Development of Blog for University Library
| Autor: | Hsiao-Fen Yu, 游曉芬 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 The trend for Library 2.0 has driven more and more libraries to develop their own Blogs to promote their services. For library application, Blogs can be used in various functions: promotion of library services, sharing knowledge and making social connection with users. With the use of RSS (real simple syndication), comment function, trackback function (to track discussion between different blogs), interactions and sharing of information become accessible among library users. This research was conducted as a preliminary exploration in development of library blog. Major research purposes were to analyze user’s needs and their use reactions toward the Blog developed in this research. Subjects of this research were students from Fu-Jen Catholic University. First, user’s needs and their comments for library blog were gathered through focus group interview. And then Movable Type 4.1 was used as the platform for development purpose. Along the research process, users’ needs and reactions were obtained as a basis for providing formative improvement in design and development. At the end, a questionnaire containing 30 items were used to assess students’ reactions toward the Blog in following aspects: content, structure, design, usefulness, and management. The main results of this research revealed that students used library blog infrequently. “Library Collection Recommendation Blog” and “Subject Activity Blog” were suggested by most users. Overall, Most users were positive about the use of the Blog developed in the study. Difficulties related technical issues might be encountered in developing library blogs. However, more research on promoting the use of library blog is needed. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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