The extraction of knowledge is the basis for decision making in various processes, data mining beingan area of fundamental knowledge to attain that end. Among the processes used today are ArtificialIntelligence and Statistical Analysis techniques implemented by Association, Clustering, classificationthat…

This paper presents an extension of an ongoing study of online learning framed within the community of inquiry (CoI) model (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2001) in which we further examine a new construct labeled as learning presence. We use learning…

Objective – The primary objective of this study was to gather quantitative information on the need, development, acquisition, and application of pedagogical knowledge by academic librarians with teaching responsibilities.

Design – Online survey questionnaire.

Setting – Higher-education…

This paper presents a Knowledge Discovery on Databases (KDD) process applied on the internetsurfing logs at the University of Informatics Sciences. In this context, it describes a Web-UsageMining process using as data sources; the internet surfing logs stored by the…

Objective – To determine the information seeking behaviours of traditional medical practitioners who treat sickle cell anemia patients.

Design – Qualitative, interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire.

Setting – City and surrounding rural area of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Subjects –…

Objective – To examine provider pessimism by comparing user and provider perception of the same instant messaging reference transaction.

Design – Instant messaging users and providers completed post-reference transaction surveys which were analyzed using the pair perception comparison…

Objective – To observe and compare the strategies that undergraduate science students use to perform information retrieval tasks in e-books and in print books.

Design – Qualitative analysis, employing a “prompted think-aloud” methodology and thematic analysis.

Setting –…

A produção animal nos ecossistemas do semi-árido é influenciada pela variabilidade espacial e interanual da oferta quantitativa e qualitativa de recursos forrageiros. A dinâmica da acumulação de fitomassa para a maioria das diferentes espécies da caatinga é pouco conhecida, o…

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Objectives – The main objectives of this study were the following:
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to analyze the career path and career movement of librarians in Korea
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to identify and compare factors influencing the career movement path of chief librarians…

El desarrollo del presente trabajo de titulación se lo realizará mediante el análisis del Proyecto de Ley que el Instituto Ecuatoriano de la Propiedad Intelectual realizó, llamado de “Conservación y Protección de los Conocimientos Colectivos, los Saberes Ancestrales y las…