Dublin Core
Title
The Adoption and Use of PocketKnowledge, an Institutional Repository with Integrated Social Interaction Tools
Creator
Stephen Asunka, Hui Soo Chae, Gary Natriello
Description
Transaction log analysis (TLA), content analysis, and grounded theory procedures were used to explore the adoption and use of an institutional digital repository and social networking website by the academic community of a graduate school of education in the Northeastern United States. Three successive years of usage records were gathered and analyzed to determine:(1) the rate of adoption and use of the repository by faculty, staff and students of the university,(2) the contents and levels of participation of these respective groups, and (3) the possible emergence of collaborative, online and open access scholarship within the institution. Findings show a steady growth in adoption of the repository as a content archiving resource by users, and an item tagging scheme that suggests user preference of the resource as a platform for enhancing professional rather than personal interests. User interactivity by way of …
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=AXIuswEAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=AXIuswEAAAAJ:Zph67rFs4hoC
Language
English