Digitalne knjižnice za mlade : magistrsko delo

Rupar, Patricia (author), Žumer, Maja (mentor)

Digitalne knjižnice so lahko namenjene različnim uporabniškim skupinam. Mladi odrasli so, tudi z vidika knjižničnih storitev v tradicionalnem ali digitalnem okolju, posebna uporabniška skupina. Njihove značilnosti, potrebe in pričakovanja se razlikujejo, hkrati pa je tudi njihovo vedenje pri iskanju informacij drugačno od ostalih uporabniških skupin. Namen magistrskega dela je prikazati obstoječe primere digitalnih knjižnic za mlade in njihove značilnosti, pri čemer smo bili še posebej pozorni na vključene prilagoditve, ki so namenjene prav mladim. Predstavili smo tudi ključne značilnosti ter informacijske potrebe in zahteve mladih odraslih. Izbrali smo pet primerov digitalnih knjižnic. To so Virtual Career Library, National Science Digital Library, Internet Public Library, Project Muse in Digital Library of Earth System Education. Primere smo vrednotili z uporabo ekspertne študije, pri čemer smo uporabili tri skupine kriterijev. Za ugotavljanje prisotnosti posameznih kriterijev smo uporabili štiristopenjsko lestvico ocenjevanja. Raziskava, kjer smo preverjali tako splošno uporabniško prijaznost kot vključenost prilagoditev je pokazala, da večina izbranih primerov digitalnih knjižnic za mlade, upošteva ključne lastnosti uporabnosti. V veliki meri pa so bile na voljo tudi najrazličnejše prilagoditve, ki poskrbijo, da se mladi počutijo bolj sprejeti in dobrodošli na strani. Največ možnosti za izboljšave vidimo pri funkciji pomoči, iskanju ter organiziranosti zbirke. Ugotovitve lahko predstavljajo tudi smernice za razvoj bolj prilagojenih digitalnih knjižnic za mlade odrasle v Sloveniji, ki bi s svojo vsebino in storitvami upoštevale značilnosti in informacijsko vedenje mladih. Hkrati bi jim ponudili sistem za poizvedovanje, ki bi olajšal proces iskanja informacij ter spodbujal interaktivnost, povezovanje in skupinsko sodelovanje. Trenutno pri nas namreč ni podobnih sistemov, kar kaže tudi izbira izključno tujih primerov digitalnih knjižnic.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: digitalne knjižnice, mladi odrasli, študentje, uporabniški vmesniki, splet 2.0, semantični splet, ekspertna študija, uporabniška prijaznost, bolonjske magistrske naloge
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [P. Rupar]
• Year: 2015
• Number of pages: 82 f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-72237
• UDC: 027.625:025.4.036(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 57922402
• Publication date in RUL: 08.09.2015

Secondary language

• Language: English

Abstract

Digital libraries can be intended for different user groups. Young adults are a special user group also from the perspective of library services in traditional or digital environment. Their characteristics, needs and expectations differ and at the same time their skills in finding information also differentiate from other user groups. The purpose of this thesis is to present the existing examples of digital libraries, intended for the youth, and their characteristics while paying special attention to the adjustments that are meant for the young people. We have also presented the key characteristics and information needs and requirements of the young adults. We have chosen five examples of digital libraries. These are Virtual Career Library, National Science Digital Library, Internet Public Library, Project Muse and Digital Library of Earth System Education. The examples have been assessed by using the expert study within which three groups of criteria have been used. In determining the presence of individual criteria, we have used the four-scale assessment. The research, which has tested both general user satisfaction and inclusion of adjustments, has shown that the majority of the selected examples of digital libraries for the youth do take into consideration the key characteristics of users. To a great extent, there have also been various adjustments available whose task is to ensure that young people feel more accepted and welcome while online. In terms of possible improvements, we see the most potential in the function of assistance, search and organization of the collection. The findings can also represent guidelines for the development of the more adjusted digital libraries for young adults in Slovenia which would take into consideration the characteristics and information behavior of the youth by offering the suitable content and services. Simultaneously, the youth would be offered a system for inquiry which would make it easier to search for information and would also encourage interaction, networking and group cooperation. Currently, there are not any similar systems in Slovenia and this is also demonstrated by the choice of the examples of digital libraries which are all exclusively foreign.