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Maria R. Ebling – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
Objectives: Faculty new to teaching operating systems or those looking to refresh their course need to understand the state of the art in operating system education. Toward this goal, we conducted a survey of operating system instructors to understand how they approach teaching the course and what textbook and software platforms they use in their…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Information Technology
Hofmann, Melissa A.; Yang, Sharon Q. – Computers in Libraries, 2011
As a concept, the next-generation catalog (NGC) is not new to librarians, who have been wishing for better OPAC interfaces for their integrated library systems (ILSs). The NGC has been the focus of discussion for more than 5 years now, from the 2006 report of the implementation of Endeca at North Carolina State University, to Marshall Breeding's…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Library Automation, Computer System Design, Computer Software Evaluation
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Kasperek, Sheila; Dorney, Erin; Williams, Beth; O'Brien, Michael – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Academic library home pages are not only access points to the resources and services of a library, they are virtual representations of the library itself. The content placed on the page, where it is placed, and the amount of space allotted are all choices that send a message about the character of the library, the resources a user should start…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Academic Libraries, Content Analysis, Institutional Advancement
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Becher, Melissa; Schmidt, Kari – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Researchers at American University investigated user preferences for discovery layer features, interface design, and content. They tested local implementations of WorldCat Local and Aquabrowser by conducting a group test with eighteen students and individual tests with ten students. Students searched a given question and a topic of their choosing…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Group Testing, Web Browsers, Computer Software Evaluation