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Gerry McKiernan | 1 Aug 2010 01:40

Determinants of mobile learning acceptance: An empirical investigation in higher education

Akour, Hassan, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2010 , 379 pages; AAT 3408682 

Abstract (Summary)

Scope and method of study. 

The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of mobile learning acceptance in higher
education. Mobile learning is a rapidly growing method of learning that utilizes mobile devices to
deliver content. Acceptance of mobile learning theory was derived from technology acceptance
theories. The study developed a new model Mobile Learning Acceptance Model (MLAM) that extended the
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The model explains the important factors that influence acceptance
of mobile learning among university students. The population of the survey was limited to freshman
students; this population was chosen because the literature indicated a presence of large technology
literacy gap (techno-literacy gap) between universities and the new generation of students. Response
rate was high at approximately 95%. 

[more]

Source And Access To Fulltext Available At 

[ http://bit.ly/d7SvBo ]

Also >

Facilitating communication for deaf individuals with mobile technologies  / Summet, Valerie Henderson,
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010, 175 pages; AAT 3414524 

[ http://bit.ly/deYj8H ]

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Weinheimer Jim | 2 Aug 2010 13:56

Re: SkyRiver Files Antitrust Suit Against OCLC

I've been reading the messages on this list and on others, plus a few blog posts about the antitrust suit.
Some of the responses have been surprising to me. There are a few facts that should be kept in mind.

First, while I think OCLC has certainly done a lot of good for libraries, we should not forget that the
current situation is unique in that they have had no competition for the past several years. OCLC has
proven itself to be a very successful organization, swallowing its "competitors," most notably RLIN,
and since that time, libraries have had no choice at all except OCLC. RLIN's ability to keep all the records
by "clustering", as opposed to the "Master record" of OCLC was something I always liked that was thrown
overboard. The idea of the "master record" vs. "clustered records" has probably had some influence on the
"record use policy"

Also, the original purpose of WorldCat: to allow libraries to share MARC records for cooperative
cataloging, which was a very expensive and difficult task back then, has been taken over by technological
advances and can now be achieved in all kinds of other ways: some ways that are more efficient and cheaper,
other ways that are more useful for the public, and in still other ways that are simply new and interesting.

As I have written before, it is an error to equate OCLC with libraries, themselves. While I can very much want
OCLC to succeed in the future, their success does not mean that libraries will also succeed, since
libraries may actually end up doing very badly. Conversely, libraries may be able to do very well while
OCLC may do badly. Our futures are not linked at all.

For the good of libraries, I see nothing wrong with bringing back some real, genuine competition out there,
which is something that has been sorely lacking. 

James L. Weinheimer  j.weinheimer <at> aur.edu
Director of Library and Information Services
The American University of Rome
Rome, Italy
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Gerry McKiernan | 2 Aug 2010 19:36

(RSS-Based) Tag Clouds In E-Mail ?

Colleagues/

It Seems That My Head 
(And Mind) Are Stuck In The (Tag) Cloud  [:-)] >>>

RSS > TagCloud > 4 
> CD : WebFeed-Based TagClouds For Collection Development > i-CD

And The Other Way Around 
> TagCloud Terms To Generate A(n) RSS Feed ? > Vice-Versa

Mind In The (Tag) Cloud 
> Jacek Gwizdka > Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Is AnyOne Aware Of 
Any/All Efforts > Initiatives > Implementations > In Which An
 E-Mail System (e.g.  Outlook ; Google Mail ; HotMail ; Etc.) 
With/WithOut An Associated RSS Readers Displays Postings/Results In A 
Tag Cloud?

Navigating An e-Mail 
Corpus Or Select Items within The System Could Be One Solution To  
E-Mail Overload [?]

BTW: Speaking Of E-Mail, I
 recently started using HotMail In Windows Live And Am Very Impressed 
With Its Potent Spam Filtering Abilities >>>

Your Thoughts ? Please 
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Andrew Darby | 2 Aug 2010 19:59
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Re: (RSS-Based) Tag Clouds In E-Mail ?

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THERE a > question > Hid(den) in Here ?

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gerry McKiernan <gerrymckiernan <at> live.com> wrote:
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Gerry McKiernan | 3 Aug 2010 04:50

Mobile > _Seacher_ Column > Two / Three / Four > For You !

Library Mobile > _Seacher_ Column > Two / Three / Four > For You !
Colleagues/

I am pleased to inform you about the publication and availability of my First And Two Published Articles
From My > Library Mobile  <  column for _Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals_ >

> Library Mobile > 1 > Worldwide Mobile Phone Adoption and Libraries 

[ http://bit.ly/bBqjZz ]

>> Library Mobile > 2 > 'A' Is For 'Apple' And 'App' 

[ http://bit.ly/d7WXXC ]

>>> The Third  > “A” IS FOR ‘ANDROID’ < Is Scheduled To Be Published Publsihed Published In The
September Issue >>> 

>>>> Number Four Is Currently In Prep And Will Focus On Blackberry Apps And Is Tentatively Titled

" 'B' As In BlackBerry" [:-) 

BTW-1 >  I Would Most Appreciate Your Input To Guide Me On Preferred Future Column Themes/Topics By
Respondingt To My.My Very.Very Brief WebMonkey Survey At 

[ http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GYXQWXY ]

It's Totally Anonymous >>> Thanks A Million !

BTW-2 > Thanks To bq for her Kind Invitation For The Column Opportunities !!!
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Jonathan Rochkind | 4 Aug 2010 01:00
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innovation (was Re: [NGC4LIB] [ACAT] SkyRiver Files Antitrust Suit Against OCLC)

john g marr wrote:
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>   Any such project (we are talking about OPAC design, etc.) involves 
> built-in flexibility to immediately adapt to changes in the "rules".  Who 
> better to design such projects that the gatekeepers as the people who 
> write the rules, or who better to participate in revising the rules that 
> the designers of projects like OPACs, matching one to the other?
>   

Completely agreed. A virtuous circle of metadata experts participating 
in software development and software engineering experts participating 
in metadata standards and practices development. So why isn't this 
happening?  You suggested:

> > If (enough?) catalogers aren't involved in these projects, why not?
>   

>   Good question.  What is budgeted locally (e.g. catalogers' time) stays 
> local (i.e., in the local library, rather than throughout the library 
> community)?

I think you're right that's a large part of it.

Recently, local institutions have started, just a bit, to allocate 
software engineering time to cooperative software development, via open 
source.  To even get to this start, took a LOT of effort by librarians 
and library technologists educating and advocating to their administrators.

So what can we do to get adminstrators to see similar benefit to 
providing metadata management expertise to cooperative projects? I mean,
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Weinheimer Jim | 4 Aug 2010 11:22

Cataloging Podcast

Apologies for cross-posting

Well, for quite some time I have toyed with the idea of making podcasts and decided to take the plunge. It's a
short one; I still have lots to learn, but here it is.

This first one is, of course, about FRBR and RDA. Listen to it at:
http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/08/cataloging-matters-podcast-1.html

I have several ideas about how this could develop but I would love suggestions!

James L. Weinheimer  j.weinheimer <at> aur.edu
Director of Library and Information Services
The American University of Rome
Rome, Italy
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Bernhard Eversberg | 4 Aug 2010 13:18
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Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Podcast

Weinheimer Jim wrote:
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> This first one is, of course, about FRBR and RDA. Listen to it at: 
> http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/08/cataloging-matters-podcast-1.html
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"Cataloging matters" is, in its ambiguity of meaning, probably the best
possible title. Good luck with it!

In this podcast, you say

"But change merely for the sake of change is not good enough at this
point.... RDA, although I admit it would shake things up, would not lead 
to any more openness or collaborations, because of its additional 
complexity ..."
and then:
"it is a simple fact that RDA is not an open standard."

Isn't this just as well, if in fact it doesn't live up to being
groundbreaking kind of innovation that would be called for in this day
and age? Instead, it draws out the lines sketched by Cutter already, but
then little more. There's not a word about catalog enrichment, blank
chapters about the integration of subject access, no guideline for
indexing or the presentation of result lists, nothing about
interoperability with other standards, even ISBD, - all of that
is left to local decisions and vendors. And then it is a large grab bag
of options that make it unusable unless accompanied by a long list of
decisions and commentary.
It remains to be seen how much of the relatively new aspects will
be accepted by LC after The Test. For then, that will be what becomes
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B.G. Sloan | 4 Aug 2010 21:38
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Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester

Although this report is a couple of years old, it's an interesting example of how one library decided to find
out how students actually USE the library, rather than assuming that librarians already knew how
students use the library.

Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester:

http://bit.ly/aWeshT 

And a related webcast...Glimpsing the Future through User Studies:

http://bit.ly/cWFnOp

Bernie Sloan
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Kristin E. Martin | 4 Aug 2010 21:48
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ALCTS webinar: Using Web 2.0 Applications in Technical Services

ALCTS webinar: Using Web 2.0 Applications in Technical Services

Description:
This webinar builds on the lively e-forum discussion "Using Web 2.0 
Tools to Enhance Technical Services Work" held in May 2010.  The 
presentation will familiarize participants with blogs, wikis, tagging, 
RSS feeds, Instant Messaging (IM), and Google applications, and 
demonstrate how they can be used to facilitate communication and 
streamline workflows in technical services.   The presentation will also 
explain how to overcome some of the pitfalls in adopting new 
technologies, including "technolust," and examine techniques for 
encouraging employees to adopt new technologies.  

Presenter:

Julie Swierczek is a Technical Services Specialist at Salve Regina 
University's McKillop Library where she is responsible for all of the 
library's cataloging as well as for managing the print serials 
collection; she also does freelance cataloging. She has worked in large 
and small academic libraries in circulation, reserves, and cataloging.  
She holds a BA in History and Philosophy from Rosemont College and an MA 
in Philosophy from Miami University of Ohio. She is currently enrolled 
in the MS in LIS at the University of Illinois

Date:  September 29, 2010

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm 
Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
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