Essays about: "OPAC"

Found 5 essays containing the word OPAC.

1. 1. Catalogue across languages? : The opportunities and challenges of the multilingual Online Public Access Catalogue as an interface between librarians and end-users

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Maud Guichard -Marneur; [2023]
   Keywords : Online Public Access Catalogue OPAC ; multilingual; users and end-users; interface; access;

   Abstract : There exist two assumptions that may well be connected. The first is that in an increasingly global and technological world, language barriers have fallen. Online machine translation services are monetarily free for everyone to use. READ MORE

3. 2. The Right to Remain a Child: A Comparative Study of the Relationship between Norm Translation and Child Soldiers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felicia Svensson Calleja; [2022]
   Keywords : Norm translation; Child Protection; Child Soldiers; Legitimacy; Rationality; Deterrence; OPAC; CRC; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Despite the international norm against the recruitment and use of child soldiers, some rebel groups continue to recruit children while others do not. Why is this so? This thesis explores the relationship between the translation of child protection norms and child soldier recruitment in four countries of West Africa: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Mali. READ MORE

4. 3. Implementing New Generation Catalog in an Academic Library : Users’ Views and Wishes

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Alexandra Trianti; [2015]
   Keywords : Information Systems; Information and Communication Technologies; Universities; Academic Libraries; Greece; VuFind; OPAC; Catalog; Web 2.0; Participatory Design; Future Workshop FW ; Critical Social Theory; Emancipation; Habermas; Qualitative Methods;

   Abstract : In an accelerating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) environment, academic libraries’ catalogs have always been part of students’ and faculty members journey of resources discovery. The master thesis intents to focus its interest in Information Systems (IS) ground related to the implementation of a new search engine at the University of Piraeus Library. READ MORE

5. 4. Advancing an Academic Library's services through application of Soft Systems Methodology

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Niki Chatzipanagiotou; [2014]
   Keywords : Academic Libraries; Greek Academic Libraries; Economic crisis; Greece; Library User Services; Library Systems; Online Public Access Catalogue OPAC ; User-centered Design; Soft Systems Methodology SSM ;

   Abstract : The Master thesis focuses on the application of Information Systems in the field of Library and Information Science.  Within the context of organizational learning, a collaborative user-centered approach is used to produce desired system characteristics and future research suggestions. READ MORE

6. 5. Web 2.0 tools integration in Online Public AccessCatalogue (OPAC) : users desires and motivation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Konstantina Pentarchou; [2014]
   Keywords : libraries; OPAC; Web 2.0; participation; communication; community building; Social Critical Theory; Jürgen Habermas; public sphere; communicative action; lifeworld; qualitative research; thematic analysis; semi-structured interviews;

   Abstract : This research aimed to investigate the desires of the users of the Greek public Library on Gender and Equality (LGE) about a future Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) containing Web2.0 functionalities. The concepts of participation, information pluralism and community building in relation with Web 2. READ MORE