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Direct linkAdebowale Jeremy Adetayo; Elizabeth Bukunola Lateef; Rhoda Temitope Oyebola; Folashade Munirat Lawal – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2025
This study aimed to investigate the challenges faced by working students in patronizing library services in Nigeria and to propose tailored solutions to enhance their patronage. A descriptive survey research design was used to collect data from 110 working undergraduate students, which was then analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Services, Use Studies, Barriers
Asif, Muhammad; Krogstie, John – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: A mobile student information system (MSIS) based on mobile computing and context-aware application concepts can provide more user-centric information services to students. The purpose of this paper is to describe a system for providing relevant information to students on a mobile platform. Design/methodology/approach: The research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Handheld Devices, Information Systems
Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information Computer System; A Survey of User Evaluation.
Sage, C. R.; Anderson, R. R. – 1968
An evaluation of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information - Computer System based on 40 production runs from February 1965 through February 1966 was made by 31 scientist users. Users' comments about the system were correlated with results of a statistical study for the period. It was shown that users were more satisfied with the…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation, Information Dissemination, Information Systems
Anderson, R. R.; And Others – 1968
The SDI system now operational at the Institute for Atomic Research, Iowa State University, is implemented with the concept of feedback. The profile user is notified of a document which may be of interest to him and indicates his response to this document on the response card accompanying the notification. The profile words carry individual…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation, Feedback, Information Dissemination
Sage, C. R. – 1968
A resume of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Computer System is presented. The results of three types of evaluation studies made of the Ames Laboratory SDI systems are discussed which include: evaluation of model studies utilizing restricted document and user sample sizes; statistical evaluation of production runs…
Descriptors: Computers, Documentation, Evaluation, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedCole, Elliot – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981
Examines the assumptions which underlie the design of SDI systems with respect to context of use, activities supported by SDI, and characteristics which make documents useful. Relates these assumptions to the failure of SDI to gain widespread acceptance among scientific information users. A 43-item reference list is included. (JL)
Descriptors: Design, Failure, Information Retrieval, Information Services
PDF pending restorationHall, Angela M. – 1972
The reactions of users to each of the INSPEC services are being sought as part of the normal development of these services and through a series of user studies. It was the aim of this study to assess the respective roles of individual profile selective dissemination of information (SDI), standard profile SDI, current-awareness publications and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Services, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedPryor, Harold E. – Special Libraries, 1975
NASA interviewed users of its scientific and technical information system in order to assess the usefulness of the present system and to find ways to make it more effective. Emphasis was on announcement and current awareness services, the publication program, and the interactive retrieval system. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
George, Ray L. – 1971
User needs studies often present figures indicating that documentation services systems which rely on the mails are inherently incapable of effectively supporting more than half of all research and development tasks. In addition to investigating faster ways of transmitting information, DDC has also been developing and testing systems based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Documentation, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
Download full textScheffler, F. L.; March, J. F. – 1971
The Aerospace Materials Information Center (AMIC) Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program was evaluated by an interview technique after one year of operation. The data base for the SDI consists of the periodic document index records input to the AMIC system. The users are 63 engineers, scientists, and technical administrators at the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Services
Peer reviewedGunter, Phil; Brady, Michael P. – Education, 1984
Reviews literature concerning underutilization of educational research by practitioners and pros and cons of condensed and synthesized research reports. Proposes a method for research dissemination based on direct mailing of synthesized reports to teachers in response to their requests for specific information. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Utilization
Clague, P. – 1971
The performance, economics and acceptability to users of the INSPEC SDI system were investigated in this study. The effect that provision of an SDI service might have on the information-use habits of users was also studied. The sample group of users consisted of 600 individuals of whom 540 were drawn equally from: universities and colleges,…
Descriptors: Economics, Electronics, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Clague, P. – 1971
Volume II of this five volume investigation of the INSPEC SDI system contains discussions of the following topics: (1) Composition of user and control groups and the information use habits of users and controls, (2) thesaurus development and document indexing, (3) problems of printing notification cards and assessing numbers required for each…
Descriptors: Economics, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Dissemination
Clague, P. – 1971
The third volume of this five volume study of the INSPEC SDI system contains: Recall performance of SDI profiles; Assessment of the Recall performance of the SDI system in relation to particularly valuable articles; Subjective assessment of the SDI system Recall performance; Relation between Precision performance of the system and document…
Descriptors: Economics, Electronics, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Clague, P. – 1971
Volume IV of this five volume study of the INSPEC SDI system consists of the following appendices to the study: A proposal to investigate the selective dissemination of information; Covering letter to questionnaire; Questionnaire: survey of information use; Chasing letter; Letter of invitation to participate; Chasing letter; Statement of…
Descriptors: Economics, Electronics, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
