 |
 |
The link to Marielle Veve's article, "Using the Harvesting Method to Submit ETDs into ProQuest: A Case Study of a Lesser-Known Approach," in my original email pointed to a different article in the same issue. The correct link is https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12197 (updated below). Ken On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 11:51 AM Ken Varnum <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The September 2020 issue > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/issue/view/1119> of Information > Technology and Libraries (ITAL) was published on September 21. LITA > President Evviva Weinraub Lajoie writes about the change from LITA to Core > in her LITA President’s Message, In the Middle of Difficulty Lies > Opportunity <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12687>. > Our September “Editorial Board Thoughts” column, What More Can We Do to > Address Broadband Inequity and Digital Poverty? > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12319>, by > editorial board member Lori Ayre, reflects on ways that libraries of all > kinds can help improve network connectivity for our communities. > > We have two columns in our “Public Libraries Leading the Way” section: > Mary Howard of the St. Clair (Michigan) Public Library writes about Harnessing > the Power of OrCam > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12637> to provide > assistive technology for reading. Laura Denton of the Denton (Texas) Public > Library and Ana Krahmer (University of North Texas Libraries) write about a > public-academic partnership to seek grant funding and digitize the city > newspaper’s backfile in A Collaborative Approach to Newspaper Preservation > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12593>. > Peer-reviewed Content > > Applying Gamification to the Library Orientation: A Study of Interactive > User Experience and Engagement Preferences > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12209> > > Karen Nourse Reed and A. Miller > > By providing an overview of library services as well as the building > layout, the library orientation can help newcomers make optimal use of the > library. The benefits of this outreach can be curtailed, however, by the > significant staffing required to offer in-person tours. One academic > library overcame this issue by turning to user experience research and > gamification to provide an individualized online library orientation for > four specific user groups: undergraduate students, graduate students, > faculty, and community members. The library surveyed 167 users to > investigate preferences regarding orientation format, as well as likelihood > of future library use as a result of the gamified orientation format. > Results demonstrated a preference for the gamified experience among > undergraduate students as compared to other surveyed groups. > > > Evaluating the Impact of the Long-S upon 18th-Century Encyclopedia > Britannica Automatic Subject Metadata Generation Results > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12235> (this paper > was the winner 2020 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award) > > Sam Grabus > > This research compares automatic subject metadata generation when the > pre-1800s Long-S character is corrected to a standard < s >. The test > environment includes entries from the third edition of the Encyclopedia > Britannica, and the HIVE automatic subject indexing tool. A comparative > study of metadata generated before and after correction of the Long-S > demonstrated an average of 26.51 percent potentially relevant terms per > entry omitted from results if the Long-S is not corrected. Results confirm > that correcting the Long-S increases the availability of terms that can be > used for creating quality metadata records. A relationship is also > demonstrated between shorter entries and an increase in omitted terms when > the Long-S is not corrected. > > > Making Disciplinary Research Audible: The Academic Library as Podcaster > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12191> > > Drew Smith, Meghan L. Cook, and Matt Torrence > > Academic libraries have long consulted with faculty and graduate students > on ways to measure the impact of their published research, which now > include altmetrics. Podcasting is becoming a more viable method of > publicizing academic research to a broad audience. Because individual > academic departments may lack the ability to produce podcasts, the library > can serve as the most appropriate academic unit to undertake podcast > production on behalf of researchers. The article identifies what library > staff and equipment are required, describes the process needed to produce > and market the published episodes, and offers preliminary assessments of > the podcast impact. > > Likes, Comments, Views: A Content Analysis of Academic Library Instagram > Posts <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12211> > > Jylisa Doney, Olivia Wikle, and Jessica Martinez > > This article presents a content analysis of academic library Instagram > accounts at eleven land-grant universities. Previous research has examined > personal, corporate, and university use of Instagram, but fewer studies > have used this methodology to examine how academic libraries share content > on this platform and the engagement generated by different categories of > posts. Findings indicate that showcasing posts (highlighting library or > campus resources) accounted for more than 50 percent of posts shared, while > a much smaller percentage of posts reflected humanizing content > (emphasizing warmth or humor) or crowdsourcing content (encouraging user > feedback). Crowdsourcing posts generated the most likes on average, > followed closely by orienting posts (situating the library within the > campus community), while a larger proportion of crowdsourcing posts, > compared to other post categories, included comments. The results of this > study indicate that libraries should seek to create Instagram posts that > include various types of content while also ensuring that the content > shared reflects their unique campus contexts. By sharing a framework for > analyzing library Instagram content, this article will provide libraries > with the tools they need to more effectively identify the types of content > their users respond to and enjoy as well as make their social media > marketing on Instagram more impactful. > > Analytics and Privacy: Using Matomo in EBSCO’s Discovery Service > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12219> > > Denise FitzGerald Quintel and Robert Wilson > > When selecting a web analytics tool, academic libraries have traditionally > turned to Google Analytics for data collection to gain insights into the > usage of their web properties. As the valuable field of data analytics > continues to grow, concerns about user privacy rise as well, especially > when discussing a technology giant like Google. In this article, the > authors explore the feasibility of using Matomo, a free and open-source > software application, for web analytics in their library’s discovery layer. > Matomo is a web analytics platform designed around user-privacy assurances. > This article details the installation process, makes comparisons between > Matomo and Google Analytics, and describes how an open-source analytics > platform works within a library-specific application, EBSCO’s Discovery > Service. > > Integrated Technologies of Blockchain and Biometrics Based on Wireless > Sensor Network for Library Management > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/11883> > > Meng-Hsuan Fu > > The Internet of Things (IoT) is built on a strong internet infrastructure > and many wireless sensor devices. Presently, Radio Frequency Identification > embedded (RFID-embedded) smart cards are ubiquitous, used for many things > including student ID cards, transportation cards, bank cards, prepaid > cards, and citizenship cards. One example of places that require smart > cards is libraries. Each library, such as a university library, city > library, local library, or community library, has its own card and the user > must bring the appropriate card to enter a library and borrow material. > However, it is inconvenient to bring various cards to access different > libraries. Wireless infrastructure has been well developed and IoT devices > are connected through this infrastructure. Moreover, the development of > biometric identification technologies has continued to advance. Blockchain > methodologies have been successfully adopted in various fields. This paper > proposes the BlockMetrics library based on integrated technologies using > blockchain and finger-vein biometrics, which are adopted into a library > collection management and access control system. The library collection is > managed by image recognition, RFID, and wireless sensor technologies. In > addition, a biometric system is connected to a library collection control > system, enabling the borrowing procedure to consist of only two steps. > First, the user adopts a biometric recognition device for user > authentication and then performs a collection scan with the RFID devices. > All the records are recorded in a personal borrowing blockchain, which is a > peer-to-peer transfer system and permanent data storage. In addition, the > user can check the status of his collection across various libraries in his > personal borrowing blockchain. The BlockMetrics library is based on an > integration of technologies that include blockchain, biometrics, and > wireless sensor technologies to improve the smart library. > > Using the Harvesting Method to Submit ETDs into ProQuest: A Case Study of > a Lesser-Known Approach > <https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12197> > > Marielle Veve > > The following case study describes an academic library’s recent experience > implementing the harvesting method to submit electronic theses and > dissertations (ETDs) into the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global > database (PQDT). In this lesser-known approach, ETDs are deposited first in > the institutional repository (IR), where they get processed, to be later > harvested for free by ProQuest through the IR’s Open Archives Initiative > (OAI) feed. The method provides a series of advantages over some of the > alternative methods, including students’ choice to opt-in or out from > ProQuest, better control over the embargo restrictions, and more > customization power without having to rely on overly complicated workflows. > Institutions interested in adopting a simple, automated, post-IR method to > submit ETDs into ProQuest, while keeping the local workflow, should benefit > from this method. > > Sincerely, > > Ken Varnum, Editor > *Information Technology and Libraries <http://italjournal.org/>* > >