Purpose： This paper presents an innovative program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library which aims to help engineering students to make use of mobile devices to improve their learning efficiency. Design/methodolo...Purpose： This paper presents an innovative program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library which aims to help engineering students to make use of mobile devices to improve their learning efficiency. Design/methodology/approach： Information literacy training and course learning resources were integrated into students＇ learning process. Surveys on students＇ learning with the touch pads were conducted to help evaluate the program＇s effectiveness. Findings： Our practice showed that collaboration of library staff with faculty members is an effective way to integrate information literacy education and course-specific library resources into students＇ learning with mobile devices, which has greatly improved the efficiency of students＇ learning. Research limitations： First, our literacy training still focused on the use of mobile devices in information access, but not on how to evaluate and manage their information resources with mobile devices. Second, subject librarians need to shift their role from information service providers into information resource instructors while developing the partnership with faculty members and teaching assistants. Practical implications： This paper provides learning efficiency of university students with touch pads conveniently. a new insight into the way of how to enhance such new technical devices as smartphones and Originality/value： Our practice can be used as a valuable guide for libraries that plan to leverage mobile technologies to enhance students＇ learning efficiency.展开更多
Purpose: To meet the changing needs of academic and specialized users,university and research libraries are transforming their collections,staff,and services. At the UCLA Library,four principles underlie changes that ...Purpose: To meet the changing needs of academic and specialized users,university and research libraries are transforming their collections,staff,and services. At the UCLA Library,four principles underlie changes that have been made to support teaching,learning,and research by UCLA students,faculty,researchers,and staff. Efforts have focused on building and enhancing research collections,enriching the student experience through expanded teaching and learning services,transforming the Library's role to support the entire research process,and re-conceptualizing the physical and virtual spaces of the Library to create an expansive and flexible scholarly environment. To support and inform these efforts,the Library is building a robust research agenda and deepening opportunities for faculty engagement.These changes challenge the traditional model of library staffing,and the Library has responded by identifying new areas in which leadership is needed and new recruitment tracks for academic appointments. Implementing such a transformative process has many stakeholders and requires broad input,discussion,and committed engagement to ensure its success.Design/methodology/approach: The UCLA Library has developed its strategic planning process over several years building on broad constituent input,unit and individual work plans,and constituent feedback. The process is high level as well as operational in nature and draws on basic metrics to motivate change.Findings: The four principles of the transition have been sustained over a period of years.Implications and limitations: This article is the personal observation of the author drawing on his own leadership experience and informed by the senior management and staff of the UCLA Library.Originality/value: The process and direction of this transition are focused on the UCLA Library and its role in the UCLA academy.展开更多
Learning challenges are more common in the 21 st century than many people believe; however, there are more efficient and better methods to develop academic learning skills for students. Identifying learning problems c...Learning challenges are more common in the 21 st century than many people believe; however, there are more efficient and better methods to develop academic learning skills for students. Identifying learning problems can help both students and lecturers to apply specific learning techniques and work together to be more productive in the process of teaching and learning. This study investigates the collaboration of science foundation lecturers in addressing the students＇ academic performance and challenges in their foundation modules at the University of Venda. The study is also aimed at finding out whether students can be able to apply their information technology （IT） skills in other modules and they make use of group work in projects into different foundation modules to enhance performance and develop academic learning skills. In this study, students were given projects in their respective modules （Foundation Biology and Foundation IT） and it was required to them to make use of their IT skills during the research report and also during the presentation of their project. These projects were done in groups wherein students undertook some mini researches. Their findings were then reported in writing and presentations were held. The Foundation English lecturer helped in assessing the use of the academic language used in writing and during oral presentations. The findings from these projects were that students＇ academic performance and skills improved and their specific knowledge in those modules also improved radically. It was found that group work plays a very imperative role in enhancing the students＇ performance and collaboration in various foundation modules.展开更多
This study explores the influencing factors of user interactive learning behavior in academic library information commons,by extending the original Technology Acceptance Model.The hypothesized relationships were teste...This study explores the influencing factors of user interactive learning behavior in academic library information commons,by extending the original Technology Acceptance Model.The hypothesized relationships were tested via structural equation modeling,combining the specific context of academic library information commons.The results show that:a) Perceived usefulness,perceived ease of use,and perceived encouragement are the direct influencing factors;b) Perceived ease of use and perceived encouragement can directly affect perceived usefulness;c) User characteristic,social identity,service content affect user interactive learning behavior via perceived encouragement and perceived ease of use;d) Service ability can affect user interactive learning behavior via perceived encouragement.展开更多
Purpose:Based on real-world academic data,this study aims to use network embedding technology to mining academic relationships,and investigate the effectiveness of the proposed embedding model on academic collaborator...Purpose:Based on real-world academic data,this study aims to use network embedding technology to mining academic relationships,and investigate the effectiveness of the proposed embedding model on academic collaborator recommendation tasks.Design/methodology/approach:We propose an academic collaborator recommendation model based on attributed network embedding(ACR-ANE),which can get enhanced scholar embedding and take full advantage of the topological structure of the network and multi-type scholar attributes.The non-local neighbors for scholars are defined to capture strong relationships among scholars.A deep auto-encoder is adopted to encode the academic collaboration network structure and scholar attributes into a low-dimensional representation space.Findings:1.The proposed non-local neighbors can better describe the relationships among scholars in the real world than the first-order neighbors.2.It is important to consider the structure of the academic collaboration network and scholar attributes when recommending collaborators for scholars simultaneously.Research limitations:The designed method works for static networks,without taking account of the network dynamics.Practical implications:The designed model is embedded in academic collaboration network structure and scholarly attributes,which can be used to help scholars recommend potential collaborators.Originality/value:Experiments on two real-world scholarly datasets,Aminer and APS,show that our proposed method performs better than other baselines.展开更多
Facing competition from Web-based information service development, academic librarians need to find ways to attract more users to the physical library buildings. This study investigated user needs and library manageme...Facing competition from Web-based information service development, academic librarians need to find ways to attract more users to the physical library buildings. This study investigated user needs and library management concerns for a 24/7 service through two surveys: 1) User feedback survey at Seton Hall University Library, and 2) Survey of Academic Library Deans and Directors in the USA. Based on these two surveys, the paper not only discussed the current status of libraries open 24/7 in the USA and showed the demographics of users of the 24/7 service at Seton Hall University, it also stated reasons to use the 24/7 service. In addition, the paper revealed library management concerns of the24/7 service. Three implications, which have been guided by Scott Bennett's theory of learning commons for planning library space, were drawn from the findings in this paper.展开更多
基金supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
文摘Purpose： This paper presents an innovative program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library which aims to help engineering students to make use of mobile devices to improve their learning efficiency. Design/methodology/approach： Information literacy training and course learning resources were integrated into students＇ learning process. Surveys on students＇ learning with the touch pads were conducted to help evaluate the program＇s effectiveness. Findings： Our practice showed that collaboration of library staff with faculty members is an effective way to integrate information literacy education and course-specific library resources into students＇ learning with mobile devices, which has greatly improved the efficiency of students＇ learning. Research limitations： First, our literacy training still focused on the use of mobile devices in information access, but not on how to evaluate and manage their information resources with mobile devices. Second, subject librarians need to shift their role from information service providers into information resource instructors while developing the partnership with faculty members and teaching assistants. Practical implications： This paper provides learning efficiency of university students with touch pads conveniently. a new insight into the way of how to enhance such new technical devices as smartphones and Originality/value： Our practice can be used as a valuable guide for libraries that plan to leverage mobile technologies to enhance students＇ learning efficiency.
文摘Purpose: To meet the changing needs of academic and specialized users,university and research libraries are transforming their collections,staff,and services. At the UCLA Library,four principles underlie changes that have been made to support teaching,learning,and research by UCLA students,faculty,researchers,and staff. Efforts have focused on building and enhancing research collections,enriching the student experience through expanded teaching and learning services,transforming the Library's role to support the entire research process,and re-conceptualizing the physical and virtual spaces of the Library to create an expansive and flexible scholarly environment. To support and inform these efforts,the Library is building a robust research agenda and deepening opportunities for faculty engagement.These changes challenge the traditional model of library staffing,and the Library has responded by identifying new areas in which leadership is needed and new recruitment tracks for academic appointments. Implementing such a transformative process has many stakeholders and requires broad input,discussion,and committed engagement to ensure its success.Design/methodology/approach: The UCLA Library has developed its strategic planning process over several years building on broad constituent input,unit and individual work plans,and constituent feedback. The process is high level as well as operational in nature and draws on basic metrics to motivate change.Findings: The four principles of the transition have been sustained over a period of years.Implications and limitations: This article is the personal observation of the author drawing on his own leadership experience and informed by the senior management and staff of the UCLA Library.Originality/value: The process and direction of this transition are focused on the UCLA Library and its role in the UCLA academy.
文摘Learning challenges are more common in the 21 st century than many people believe; however, there are more efficient and better methods to develop academic learning skills for students. Identifying learning problems can help both students and lecturers to apply specific learning techniques and work together to be more productive in the process of teaching and learning. This study investigates the collaboration of science foundation lecturers in addressing the students＇ academic performance and challenges in their foundation modules at the University of Venda. The study is also aimed at finding out whether students can be able to apply their information technology （IT） skills in other modules and they make use of group work in projects into different foundation modules to enhance performance and develop academic learning skills. In this study, students were given projects in their respective modules （Foundation Biology and Foundation IT） and it was required to them to make use of their IT skills during the research report and also during the presentation of their project. These projects were done in groups wherein students undertook some mini researches. Their findings were then reported in writing and presentations were held. The Foundation English lecturer helped in assessing the use of the academic language used in writing and during oral presentations. The findings from these projects were that students＇ academic performance and skills improved and their specific knowledge in those modules also improved radically. It was found that group work plays a very imperative role in enhancing the students＇ performance and collaboration in various foundation modules.
基金an outcome of the project "Knowledge aggregation and service organization of digital library community"(No.71273197) supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘This study explores the influencing factors of user interactive learning behavior in academic library information commons,by extending the original Technology Acceptance Model.The hypothesized relationships were tested via structural equation modeling,combining the specific context of academic library information commons.The results show that:a) Perceived usefulness,perceived ease of use,and perceived encouragement are the direct influencing factors;b) Perceived ease of use and perceived encouragement can directly affect perceived usefulness;c) User characteristic,social identity,service content affect user interactive learning behavior via perceived encouragement and perceived ease of use;d) Service ability can affect user interactive learning behavior via perceived encouragement.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61603310)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.XDJK2018B019).
文摘Purpose:Based on real-world academic data,this study aims to use network embedding technology to mining academic relationships,and investigate the effectiveness of the proposed embedding model on academic collaborator recommendation tasks.Design/methodology/approach:We propose an academic collaborator recommendation model based on attributed network embedding(ACR-ANE),which can get enhanced scholar embedding and take full advantage of the topological structure of the network and multi-type scholar attributes.The non-local neighbors for scholars are defined to capture strong relationships among scholars.A deep auto-encoder is adopted to encode the academic collaboration network structure and scholar attributes into a low-dimensional representation space.Findings:1.The proposed non-local neighbors can better describe the relationships among scholars in the real world than the first-order neighbors.2.It is important to consider the structure of the academic collaboration network and scholar attributes when recommending collaborators for scholars simultaneously.Research limitations:The designed method works for static networks,without taking account of the network dynamics.Practical implications:The designed model is embedded in academic collaboration network structure and scholarly attributes,which can be used to help scholars recommend potential collaborators.Originality/value:Experiments on two real-world scholarly datasets,Aminer and APS,show that our proposed method performs better than other baselines.
文摘Facing competition from Web-based information service development, academic librarians need to find ways to attract more users to the physical library buildings. This study investigated user needs and library management concerns for a 24/7 service through two surveys: 1) User feedback survey at Seton Hall University Library, and 2) Survey of Academic Library Deans and Directors in the USA. Based on these two surveys, the paper not only discussed the current status of libraries open 24/7 in the USA and showed the demographics of users of the 24/7 service at Seton Hall University, it also stated reasons to use the 24/7 service. In addition, the paper revealed library management concerns of the24/7 service. Three implications, which have been guided by Scott Bennett's theory of learning commons for planning library space, were drawn from the findings in this paper.
