COBISS obvestila (2004, št. 1)

6. 6. 2024

Libraries, Social science and humanities

Implementation of the Libraries of Emotions project in the Kranj City Library – experiences and challenges

Manca Štefe, Damjana Pečjak

Kranj City Library is the central regional library, which, among other things, implements programs for reading literacy, information literacy, lifelong learning and intergenerational cooperation. In this context, we joined the international project Libraries of Emotions with the aim of introducing an innovative reading promotion service. In the paper, the project and the process of implementing practical content were presented.

7. 2. 2024

Computer science and informatics

Challenges of approaches to improving web accessibility

Andrej Krajnc

The concept of web accessibility provides the basis for ensuring accessibility of websites and mobile apps for all users, primarily for persons with a disability. The Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications Act from 2018 represents a regulation of minimal harmonization and it summarizes the EU directive. Although the act was adopted several years ago, the situation in Slovenia is still relatively undeveloped.

9. 12. 2022

COBISS/Loan, Libraries

Monitoring user debts and debt recovery in public libraries: the case of the Kranj City Library

Darja Vajs Košir

Kranj City Library is one of the largest Slovenian public libraries, which, like most Slovenian libraries, also deals with the debts of its users. Prohit Claims Management Agency helps us to collect the debts. Before collection by an external contractor, we first carry out a series of procedures in the library to collect the debts ourselves. We regularly monitor the debts of library users and inform them about their debts.

6. 12. 2022

User studies

Reading behaviour of students at the University of Ljubljana in a mobile environment

Ksenija Rivo, Maja Žumer

Foreign research reports low use of mobile devices for reading e-texts among students, so we investigated mobile reading behaviour among UL students. Since the results of the online survey showed that low use of mobile devices for reading e-texts is also characteristic of UL students, we wanted to investigate in more detail the reasons and barriers to the use of mobile devices for reading e-texts.

19. 10. 2021

Education, Libraries

Professional self-confidence in reading literacy promotion

Sabina Fras Popović

Participation in professional events in the fields of reading literacy and reading culture has a positive impact on boosting professional self-confidence. The available data reflects the accessibility of professional events for the promotion of reading literacy and reading culture in Slovenia. Practitioners attend such training, but at the same time, they doubt their competence to encourage and plan the development of reading literacy and reading culture.

20. 8. 2021

COBISS+, User studies

COBISS+ user experience

Katarina Švab, Tanja Merčun

User experience is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the quality of services, products and even bibliographic information systems. Due to the lack of comprehensive research into user experience in bibliographic information systems, we developed a questionnaire, covering all key dimensions and aspects of user experience and taking into account the specificities of bibliographic information systems.

12. 11. 2020

Computer science and informatics, History

The historical role of the VMS operating system in the development of COBISS

Davor Šoštarič

The paper reviews, with some historical distance, the circumstances leading to the VMS operating system becoming the basis for developing and implementing the COBISS national shared bibliographic system.

22. 6. 2020

Cataloguing, Computer science and informatics, Social science and humanities

Digital humanities: a whim or a (bibliographical) routine?

Sonja Svoljšak

The article presents and analyses selected digital humanities projects and research initiatives in which libraries and other heritage institutions participate actively. These ambitious global projects supplement the existing knowledge on general and specific social and cultural-historical phenomena in the field of written cultural heritage with the help of web-based applications, tools and the collaborative location-independent research approach.

21. 5. 2020

COBISS, Libraries, User studies

Users in the COBISS environment – experiences at the Public Library of Užice

Gordana Bacotić, Biljana Ristović

In 2019, the Public Library of Užice conducted a survey to assess the level of user knowledge of the search process in COBISS/OPAC (now COBISS+). The survey consisted of the following segments: user profile, most commonly used access points, use of screen tips and ease of searching, and user evaluation of the search results obtained.

3. 12. 2019

Education, Libraries

Competencies of librarians and informatologists: challenges in the time of social and cultural changes

Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić

In this paper we discuss the competencies of librarians and informatologists, terminological disagreements as well as attempts to investigate the various paths of influence on academic education in the field of Information sciences.

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