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Library CD-ROM LAN Performance and Patron Use: a Computer Simulation Model (open access)

Library CD-ROM LAN Performance and Patron Use: a Computer Simulation Model

In this study, a computer simulation model for library CD-ROM LAN systems was created. Using this model, the system optimization problems were examined. The simulation model imitated the process of the actual decision variables changing their values and generated the corresponding results. Under a certain system environment, if the values of decision variables are changing, the system performances are getting changed also. This study investigated these relationships with the created model. The system users' interarrival time, service time, and other relevant data were collected on randomly selected days in a university library. For data collection, both of the observation and the system automatic metering software were used. According to the collected data, a discrete events simulation model was created with GPSS/H. The simulation model was proven valid and accurate by a pilot test and by the calculation with queuing theory. Statistical tests were used for data comparison and analysis. In addition, animation technique was used to show the simulation process by using Proof Animation. By this technique, the simulation process was monitored on the screen.
Date: May 1996
Creator: Xia, Hong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Use Environment of Self-managed Teams : A Case Study (open access)

Information Use Environment of Self-managed Teams : A Case Study

This research investigated how self-managed teams get the information they need to perform their job tasks. Two important factors prompted this study: the growing importance of self-managed teams in the workplace and the impact of the information system on team performance.
Date: May 1996
Creator: Barnes, Deborah M. (Deborah Manning)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Management in Local Area Networks: Impact on Users' Perceptions (open access)

Information Management in Local Area Networks: Impact on Users' Perceptions

In this study, computer human interaction factors are examined as a possible source of information to aid in the operation and management of local area computer networks. Users' perceptions of computer performance and response time are evaluated in relation to specific modifications in the information organization of a file server in a local area network configuration running in Novell 3.11.
Date: May 1994
Creator: Norton, Melanie J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Context of Human Computer Interaction : An Examination of User Adoption of Electronic Journals (open access)

Social Context of Human Computer Interaction : An Examination of User Adoption of Electronic Journals

This study sought to determine whether or not factors such as relative advantage, compatibility, result demonstrability, ease of use, image, visibility, and voluntariness were involved in users' adoption of a refereed Web-based journal for informational, citation, and publication purposes. In addition, the study tested whether or not exposure to a prototype of a refereed Web-based journal would change users' perceptions concerning how well they would interact with the journal.
Date: December 1997
Creator: Scannell, Janette Bradley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation by Korean Students of Major Online Public Access Catalogs in Selected Academic Libraries (open access)

Evaluation by Korean Students of Major Online Public Access Catalogs in Selected Academic Libraries

The objective of this study was to provide information on the characteristics of a specific group of international college students from a developing country in order to assist system managers in the selection of OPACs.
Date: December 1994
Creator: Park, Il-jong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three-dimensional Information Space : An Exploration of a World Wide Web-based, Three-dimensional, Hierarchical Information Retrieval Interface Using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (open access)

Three-dimensional Information Space : An Exploration of a World Wide Web-based, Three-dimensional, Hierarchical Information Retrieval Interface Using Virtual Reality Modeling Language

This study examined the differences between a 3-D, VRML search interface, similar to Cone Trees, as a front-end to Yahoo on the World Wide Web and a conventional text-based, 1-Dinterface to the same database. The study sought to determine how quickly users could find information using both interfaces, their degree of satisfaction with both search interfaces, and which interface they preferred.
Date: December 1997
Creator: Scannell, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library