Analyzing Organizational Schemes of Information Resources in Library Websites by User Education Approaches

Kim, Soojung Analyzing Organizational Schemes of Information Resources in Library Websites by User Education Approaches., 2006 . In 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), Austin (US), 3-8 November 2006. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

This paper examines the organizational schemes of information resources provided in 38 academic business libraries or collections from 50 top-ranking business schools. A wide variety of schemes, ranging from a simple alphabetical list by database titles to research guides in which resources are inseparably embedded where relevant, were found to illustrate current practices in presenting information resources in the web-based environment. In addition, the paper develops a typology by which the schemes are classified and assessed by resource integration dimension, resource/user orientation dimension, and user-education approach dimension. This typology will assist in assessing existing schemes from the perspectives of both search and instruction as well as in developing new schemes.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: business libraries ; web sites ; information organization ; resource organization
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
I. Information treatment for information services > IG. Information presentation: hypertext, hypermedia.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HQ. Web pages.
B. Information use and sociology of information
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user: Norm Medeiros
Date deposited: 12 Dec 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:05
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/8592

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