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  • match point duplication and the scholarly record the Online Catalogue and repository interoperability study ocris and its findings on duplication and authority control in opacs and irs
    Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2010
    Co-Authors: Duncan Birrell, Gordon Dunsire, Kathleen Menzies
    Abstract:

    This article summarizes the methodology and findings of the Online Catalogue and Repository Interoperability Study (OCRIS), a project recently carried out by the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). In the context of the Online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC) and the recent development of the Institutional Repository (IR) within Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom, it considers issues of metadata quality, name authority control, and standardized subject headings, as well as departmental and institutional workflows. It also considers duplication and scope overlap within institutions with more than one IR.

  • ocris Online Catalogue and repository interoperability study final report
    2009
    Co-Authors: Duncan Birrell, Gordon Dunsire, Kathleen Menzies
    Abstract:

    The aims and objectives of OCRIS were to: • Survey the extent to which repository content is in scope for institutional library OPACs, and the extent to which it is already recorded there; • Examine the interoperability of OPAC and repository software for the exchange of metadata and other information; • List the various services to institutional managers, researchers, teachers and learners offered respectively by OPACs and repositories; • Identify the potential for improvements in the links (e.g. using link resolver technology) from repositories and/or OPACs to other institutional services, such as finance or research administration; • Make recommendations for the development of possible further links between library OPACs and institutional repositories, identifying the benefits to relevant stakeholder groups. Key Findings Interoperability and services 1. Interoperability between IRs and LMSs in UK HEIs is currently rare - only 2 percent of questionnaire respondents state that their systems definitely interoperate, with a further 14 percent stating that interoperability is pending. 2. Interoperability of either of these system types with some type of other institutional system is moderately high, and is slightly higher for LMSs than IRs. 3. Interoperability between LMSs or IRs and a range of other institutional systems is limited. It cannot be said that interoperability is substantial or that a wide variety of administrative systems interoperate with any individual library system. 4. The REF has clearly been a factor in the establishment or consideration of interoperability between Institutional Repositories and other administrative systems. 5. Services stemming from library systems are limited and narrow, excepting the generation of usage statistics and metadata enhancement services. 6. The generation of reports for specific administrative departments is not a common service offered by either IRs or LMSs. 7. The most popular service offered by IRs remains "advice on Open Access" suggesting perhaps that they are still in their infancy, still require explanation thus have yet to spread their wings in terms of widening their range of services. 8. The use of metasearch/linking tools as well as web services and APIs is moderately popular within LMSs and IRs; the data gathered is not sufficient to discern why or what these tools and services are being used for.

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  • end users searching the Online Catalogue the influence of domain and system knowledge on search patterns
    The Electronic Library, 1994
    Co-Authors: M D Kiestra, M J W Stokmans, J Kamphuis
    Abstract:

    In order to test the impact of system and domain knowledge on search behaviour in an Online Catalogue, an experiment was set up in a university library where students from three specialisation areas performed a number of search tasks in the Online Catalogue. The subjects differed in the amount of domain and system knowledge. In two sessions the subjects performed searches inside and outside their ‘own’ domain. During the first session all subjects had little system knowledge. After the first session, half of the group received instruction in Catalogue use and the other half did not. To observe whether the induced differences in system knowledge had effects on the search performance, a second session was carried out. Subjects' search behaviour was videotaped and their comments recorded (they were encouraged to think aloud). Results show the the amount of system knowledge had a significant effect on search time as well as on the number of search patterns observed. Regarding domain knowledge, only one out of the six analyses concerning search time or the amount of patterns yielded a significant effect. A possible explanation for this result could be the questionable validity of the criteria used to distinguish between known and unknown domains. The difference in knowledge regarding familiar and unfamiliar domains is not as large as had been expected. The notion of end‐users displaying habitual modes of behaviour is given considerable support by the data. This is reflected by the limited number of patterns observed.

  • End‐users searching the Online Catalogue: the influence of domain and system knowledge on search patterns
    The Electronic Library, 1994
    Co-Authors: M D Kiestra, M J W Stokmans, J Kamphuis
    Abstract:

    In order to test the impact of system and domain knowledge on search behaviour in an Online Catalogue, an experiment was set up in a university library where students from three specialisation areas performed a number of search tasks in the Online Catalogue. The subjects differed in the amount of domain and system knowledge. In two sessions the subjects performed searches inside and outside their ‘own’ domain. During the first session all subjects had little system knowledge. After the first session, half of the group received instruction in Catalogue use and the other half did not. To observe whether the induced differences in system knowledge had effects on the search performance, a second session was carried out. Subjects' search behaviour was videotaped and their comments recorded (they were encouraged to think aloud). Results show the the amount of system knowledge had a significant effect on search time as well as on the number of search patterns observed. Regarding domain knowledge, only one out of the six analyses concerning search time or the amount of patterns yielded a significant effect. A possible explanation for this result could be the questionable validity of the criteria used to distinguish between known and unknown domains. The difference in knowledge regarding familiar and unfamiliar domains is not as large as had been expected. The notion of end‐users displaying habitual modes of behaviour is given considerable support by the data. This is reflected by the limited number of patterns observed.

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  • match point duplication and the scholarly record the Online Catalogue and repository interoperability study ocris and its findings on duplication and authority control in opacs and irs
    Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2010
    Co-Authors: Duncan Birrell, Gordon Dunsire, Kathleen Menzies
    Abstract:

    This article summarizes the methodology and findings of the Online Catalogue and Repository Interoperability Study (OCRIS), a project recently carried out by the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). In the context of the Online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC) and the recent development of the Institutional Repository (IR) within Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom, it considers issues of metadata quality, name authority control, and standardized subject headings, as well as departmental and institutional workflows. It also considers duplication and scope overlap within institutions with more than one IR.

  • ocris Online Catalogue and repository interoperability study final report
    2009
    Co-Authors: Duncan Birrell, Gordon Dunsire, Kathleen Menzies
    Abstract:

    The aims and objectives of OCRIS were to: • Survey the extent to which repository content is in scope for institutional library OPACs, and the extent to which it is already recorded there; • Examine the interoperability of OPAC and repository software for the exchange of metadata and other information; • List the various services to institutional managers, researchers, teachers and learners offered respectively by OPACs and repositories; • Identify the potential for improvements in the links (e.g. using link resolver technology) from repositories and/or OPACs to other institutional services, such as finance or research administration; • Make recommendations for the development of possible further links between library OPACs and institutional repositories, identifying the benefits to relevant stakeholder groups. Key Findings Interoperability and services 1. Interoperability between IRs and LMSs in UK HEIs is currently rare - only 2 percent of questionnaire respondents state that their systems definitely interoperate, with a further 14 percent stating that interoperability is pending. 2. Interoperability of either of these system types with some type of other institutional system is moderately high, and is slightly higher for LMSs than IRs. 3. Interoperability between LMSs or IRs and a range of other institutional systems is limited. It cannot be said that interoperability is substantial or that a wide variety of administrative systems interoperate with any individual library system. 4. The REF has clearly been a factor in the establishment or consideration of interoperability between Institutional Repositories and other administrative systems. 5. Services stemming from library systems are limited and narrow, excepting the generation of usage statistics and metadata enhancement services. 6. The generation of reports for specific administrative departments is not a common service offered by either IRs or LMSs. 7. The most popular service offered by IRs remains "advice on Open Access" suggesting perhaps that they are still in their infancy, still require explanation thus have yet to spread their wings in terms of widening their range of services. 8. The use of metasearch/linking tools as well as web services and APIs is moderately popular within LMSs and IRs; the data gathered is not sufficient to discern why or what these tools and services are being used for.

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