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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Academic Library Weblogs: An Analytical Study of Blogging Tools Supporting Metadata
مدونات المكتبات الجامعية: دراسة تحليلية في دعم برمجيات المدونات للميتاداتا (واصفات البيانات)
 
Subject : Faculty of Arts - Department Information Science 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : The aim of the study is to analyze web-based blogging services, and to analyze metadata of academic library weblogs to find out the state of metadata elements and how metadata is being supported by blogging web-based Services. Consequently, provide Suggested Guidelines for Implementing and Maintaining an Arabic Academic Library Weblog, with appropriate technique for Semantic Web environment. It is divided into two sections. The first one was the theoretical background of weblogs and Status of blogging in Arabic homeland. The second was the analytical section that used the analytical method in two parts of the study. The first part was analyzing of 35 web-based blogging services based on three technical criteria. The second part was analyzing of metadata elements of 32 academic library weblogs in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Analyzing metadata elements of academic library weblogs was conducted through three phases. Phase one: the analyzing of existing metadata elements that are available in source code of weblogs; phase two: the analyzing of existing metadata elements as well as relevancy of content to the metadata elements through Metachecker.net as analysis tool; phase three: the analyzing of metadata elements that have been automatically generated by DC.dot as metadata editor tool. The study discovered that most of weblogs have used Web-based Blogging Services for creating weblogs, whereas 27 weblogs that is 84.37 % of studied weblogs have used such services as Wordpress and Blogger. It also confirmed that title element was fully supported by Web-based Blogging Services; it was being used by 32 weblogs that is 100 % of studied weblogs. Moreover, it revealed little used of Dublin Core in weblog' metadata; it has been only used in the title element of Milwaukee -Wisconsin University library weblog. Technical metadata elements were found to be effectively supported by Web-based Blogging Services; Title, Type, Generator and MSsmart elements were used in 75 % of studied weblogs. In addition, it illustrated that Weblog creators have failed to enrich metadata elements with sufficient values; the analysis of weblog's source codes revealed that only the title was used in 26 weblogs that 81.25 % of studied weblogs. The study suggested more exploitation of weblogs in libraries for additional patrons' interaction and communication. It also recommended that bloggers must generate their own metadata to enable enhanced information seeking and retrieval through independent software, as well as effective interfaces that support their work. 
Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ameen Marghlani 
Thesis Type : Doctorate Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1432 AH
2011 AD 
Co-Supervisor : Dr. Badawia Mohammed Al-bassuny 
Added Date : Wednesday, October 26, 2011 

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سوزان مصطفى فلمبانFelemban, Suzan MustafaResearcherDoctorate 

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