Digital Libraries and Digitisation: An Overview and Critique

Rikowski, Ruth

doi:10.2304/pfie.2008.6.1.5

“…In addition, finding relevant information in physical books can be timeconsuming. DLs, on the other hand, have integrated and advanced search capabilities (Rikowski, 2008). Many DLs use a similar retrieval method, such as the popular search engines -Google, Bing, and Yahoo (Astria Learning, 2021).…”

Section: Search and Retrieval Easementioning

confidence: 99%

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Introducing Digital Libraries (DLs) has contributed to developing the Library and Information Science field. As growth is inevitable, in 1945, Vannevar Bush saw and predicted technology development, including the introduction and growth of DLs. The scope of the paper is to introduce the concept of DLs, explore the current status quo of DLs, and identify the developing opportunities through a comprehensive literature assessment, discussion, and analysis.

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“…In addition, finding relevant information in physical books can be timeconsuming. DLs, on the other hand, have integrated and advanced search capabilities (Rikowski, 2008). Many DLs use a similar retrieval method, such as the popular search engines -Google, Bing, and Yahoo (Astria Learning, 2021).…”

Section: Search and Retrieval Easementioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Libraries: A Frontier in Library and Information Science as speculated by Vannevar Bush in 1945

Dzangare¹

2023

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Introducing Digital Libraries (DLs) has contributed to developing the Library and Information Science field. As growth is inevitable, in 1945, Vannevar Bush saw and predicted technology development, including the introduction and growth of DLs. The scope of the paper is to introduce the concept of DLs, explore the current status quo of DLs, and identify the developing opportunities through a comprehensive literature assessment, discussion, and analysis.

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“…'Death by PowerPoint' (Urban Dictionary 2019). In postdigital HE, distance learning no longer relies solely on the mail but is delivered online, and entire libraries of text books and academic journals are undergoing digitisation so that eventually all human knowledge will be available digitally (Rikowski 2008).…”

Section: Technology-enhanced Learning and Teachingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Questioning the Impact of Teaching Fellowships on Excellent Teachers

Warnes

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2020

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This paper contains the results of a study into the assumed relationship between teaching fellowships and excellent teaching. Twenty-six recipients of National Teaching Fellowships and University Teaching Fellowships, both awarded for demonstrating teaching excellence, were interviewed to determine the nature and extent of the impact of receiving an award on them, their managers, their colleagues, and their students. Fellows reported that the most significant impact was 'affirmation': an acknowledgement that their work was excellent, giving them 'permission' to continue. Noting how awards are retrospective, Fellows did not change their practice after receiving their Fellowship as they were already excellent. Most Fellows noted that within a year the Fellowship was reduced to post-nominal letters. Although the impact on Fellows' managers was occasionally positive, some managers were uninterested. Many managers used fellowships for improving the profile of the university through institutional statistics, as a form of Corporate Excellence. While some Fellows' colleagues were warm, supportive, and collegiate, others engaged in bullying behaviour. Students were mainly unaware of excellent teaching awards. Fellows were reluctant to engage in selfpromotion of their Fellowship, preferring to demonstrate their excellence through their practice. These findings challenge the widely held conception that teaching fellowships enhance teaching excellence.

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Digital Libraries and Digitisation: An Overview and Critique

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Questioning the Impact of Teaching Fellowships on Excellent Teachers

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