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VALA Events 2014: Learning to Connect – Connecting to Learn
The Gelatine project and future directions for the design of connected learning environments
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VALA2014 Session 8 Burke
Video: streaming with possibilities, but undiscoverableVALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Collaborate Jane BurkeProQuest, USA Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala14 and #s24 |  |
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Despite growing volume and popularity, institutional video content is the least curated and least discoverable of all content types. Although users expect ubiquitous access to all content, regardless of format, video is under-catalogued/indexed and therefore not easily accessible. Video, especially institutional video, is not available to discovery services, and rights management concerns inhibit availability. Therefore, libraries are missing an opportunity to showcase their relevance. This paper presents research on the hypothesis that utilizing automated transcription to programmatically create rich metadata promotes discoverability and usability of institutionally created video.
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VALA2012 Session 1 McLean
VALA2012 Session 1 McLeanGlobal discoverability of graduate research: challenges and opportunities for researchers and librariansVALA2012 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Academic Research Support Austin McLean, presented by Keith Furnis.ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2012 and #S1AM |  |
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Global discoverability of graduate research: challenges and opportunities for researchers and librarians
Chinese research output is now second in volume only to that of the USA, having surpassed that of Germany, UK and Japan. This paper will examine factors that impact collaboration and discoverability of global research, with a focus on China. ProQuest has recently concluded a series of research projects that focused on China regarding Chinese scholars’ attitudes toward collaboration. The research also examined workflow and tools used, and constraints that influenced research behaviour. Further, this session will review challenges faced in discovering research in other languages and share ProQuest’s approach toward bringing non-English language graduate work to a global audience.
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VALA2004 Session 6 Marlow
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Value creation in aggregation – the need for a flexible approach in content aggregation and production to meet future customer demandVALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing Martin MarlowDirector of Strategic Marketing, ProQuest Information & Learning |   |
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This paper looks to identify and understand the present situation of electronic information aggregators and the challenges they will face as the market develops over the next 3-5 years. What will be the future developments in this area of the industry? How should these organisations see their position within it? How should they develop and diversify to meet the changing needs of the customer? How should they address the requirements and evolution of their supplier partners – and exactly who might these suppliers be? What will be their future content and technical offerings and what supporting value-added services need adding to the overall “solution”. Backed by market, customer and supplier analysis and feedback, this paper offers opinions and comment on all these topics and includes market examples of the current situation – and future trend analysis and comment (supported by emerging model review and case studies).
VALA2010 Session 1 Burke
Discovery versus disintermediation: the new reality driven by today’s end-user
VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Discovery
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 12:00 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-1-burke
Jane Burke
Vice-President, ProQuest, LLC, USA
http://www.serialssolutions.com
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Increasingly, libraries are viewed as irrelevant to the research process, leaving them vulnerable to being cut, both financially and from the mind of the end user. However, new ways of discovering content in library collections holds the promise of returning the researcher to the library. The author explores the impact of search technology including Discovery Layers (NGCs), Federated Search, and the emerging trend toward Web-Scale Discovery.
VALA2008 Session 11 Law
Observing student researchers in their native habitat
VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Websites
Thursday 7 February 2008 11:20 – 11:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-11-law
John Law
Director, Strategic Alliances and Platform Development, ProQuest
http://www.proquest.com
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This paper discusses the challenges student researchers face when attempting to locate relevant e-resources, and the challenges university libraries face in ensuring that academic e-resources are accessible and understood by student researchers. The paper presents original quantitative and qualitative research on the ways in which students access and use academic e-resources, and a comparative analysis of the role of open Web search engines in academic research.