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Developing an Automatic Crawling System for Populating a Digital Repository of Professional Development Resources: A Pilot Study
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Park, Jung-ran; Yang, Chris; Tosaka, Yuji; Ping, Qing; Mimouni, Houda El – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
This study is a part of the larger project that develops a sustainable digital repository of professional development resources on emerging data standards and technologies for data organization and management in libraries. Toward that end, the project team developed an automated workflow to crawl for, monitor, and classify relevant web objects…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Pilot Projects, Educational Resources, Electronic Libraries
From Tech Skills to Life Skills: Google Online Marketing Challenge and Experiential Learning
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Croes, Jo-Anne V.; Visser, Melina M. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC) is a global, online student competition sponsored by Google. It is a prime example of an experiential learning activity that includes using real money ($250 sponsored by Google) with a real client. The GOMC has yielded compelling results in student engagement and learning objectives related to the…
Descriptors: Internet, Search Engines, Experiential Learning, Marketing
Probing the Process of Information Source Selection Using Palm Pilots: A Pilot Study.
Shim, Wonsik – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
This pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using PDAs (personal digital assistants or palm pilots) as a data collection device in studying information seeking behaviors of undergraduate students. Discusses results that shows heavy use of Internet search engines and that most information searches do not extend beyond the first…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Sources
The Internet as a Source of Academic Research Information: Findings of Two Pilot Studies.
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Kibirige, Harry M.; DePalo, Lisa – Information Technology and Libraries, 2000
Discussion of information available on the Internet focuses on two pilot studies that investigated how academic users perceive search engines and subject-oriented databases as sources of topical information. Highlights include information seeking behavior of academic users; undergraduate users; graduate users; faculty; and implications for…
Descriptors: Databases, Faculty, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Digital London: Creating a Searchable Web of Interlinked Sources on Eighteenth Century London
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Shoemaker, Robert – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To outline the conceptual and technical difficulties encountered, as well as the opportunities created, when developing an interlinked collection of web-based digitised primary sources on eighteenth century London. Design/methodology/approach: As a pilot study for a larger project, a variety of primary sources, including the "Old…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks