor; library; marc; record cache: ital-2384.pdf plain text: ital-2384.txt item: #298 of 712 id: ital-2526 author: Porter, Cynthia title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Appreciation for History date: 2012 words: 909 flesch: 70 summary: Cynthia Porter thanks Judith Carter for her work on ITAL for over 13 years. Judith Carter encouraged Cynthia to volunteer for the editorial board. ITAL’s first issue appeared in 1982, the same year Cynthia graduated from high school. Cynthia's father bought an early Macintosh computer and used a daisy wheel printer. Cynthia is thankful for the editing capabilities and font choices she has now. Cynthia graduated in 1989 from library school and worked as a cataloger. Cynthia will always value subject headings and fight for their continuation. keywords: ital; library; technology cache: ital-2526.pdf plain text: ital-2526.txt item: #299 of 712 id: ital-2528 author: Gerrity, Robert title: Editor's Comments date: 2012 words: 455 flesch: 46 summary: ITAL's third open-access issue is out. Editor Bob Gerrity is in Queensland, Australia. Cynthia Porter and Judith Carter are ending their tenure with ITAL after many years of service. Ed Tallent is the incoming Managing Editor. Brad Eden and Jerome Yavarkovsky are new members of the Editorial Board. keywords: ital; library; university cache: ital-2528.pdf plain text: ital-2528.txt item: #300 of 712 id: ital-2867 author: Weessies, Kathleen W.; Dotson, Daniel S. title: Mapping for the Masses: GIS Lite & Online Mapping Tools in Academic Libraries date: 2013 words: 4257 flesch: 49 summary: Mapping for the Masses: GIS Lite and Online Mapping Tools in Academic Libraries is published in Information Technology and Library in March 2013. It describes three commercial products currently licensed by institutions and discusses issues that arise from their varied functionality and license restrictions. keywords: census; data; gis; image; libraries; lite; map; mapping; maps; students; tools cache: ital-2867.pdf plain text: ital-2867.txt item: #301 of 712 id: ital-2892 author: Donahue, Tim title: Animated Subject Maps for Book Collections date: 2013 words: 4448 flesch: 55 summary: Animated subject maps were created to help users locate books by call number and browse the collection by subject. The subject maps also reveal the knowledge organization of the physical library. In the last few decades of technological evolution in libraries, the shift from print-based to digital research has happened. keywords: book; libraries; library; map; maps; number; stack; subject; users cache: ital-2892.pdf plain text: ital-2892.txt item: #302 of 712 id: ital-2929 author: Kilgour, Frederick G. title: Costs of Library Catalog Cards Produced by Computer date: 1968 words: 2751 flesch: 62 summary: Yale Medical Library used the Columbia-Harvard-Yale computerized technique for catalog production. The cost per card ranged from 8.8 to 9.8 cents for completed cards. Columbia Medical Library and Harvard Medical Library also in-stalled IBM 870 Document Writers and tested the programs for card production. keywords: cards; catalog; computer; costs; library; production; system cache: ital-2929.pdf plain text: ital-2929.txt item: #303 of 712 id: ital-2931 author: Scott, Jack W. title: An Integrated Computer Based Technical Processing System in a Small College Library date: 1968 words: 2270 flesch: 58 summary: Jack W. Scott describes a technical processing system in a two-year community college library in Lorain County Community College, Ohio. The system is based on a model 2201 Friden Flexowriter with punch card, an IBM 026 Key Punch, and an IBM 1440 computer with two tape and two disc drives. There was no library established at the time, so the Librarian was free to experiment and adapt the system. keywords: card; information; library; order; tape cache: ital-2931.pdf plain text: ital-2931.txt item: #304 of 712 id: ital-3001 author: Tallent, Ed title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Technology and Mission: Reflections of a First-Year Library Director date: 2012 words: 1364 flesch: 47 summary: Ed Tallent is the library director at a first-year college. He has faced many challenges during his first year in this position. He is concerned about the integration of technology and the college's mission. He also has issues with the campus portal vs. the library web site. keywords: college; library; technology; web cache: ital-3001.pdf plain text: ital-3001.txt item: #305 of 712 id: ital-3002 author: Starr, Karen J. title: President's Message: 21st Century Skills, 21st Century Infrastructure date: 2011 words: 792 flesch: 42 summary: The information infrastructure has come a long way in the last twenty years. LITA has a viable role in the development of the twenty-first-century skills that will firmly put the information infrastructure into place. Robert Bocher, Technology Consultant with the Wisconsin State Library and OITP Fellow, will present “Building the Future: Addressing Library Broadband Connectivity Issues in Libraries”. keywords: information; library; public cache: ital-3002.pdf plain text: ital-3002.txt item: #306 of 712 id: ital-3003 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: Singularity--Are We There Yet? date: 2011 words: 3846 flesch: 65 summary: In the last column, I wrote about Nicholas Carr's The Shallows and William Powers' Hamlet's Blackberry. Sherry Turkle's Alone Together and Elias Aboujaoude's Virtually You are about who we are in the process of becoming in an always-connected world of screens. keywords: aboujaoude; ibid; libraries; people; robots; technology; turkle cache: ital-3003.pdf plain text: ital-3003.txt item: #307 of 712 id: ital-3004 author: Cyzyk, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Just Like Being There, or How I Learned To Stop Coveting Bare Metal and Learned to Love My VM date: 2011 words: 1129 flesch: 65 summary: 60 inFormAtion tecHnoloGY AnD liBrAries is a family program. He loves to install and play around with various operating systems, primarily free operating systems (OSes), primarily Linux distributions. His boss bought him a Windows-based workstation about a year and a half ago. keywords: server cache: ital-3004.pdf plain text: ital-3004.txt item: #308 of 712 id: ital-3005 author: Vaughan, Jason; Costello, Kristen title: Management and Support of Shared Integrated Library Systems date: 2011 words: 7857 flesch: 50 summary: The system shared by UNLV University Libraries and four additional partners is called UNLV’s system. The system has grown by all measures since the MOU was signed nearly a decade ago. In April 2010, the authors administered a 20-question survey to the Innovative User's Group (IUG) via the group's listserv. keywords: e n; e r; h e; o n; system cache: ital-3005.pdf plain text: ital-3005.txt item: #309 of 712 id: ital-3006 author: DeRidder, Jody L. title: Benign Neglect: Developing Life Rafts for Digital Content date: 2011 words: 3077 flesch: 43 summary: The OAIS model consists of ingest, data, administration, pres-ervation planning, archival storage, and access. If the content cannot get to the safe harbor of a trusted digital library, it will be lost. The LOCKSS initiative focuses on bit-level preservation. Private LockerSS networks are the least expensive implementation. keywords: access; archival; content; digital; file; information; metadata; preservation; storage; system cache: ital-3006.pdf plain text: ital-3006.txt item: #310 of 712 id: ital-3007 author: Zhang, Hong; Smith, Linda C.; Twidale, Michael; Gao, Fang Huang title: Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Enhancing Metadata Subject Elements with Weights date: 2011 words: 3779 flesch: 52 summary: As collections grow and more searches are carried out, the absence of weights for subject terms can cause problems in search and navigation. The paper further reviews and discusses the precedent research and practice on weighting. It also highlights the issues that are critical in applying a weighting mechanism. keywords: indexing; information; library; mechanism; metadata; subject; terms; weighting cache: ital-3007.pdf plain text: ital-3007.txt item: #311 of 712 id: ital-3008 author: Wang, Fang title: Building an Open Source Institutional Repository at a Small Law School Library: Is it Realistic or Unattainable? date: 2011 words: 3161 flesch: 53 summary: WAnG, an open source institution, is repositorY at A smAll lAW scHool liBrArY. Fang WangCommunications used a V700 flatbed scanner and CONTENTDM, an OCLC product, for digital asset management. keywords: collection; digital; dspace; law; library; repository; school; texas cache: ital-3008.pdf plain text: ital-3008.txt item: #312 of 712 id: ital-3012 author: Gerrity, Robert title: Editor's Comments date: 2012 words: 381 flesch: 34 summary: The December 2012 issue of Information Technology and Libraries includes the first volume of ITAL’s predecessor, the Journal of Library Automation (JOLA), originally published in print in 1968. JOLA offers a glimpse into early days of library automation, when things were different and things were the same. There are articles by luminaries in the field, such as Richard de Gennaro, Frederick Kilgour and Henriette Avram. keywords: gerrity; library cache: ital-3012.pdf plain text: ital-3012.txt item: #313 of 712 id: ital-3037 author: Starr, Karen J. title: President's Message: Membership, Leadership, Emerging Leaders, and LITA date: 2011 words: 538 flesch: 32 summary: There is a need for mentoring in LITA 101 and 201. Since 2007, a number of projects have been developed by Emerging Leaders. ALA President Leslie Burger implemented an Emerging Leaders program in 2006. Information about the projects is available at the following locations online: The ALA website, the Emerging Leaders blog and the Wiki. keywords: leaders; lita cache: ital-3037.pdf plain text: ital-3037.txt item: #314 of 712 id: ital-3038 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: "The Air is Full of People" date: 2011 words: 1921 flesch: 63 summary: In the last few months two books have been published that take different approaches to the question of how we learn in the always-on, always-connected electronic environment. Nicholas Carr's The Shallows is an expanded version of his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published in the July/August 2008 issue of Atlantic Monthly. Carr's thesis is that use of connective technology is leading to a remapping of reading and thinking skills. keywords: carr; libraries; reading; screens cache: ital-3038.pdf plain text: ital-3038.txt item: #315 of 712 id: ital-3039 author: Porter, Cynthia title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Is Open Access the Answer? date: 2011 words: 845 flesch: 58 summary: In the new LITA strategic plan, members have sug-gested an objective for open access (OA) in scholarly communications. OA is the immediate (upon or before publica-tion), online, free availability of research outputs with-out restrictions on use commonly imposed by publisher copyright agreements. Most OA journals are peer-reviewed. The licensing for a popular American weekly medi-cal journal changed and the university couldn't access online articles. keywords: access cache: ital-3039.pdf plain text: ital-3039.txt item: #316 of 712 id: ital-3040 author: Yelton, Andromeda title: A Simple Scheme for Book Classification Using Wikipedia date: 2011 words: 5404 flesch: 53 summary: Hanne Albrechtsen outlines three types of strategies for subject analysis: simplistic, content-oriented, and require-ments-oriented. The difficulty in moving beyond a simplistic approach lies in the ability to capture things not stated or not stated in proportion to their impor-tance. Theauri, ontologies, and related tools can help computers and humans in addressing these problems. keywords: articles; book; categories; category; classification; google; information; pages; subject; text; wikipedia cache: ital-3040.pdf plain text: ital-3040.txt item: #317 of 712 id: ital-3041 author: Maceli, Monica; Wiedenbeck, Susan; Abels, Eileen title: The Internet Public Library (IPL): An Exploratory Case Study on User Perceptions date: 2011 words: 6152 flesch: 45 summary: In the Internet environment, user perceptions play a key role in use (or nonuse) of library resources. In this study, we present an exploratory case study on public perceptions of the Internet Public Library (IPL) using qualitative analysis of interviews with ten college students. keywords: information; internet; ipl; libraries; library; participants; public; resources; study; users cache: ital-3041.pdf plain text: ital-3041.txt item: #318 of 712 id: ital-3042 author: Tous, Ruben; Guerrero, Manel; Delgado, Jaime title: Semantic Web for Reliable Citation Analysis in Scholarly Publishing date: 2011 words: 5645 flesch: 39 summary: There are serious problems with current practices in citation analysis. The paper proposes a reference architecture for reliable citation analysis based on applying semantic trust mechanisms. It is important to note that a complete or partial adoption of the ideas defended in this paper will imply changes within the publishing lifecycle. keywords: analysis; author; citation; information; metadata; owl; paper; process; publishing; rdf; web cache: ital-3042.pdf plain text: ital-3042.txt item: #319 of 712 id: ital-3043 author: Fulton, Camilla title: Web Accessibility, Libraries, and the Law date: 2011 words: 5219 flesch: 39 summary: Imagine that you are legally blind and you use a screen reader to navigate the web. You can't scan the page like your peers, because the category titles were designed with font tags instead of heading tags styled with cascading style sheets. It's difficult to differentiate between the separate resources without having the screen reader read all the content for context. keywords: accessibility; code; government; information; law; libraries; library; public; section; state; statutes; web cache: ital-3043.pdf plain text: ital-3043.txt item: #320 of 712 id: ital-3044 author: Emanuel, Jennifer title: Usability of the VuFind Next-Generation Online Catalog date: 2011 words: 7022 flesch: 63 summary: VuFind is a search engine developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library. It incorporates many Web 2.0 features, such as the ability to tag items, create a list of favorite items, leave comments about an item, cite an item and link to Google Book previews. keywords: catalog; information; interface; libraries; library; participants; results; search; usability; users; vufind cache: ital-3044.pdf plain text: ital-3044.txt item: #321 of 712 id: ital-3093 author: Schlesselman-Tarango, Gina title: Searchable Signatures: Context and the Struggle for Recognition date: 2013 words: 5724 flesch: 44 summary: Gina Schlesselman-Tarango presents a paper on searchable signatures on Instagram. She argues that searchable signature tags are valuable because they provide contextual use data and sociohistorical information so important to the understanding of digital objects. keywords: context; images; information; instagram; recognition; self; signatures; struggle; tags; users cache: ital-3093.pdf plain text: ital-3093.txt item: #322 of 712 id: ital-3123 author: DeRidder, Jody L. title: First Aid Training for Those on the Front Lines: Digital Preservation Needs Survey Results 2012 date: 2013 words: 2993 flesch: 35 summary: There is a gap between the immediate need and the long-term transformation of digital preservation expertise in the cultural heritage preservation community. Every day history is being made and recorded in digital form. Librarians and archivists on the front lines of this battlefront to save cultural history need training. keywords: aserl; content; digital; percent; preservation; respondents cache: ital-3123.pdf plain text: ital-3123.txt item: #323 of 712 id: ital-3124 author: Starr, Karen J. title: President’s Message: BTOP, Broadband, E-Rate, and LITA date: 2010 words: 565 flesch: 46 summary: Colby Riggs, Elena M. Soltau, Anne Liebst, Yan Yan and Han are members of the LITA Technology Access Committee and the Standards Task Force. The task force will submit their final report before the 2011 ALA midwinter meeting. keywords: lita; technology cache: ital-3124.pdf plain text: ital-3124.txt item: #324 of 712 id: ital-3125 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: The Space in Between, or, Why ITAL Matters date: 2010 words: 2918 flesch: 57 summary: The readers of ITAL were asked to take part in a reader survey last December and January. The results of the survey are being discussed for nearly a year. The author would like to use some of the results in his editorial space in this issue. keywords: dan; ital; lita; membership; percent cache: ital-3125.pdf plain text: ital-3125.txt item: #325 of 712 id: ital-3126 author: Marmion, Dan title: Editorial: Why Is ITAL Important? date: 2010 words: 998 flesch: 52 summary: Dan Marmion wrote ITAL 20, no. 2 (2001) and ITAL 167 (2002) in which he explains why ITAL is important to the library profession. ITALica is the oldest and most distinguished journal of the profession. keywords: ital; library cache: ital-3126.pdf plain text: ital-3126.txt item: #326 of 712 id: ital-3127 author: Farnel, Sharon title: Editorial Board Thoughts: System Requirements date: 2010 words: 1099 flesch: 43 summary: The University of Alberta restructured its IT program and requires students to possess certain basic IT skills before beginning their program. The new requirement got me thinking if other ALA-accredited libraries are also requiring basic IT skill prior to entry and how they compare to SLIS. keywords: information; skills cache: ital-3127.pdf plain text: ital-3127.txt item: #327 of 712 id: ital-3128 author: Malizia, Alessio; Bottoni, Paolo; Levialdi, S. title: Generating Collaborative Systems for Digital Libraries: a Model-Driven Approach date: 2010 words: 11062 flesch: 43 summary: There is a need for modeling services and data structures as highlighted in the “Digital Library’s” “Reference Model” proposed by the DELOS network. CRADLE is a metamodel-based Digital Library Management System. keywords: code; collection; cradle; digital; dls; document; entities; generation; information; language; libraries; library; metadata; model; modeling; services; systems; template; users; visual; xdoclet cache: ital-3128.pdf plain text: ital-3128.txt item: #328 of 712 id: ital-3129 author: Visser, Marijke; Ball, Mary Alice title: The Middle Mile: The Role of the Public Library in Ensuring Access to Broadband date: 2010 words: 6825 flesch: 42 summary: Some users are early adopters of Web-based applications. The second tier are cognoscenti, who appreciate the availability of online resources and use a mix of devices to access the Internet. The third tier are people who don't embrace the Internet's full potential. Since the introduction of Web 2.0, the number of participants has increased. keywords: access; broadband; community; content; information; internet; libraries; library; online; public; resources cache: ital-3129.pdf plain text: ital-3129.txt item: #329 of 712 id: ital-3130 author: Hilera, José R.; Pagés, Carmen; Martínez, J. Javier; Gutiérrez, J. Antonio; de-Marcos, Luis title: An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies date: 2010 words: 7266 flesch: 37 summary: The paper An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies is published by José R. Hilera, Carmen Pagés, Javier Martínez, J. Antonio Gutiérrez, and Luis de-Marcos. It describes the process of creating a lightweight ontology for software engineering. keywords: figure; glossary; knowledge; language; libraries; ontologies; ontology; owl; process; rdf; relationships; software; term; thesaurus cache: ital-3130.pdf plain text: ital-3130.txt item: #330 of 712 id: ital-3131 author: Quinney, Kayla L.; Smith, Sara D.; Galbraith, Quinn title: Bridging the Gap: Self-Directed Staff Technology Training date: 2010 words: 6159 flesch: 51 summary: Bridging the Gap: Self-Directed Staff Technology Training is a self-directed training for HBLL staff and students. It promotes lifelong learning by teach-ing technology applicable to the work and home lives of HBLL employees. keywords: challenge; learning; library; new; participants; self; staff; technology; training; use cache: ital-3131.pdf plain text: ital-3131.txt item: #331 of 712 id: ital-3132 author: Brown-Sica, Margaret; Beall, Jeffrey; McHale, Nina title: Next-Generation Library Catalogs and the Problem of Slow Response Time date: 2010 words: 5037 flesch: 58 summary: There is a study on the Next Generation Library and the Problem of Slow Response Time. Librarians will benefit from knowing what is typical and acceptable response times are in online catalogs. The study also looks atbench-marks in response time and defines what is unacceptable and why. keywords: catalog; figure; files; library; online; record; response; skyline; time cache: ital-3132.pdf plain text: ital-3132.txt item: #332 of 712 id: ital-3134 author: Starr, Karen J. title: President's Message: Moving Forward date: 2010 words: 868 flesch: 54 summary: The LITA committee and interest groups are being asked to contribute to the action plans by the 2011 ALA midwinter meeting. They will work with committee chairs, interest groups and the membership to implement LITa’s plan for the future. The plan will be compiled and made available to all members. keywords: ala; information; lita cache: ital-3134.pdf plain text: ital-3134.txt item: #333 of 712 id: ital-3135 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Adding Value in the Internet Age--Libraries, Openness, and Programmers date: 2010 words: 976 flesch: 53 summary: In the age of the Internet, Google and metadata, libraries have been struggling with how to maintain relevance and survive. The changing environment has motivated libraries to rethink what they do and how they do it. Librarians still have to deal with procedures for managing resources and managing resources. keywords: libraries; needs cache: ital-3135.pdf plain text: ital-3135.txt item: #334 of 712 id: ital-3136 author: Park, Jung-ran; Tosaka, Yuji title: Metadata Creation Practices in Digital Repositories and Collections: Schemata, Selection Criteria, and Interoperability date: 2010 words: 7446 flesch: 39 summary: The study examines the current state of metadata-creation practices in digital repositories, col-centric collections, and libraries. The literature has not yet developed to a point where it affords a comprehensive picture of the metadata creation process. It is important to track changes in metadata-cre-ation practices. keywords: cataloging; collections; creation; institutions; metadata; percent; practices; repositories; respondents; schemata; survey; use cache: ital-3136.pdf plain text: ital-3136.txt item: #335 of 712 id: ital-3137 author: Walsh, Maureen P. title: Batch Loading Collections into DSpace: Using Perl Scripts for Automation and Quality Control date: 2010 words: 6322 flesch: 55 summary: amazingsummarize.com is a combination of the following elements: summarize, sumtotalize, and summarise.com. It is a collection of the summarizes that have been added together. keywords: bank; batch; batch loading; collections; contents; dec; dspace; files; item; knowledge; knowledge bank; loading; metadata; perl; scripts; xml cache: ital-3137.pdf plain text: ital-3137.txt item: #336 of 712 id: ital-3138 author: Weber, Lynne; Lawrence, Peg title: Authentication and Access: Accommodating Public Users in an Academic World date: 2010 words: 7941 flesch: 46 summary: Lynne Weber and Peg Lawrence wrote an article entitled Accommodating Public Users in an Academic World in 2010. The article was based on Cook and Shelton’s Managing Public Computing. There were no up-to-date academic guidelines on the subject. keywords: academic; access; access computers; authentication; computers; guest; information; libraries; library; public; survey; university; users cache: ital-3138.pdf plain text: ital-3138.txt item: #337 of 712 id: ital-3139 author: Yang, Sharon Q.; Hofmann, Melissa A. title: The Next Generation Library Catalog: A Comparative Study of the OPACs of Koha, Evergreen, and Voyager date: 2010 words: 5051 flesch: 60 summary: Sharon Q. Yang and Melissa A. Hofmann write a paper on the next generation library catalog. They compare the features of the open-source Koha and Evergreen ILSs with the proprietary Voyager's WebVoyage. keywords: catalog; evergreen; generation; koha; library; opacs; search; source; user cache: ital-3139.pdf plain text: ital-3139.txt item: #338 of 712 id: ital-3140 author: Zhou, Yongli title: Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible date: 2010 words: 6248 flesch: 69 summary: The Internet has greatly changed how library users search and use library resources. Many digital documents are only accessible in print and need to be digitized. Text-based documents are not Web-friendly. Graphic-based materials include historical documents, photographs, drawings, maps, slides and post-ers. keywords: acrobat; color; documents; file; images; pdf; size; text; tiff; white cache: ital-3140.pdf plain text: ital-3140.txt item: #339 of 712 id: ital-3141 author: Frisque, Michelle title: President’s Message: The End and New Beginnings date: 2010 words: 682 flesch: 68 summary: The LITA Executive Committee is currently finalizing the strategic plan for the organization. The organization will focus on innovation, advocacy and policy, collaboration and outreach. The strategy will be approved by the board before the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. keywords: lita; plan cache: ital-3141.pdf plain text: ital-3141.txt item: #340 of 712 id: ital-3142 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: No More Silver Bullets, Please date: 2010 words: 1635 flesch: 62 summary: There was a presentation at the Public Library Association’s 2010 Annual Conference by staff members of the Rangeview (Colo.)Library District. Library Journal referred to “palpable hunger” for magic ammunition in the context of the presentation. keywords: change; libraries; library cache: ital-3142.pdf plain text: ital-3142.txt item: #341 of 712 id: ital-3143 author: Boze, Andy title: Editorial Board Thoughts: ITAL 2.0 date: 2010 words: 821 flesch: 71 summary: Some ALA groups are using WordPress for their blogs. Blogs don't seem to be a good platform for discussion and Wikis aren't par-ticularly useful. E-mail has the advantage of being delivered to the reader. ALA could also use LITA-LITA or a list. keywords: discussion; ital cache: ital-3143.pdf plain text: ital-3143.txt item: #342 of 712 id: ital-3144 author: Fagan, Jody Condit title: Usability Studies of Faceted Browsing: A Literature Review date: 2010 words: 7412 flesch: 53 summary: Facetions perform several useful functions in interfaces. They are predictable, predictable, show previews of where to go next, show how to return, suggest logical alternatives, and help the user avoid empty results. They also help narrow down search results. Facetions have disadvantages. keywords: browsing; faceted; facets; interface; library; participants; results; search; studies; study; tasks; user cache: ital-3144.pdf plain text: ital-3144.txt item: #343 of 712 id: ital-3145 author: Quinn, Brian title: Reducing Psychological Resistance to Digital Repositories date: 2010 words: 8604 flesch: 40 summary: There are more than 120 mandates around the world that require faculty to deposit their work in digital repositories. It is too early to tell whether these developments will be successful in getting faculty to do so. Some institutions do not adopt the mandates. keywords: deposit; digital; faculty; psychologists; psychology; repositories; repository; request; research; resistance; self; user; way; work cache: ital-3145.pdf plain text: ital-3145.txt item: #344 of 712 id: ital-3146 author: Back, Godmar; Bailey, Annette title: Web Services and Widgets for Library Information Systems date: 2010 words: 6796 flesch: 50 summary: In this paper, we discuss the design space for integrating information from Web services into Web sites. We focus on client-side mash-ups, in which code is running in the user’s browser without the assistance of an inter-mediary server or proxy. We describe three concrete widget libraries that have been deployed by us and others. keywords: book; client; google; html; information; library; link; majax; mash; server; services; span; use; web cache: ital-3146.pdf plain text: ital-3146.txt item: #345 of 712 id: ital-3147 author: Han, Yan title: On the Clouds: A New Way of Computing date: 2010 words: 3869 flesch: 50 summary: Cloud computing providers offer services on every level. Salesforce.com has been providing on-demand software as a Service (SaaS) for cus-tomers since 1999. Microsoft’s Azure provides an operating system and a set of developer tools. Google's App Engine allows developers to run their applications on Google's infrastruc-ture. Sun charges $1 per CPU hour. Yahoo! announced it will use Apache and Hadoop. keywords: author; cloud; computing; data; libraries; library; resources; services; systems; ■ ■ cache: ital-3147.pdf plain text: ital-3147.txt item: #346 of 712 id: ital-3148 author: Eden, Bradford Lee title: The New User Environment: The End of Technical Services? date: 2010 words: 6377 flesch: 50 summary: Technical services used to be the most important part of library staffs in the 20th century. Now they are becoming obsolete due to the advent of new technology and organization changes. The new technology is responsible for the dramatic improvement in library quality. keywords: cataloging; environment; future; information; libraries; library; metadata; new; services; staff; technical; users; ■ ■ cache: ital-3148.pdf plain text: ital-3148.txt item: #347 of 712 id: ital-3149 author: Frisque, Michelle title: President's Message: Join Us at the Forum! date: 2010 words: 834 flesch: 63 summary: Michelle Frisque is President of the LITA National Forum and head of Information Systems at Northwestern University, Chicago. She was a new librarian when she attended the first forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was one of the best conferences she's ever attended. keywords: forum; lita; national cache: ital-3149.pdf plain text: ital-3149.txt item: #348 of 712 id: ital-3150 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: And Now for Something (Completely) Different date: 2010 words: 1944 flesch: 58 summary: Marc Truitt is Associate University Librarian, Bibliographic and information technology services librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and editor of ITAL. Ex Libris has sponsored the LITA/Ex Libris (née LITa/Endeavor) Student Writing Award competition. The competition seeks manuscript submissions from enrolled LIS students in ITAL’s publishing interests. This year, there were 37 entries, of which six were selected as finalists for discussion. keywords: carl; ital; libris; lita cache: ital-3150.pdf plain text: ital-3150.txt item: #349 of 712 id: ital-3151 author: Grant, Carl title: A Partnership for Creating Successful Partnerships date: 2010 words: 1183 flesch: 59 summary: Carl Grant is writing a column for Ex Libris. He wants to discuss the importance of library sponsorships and partnerships in today's information age. Carl and Marc discuss the LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award. Carl wants to look at what makes successful partnerships. keywords: partnership; sponsorship cache: ital-3151.pdf plain text: ital-3151.txt item: #350 of 712 id: ital-3152 author: Shores, Sandra title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Issue Introduction to Student Essays date: 2010 words: 1310 flesch: 51 summary: Sandra shores is editor-in-chief of the March 2010 issue of the LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award competition. Sandra works with student authors to help them see their papers through to publication. This year's winner is Michael Silver, who is graduating in the spring from the MLIS program at University of Alberta. keywords: information; libraries; library; technology cache: ital-3152.pdf plain text: ital-3152.txt item: #351 of 712 id: ital-3153 author: Silver, T. Michael title: Monitoring Network and Service Availability with Open-Source Software date: 2010 words: 5666 flesch: 48 summary: The library community has been slow to adopt IT best practices. The IT industry has developed guide lines for the management of IT services. Librarians have little formal training in IT best practice and focus on automation instead of infrastructure. In The Practice of System and Network Administration, Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christine J. Hogan, and Strata R. Chalup present a comprehensive look at best practices in managing systems and networks. keywords: appendix; configuration; define; file; host; information; monitoring; nagios; network; opac; server; service; software; system; use cache: ital-3153.pdf plain text: ital-3153.txt item: #352 of 712 id: ital-3154 author: Vandenbark, R. Todd title: Tending a Wild Garden: Library Web Design for Persons with Disabilities date: 2010 words: 5531 flesch: 54 summary: Nearly one fifth of Americans have some form of disability. Librarians in charge of technology can best serve disabled patrons by proactively updating and adapting services as assistive technologies improve. Eighty-two countries signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007. keywords: accessibility; content; disabilities; information; library; page; persons; screen; services; technology; text; use; web cache: ital-3154.pdf plain text: ital-3154.txt item: #353 of 712 id: ital-3155 author: Tolkoff, Ilana title: The Path toward Global Interoperability in Cataloging date: 2010 words: 4381 flesch: 53 summary: In classical and medieval times, library catalogs were isolated from each other and idiosyncratic. Most were maintained by monks in monasteries. Since then, there has been a trend to move toward greater interoperability in cataloging. There are many challenges that stand in the way of the goal of universal interoperability. keywords: authority; cataloging; headings; interoperability; language; libraries; library; linking; records; subject cache: ital-3155.pdf plain text: ital-3155.txt item: #354 of 712 id: ital-3156 author: Visser, Marijke A. title: Tagging: An Organization Scheme for the Internet date: 2010 words: 4882 flesch: 48 summary: Tagging is a clas-sification system where individual Internet users apply labels to digital resources. Tagging increased in popularity with the advent of Web 2.0 applications that encourage interaction among users. Librarians can play a pivotal role by advocating for a system that sup-ports the user at the moment of need. keywords: delicious; folksonomy; information; internet; shirky; system; tagging; users; web cache: ital-3156.pdf plain text: ital-3156.txt item: #355 of 712 id: ital-3157 author: Kurtz, Mary title: Dublin Core, DSpace, and a Brief Analysis of Three University Repositories date: 2010 words: 4881 flesch: 50 summary: Mary Kurtz's paper provides an overview of Dublin Core and DSpace and an examination of the institutional repositories of three public research universities. She drew a sampling of records from each repository and examined them for metadata quality using the criteria of completeness, accuracy, and consistency. keywords: contributor; creation; dspace; elements; information; metadata; record; repositories; subject; university cache: ital-3157.pdf plain text: ital-3157.txt item: #356 of 712 id: ital-3158 author: Mandel, Lauren H. title: Geographic Information Systems: Tools for Displaying In-Library Use Data date: 2010 words: 4733 flesch: 41 summary: In-library use data is crucial for modern libraries to understand patron use. Lauren H. Mandel is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University College of Communication & informa-tion. She is Research Coordinator at the information Use Management & Policy insti-tute. GISs have been used by library researchers and practitio-ners to create maps that display analyses of service area. keywords: data; facility; gis; information; libraries; library; public; research; use; xia cache: ital-3158.pdf plain text: ital-3158.txt item: #357 of 712 id: ital-3159 author: Aveny, Brian title: Editorial: Tails Wagging Dogs date: 1981 words: 385 flesch: 57 summary: AACR2 implementation has helped many libraries realize they have been building data bases for a long time. OCLC has adhered closely to MARC standards, but national standards have been late, so libraries have often improvised. keywords: libraries cache: ital-3159.pdf plain text: ital-3159.txt item: #358 of 712 id: ital-3162 author: Borrell, Jerry title: How Long the Wait until We Can Call It Television date: 1981 words: 1900 flesch: 61 summary: Jerry Borrell is a member of Congressional Research Service. He reviews the terms videotex and teletext to explain the differences between them. CompuServe, an Ohio-based company, provides on-line searching of newspapers to about 4,000 users. Reader's Digest recently bought 51 percent of The Source. keywords: computer; data; information; library; system; teletext; videotex cache: ital-3162.pdf plain text: ital-3162.txt item: #359 of 712 id: ital-3163 author: Cook, Sherry title: Data Processing Library: A Very Special Library date: 1981 words: 830 flesch: 60 summary: Librarians and information scientists are playing a decreasing role in the growth of information display technology. The demand today is for service, information, and en-tertainment. If librarians cannot fulfill these needs, their places are not assured. Librarians need to choose a proper niche and use their limited resources. keywords: computer; information; library; programs cache: ital-3163.pdf plain text: ital-3163.txt item: #360 of 712 id: ital-3165 author: Pace, Andrew K. title: President's Message: LITA Now date: 2009 words: 758 flesch: 59 summary: Andrew K. Pace is LITA President 2008/2009 and Executive Director, Networked Library Services at OCLC Inc. in Dublin, Ohio. His term is half over and he hopes the time between ALA conferences is a time of reflection for the board, committees, inter-est groups, and the membership at large. He thinks the U.S. needs to continue its investment in IT infrastructure and aid to countries that are lagging behind. keywords: technology; time cache: ital-3165.pdf plain text: ital-3165.txt item: #361 of 712 id: ital-3166 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial date: 2009 words: 1944 flesch: 67 summary: It's been unseasonably cold in Edmonton for the last three weeks. Over the weekend, the cooling systems in the library's main server room failed and all IT services had to be shut down. The temperature in the room soared from 20°C to 37°C. keywords: cooling; room; servers; services cache: ital-3166.pdf plain text: ital-3166.txt item: #362 of 712 id: ital-3167 author: Miles, Mathew J.; Bergstrom, Scott J. title: Classification of Library Resources by Subject on the Library Website: Is There an Optimal Number of Subject Labels? date: 2009 words: 3724 flesch: 64 summary: The number of subject labels used to organize resources by subject varies greatly among library websites. Some librarians choose very short lists of labels while others choose much longer lists. Response time to research questions increases gradually as the number of items in the list grows. keywords: gr p; ite m; labels; m s; subject cache: ital-3167.pdf plain text: ital-3167.txt item: #363 of 712 id: ital-3168 author: Jaeger, Paul T.; Yan, Zheng title: One Law with Two Outcomes: Comparing the Implementation of CIPA in Public Libraries and Schools date: 2009 words: 7726 flesch: 34 summary: The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires public libraries and public schools to adopt filters on all of their computers when they receive certain federal funding. This paper explores the implications of CIPA in terms of its effects on libraries and schools. keywords: access; act; children; cipa; filtering; information; internet; jaeger; law; libraries; library; rate; schools cache: ital-3168.pdf plain text: ital-3168.txt item: #364 of 712 id: ital-3169 author: Morales-del-Castillo, J. M.; Pedraza-Jiménez, R.; Peis, E.; Herrera-Viedma, E. title: A Semantic Model of Selective Dissemination of Information for Digital Libraries date: 2009 words: 7275 flesch: 40 summary: J. Morales-del-Castillo, R. Pedraza-Jiménez, A. Ruíz, E. Peis, and E. Herrera-Viedma write a paper on Semantic Web technologies for digital libraries. They present the theoretical and methodical foundations for the development of a multi-agent Selective Dissemination of Information service. keywords: agent; documents; information; libraries; model; process; rdf; resources; system; techniques; terms; thesaurus; user; web cache: ital-3169.pdf plain text: ital-3169.txt item: #365 of 712 id: ital-3170 author: Ketchell, Debra S.; Steinberg, Ryan Max; Yates, Charles; Heilemann, Heidi A. title: LaneConnex: An Integrated Biomedical Digital Library Interface date: 2009 words: 5617 flesch: 51 summary: LaneConnex is a search interface for biomedical libraries. It is based on Apache Cocoon, Java Servlets, XML/XSLT, SQL, and JavaScript. The system has proven reliable in production and reduces user time spent finding information on the site. keywords: access; application; content; figure; information; interface; laneconnex; libraries; library; metasearch; query; resources; results; search; user cache: ital-3170.pdf plain text: ital-3170.txt item: #366 of 712 id: ital-3171 author: Jay, Michael; Simpson, Betsy; Smith, Doug title: CatQC and Shelf-Ready Material: Speeding Collections to Users While Preserving Data Quality date: 2009 words: 4678 flesch: 59 summary: Michael Jay, Betsy Simpson, and Doug Smith discuss CatQC and Shelf-Ready Material: Speeding Collections to Users and Preserving Data Quality at George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. keywords: cataloging; catqc; element; libraries; library; records; report cache: ital-3171.pdf plain text: ital-3171.txt item: #367 of 712 id: ital-3172 author: Pace, Andrew K. title: President's Message: LITA Forever date: 2009 words: 750 flesch: 72 summary: Andrew K. Pace was elected LITA President 2008/2009. He was warned that his time at the helm would seem fleeting, but he didn't believe it. His predecessor, Mark Beatty, likes to jokingly refer to himself in ALA circles as “LITA has-been” because he is a past-president. keywords: change; lita cache: ital-3172.pdf plain text: ital-3172.txt item: #368 of 712 id: ital-3173 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: ALA and Our Carbon Footprint date: 2009 words: 1526 flesch: 61 summary: Marc Truitt has written an editorial about American Library Association (ALA) conferences and their environmental footprint. The ALA Annual Conference in Chicago is just days away. He wonders why people go to ALA conferences and what they get from them. keywords: ala; footprint; meeting; midwinter; tons cache: ital-3173.pdf plain text: ital-3173.txt item: #369 of 712 id: ital-3174 author: Dehmlow, Mark title: Editorial Board Thoughts: The Ten Commandments of Interacting with Nontechnical People date: 2009 words: 1391 flesch: 53 summary: Mark Dehmlow has worked in technology for more than ten years and has learned many lessons about successful communication strategies with nontechnical people. He recommends being inclusive to get buy-in for technical projects and includes key stakeholders in project planning and decision-making. keywords: people; technology; way cache: ital-3174.pdf plain text: ital-3174.txt item: #370 of 712 id: ital-3175 author: Yee, Martha M. title: Can Bibliographic Data be Put Directly onto the Semantic Web? date: 2009 words: 14836 flesch: 42 summary: Martha M. Yee wrote a paper about the possible future of bibliographic control and the Semantic Web. It is also a report on an experiment in building a Resource Description Framework (RDF) model of FRBRized cataloging rules. keywords: body; data; date; entity; expression; frbr; identifier; language; manifestation; model; person; place; property; rda; rdf; rules; serial; subject; title; variant; web; work cache: ital-3175.pdf plain text: ital-3175.txt item: #371 of 712 id: ital-3176 author: Bertot, John Carlo title: Public Access Technologies in Public Libraries: Effects and Implications date: 2009 words: 8451 flesch: 44 summary: In 1994, 20.9 percent of public libraries were connected to the Internet and 12.7 percent offered public-access computers. By 1998, Internet connectivity in public libraries grew to 83.6 percent and 73.3 percent provided public Internet access. Public libraries were early adopters of Internet-based technology and have provided public access to Internet and computers since the early 1990s. keywords: access; computers; information; internet; libraries; library; management; pat; public; resources; services; staff; support; technologies; technology cache: ital-3176.pdf plain text: ital-3176.txt item: #372 of 712 id: ital-3177 author: Smith, Cheri; Guimaraes, Anastasia; Havert, Mandy; Prokrym, Tatiana H. title: Missing Items: Automating the Replacement Workflow Process date: 2009 words: 4121 flesch: 52 summary: Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame recently revamped their system for replacing or with-drawing missing items. This article describes the new process that uses a customized database to facilitate efficient and effective communica-tion, tracking, and selector decision-making. keywords: acquisitions; database; items; librarians; monograph; records; replacement; subject cache: ital-3177.pdf plain text: ital-3177.txt item: #373 of 712 id: ital-3178 author: Darby, Andrew; Gilmour, Ron title: Adding Delicious Data to Your Library Website date: 2009 words: 2351 flesch: 62 summary: In this paper, Andrew Darby and Ron Gilmour explain how to add data from a Delicious account to a library website using various methods. Social bookmarking services have become popular with librarians as a means of quickly assembling lists of resources. keywords: delicious; json; results; rss cache: ital-3178.pdf plain text: ital-3178.txt item: #374 of 712 id: ital-3216 author: Frisque, Michelle title: President's Message date: 2009 words: 762 flesch: 75 summary: Michelle Frisque is LITA President 2009-10 and head of information systems at Northwestern University, Chicago. She is almost done with her first year as president and has a couple of weeks left in her vice-presidential year. She has been working closely with this year’s Emerging Leaders, Lisa Thomas and Holly Tomren, to appoint them to committees and liaison roles. keywords: lita; year cache: ital-3216.pdf plain text: ital-3216.txt item: #375 of 712 id: ital-3217 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: Computing in the "Cloud" date: 2009 words: 1192 flesch: 66 summary: Marc Truitt is an IT expert and editor of EdiTorial. His institution is considering outsourcing e-mail to Google, which would save them a lot of money in terms of hardware, licensing, and technical support fees. keywords: cloud; services; stuff; technology cache: ital-3217.pdf plain text: ital-3217.txt item: #376 of 712 id: ital-3218 author: Eden, Bradford Lee title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Musings on the Demise of Paper date: 2009 words: 876 flesch: 59 summary: Bradford Lee Eden and Edith Whittaker discuss the future of paper and the book. They discuss the rise of e-books and new technology that could replace print books. They also discuss the business models for newspapers and magazines. keywords: digital; libraries; university cache: ital-3218.pdf plain text: ital-3218.txt item: #377 of 712 id: ital-3219 author: Hutt, Arwen; Stuart, Michael; Suchy, Daniel; Westbrook, Bradley D. title: Employing Virtualization in Library Computing: Use Cases and Lessons Learned date: 2009 words: 4471 flesch: 39 summary: In 2009 Arwen Hutt, Michael Stuart, Daniel Suchy, Bradley Westbrook and Bradley Westbrook wrote a paper on the use of virtualization in library technology at the University of California, San Diego Libraries. Virtualization has been used in one way or another for decades, but in the last few years it has made significant inroads into library environments. The paper explains its benefits and drawbacks. keywords: application; database; hardware; host; library; resources; technology; user; virtualization cache: ital-3219.pdf plain text: ital-3219.txt item: #378 of 712 id: ital-3220 author: Lampert, Cory; Vaughan, Jason title: Success Factors and Strategic Planning: Rebuilding an Academic Library Digitization Program date: 2009 words: 11018 flesch: 40 summary: Cory Lampert and Jason Vaughan discuss the complex factors in academic library digitization programs. The case study involves the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' digitization pro-gram and the authors’ efforts to gain staff support for this program. A related survey was admin-istered to all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to collect baseline data on their digital collections and gather feedback. keywords: collections; digital; digitization; digitization program; libraries; library; percent; program; project; questions; responses; staff; support; survey; unlv cache: ital-3220.pdf plain text: ital-3220.txt item: #379 of 712 id: ital-3221 author: Lamont, Melissa title: Gender, Technology, and Libraries date: 2009 words: 4451 flesch: 44 summary: Melissa Lamont is concerned about the lack of women working in information technology (IT) in the library and in the larger workforce. She argues that a complex series of social and cultural biases inhibits women from participating in technology. keywords: authors; gender; information; libraries; library; research; science; technology; women cache: ital-3221.pdf plain text: ital-3221.txt item: #380 of 712 id: ital-3222 author: Skibiński, Przemyslaw; Swacha, Jakub title: The Efficient Storage of Text Documents in Digital Libraries date: 2009 words: 6968 flesch: 52 summary: Przemysław Skibiński and Jakub Swacha have written a paper on the efficient storage of text documents in digital libraries. They propose an open-source text compression software library featuring an advanced word substitution scheme with static and semidynamic dictionaries. keywords: compression; ctdl+; dictionary; documents; gzip; library; lzma; percent; scheme; table; text; words cache: ital-3222.pdf plain text: ital-3222.txt item: #381 of 712 id: ital-3223 author: Carlson, Kathleen title: Tutorial: Delivering Information to Students 24/7 with Camtasia date: 2009 words: 1411 flesch: 67 summary: Kathleen Carlson recommends TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio software to create streaming videos to give students 24-hour access to information on topics such as how to order books through interlibrary loan and how to do research in the library. keywords: camtasia; screen; software; video cache: ital-3223.pdf plain text: ital-3223.txt item: #382 of 712 id: ital-3224 author: Frisque, Michelle title: President's Message date: 2009 words: 832 flesch: 76 summary: Michelle Frisque is president of LITA, head of the Information Services Department at Northwestern University, and a part-time student in the Masters of Learning and Organizational Change pro-gram at Northwestern. She is also a student and a practicing librarian. For her homework assignment, she needed to find an overview of the model of organization performance and change. keywords: information; search cache: ital-3224.pdf plain text: ital-3224.txt item: #383 of 712 id: ital-3225 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: Reflections on What We Mean by “Forever” date: 2009 words: 1752 flesch: 59 summary: Marc Truitt attended the Fall Meeting of the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) in San Francisco. PASIG is the brainchild of Art Pasquinelli of Sun Microsystems and Michael Keller of Stanford. The attendee list for this meeting boasted nearly two hundred people representing more than thirty institutions. keywords: content; oct; pasig; sun; years cache: ital-3225.pdf plain text: ital-3225.txt item: #384 of 712 id: ital-3226 author: Carter, Judith title: Editorial Board Thoughts: Issue Introduction date: 2009 words: 1599 flesch: 59 summary: Judith Carter is guest editor for the theme issue of Discovery. The issue is a compilation of presentations from the Discovery Mini-Conference held at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries in the spring of 2009. Jennifer Fabbi gives the full chronology and framework of the project, but Judith Carter introduces the issue and topic. keywords: conference; discovery; information; libraries; library cache: ital-3226.pdf plain text: ital-3226.txt item: #385 of 712 id: ital-3227 author: Fabbi, Jennifer L. title: Discovery Focus as Impetus for Organizational Learning date: 2009 words: 5040 flesch: 36 summary: Jennifer L. Fabbi was appointed interim director of Technical Services at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries in April 2008. The division had been without a permanent director for three years. It was split up and divided up to prevent staff vacancies. keywords: discovery; information; learning; libraries; library; process; services; staff; technical cache: ital-3227.pdf plain text: ital-3227.txt item: #386 of 712 id: ital-3228 author: Dolski, Alex A. title: Information Discovery Insights Gained from MultiPAC, a Prototype Library Discovery System date: 2009 words: 4377 flesch: 51 summary: MultiPAC is an experimental “discovery,” or meta-search, system developed to explore issues around heterogeneous physical and networked resource access in an academic library environment. It was developed at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. keywords: discovery; figure; information; libraries; library; metadata; multipac; resources; search; system; view cache: ital-3228.pdf plain text: ital-3228.txt item: #387 of 712 id: ital-3229 author: Ipri, Tom; Yunkin, Michael; Brown, Jeanne M. title: Usability as a Method for Assessing Discovery date: 2009 words: 1985 flesch: 61 summary: The University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries engaged in three projects that helped identify areas of its website that had inhibited discovery of services and resources. The first project studied student responses to the site, the second focused on a usability test with the Libraries’ peer research coaches and the third involved a specialized test. All three of these projects led to improvements to the website and will inform a larger redesign. keywords: discovery; libraries; library; usability; website cache: ital-3229.pdf plain text: ital-3229.txt item: #388 of 712 id: ital-3230 author: Sommer, Thomas title: UNLV Special Collections in the Twenty-First Century date: 2009 words: 1656 flesch: 50 summary: University of Nevada Las Vegas Special Collections has been working toward creating a visible archival space in the twenty-first century. Online tools incorporate Web 2.0 features as well as searchable interfaces to collections. The first point of discovery within the Special Collections website began with the virtual exhibits. keywords: collections; digital; figure; search; unlv cache: ital-3230.pdf plain text: ital-3230.txt item: #389 of 712 id: ital-3231 author: Starkweather, Wendy; Stowers, Eva title: Smartphones: A Potential Discovery Tool date: 2009 words: 1361 flesch: 40 summary: Wendy Starkweather and Eva Stowers write about the potential use of smartphones as a discovery tool for library users. The authors are enthusiastic users of Apple’s iPhone and developed a presentation highlighting its value in academic library setting. keywords: july; libraries; library; mobile; users cache: ital-3231.pdf plain text: ital-3231.txt item: #390 of 712 id: ital-3232 author: Griffis, Patrick title: Building Pathfinders with Free Screen Capture Tools date: 2009 words: 1594 flesch: 54 summary: Patrick Griffis outlines free screen capturing tools that can be used to build pathfinders for users. Free screen capture tools are becoming more intuitive to learn and use. One such tool is Jing (http://www.jingproject.com), which allows for short screencasts of five minutes or less to be created and uploaded to a remote server on Screencast.com. keywords: library; tools; unlv cache: ital-3232.pdf plain text: ital-3232.txt item: #391 of 712 id: ital-3233 author: Griffis, Patrick title: Enhancing OPAC Records for Discovery date: 2009 words: 1651 flesch: 45 summary: Patrick Griffis and Cyrus Ford propose adding keywords and descriptors to the catalog records of electronic databases and media items to enhance their discovery. They also discuss the advantages of using Encore’s Community Tag and Community Review features to allow subject liaisons to work directly in the catalog instead of the cataloging staff. keywords: liaisons; opac; records; subject cache: ital-3233.pdf plain text: ital-3233.txt item: #392 of 712 id: ital-3234 author: Pace, Andrew K. title: President's Message date: 2008 words: 892 flesch: 57 summary: The LITA board's main objective is to oversee the affairs of the division during the period between meetings. The board has not done an adequate job of engaging the membership between American Library Association (ALA) meetings. There are two solutions to the problem: merge all the committees into one and create a new committee to deal with the perceived problem. keywords: lita; membership; technology cache: ital-3234.pdf plain text: ital-3234.txt item: #393 of 712 id: ital-3235 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial date: 2008 words: 1794 flesch: 55 summary: Hurricane Ike is within 12 hours of making landfall in Texas. It is expected to hit the Houston and Galveston area. Hurricane Alicia devastated the region in 1983, killing 21 people and doing $2.6 billion in damage. Tropical Storm Allison devastated Houston in 2001, killing 23 people and causing $6.4 billion in losses. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the New Orleans public library. Donna H. left the University of Houston in 2006. keywords: disaster; library; planning; services cache: ital-3235.pdf plain text: ital-3235.txt item: #394 of 712 id: ital-3236 author: Hirst, Dona title: Editorial Board Thoughts date: 2008 words: 2017 flesch: 66 summary: The Iowa City flood of 2008 forced the evacuation of the main library, art library, and music library at the University of Iowa. The library's servers were relocated to the engineering building up the hill and the servers that run the Discovery search service were disconnected. The personal workstations of the administrative staff and the finance department were moved to the business library. keywords: flood; libraries; library; staff; university cache: ital-3236.pdf plain text: ital-3236.txt item: #395 of 712 id: ital-3237 author: Sease, Robin title: Metaphor’s Role in the Information Behavior of Humans Interacting with Computers date: 2008 words: 6645 flesch: 50 summary: Robin Sease explains the role of metaphors in human information behavior. Metaphors convey information, communicate abstrac-tions, and help us understand new concepts. The study of how people use metaphors is emerging in the subfield of human informa-tion organizing behavior. keywords: behavior; computer; human; information; interaction; interface; language; meaning; metaphors; new; science; system; user cache: ital-3237.pdf plain text: ital-3237.txt item: #396 of 712 id: ital-3238 author: Jeng, Judy title: Evaluation of the New Jersey Digital Highway date: 2008 words: 4757 flesch: 41 summary: The New Jersey Digital Highway (NJDH) is a digital library for New Jersey history and culture. It is a joint project by New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management, Rutgers University Libraries, New Jersey Historical Society, and the American Labor Museum. keywords: digital; heritage; information; jersey; libraries; library; new; njdh; respondents; study; usability; usefulness cache: ital-3238.pdf plain text: ital-3238.txt item: #397 of 712 id: ital-3239 author: Dalrymple, Tam title: “Just-in-Case” Answers: The Twenty-FirstCentury Vertical File date: 2008 words: 2375 flesch: 57 summary: This article discusses the use of OCLC’s QuestionPoint service for managing electronic publications and other items that fall outside the scope of OPAC and Web resources pages. The local knowledge base serves as both a col-lection development tool and as a virtual vertical file with records that are easy to enter. keywords: base; knowledge; library; oclc; questionpoint; staff cache: ital-3239.pdf plain text: ital-3239.txt item: #398 of 712 id: ital-3240 author: Brown-Sica, Margaret title: Playing Tag In the Dark: Diagnosing Slowness In Library Response Time date: 2008 words: 2972 flesch: 60 summary: Auraria Library in Denver has a slow response time when querying proprietary databases. Issues examined include vendor issues, proxy issues, library hardware, bandwidth and network traffic. Librarians often have to deal with this issue when helping students at the reference desk. keywords: bandwidth; library; network; proxy; response; server; time cache: ital-3240.pdf plain text: ital-3240.txt item: #399 of 712 id: ital-3241 author: Pace, Andrew K. title: President's Message date: 2008 words: 729 flesch: 66 summary: Andrew K. Pace is LITA President 2008/2009 and Executive Director, Networked Library Services at OCLC Inc. in Dublin, Ohio. This is Andrew's first ITAL column as president. Andrew has one year to address the membership and communicate goals and accomplishments of his tenure. He has ambitious agenda items for the division. keywords: lita; president cache: ital-3241.pdf plain text: ital-3241.txt item: #400 of 712 id: ital-3242 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial date: 2008 words: 1929 flesch: 64 summary: Michael Gorman made a generalization about "Blog People" in 2005. Marc Truitt is not interested in reopening the debate. He is interested in the implications of Gorman's remark about how we all deal with “complex texts” and the “sustained reading” of them. keywords: articles; carr; google; july; texts cache: ital-3242.pdf plain text: ital-3242.txt item: #401 of 712 id: ital-3243 author: Bejune, Matthew M. title: Editorial Board Thoughts date: 2008 words: 1646 flesch: 60 summary: The June issue of ITAL featured a column entitled Editorial Board Thoughts on the intersection of technology and libraries. Kyle Felker made a strong case for Gerald Zaltman’s book How Customers Think as a guide to doing user-centered design and assessment in the context of limited resources and uncertain user needs. Mireia Ribera Turró found a report documenting the current and future IT needs of the Hicks Undergraduate Library at Purdue University. In 1995 the library had seven public workstations running eight different databases and using six different search programs. Today the library has more than seventy computers distributed throughout the library and the Digital Learning Collaboratory. keywords: computers; libraries; library; software; year cache: ital-3243.pdf plain text: ital-3243.txt item: #402 of 712 id: ital-3244 author: Cyzyk, Mark title: From Our Readers: Virtues and Values in Digital Library Architecture date: 2008 words: 2898 flesch: 63 summary: Mark Cyzyk is a Web application architect. He pre-sent a slide at the 2007 Coalition for Networked Information conference in Washington, D.C. with a list of tips on open-source software development. He shares some of these tips with ITAL readers. keywords: application; documentation; library; number; systems; users cache: ital-3244.pdf plain text: ital-3244.txt item: #403 of 712 id: ital-3245 author: Morgan, Eric Lease title: MyLibrary: A Digital Library Framework and Toolkit date: 2008 words: 7485 flesch: 51 summary: Eric Lease Morgan describes a digital library framework and toolkit called MyLibrary. MyLibrary is designed to create relationships between information resources, patrons, librarians, and institutions. It is a set of object-oriented Perl modules intended to read and write to a relational database. It can be used to create and support digital library collections and services. keywords: combinations; content; database; facet; information; librarians; mylibrary; objects; people; resources; term; use cache: ital-3245.pdf plain text: ital-3245.txt item: #404 of 712 id: ital-3246 author: Turró, Mireia Ribera title: Are PDF Documents Accessible? date: 2008 words: 10580 flesch: 57 summary: Adobe PDF is one of the most widely used formats in scientific communications and in administrative docu-ments. In its latest versions it has incorporated structural tags and improvements that increase its level of accessi-bility. Many countries have adopted legislative measures concerning digital accessibility. Sun has introduced strict accessibility guidelines in its Java programming language and Microsoft has incorporated assistive technologies in its operating system. Adobe came out in favor of accessibility in the latest updates of its flagship format, PDF and its free Reader program. keywords: accessibility; content; criteria; documents; guideline; information; level; pdf; priority; provide; success; text; use; user; wcag; web cache: ital-3246.pdf plain text: ital-3246.txt item: #405 of 712 id: ital-3247 author: Feher, James; Sondag, Tyler title: Administering an Open-Source Wireless Network date: 2008 words: 4114 flesch: 47 summary: This tutorial presents enhancements to an open-source wireless network discussed in the June 2007 issue of ITAL. It also includes a monitoring script written for the wireless network. It is increasingly important to provide wireless Internet access for patrons, libraries and colleges. keywords: = >; access; network; script; status; wireless cache: ital-3247.pdf plain text: ital-3247.txt item: #406 of 712 id: ital-3248 author: Bland, Robert N.; Stoffan, Mark A. title: Returning Classification to the Catalog date: 2008 words: 2907 flesch: 45 summary: The Western North Carolina Library Network has developed a “classified browse” feature for its shared online catalog that makes use of Library of Congress classification. It is not expected to replace keyword search-ing but it offers novice and experienced library users another way of identifying materials. keywords: catalog; classification; library; online; subject cache: ital-3248.pdf plain text: ital-3248.txt item: #407 of 712 id: ital-3250 author: Beatty, Mark title: President's Message date: 2008 words: 728 flesch: 48 summary: Mark Beatty is LITA President and Trainer at Wisconsin Library Services, Madison. He has recently read three articles that had something similar to say with a different twist on the theme uppermost in his brain in the last year or two. keywords: libraries; library cache: ital-3250.pdf plain text: ital-3250.txt item: #408 of 712 id: ital-3251 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial date: 2008 words: 891 flesch: 47 summary: Marc Truitt is Associate Director of Bibliographic and Information Technology Services, University of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Editor of ITAL. Marc Truitt and Edito RiaL discuss the relationship between the catalog and librarians. keywords: catalog; ital; metadata cache: ital-3251.pdf plain text: ital-3251.txt item: #409 of 712 id: ital-3252 author: Felker, Kyl title: Editorial Board Thoughts date: 2008 words: 1492 flesch: 69 summary: There is an increasing emphasis on user-centeredness in the design and creation of library services. Most libraries are feeling a financial pinch. There is an increased interest in assessment. How do librarians know when they've built a successful service? keywords: context; library; marketing cache: ital-3252.pdf plain text: ital-3252.txt item: #410 of 712 id: ital-3253 author: Bowen, Jennifer title: Metadata to Support Next-Generation Library Resource Discovery: Lessons from the eXtensible Catalog, Phase 1 date: 2008 words: 11049 flesch: 42 summary: The eXtensible Catalog Project at the University of Rochester will design and develop a set of open-source applications to provide libraries with an alternative way to reveal their collections to library users. The goals and functional requirements developed for XC reveal generative needs for metadata to support a next-generation discovery system. keywords: august; development; discovery; future; generation; libraries; library; marc; metadata; project; rda; requirements; services; standards; system; user; web; xc project cache: ital-3253.pdf plain text: ital-3253.txt item: #411 of 712 id: ital-3254 author: Feldmann, Louise; Wess, Lindsey; Moothart, Tom title: An Assessment of Student Satisfaction with a Circulating Laptop Service date: 2008 words: 4223 flesch: 62 summary: Since May 2000, Colorado State University’s (CSU) Morgan Library has provided a laptop computer lending service. In five years the service had expanded from 20 to 172 laptops. The service was deemed a success but users complained about slow laptop startups, lost data, and lost wireless connections. keywords: computer; laptop; library; network; service; students; survey; university; users cache: ital-3254.pdf plain text: ital-3254.txt item: #412 of 712 id: ital-3255 author: Smith II, Plato title: Preparing Locally Encoded Electronic Finding Aid Inventories for Union Environments: A Publishing Model for Encoded Archival Description date: 2008 words: 3125 flesch: 46 summary: Plato L. Smith II is the author of the paper preparing an inFoRmation for Inventories for Union Environments: A Publishing Model for Encoded Archival Description. The paper will briefly discuss encoded archival descrip-tion (EAD) finding aids at Florida State University Libraries and the process involved in encoding them. keywords: aids; archival; collections; digital; ead; eads; finding; fsu; metadata; xml cache: ital-3255.pdf plain text: ital-3255.txt item: #413 of 712 id: ital-3256 author: Brenner, Michaela title: Discovering the Library with Google Earth date: 2008 words: 3308 flesch: 60 summary: Michaela Brenner and Peter Klein created a Google Earth discover tool for the Portland State University's digital collection of urban planning documents. They created eye-catching placemarks with links to parts of the collection and other pertinent materials like books, images and historical background. keywords: catalog; earth; figure; google; information; library; portland; project cache: ital-3256.pdf plain text: ital-3256.txt item: #414 of 712 id: ital-3257 author: Beatty, Mark title: President’s Message: Doing Something about Life’s Persistent Problems? date: 2008 words: 526 flesch: 68 summary: LITA members want more community from their association. Librarians want to create a new highly desired virtual community for their patrons. They have gate counts, circulation records, holds, and warm bodies in the building. A well-managed and -marketed library is in demand and appreciated. keywords: community; library cache: ital-3257.pdf plain text: ital-3257.txt item: #415 of 712 id: ital-3258 author: Truitt, Marc title: Editorial: Beginnings date: 2008 words: 1512 flesch: 56 summary: Marc Truitt is the new editor of ITAL. It's his first issue as editor and he's been thinking about the right theme and tone for his first column. He follows in the footsteps of a long line of editors of the journal. keywords: issue; ital; online; technology cache: ital-3258.pdf plain text: ital-3258.txt item: #416 of 712 id: ital-3259 author: Mi, Jia; Weng, Cathy title: Revitalizing the Library OPAC: Interface, Searching, and Display Challenges date: 2008 words: 11759 flesch: 55 summary: Internet search engines have become the preferred tool over the library online public access catalog (OPAC) for finding information. Academic libraries are losing ground to online search engines. More than half of U.S. residents used Google for their searches. keywords: author; boolean; data; display; elements; field; information; keyword; label; libraries; library; opac; record; results; search; subject; title; university; users cache: ital-3259.pdf plain text: ital-3259.txt item: #417 of 712 id: ital-3260 author: Dickey, Timothy J. title: FRBRization of a Library Catalog: Better Collocation of Records, Leading to Enhanced Search, Retrieval, and Display date: 2008 words: 7848 flesch: 45 summary: The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is a hierarchical system that defines families of biblio-graphic relationship between records and collocates them better than most existing bibliographic systems. The first benefits of a FRBR-based system would be felt in music libraries. keywords: catalog; cataloging; frbr; information; libraries; library; mar; music; new; records; relationships; search; set; technology; university; users; work cache: ital-3260.pdf plain text: ital-3260.txt item: #418 of 712 id: ital-3261 author: Haley, Connie K. title: Online Workplace Training in Libraries date: 2008 words: 5505 flesch: 57 summary: The study was designed to explore the relationship between preference for online training and traditional face-to-face training in the library context. The author used a bivariate test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test to examine the relationship. The study also included variables of race, gender, age, education, experience of library employees, training providers, training locations and institutional professional development policies. keywords: development; face; face training; learning; libraries; library; percent; preference; training; years cache: ital-3261.pdf plain text: ital-3261.txt item: #419 of 712 id: ital-3262 author: Wan, Gary (Gang); Liu, Zao title: Content-Based Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries date: 2008 words: 4656 flesch: 55 summary: This paper discusses the applications and importance of content-based information retrieval technology in digital libraries. It generalizes the process and ana-lyzes current examples in four areas of the technology. The advance of computer technology makes it possible to include a colossal amount of information in various formats in a digital library. How to retrieve and present multimedia information effectively through the interface of the digital library is a significant research topic. keywords: audio; content; digital; image; information; libraries; retrieval; search; system; user; video cache: ital-3262.pdf plain text: ital-3262.txt item: #420 of 712 id: ital-3263 author: Jeong, Wooseob title: Touchable Online Braille Generator date: 2008 words: 3472 flesch: 50 summary: A prototype of a touchable online Braille generator has been developed for the visually impaired or blind. It allows them to access information on the Web by touching out-put Braille displays with a force feedback mouse. The data collected from user studies has valuable information about the opti-mal conditions for the use of the prototype. keywords: acm; blind; braille; feedback; force; haptic; information; mouse; technology cache: ital-3263.pdf plain text: ital-3263.txt item: #421 of 712 id: ital-3265 author: Webb, John title: Editorial: Farewell and Thank You date: 2007 words: 1132 flesch: 66 summary: John Webb has been the editor of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) since December 2007. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the LITA membership and ITAL readership for the past three years. ITAL is double-blind refereed and published articles run a peer review gauntlet. keywords: editor; ital; lita cache: ital-3265.pdf plain text: ital-3265.txt item: #422 of 712 id: ital-3266 author: Kim, Yong-Mi; Ahronheim, Judy; Suzuka, Kara; King, Louis E.; Bruell, Dan; Miller, Ron; Johnson, Lynn title: Enterprise Digital Asset Management System Pilot: Lessons Learned date: 2007 words: 9823 flesch: 45 summary: Enterprise digital asset management (DAM) systems are being explored in higher education. This article describes the University of Michigan’s investigation of managing and retrieving rich media in an enterprise DAM system. It includes the background of the pilot project and descriptions of its infrastructure and metadata. keywords: assets; classroom; dam; dam system; digital; enterprise; faculty; feb; information; lab; living; management; media; metadata; pilot; research; system; university; use; u­m; video cache: ital-3266.pdf plain text: ital-3266.txt item: #423 of 712 id: ital-3267 author: Lankes, R. David; Silverstein, Joanne; Nicholson, Scott title: Participatory Networks: The Library As Conversation date: 2007 words: 13506 flesch: 53 summary: The technology brief is intended to familiarize decision-makers with the opportunities and challenges of participatory networks. The brief is divided into four sections. The summary highlights the discussions in each of the sections. For consistency, the section numbers are used. keywords: book; catalog; community; conversation; data; example; google; information; knowledge; libraries; library; need; networking; networks; new; participatory; point; resources; services; site; systems; technologies; technology; user; web cache: ital-3267.pdf plain text: ital-3267.txt item: #424 of 712 id: ital-3268 author: Jaeger, Paul T.; Fleischmann, Kenneth R. title: Public Libraries, Values, Trust, and E-Government date: 2007 words: 9022 flesch: 36 summary: As public libraries are becoming e-government access points relied on by patrons and government agencies, it is important for libraries to consider the implications of their roles. Public libraries have always been valued and trusted institutions within society, but they also play a critical role by offering free public Internet access. keywords: access; communities; e­government; e­government access; help; information; internet; internet access; jaeger; libraries; library; public; role; services; social; support; technology; trust; values cache: ital-3268.pdf plain text: ital-3268.txt item: #425 of 712 id: ital-3269 author: HAN, Yan; Rawan, Atifa title: Afghanistan Digital Library Initiative: Revitalizing an Integrated Library System date: 2007 words: 2183 flesch: 53 summary: Yan Han and Atifa Rawan describe an initiative of building an integrated library system for Afghanistan uni-versities and colleges based on open-source software. The last quarter of a century has been devastating for Afghanistan. Kabul University was largely demolished by 1994 and completely closed down in 1998. Afghanistan needs trained faculty, teachers, librarians, and staff. keywords: afghanistan; digital; ils; libraries; library; open; university cache: ital-3269.pdf plain text: ital-3269.txt item: #426 of 712 id: ital-3270 author: Beatty, Mark title: President's Column date: 2007 words: 731 flesch: 68 summary: LITA's new president hopes to stimulate some thinking and conversation and create real opportunities to implement ideas from the 2007 Midwinter LITA Town Meeting. She comes from a consortia envi­ronment and an extremely flat organization. She is a trainer and a technology pusher. keywords: lita; president cache: ital-3270.pdf plain text: ital-3270.txt item: #427 of 712 id: ital-3271 author: Katz, Irvin R. title: Testing Information Literacy in Digital Environments: ETS's iSkills Assessment date: 2007 words: 5844 flesch: 39 summary: The paper describes the development and administration of ETS’s iSkills assessment, an Internet-based assessment of information literacy skills that arise in the context of technology. The library community has been involved in the design, develop-ment, review, field trials, and administration from the earliest stages to the present. keywords: assessment; core; ict; ict literacy; information; level; literacy; performance; skills; students; tasks; technology; test cache: ital-3271.pdf plain text: ital-3271.txt item: #428 of 712 id: ital-3272 author: Spiteri, Louise F. title: The Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library Catalog date: 2007 words: 9263 flesch: 56 summary: This article examines the linguistic structure of folk-sonomy tags collected over a thirty-day period from the daily tag logs of Delicio.us, Furl and Technorati. The results indicate that the tags correspond closely to the N ISO guidelines for the con-struction of controlled vocabularies. keywords: delicious; example; folksonomies; folksonomy; form; furl; guidelines; niso; nouns; percent; sites; tags; technorati; terms; use cache: ital-3272.pdf plain text: ital-3272.txt item: #429 of 712 id: ital-3273 author: Bejune, Matthew title: Wikis in Libraries date: 2007 words: 6954 flesch: 47 summary: Wikis have recently been adopted to support a variety of collaborative activities within libraries. The author identified thirty-three library wikis and developed a classification scheme with four categories: Collaboration among libraries (45.7 percent), collabo-ration among library staff and patrons (31.4 percent), collabora-tion among staff and patron (14.3 percent), and collaboration among patrons (8.6 percent). Examples of library Wikis are presented within the article. keywords: author; collaboration; cscw; discussion; examples; figure; information; libraries; library; list; patrons; percent; staff; technology; university; wiki; work cache: ital-3273.pdf plain text: ital-3273.txt item: #430 of 712 id: ital-3274 author: Lacasta, Javier; Nogueras-Iso, Javier; López-Pellicer, Francisco Javier; Muro-Medrano, Pedro Rafail; Zarazaga-Soria, Francisco Javier title: ThManager: An Open Source Tool for Creating and Visualizing SKOS date: 2007 words: 10285 flesch: 53 summary: Knowledge organization systems are used in digital libraries to improve data sharing and information retrieval. Simple knowledge orga-nization systems (SKOS) seem to be the most promising representation for the type of knowledge models used in the digital libraries, but there is a lack of tools that are able to manage it properly. This work presents a tool that fills this gap, facilitating their use in different environments. keywords: concepts; core; figure; information; iso; list; map; metadata; model; rdf; relations; skos; thesauri; thesaurus; thmanager; time; tool; types; use cache: ital-3274.pdf plain text: ital-3274.txt item: #431 of 712 id: ital-3275 author: Postlethwaite, Bonnie title: President's Column date: 2007 words: 847 flesch: 60 summary: The LITA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle was highly charged with positive energy and excitement. There were a lot of new members and new opportunities for networking. The election podcasts were approved at the Annual Conference in New Orleans. The new members have new input into the voting decision-making. keywords: lita; members; president cache: ital-3275.pdf plain text: ital-3275.txt item: #432 of 712 id: ital-3276 author: Webb, John title: Editorial: The Virtues of Deliberation date: 2007 words: 924 flesch: 57 summary: As ITAL edi­tor, I reflect on the many LITA members who haven't submitted articles for possible publication in the ITAL journal. Librarians are as individuals almost always polite in their professional discourse. ITAL is a technology journal, and members and readers should not be offended if its articles discuss technical terminology. keywords: ital; technology cache: ital-3276.pdf plain text: ital-3276.txt item: #433 of 712 id: ital-3277 author: Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Rodriguez, Miranda title: Public Libraries and Internet Access across the United States: A Comparison by State 2004–2006 date: 2007 words: 8556 flesch: 57 summary: This paper examines trends in Internet and public computing access in public libraries across the U.S. from 2004 to 2006. The authors offer insights into the net-work-based content and services that public libraries pro-vide. 98.9% of public library branches are connected to the Internet and 98.4% offer public Internet access. Public libraries are also facing increased pressure on their Internet and computing access. keywords: access; information; internet; internet access; libraries; library; percent; public; states; table; workstations cache: ital-3277.pdf plain text: ital-3277.txt item: #434 of 712 id: ital-3278 author: Thornburg, Gail; Oskins, W. Michael title: Misinformation and Bias in Metadata Processing: Matching in Large Databases date: 2007 words: 8254 flesch: 56 summary: This article was submitted in honor of the anniversary of LITA and ITAL. The focus is databases for bibliographic utilities, but other related database concerns will be discussed. The discussion focuses on OCLC’s Extended WorldCat database, which contains over 70 million records. keywords: bias; cataloging; database; errors; i1=; i2=; incoming; information; libraries; library; matching; metadata; oclc; problems; publisher; quality; records; sa>