The role of reference librarians in institutional repositories

Bailey, Charles W.

doi:10.1108/00907320510611294

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“…Valuable knowledge needs to be drawn out and retained so that there is continuity even when the creator leaves the organisation, and the retrieval of knowledge is not solely dependent on individuals' memory. Eventually, a knowledge bank (Branin 2003), repository (Bailey 2005) or portal may exist. The data captured from the study are suggestive of the fact that some knowledge was retained at the MCNY but clear policies and practices for doing throughout the college needed to be clear and in place.…”

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Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning

Mavodza

Ngulube

2012

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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Background: This article underscores the fact that society is becoming more and more knowledge-based, and that the organisations that can identify, value, create and evolve their knowledge assets are likely to be more successful than those that do not. Knowledge management (KM) is about enhancing the use of organisational knowledge through sound practices of KM and organisational learning. KM practices encompass the capture and/or acquisition of knowledge, its retention and organisation, its dissemination and re-use, and lastly responsiveness to the new knowledge.Objective: The focus of this study was on KM principles and practices that may be in place in the Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY). The argument is that KM and its survival principles and tools may help the College to improve performance. However, there is uncertainty about whether the use of KM principles and tools can partly solve the College’s approach to improving the quality of education it provides.Methods: A mixed methods research methodology encompassing a questionnaire, observation, interviews, and use of institutional documents was used in the investigation.Results: The findings of the study indicate that KM concepts were not universally understood at MCNY.Conclusion: There is a need to create a knowledge inventory at MCNY. This may help the College to develop appropriate institution-wide policies and practices for proper and well organised methods of integrating work processes, collaborating and sharing (including the efficient use of social media), and developing an enabling institutional culture.

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Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning

Mavodza

Ngulube

2012

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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“…The initial steps that have been taken have focused upon creating institutional repositories [1,3,10] and ensuring that the material being made available by individual publishers and journals was being made available to a wider audience. The next step in the process was to convince authors of the viability, sustainability and value of the open access alternatives.…”

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“…Research and education is carried out in four schools: Jönköping International Business School, School of Education and Communication, School of Engineering and School of Health Sciences. 3 The interview was carried out on the 22 February and lasted one hour.…”

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Open access barriers: An action research

Klang

2008

Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy

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ICT has provided the infrastructure to enable easy access to scientific information. Despite this, libraries are suffering from the rising of journal subscriptions. Additionally, the structure of scholarly publications is creating a wasteful situation where publicly funded research is being paid for several times over. University libraries are struggling to deal with these new realities at the same time as they provide a level of service with acceptable access to publications. The work of librarians is being heavily affected by the influence of copyright and licensing which together are creating barriers to open access. The work in this chapter draws from an action research in progress undertaken by Lund's University in order to explore the barriers to open access to scientific research output in Sweden.

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“…The value of some other services, however, for example discovery tools such as OPACs (with access to full-text) and Web of Science, and access to e-journals, will likely increase, provided that more care is taken of usefulness of data as well as user friendliness and functionality of information tools. There are other interesting issues which librarians might consider taking up: setting up e-archives and repositories (Bailey 2005) …”

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Information behaviour of scholars

Vilar¹

2015

libellarium

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In recent years we have seen intensive debates over the changes in scholarly practice caused by increased accessibility of digital resources and tools. This has caused an evident and rapid trend towards the development of different information behaviours by scholars: what information resources they are using, how and when. Recent studies of scholarly information behaviour all show significant changes in the ways researchers communicate, publish their works, collaborate, look for information and use it. Studies describe previously unseen patterns of scholarly information behaviour (e.g. skimming, navigating, power browsing, squirrelling, cross-checking). This, in turn, can (or should) have significant impact on the development of the information tools and information services for scholars. The paper first addresses key information concepts in scholarly context (e.g. information, information need, relevance, pertinence, salience, information overload, avoiding information), presents some general characteristics of scholarly information behaviour (e.g. difference between scholars and other users of information, differences between disciplines, individuals, etc.) and some typical examples of information behaviour (e.g. browsing, berrypicking, powerbrowsing, chaining, skimming, squirreling), as well as discusses some implications for information tools and services. In the end some attention is dedicated to issues of digital scholarship.

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The role of reference librarians in institutional repositories

Cited by 39 publications

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Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning

Knowledge management practices at an institution of higher learning

Open access barriers: An action research

Information behaviour of scholars

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