Papers by Noorhidawati Abdullah
Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya and University of Malaya Library, 2021
In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful It gives me a great pleasure to be ... more In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful It gives me a great pleasure to be given a chance to write down this message for the International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society (ICoLIS). This is the 8th time we are hosting the conference, this time in a different setting, a virtual conference adapting to the new norm due the pandemic COVID-19 that has knocked us all since 2020. This conference however has brought together members of the international library and information science community from the Asia Pacific region as well as from other parts of the world namely from Indonesia, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Malaysia. Additionally, it was a wonderful opportunity to have three speakers delivering their keynote speeches: i) YBhg.
How Graduate Students Seek for Information: Convenience or Guaranteed Results. , Aug 19, 2014
This paper reports on the information seeking behaviour of computer science graduate students. Th... more This paper reports on the information seeking behaviour of computer science graduate students. The following research questions are put forward to address the main research objective on how graduate students seek for information: i) what type of information resource do computer science graduate students use?; ii) how do computer science graduate students seek and obtain information?; iii) what are the problems faced by computer science graduate students while seeking information?; iv) does any relationship exist between the use of different information resources and graduates' demographic information (i.e., age and type of graduate program)?; v) does any relationship exist between the use of different information resources and problems in finding information?and vi) does any relationship exist between the use of different information resources and success in finding information?. A survey was conducted at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, at the University of Malaya, with a sample size of 217 graduate students. The data gathered was analysed quantitatively using SPSS statistical software. The findings show that even though the Internet Search Engine is the first information resource used by computer science graduate, they are however still in doubt with the trustworthiness of the information they retrieved. This has made the students dissatisfied with their initial findings that led them to use more reliable information resources, such as digital libraries and online databases. This study provides insights into how computer science graduate students seek information that offers improvement implications to the development of available information resources and library services.
This paper examines the course offerings in digital library (DL) education, guided by the followi... more This paper examines the course offerings in digital library (DL) education, guided by the following specific research question: "What do the Library and Information Science (LIS)-accredited programmes inform us about education in digital libraries?" The paper provides an analysis of DL education which is included in the curriculum of 13 accredited and highly-rated library schools. Findings indicate that a significant DL content is present in the curriculum; and the inclusion is categorised into (a) an independent or full digital library course, (b) an integrated digital library course with other LIS topics, and (c) courses with close relation to DL processes. The title "Digital Libraries" appears to be the most popular title in the USA LIS schools sampled, and range from theory and practice, to project-based courses. The four UK LIS schools sampled do not have an explicit focus on DL topics. The curriculum areas for DL education suggested by Spinks and Cool (1999) are taken into account in analysing the content of the DL courses offered by the library schools. The paper also provides insights into the current state of DL education in Malaysia, and reports the findings of a small-scale survey, which has informed the LIS programme on how the DL course should be conducted. Findings from this paper may assist DL educators to develop DL modules and courses, standing on a solid foundation as well as following a standard curriculum design model of analysis, design/development, and evaluation practised by the renowned LIS schools worldwide.
This paper highlights the current state of open access repositories of Asian universities. It des... more This paper highlights the current state of open access repositories of Asian universities. It describes their characteristics in terms of types, contents, disciplines, language, technical and operational issues, and policy. The web performance of Asian institutional repositories as reflected through global visibility and impact of the repositories in Open Directory of Open Access Repository (OpenDOAR), is also examined; as well as the performance of Asian top-ranked universities in the archiving and sharing their research output through institutional repositories, based on the Ranking Web of World Repositories (RWWR). Findings signify Japan as the biggest contributor of Asian repositories, followed by India and Taiwan. An investigation of the status of these universities revealed that out of the 191 Asian organizational institutional repositories identified in this study, only 48 are listed in the Top 400 RWWR. This implies that only 12% of Asian institutional repositories are visible and incorporate good practices in their web publication as extracted from the quantitative webometrics indicators used by the ranking. Out of these 48 institutions, 29 are among the Asian Top 200 universities. However, only 14 of these 29 universities were ranked top 100 in the RWWR. It is revealed that some of the top ranked universities in Asia are not actively contributing to the open access movement. It is suggested that if the web performance of an institutional repository of a research institution is below the expected position, the university authorities should reconsider their web policy to increase the volume and quality of their intellectual output / research publications through institutional repositories.
Philology studies are often associated with traditional methods of teaching and learning. This st... more Philology studies are often associated with traditional methods of teaching and learning. This study explores the possibility of e-learning adoption amongst Malay manuscripts learning community. The Soft System Methodology (SSM) is used to guide the investigation. SSM emphasises on understanding the problem situations faced by Malay manuscript learning community and expresses the situations in rich pictures. The manuscript learning community comprises lecturers, students and researchers in the field of philology. Data were gathered from interviews, focus group discussions and observations. Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya is the case study setting, focusing on lecturers who teach and students who enrol in a philology course as well as doctoral students researching on manuscript studies. The findings highlight problems faced by the various stakeholders and propose solutions in the form of a conceptual model for a collaborative electronic platform to improve teaching and learning as well as utilizing digitized manuscript surrogates held in a digital library of Malay manuscripts.
This paper reports a study on students' perceptions and reactions towards e-books in Higher Educa... more This paper reports a study on students' perceptions and reactions towards e-books in Higher Education (HE). During this study a Web survey and a follow-up study were conducted using students from University of Strathclyde as a sample population. The Web survey revealed that there were three different types of e-book use in an academic setting: (a) fact finding; (b) finding relevant content; and (c) extended reading. The most popular reason for using ebooks was for "finding relevant content" which indicated that e-books were not read in their entirety but instead were consulted or used for reference purpose. The Web survey finding was then confirmed by the follow-up study. This study is valuable for designing a better ebook features in which they should be designed according to what purpose the e-books are used for (i.e. for reference purpose or extended reading or both). If the e-books are intended to be used for reference purpose, the features might include practical searching and browsing features, whereas if the e-books are designed for extended reading they should be provided with features that are conducive for on-screen reading such as a good layout design and navigation tools.
This paper examines the course offerings in digital library (DL) education, guided by the followi... more This paper examines the course offerings in digital library (DL) education, guided by the following specific research question: "What do the Library and Information Science (LIS)-accredited programmes inform us about education in digital libraries?" The paper provides an analysis of DL education which is included in the curriculum of 13 accredited and highly-rated library schools. Findings indicate that a significant DL content is present in the curriculum; and the inclusion is categorised into (a) an independent or full digital library course, (b) an integrated digital library course with other LIS topics, and (c) courses with close relation to DL processes. The title "Digital Libraries" appears to be the most popular title in the USA LIS schools sampled, and range from theory and practice, to project-based courses. The four UK LIS schools sampled do not have an explicit focus on DL topics. The curriculum areas for DL education suggested by Spinks and Cool (1999) are taken into account in analysing the content of the DL courses offered by the library schools. The paper also provides insights into the current state of DL education in Malaysia, and reports the findings of a small-scale survey, which has informed the LIS programme on how the DL course should be conducted. Findings from this paper may assist DL educators to develop DL modules and courses, standing on a solid foundation as well as following a standard curriculum design model of analysis, design/development, and evaluation practised by the renowned LIS schools worldwide.
Library Review, 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments in... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments investigating the use and usability of e-books in Higher Education based on experiments conducted at the University of Strathclyde. This study has looked in greater detail at user interactions with e-books for reference purposes by focusing on searching and browsing tasks using three search
Currently WWW is the first solution for scholars in finding information. But, analyzing and inter... more Currently WWW is the first solution for scholars in finding information. But, analyzing and interpreting this volume of information will lead to researchers overload in pursuing their research.
ABSTRAK Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mencadangkan satu kerangka kerja pengauditan teknologi makluma... more ABSTRAK Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mencadangkan satu kerangka kerja pengauditan teknologi maklumat (TM) bagi kawalan keselamatan rangkaian. Kerangka kerja ini mengandungi dua sub-kerangka kerja iaitu sub-kerangka kerja polisi kawalan keselamatan rangkaian yang dinamakan PolisiNet, dan subkerangka kerja tatacara proses pengauditan TM yang dinamakan ProsedurNet. Sebagai sokongan kepada kerangka kerja yang dicadangkan, kajian ini telah membangunkan Sistem Sokongan Keputusan (SSK) Pengauditan TM yang dinamakan AuditNet. AuditNet mengetengahkan penggunaan konsep berasaskan pengetahuan. /a dibangunkan berdasarkan kepada kerangka kerja tatacara pengauditan TM yang dicadangkan. Sistem AuditNet dibangunkan menggunakan perisian WinProlog versi 4./ untuk enjin pentadbiran, Visual Basic versi 6.0 untuk antara muka, dan Microsoft Access versi 2000 untuk pangkalan data. ABSTRACT This study intends to propose an information technology (TM) auditing framework for network security controls. This framework consists of two subframeworks; a network security control policy sub-framework called PolisiNet, and a TM auditing process procedure sub-framework called ProsedurNet. To support the proposed framework, this research has developed a TM Auditing Decision Support System called AuditNet. AuditNet introduces the use of knowledge-based concept and it is developed based on the proposed IT auditing framework. The AuditNet system is developed using WinProlog version 4.1 for the inference engine, Visual Basic version 6.0 for the interface, and Microsoft Access version 2000 for the database. PENGENALAN Pada masa kini, penggunaan komputer semakin meluas dalam pemprosesan data dan pembuatan keputusan. Pengurusan harlan sesebuah organisasi banyak
Abstract Students may seek information for various reasons such as to understand a specific subje... more Abstract Students may seek information for various reasons such as to understand a specific subject matter or to conduct a research. In this digital age, they may not have a problem to find information. However, they are having problem to find scholarly information that suits their learning needs. This is because they are having difficulties to find the scholarly information that suitable for their learning styles. The objectives of this research are (a) to investigate information retrieval tools that students use to find scholarly information;(b) to ...
This paper reports on a usability evaluation of BoBIs (Back-of-the-book Indexes) as searching and... more This paper reports on a usability evaluation of BoBIs (Back-of-the-book Indexes) as searching and browsing tools in an e-book environment. This study employed a task-based approach and within-subject design. The retrieval performance of a BoBI was compared with a ToC and Full-Text Search tool in terms of their respective effectiveness and efficiency for finding information in e-books. The results demonstrated that a BoBI was significantly more efficient (faster) and useful compared to a ToC or Full-Text Search tool for finding information in an e-book environment.
Library Review, 2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments in... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments investigating the use and usability of e-books in Higher Education based on experiments conducted at the University of Strathclyde. This study has looked in greater detail at user interactions with e-books for reference purposes by focusing on searching and browsing tasks using three search
This paper reports on an online survey of e-book awareness and usage level in a British academic ... more This paper reports on an online survey of e-book awareness and usage level in a British academic library. The main objectives of this survey were to: (a) assess students' awareness of the availability of e-books in their academic library; (b) measure the level of e-book usage among the students; and (c) identify the reasons why students do or don't use e-books. A self-selected sampling method was employed to generate a sample of students consisting of undergraduate and postgraduate instructional students registered with the University of Strathclyde for academic year 2005/6. An announcement email was posted to the student web portal for a period of three weeks inviting them to participate in the survey. A total of 1372 of responses were returned representing just under 10% response rate. In general, this survey found that e-book awareness was low as was the level of e-book usage amongst the students: 57% of students were not aware of the availability of e-books from the library and 60% of them had not used an e-book. Non-users commented that e-books were not widely advertised or promoted which has most probably contributed to this lack of awareness and non usage. Despite the low levels of e-book awareness and usage, non e-book users indicated their desire to learn more about e-books.
Library Review, 2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments in... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the third of three inter-related experiments investigating the use and usability of e-books in Higher Education based on experiments conducted at the University of Strathclyde. This study has looked in greater detail at user interactions with e-books for reference purposes by focusing on searching and browsing tasks using three search
Uploads
Papers by Noorhidawati Abdullah