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First-gen and the library: a survey of student perceptions of academic library services 第一代与图书馆:学生对学术图书馆服务的看法调查
IF 1.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-11-2023-0037
Edward Harold Stocking, Rosalind Bucy, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes

Purpose

Although a significant share of undergraduates, first-generation college students (FGCS) remain difficult to characterize. Consequently, academic libraries are challenged to identify the services most important to FGCS. This study measured the perceived importance of and satisfaction with library services among undergraduate students at an R1 land-grant university. The study further compared FGCS’s perceptions of library services with those of their non-first generation peers.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors measured importance and satisfaction using the Measuring Information Services Outcomes (“MISO”) Survey. They further analyzed responses according to first-generation status. The authors then compared mean scores and used the Wilcoxon rank-sum test to find statistical differences in perceived importance and satisfaction between first-generation and non-first-generation respondents.

Findings

The difference between first-generation and non-first-generation student responses was statistically significant for 35% of library services. FGCS rated library services higher than their non-first-generation peers for both importance and satisfaction. FGCS perceived library services related to physical spaces and access/discovery as most important. Library services that provide student support or access to technology showed strong evidence of difference between first-generation and non-first-generation student responses. The authors also determined the MISO Survey is a measure for assessing FGCS perceptions of library services.

Originality/value

This study adds quantitative evidence to research on FGCS and academic libraries, further demonstrating the importance of library services to FGCS.

目的虽然第一代大学生(FGCS)在本科生中占很大比例,但他们的特征仍然难以确定。因此,学术图书馆在确定对第一代大学生最重要的服务方面面临挑战。本研究测量了一所 R1 州立大学本科生对图书馆服务重要性的认知和满意度。作者使用 "衡量信息服务成果"("MISO")调查来衡量重要性和满意度。他们根据第一代人的身份对回答进行了进一步分析。然后,作者比较了平均得分,并使用 Wilcoxon 秩和检验来发现第一代和非第一代受访者在感知的重要性和满意度方面的统计差异。研究结果第一代和非第一代学生对图书馆服务的回答有 35% 的差异具有统计意义。在重要性和满意度方面,新生代学生对图书馆服务的评价都高于非新生代学生。新生代学生认为,与物质空间和访问/发现相关的图书馆服务最为重要。提供学生支持或获取技术的图书馆服务在第一代学生和非第一代学生的回答中显示出强烈的差异。作者还认为,MISO 调查是评估非第一代学生对图书馆服务看法的一种措施。原创性/价值这项研究为有关非第一代学生和学术图书馆的研究增加了定量证据,进一步证明了图书馆服务对非第一代学生的重要性。
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Predicting student success with and without library instruction using supervised machine learning methods 使用监督机器学习方法预测有无图书馆指导的学生成功率
IF 1.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-12-2023-0047
Karen Harker, Carol Hargis, Jennifer Rowe

Purpose

The main purpose of this analysis was to demonstrate the value of predictive modeling of student success and identify the key groups of students for which library instruction could provide the most impact.

Design/methodology/approach

Data regarding the attendance of library instruction associated with a first-year writing course were combined with student demographic and academic data over a four year period representing over 10,000 students. We applied supervised machine learning methods to determine the most accurate model for predicting student outcomes, including course outcome, persistence and graduation. We also assessed the impact of library instruction on these outcomes.

Findings

The gradient-boosted decision tree model provided the most accurate predictions. The impact of library instruction was modest but still was second only to the previous grade point average (GPA). The value of this metric, however, was greatest for students who were struggling, especially those who were first-generation students, regardless of ethnicity. More notably, the impact of library instruction was substantially greater for specific student demographics, including students with lower cumulative GPAs.

Research limitations/implications

Features of the models were limited to high-level academic metrics, some of which may not be very useful in predicting outcomes. Measures more closely related to learning styles, the course or course of study could provide for greater accuracy.

Practical implications

Prediction modeling could allow for a more selective approach to outreach and offers information that the librarian can use to customize instruction sessions and reference interactions.

Social implications

Targeting students who may be at risk of not succeeding in a course has ethical implications either way. If used to bias the subjective assessments, these predictions could produce self-fulfilling prophecies. Conversely, to ignore indicators of possible difficulties the student may have with the material is a disservice to the education of that student.

Originality/value

There are few studies that have incorporated library instruction into models of predicting student outcomes. Library resources and services can play a major role in the success of students, particularly those who have had less exposure to the resources and skills needed to use these resources.

目的这项分析的主要目的是证明学生成功预测建模的价值,并确定图书馆指导能对哪些关键学生群体产生最大影响。设计/方法/途径与一年级写作课程相关的图书馆指导出席率数据与学生人口统计和学业数据相结合,在四年期间代表了 10,000 多名学生。我们应用监督机器学习方法来确定预测学生成绩(包括课程成绩、坚持率和毕业率)的最准确模型。我们还评估了图书馆指导对这些结果的影响。研究结果梯度提升决策树模型提供了最准确的预测。图书馆教学的影响不大,但仍仅次于之前的平均学分绩点(GPA)。然而,对于学业困难的学生,尤其是第一代学生,不论种族如何,这一指标的价值最大。更值得注意的是,图书馆指导对特定学生群体的影响要大得多,其中包括累计平均学分绩点(GPA)较低的学生。社会影响针对可能无法成功完成课程的学生,无论如何都会产生道德影响。如果主观评价出现偏差,这些预测可能会产生自我实现的预言。反之,如果忽视学生在学习材料时可能遇到困难的指标,则是对学生教育的一种伤害。原创性/价值将图书馆指导纳入学生成绩预测模型的研究很少。图书馆资源和服务对学生的成功起着重要作用,尤其是那些较少接触资源和使用这些资源所需技能的学生。
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What space are you looking for? 您需要什么样的空间?
IF 1.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-12-2023-0044
Holt Zaugg

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to describe how assessments informed changes to library spaces to improve students' experiences.

Design/methodology/approach

The article describes three changes to the library to improve students' experience within the library. For each change, describe the reason for the change, assessments prior to the change to inform decision-making and follow-up assessments to determine value.

Findings

In each instance, the assessment prior to the changes informed decisions that expedited the changes. The results were spaces that improved library spaces to improve students' library experiences and better meet their needs.

Originality/value

The purpose of the article is to describe the importance and use of assessment to assist with changes to library spaces and inform the value of those changes.

设计/方法/途径本文介绍了为改善学生在图书馆的体验而对图书馆进行的三次改造。对于每项改变,文章都描述了改变的原因、改变前的评估为决策提供信息,以及后续评估以确定价值。文章的目的是描述评估的重要性和使用,以协助图书馆空间的改变,并告知这些改变的价值。
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An evaluation of organizational climate and its relationship with job burnout in hospital and college libraries 评估医院和高校图书馆的组织氛围及其与工作倦怠的关系
IF 1.1 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-02-2023-0004
Fatemeh Sohani, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Hamed Nasibi-Sis, Sana Zandkarimi, Fatemeh Sheikhshoaei

Purpose

The library is one of the critical foundations of informing and educating the public, and it should fulfil its function in the community, which is disseminating knowledge effectively. The library must have a dynamic space and an appropriate atmosphere to do this. Also, librarians should assist clients outside of stressful work environments. This study aimed to examine the association between organizational climate and job burnout in the hospital and college libraries of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is a cross-sectional survey. The population includes all librarians working in the college and hospital libraries of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Two questionnaires, including organizational climate “ClimateQUAL” and job burnout “Maslach and Jackson”, were applied to collect data. It was hypothesized that there is a correlation between the organizational climate and the burnout of librarians.

Findings

The findings revealed that the organizational climate and job burnout are not in a favourable situation, with average scores of 4.70 and 2.50, respectively. Furthermore, there is a significant statistical relationship between organizational climate and job burnout (p-value<0.001).

Originality/value

Knowledge of the significant relationship between the organizational climate and job burnout in medical libraries may encourage policymakers to make more efforts to provide their staff with a better climate and less burnout. Regarding that it is crucial to enhance the existing condition in medical libraries, the findings of the present study suggest that policymakers should be conscious of improving the current condition, which could lead to promoting patrons’ satisfaction and productivity in the mentioned libraries.

图书馆是向公众提供信息和教育的重要基础之一,它应履行其在社区中有效传播知识的职能。为此,图书馆必须拥有一个充满活力的空间和适当的氛围。此外,图书馆员还应在紧张的工作环境之外为客户提供帮助。本研究旨在探讨沙希德-贝赫什提医科大学医院图书馆和学院图书馆的组织氛围与工作倦怠之间的关联。调查对象包括沙希德-贝赫什提医科大学学院图书馆和医院图书馆的所有图书管理员。研究采用了两份问卷来收集数据,包括组织氛围 "ClimateQUAL "和工作倦怠 "Maslach and Jackson"。调查结果显示,图书馆员的组织氛围和工作倦怠状况不佳,平均得分分别为 4.70 分和 2.50 分。原创性/价值了解医学图书馆的组织氛围与工作倦怠之间的显著关系,可以鼓励政策制定者做出更多努力,为其员工提供更好的氛围,减少工作倦怠。本研究结果表明,改善医学图书馆的现有条件至关重要,决策者应有意识地改善现有条件,从而提高读者的满意度和图书馆的工作效率。
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Revise, redUX, re-cycle: iterative website usability studies in an assessment cycle 修改、再修改、再循环:评估周期中的网站可用性迭代研究
IF 1.1 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-08-2023-0025
Joyce Galletta DeStasio, Eric Jeitner

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to share the process, findings and conclusions from one library’s iterative usability study of its website design to inform other libraries as they perform their own assessments.

Design/methodology/approach

A task-completion usability study was conducted with eight undergraduate students across two iterations: the first gauged the usability of a redesigned library website and the second gauged the effectiveness of the first iteration’s findings.

Findings

We found that users performed better when the site provided multiple access points to the same information, displayed a prominent chat feature, limited the amount of text on a given page and avoided library jargon. Not only was the second round of testing important for confirming that first-round recommendations were effective but also it proved useful in catching a problem with the site that was unintentionally created during the time between tests.

Research limitations/implications

No demographic data were collected during the study, thus hindering our ability to analyze our users through these data points.

Originality/value

This study demonstrates the value of iterative usability testing, especially when untested changes made between site versions may produce usability issues.

本文的目的是分享一个图书馆对其网站设计进行迭代可用性研究的过程、发现和结论,为其他图书馆在进行自己的评估时提供参考。设计/方法/途径一项由八名本科生参与的任务完成式可用性研究进行了两次迭代:第一次评估了重新设计的图书馆网站的可用性,第二次评估了第一次迭代结果的有效性。结果我们发现,如果网站提供了获取相同信息的多个入口、显示了显著的聊天功能、限制了特定页面上的文字量并避免使用图书馆术语,用户的表现会更好。第二轮测试不仅对确认第一轮建议是否有效非常重要,而且还有助于发现网站在两次测试之间无意中产生的问题。研究局限性/影响研究期间没有收集人口统计数据,因此妨碍了我们通过这些数据点分析用户的能力。
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Measuring performance of metasearch engines to access information: an exploratory study based on precision metrics 衡量元搜索引擎获取信息的性能:基于精确度指标的探索性研究
IF 1.1 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-09-2023-0028
Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Ritesh Kumar, Mohammad Nazim

Purpose

This paper evaluates the precision of four metasearch engines (MSEs) – DuckDuckGo, Dogpile, Metacrawler and Startpage, to determine which metasearch engine exhibits the highest level of precision and to identify the metasearch engine that is most likely to return the most relevant search results.

Design/methodology/approach

The research is divided into two parts: the first phase involves four queries categorized into two segments (4-Q-2-S), while the second phase includes six queries divided into three segments (6-Q-3-S). These queries vary in complexity, falling into three types: simple, phrase and complex. The precision, average precision and the presence of duplicates across all the evaluated metasearch engines are determined.

Findings

The study clearly demonstrated that Startpage returned the most relevant results and achieved the highest precision (0.98) among the four MSEs. Conversely, DuckDuckGo exhibited consistent performance across both phases of the study.

Research limitations/implications

The study only evaluated four metasearch engines, which may not be representative of all available metasearch engines. Additionally, a limited number of queries were used, which may not be sufficient to generalize the findings to all types of queries.

Practical implications

The findings of this study can be valuable for accreditation agencies in managing duplicates, improving their search capabilities and obtaining more relevant and precise results. These findings can also assist users in selecting the best metasearch engine based on precision rather than interface.

Originality/value

The study is the first of its kind which evaluates the four metasearch engines. No similar study has been conducted in the past to measure the performance of metasearch engines.

目的 本文评估了 DuckDuckGo、Dogpile、Metacrawler 和 Startpage 四个元搜索引擎(MSE)的精确度,以确定哪个元搜索引擎的精确度最高,并找出最有可能返回最相关搜索结果的元搜索引擎。这些查询的复杂程度各不相同,分为简单、短语和复杂三种类型。研究结果该研究清楚地表明,Startpage 返回的结果最相关,在四个 MSE 中精确度最高(0.98)。相反,DuckDuckGo 在研究的两个阶段都表现出了一致的性能。研究局限性/意义本研究只评估了四个元搜索引擎,可能无法代表所有可用的元搜索引擎。此外,使用的查询次数有限,可能不足以将研究结果推广到所有类型的查询。实际意义本研究的结果对于评审机构管理重复数据、提高搜索能力以及获得更相关、更精确的结果很有价值。这些发现还可以帮助用户根据精确度而不是界面来选择最佳的元搜索引擎。原创性/价值这项研究是首次对四个元搜索引擎进行评估。过去从未进行过类似的研究来衡量元搜索引擎的性能。
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Measuring the social impact of funded research over nonfunded: a case study of BRICS 衡量资助研究对非资助研究的社会影响:金砖五国案例研究
IF 1.1 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-01-2023-0001
Sheikh Shueb, Sumeer Gul, Aabid Hussain Kharadi, Nahida Tun Nisa, Farzana Gulzar

Purpose

The study showcases the social impact (online attention) of funded research compared to nonfunded for the BRICS nations. The key themes achieving online attention across the funded and nonfunded publications have also been identified.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 1,507,931 articles published across the BRICS nations for a period of three (03) years were downloaded from the Clarivate Analytics' InCites database of Web of Science (WoS). “Funding Acknowledgement Analysis (FAA)” was used to identify the funded and nonfunded publications. The altmetric score of the top highly cited (1%) publications was gauged from the largest altmetric data provider, “Altmetric.com”, using the DOI of each publication. One-way ANOVA test was used to know the impact of funding on the mentions (altmetrics) across different data sources covered by Altmetric.com. The highly predominant keywords (hotspots) have been mapped using bibliometric software, “VOSviewer”.

Findings

The mentions across all the altmetric sources for funded research are higher compared to nonfunded research for all nations. It indicates the altmetric advantage for funded research, as funded publications are more discussed, tweeted, shared and have more readers and citations; thus, acquiring more social impact/online attention compared to nonfunded publications. The difference in means for funded and nonfunded publications varies across various altmetric sources and nations. Further, the authors’ keyword analysis reveals the prominence of the respective nation names in publications of the BRICS.

Research limitations/implications

The study showcases the utility of indexing the funding information and whether research funding increases social impact return (online attention). It presents altmetrics as an important impact assessment and evaluation framework indicator, adding one more dimension to the research performance. The linking of funding information with the altmetric score can be used to assess the online attention and multi-flavoured impact of a particular funding programme and source/agency of a nation so that necessary strategies would be framed to improve the reach and impact of funded research. It identifies countries that achieve significant online attention for their funded publications compared to nonfunded ones, along with the key themes that can be utilised to frame research and investment plans.

Originality/value

The study represents the social impact of funded research compared to nonfunded across the BRICS nations.

目的本研究展示了金砖五国受资助研究与未受资助研究相比所产生的社会影响(网络关注度)。从 Clarivate Analytics 的 InCites 数据库的 Web of Science (WoS) 中下载了金砖国家在三 (03) 年间发表的 1,507,931 篇文章。使用 "资助鸣谢分析(FAA)"来识别资助和非资助出版物。最大的 Altmetric 数据提供商 "Altmetric.com "使用每篇出版物的 DOI 计算了最高高被引率(1%)出版物的 Altmetric 分数。为了了解资金对 Altmetric.com 所覆盖的不同数据源的提及率(altmetrics)的影响,我们使用了单因素方差分析。使用文献计量软件 "VOSviewer "绘制了高度主要的关键词(热点)图。这表明了受资助研究在 altmetric 方面的优势,因为受资助的出版物被讨论、推特、分享的次数更多,读者和引用次数也更多;因此,与未受资助的出版物相比,受资助的出版物获得了更多的社会影响/在线关注。在不同的 altmetric 来源和国家,受资助和非受资助出版物的平均值差异各不相同。此外,作者的关键词分析揭示了金砖五国各自的国名在出版物中的突出地位。研究局限性/启示这项研究展示了编制资助信息索引的效用,以及研究资助是否会增加社会影响回报(在线关注度)。它将 altmetrics 作为一项重要的影响评估和评价框架指标,为研究绩效增加了一个新的维度。将资助信息与 Altmetric 分数联系起来,可用于评估特定资助计划和国家来源/机构的在线关注度和多方面影响,从而制定必要的战略,提高资助研究的覆盖面和影响力。它确定了与未获资助的出版物相比,哪些国家的资助出版物在网络上获得了极大的关注,以及可用于制定研究和投资计划的关键主题。 原创性/价值 该研究反映了金砖国家中获得资助的研究与未获资助的研究相比所产生的社会影响。
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Exploring belonging through photovoice: examining the impact of space design on diverse student populations in an academic library 通过光声探索归属感:考察空间设计对学术图书馆不同学生群体的影响
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-08-2023-0023
Leslie Poljak, Berenika M. Webster, Renee Kiner
PurposeThis paper aims to uncover characteristics of physical spaces that evoke feelings of welcome and belonging in a diverse student population in an academic library.Design/methodology/approachThe photovoice method was used to allow research participants an active role in shaping research questions and collecting and analyzing data.FindingsThe research reveals that space design significantly influences students' feelings of physical safety, emotional well-being and safety and ownership (or sense of belonging) in academic library spaces, thereby emphasizing the importance of considering space design in promoting student well-being and inclusiveness.Originality/valueThis research used photovoice methodology to engage underrepresented student communities in providing input into the design of library spaces.
本论文旨在揭示物理空间的特征,唤起学术图书馆中不同学生群体的欢迎感和归属感。设计/方法/方法采用光声法,使研究参与者在形成研究问题、收集和分析数据方面发挥积极作用。研究发现,空间设计显著影响学生在高校图书馆空间中的身体安全感、情感幸福感以及安全感和归属感,从而强调了空间设计在促进学生幸福感和包容性方面的重要性。独创性/价值本研究使用光声方法,让代表性不足的学生群体参与到图书馆空间的设计中来。
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Examining measurement invariance of an ICT literacy self-efficacy scale across gender: a comparative study 检验ICT素养自我效能量表的测量不变性:一项跨性别的比较研究
IF 1.1 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-08 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-03-2021-0014
M. Al-Nuaimi
PurposeDespite the ever-increasing importance of cultivating information, communication and technology literacy skills among college students, they have yet to be related to comprehensive measuring instruments. A glance at the empirical literature reveals that most pertinent scales have been confined to measuring Internet literacy skills, whereas educators in the 21st century advocate an inclusive conceptualization of ICT literacy. Such a comprehensive conceptualization embodies technical, critical, cognitive and emotional competencies. Additionally, more empirical evidence is needed to indicate gaps in testing measurement invariance of ICT literacy scales across genders or cultures. To that end, the current study aims to adapt and cross-validate an ICT literacy self-efficacy scale across gender by testing the measurement invariance using a multiple-sampling confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA). Furthermore, the current study aims to verify the ICT literacy self-efficacy scale's psychometric properties to establish its construct validity and understand the scale's underlying factorial structure.Design/methodology/approachThe current study has administered the scale to a cross-sectional sample of 3560 undergraduate students enrolled in six universities in the Sultanate of Oman.FindingsThe results have revealed that the ICT literacy self-efficacy exhibits satisfactory indices of construct validity. On the other hand, the results of MCFA demonstrate that the differences in the goodness of fit indices between the nested models and the baseline model were below the cut-off criterion of 0.01, indicating invariance. Therefore, the scale has proved to be amenable for comparing genders on their ICT literacy self-efficacy using an one-way multivariate analysis of variance.Originality/valueThe study has several implications for research and pedagogical practices. The study provides empirical evidence for establishing ICT literacy self-efficacy as a distinct high-domain construct of task-specific self-efficacy beliefs.
目的尽管培养大学生的信息、沟通和技术素养越来越重要,但它们还没有与综合测量仪器联系起来。浏览一下实证文献就会发现,最相关的量表仅限于衡量互联网扫盲技能,而21世纪的教育工作者则主张对信息和通信技术扫盲进行包容性的概念化。这种全面的概念化体现了技术能力、批判性能力、认知能力和情感能力。此外,还需要更多的经验证据来表明在测试不同性别或文化的信息和通信技术素养量表的测量不变性方面存在差距。为此,本研究旨在通过使用多抽样验证性因素分析(MCFA)测试测量不变性,调整和交叉验证跨性别的ICT素养自我效能量表。此外,本研究旨在验证ICT素养自我效能量表的心理测量特性,以建立其结构有效性,并了解量表的潜在因子结构。设计/方法/方法本研究对阿曼苏丹国六所大学的3560名本科生进行了横断面抽样。研究结果表明,信息通信技术素养自我效能表现出令人满意的结构有效性指标。另一方面,MCFA的结果表明,嵌套模型和基线模型之间的拟合优度指数的差异低于0.01的临界标准,表明不变性。因此,该量表已被证明适用于使用单向多变量方差分析来比较性别的ICT素养自我效能感。原创性/价值这项研究对研究和教学实践有几点启示。该研究为将信息通信技术素养自我效能感确立为任务特定自我效能信念的一个独特的高领域结构提供了经验证据。
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Digital competence landscape in public libraries: examining the role of age and gender in the development of digital skills 公共图书馆的数字能力格局:研究年龄和性别在数字技能发展中的作用
Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1108/pmm-03-2022-0012
Maria Borbely, Margit Némethi-Takács
Purpose As part of the EFOP-3.3.3-VEKOP-16–2016-00001 “Museum and Library Development for All” project, a national representative digital literacy survey was conducted in Hungary's public libraries at the end of 2019. The aim of the present study is to provide a deeper analysis of the data collected during the survey to answer the question of the role of gender and age in the development of digital skills amongst librarians working in public libraries. This study was designed to answer the following four research questions: Are there levels of proficiency defined by DigComp 2.1 that are more specific to men or more specific to women? Are there areas of competence and competences that are clearly perceived as stronger or weaker for men or women? Are there areas of competence that are clearly influenced by age and others that are not or only moderately influenced by age? Which competences are clearly age-related, and which are not or only slightly affected by age? Design/methodology/approach The main target group of the study were library professionals working in county libraries. The survey, based on the DigComp 2.1 (Gomez et al ., 2017) framework, was conducted using an online questionnaire in the form of a self-assessment and explored four levels of digital literacy. A 30-question questionnaire was completed by 1,868 respondents. The sampling procedure was essentially stratified sampling. The large number of respondents and the sampling procedure combined with the representativeness of the sample meant that the results of the survey can be considered as generalisable to the whole Hungarian public library sector. Findings Of the five competency areas assessed by the DigComp framework, librarians were found to be most competent in information and data literacy, and least competent in content development, according to the proportion of those with basic skills. 32 percent of women and 22 percent of men working in libraries rated their digital skills as basic, and both groups were weak or less weak in the same skills, with a few exceptions. At the intermediate level, there is a predominance of women. In the information and communication competency areas and in the content development and integrating and re-elaborating digital content in the content creation area, a high proportion of women consider their digital skills to be medium. Relatively few men rate their own competence in these areas as average. They are most likely to have advanced and highly specialised skills. The advanced level in DigComp2.1 implies, in addition to strong digital skills, the willingness and ability to help others, while the highly specialised level requires innovative and creative use of digital technology and knowledge transfer. These top two skill levels are more common amongst men. 34 per cent of men and 27 per cent of women have advanced skills, while 13 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women have highly specialised’s level. The age of librarians has only a minimal i
作为EFOP-3.3.3-VEKOP-16-2016-00001“面向所有人的博物馆和图书馆发展”项目的一部分,2019年底在匈牙利的公共图书馆进行了一项具有全国代表性的数字素养调查。本研究的目的是对调查期间收集的数据进行更深入的分析,以回答性别和年龄在公共图书馆馆员数字技能发展中的作用。本研究旨在回答以下四个研究问题:DigComp 2.1定义的熟练程度是针对男性还是针对女性?在能力和能力方面,男性或女性是否有明显的优势或劣势?是否存在明显受年龄影响的能力领域,而其他领域不受年龄影响或仅受年龄适度影响?哪些能力明显与年龄有关,哪些能力不受年龄影响或仅轻微受年龄影响?设计/方法/方法研究的主要目标群体是在县图书馆工作的图书馆专业人员。该调查基于DigComp 2.1 (Gomez et al ., 2017)框架,采用自我评估形式的在线问卷进行,并探讨了数字素养的四个层次。共有1868名受访者完成了一份30个问题的调查问卷。抽样程序基本上是分层抽样。大量的回答者和抽样程序加上样本的代表性意味着调查结果可以被认为适用于整个匈牙利公共图书馆部门。在DigComp框架评估的五个能力领域中,根据拥有基本技能的比例,图书馆员在信息和数据素养方面能力最强,而在内容开发方面能力最差。在图书馆工作的人中,32%的女性和22%的男性认为自己的数字技能是基本的,除了少数例外,这两个群体在相同的技能上都很弱或不那么弱。在中级职位上,妇女占多数。在信息和沟通能力领域以及内容开发和内容创作领域整合和重新阐述数字内容方面,有很高比例的女性认为她们的数字技能是中等的。相对而言,很少有男性认为自己在这些领域的能力处于平均水平。他们最有可能拥有先进和高度专业化的技能。在DigComp2.1的高级水平意味着,除了强大的数字技能,愿意和能力帮助别人,而高度专业化的水平需要创新和创造性地使用数字技术和知识转移。这两种技能水平在男性中更为常见。34%的男性和27%的女性拥有高级技能,而13%的男性和6%的女性拥有高度专业化的水平。图书馆员的年龄在某些能力领域和某些能力方面只有很小的影响。信息和数据素养能力领域的技能对年龄不太敏感。对于需要更多技术技能的数据管理能力而言,年龄与技能水平之间的相关性更强,特别是在基本技能和高度专业化技能方面。在沟通能力方面,最年轻年龄组图书馆员的高级比例最高,基础比例最低。随着年龄的增长,高级学习者的比例稳步下降,基础学习者的比例以类似的稳定速度增长。年龄对内容创作的影响比预期的要小得多。年龄显然对安全能力有影响。随着年龄的增长,处于高级水平的比例降低,处于初级水平的比例增加。年龄对问题解决能力也有显著影响。50岁和60岁的图书馆员中,有二分之一的人只有基本的技能,而在最年轻的年龄组中,这一比例为四分之一,在40岁的年龄组中,这一比例为三分之一。利用DigComp 2.1框架,对匈牙利公共图书馆工作的整个专业小组的图书馆专业人员进行了数字能力调查。该研究为性别和年龄作为数字能力变量的影响提供了新的见解。
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