Doğan Atılgan

An evaluation of the second survey on electronic databases usage at Ankara University Digital Library

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to encompass the assessment of the effectiveness of the digital library and the value of multidisciplinary databases in terms of user preferences and use frequency by academic ranking.Design/methodology/approach – This paper compares the results of two survey questionnaires carried out in 2002 and 2005. It examines the level of awareness by academic staff of digital library resources along with their use rate and to evaluate the preferences of faculty for specific electronic databases case studies were undertaken by means of separate questionnaires in both years.Findings – Findings were consistent that positive results have been observed in two studies conducted in two years, 2002 and 2005. According to the results of the current survey, increased numbers of the faculty members of Ankara University know about the existence of the digital library. Another result of the survey is that many of the faculty members, although not all, use electronic databases. The most pre...

An Evaluation of Faculty use of the Digital Library at Ankara University, Turkey

New consortial buying models have dramatically increased the availability of online resources, particularly journal articles, in the universities and technical institutes of developing countries. The degree of acceptance and pattern of use of such materials is of great interest to library collection development. Ankara University surveyed faculty members regarding their awareness and use of these electronic materials.

Awareness, Perceptions, and Expectations of Academic Librarians in Turkey about Resource Description and Access (RDA)

Resource Description and Access (RDA), as a new cataloging standard, supports libraries in their bibliographic description processes by increasing access points. The increasing importance of RDA implementation requires adaptation to a new bibliographic universe. Furthermore, many initiatives have been launched by countries who would like to keep themselves up-to-date by using and implementing RDA in their library catalogs. This study points out the awareness and expectations of catalogers in academic libraries in Turkey about the transition from Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2) to RDA and their potential problems in adapting RDA. The situation in Turkey in terms of academic libraries is evaluated and reported.

An Institutional Repository Initiative and Issues Concerning Metadata

Ankara University has become one of the fist open access initiatives in Turkey. Ankara University Open Access Program (AUO) was formed as part of the Open Access project (http://acikarsiv.ankara.edu.tr ) and supported by the University with an example of an open access institutional repository. As for the further step, the system will require the metadata tools to enable international recognization. According to Budapest Open Access Initiative, as suggested two strategies for open access that are self-archiving and open access-journals AUOA system aims to be compatible with international standards. In this sense, the program will adapt generic framework to the requirements of repository metadata tasks within Turkish language-based interface. Therefore, this paper outlines a method for creating a format using Dublin Core(DC) elements of an institutional repository at Ankara University. Handling metadata repository by cataloguing staff is the most professional method; however, professional creators such as catalogers are limited in their availability at Ankara University. This raises problems; although, the tools that are used to submit digital objects will allow authors generated metadata format. The research presented in this paper proposes a format for Turkish language-based metadata crosswalks. The crosswalks are encoded as DC records that could be generated by author. The DC metadata set is an accepted scheme for using simple description of digital information. In this paper, it will be discussed how essential elements of metadata repository can be created to simplify the process of submission and repository management of the program

Türkiye’de Üniversite Kütüphanelerinin Tarihi

* Prof. Dr., Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Bölümü. E-posta: atilgan@ankara.edu.tr Giriş Üniversitelerin temel görevleri arasında eğitim ve öğretimi gerçekleştirmek ve araştırma yapmak gelmektedir. Üniversiteler, genellikle ülkelerin ekonomik, topxad lumsal ve kültürel gelişimi ile ilgili hedeflerine ulaşabilmeleri için gerekli olan insan gücünü yetiştiren kurumlar olarak kabul edilmektedir Belirlenen amaçlar doğrultusunda üniversitelerin üstlendikleri işlevleri gereğince yerine getirirken de ilgili oldukları konulardaki bilgilere ihtiyaç duyarlar ve bu bilgilere dayalı olaxad rak işlevlerini yerine getirirler. Bilinmeyeni aydınlatmaya yönelik çalışmalarda başarılı sonuçlar elde etmek ve eğitimli insanlar yetiştirmek için insan gücü ve bilgi kaynakları açısından donamlı kütüphanelere gereksinimleri vardır. Üniverxad site kütüphaneleri, içinde bulundukları üniversitenin öğretim üyelerinin, öğrenxad cilerin, bilim adamlarının ve araştırmacıların bilgi gereksinimlerini karşılamakla yükümlü kuruluşlardır.

Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Kütüphaneleri’nde Kataloglamada Uyumun Ölçülmesi

Bu calismanin amaci, Ankara Universitesi saglik bilimleri fakulteleri kutuphanelerinde kataloglama islemlerindeki uyumun irdelenmesidir. MARC kayitlarindaki farkliliklari belirlemek icin dort fakulte kutuphanesinin cevrimici kataloglari incelenmistir. Calismada, AAKK2de izlenen temel giris, baslik ve sorumluluk bildirimi, basim ve yayin, dagitim (vb.) bildirimxadleri ile fiziksel niteleme, dizi ve ek giris alanlari karsilastirilmistir. Bulgular, incelenen erisim uclarinda belirli oranlarda tutarsizliklar oldugunu ortaya koymaktadir. Butun kutuphanelerdeki en yuksek oranda uyumsuzluk baslik ve sorumluluk bildirimi alanlarindadir.

Bilimsel Yayınlarda Üniversitelerin Yeri

Universities, as leading institutions of science and education, can be scientifically evaluated in two ways. The first one is the ability of educated students and the proportion of employment, and the second one is the scientists’ publications that are published by international journals. Internationally evaluated publications take place in ISI’s Web of Science indexes. Scientific values of these publications are in discussion, but it seems that until new criterions are accepted, current measures will preserve their validity. In this paper, scientific publications, and number of publications per tutor involving in ISI evaluate main universities in Turkey

Demokratikleşme Sürecinde Halk Kütüphaneleri

Halk kutuphaneleri konumlari, verdikleri hizmetler ve kullanicilarinin ozelliklexadrinden dolayi diger bilgi merkezlerinden ayrilirlar. Din, dil, irk, milliyet ve egixadtim duzeyi gozetmeden 7’den 77’ye herkese hizmet veren halk kutuphaneleri bu ozelliklerinden dolayi hizmet politikalarini ve amaclarini cok genis kapsamli bexadlirlemek ve hizmet uclarini yaymak zorundadirlar. Bu makalede, halk kutuphanexadlerinin genel olarak tanim ve islevlerine yer verildikten sonra hizmet politikasi olusturulmasi icin gerekli ilkeler ve amaclarina deginilmektedir.

Türk Kütüphaneciliği Dergisinin Yayın Yaşamındaki Yeri

One of the most important activities of professional associations is to contribute in life long learning facilities of their members through publications. Turkish Librarians Association has started such contribution since three years after its foundation. Journal of Turkish Librarianship (JTL) with its professional and scholarly contents has been the most significant information source for the Turkish librarians during the last 50 years. JTL became an international and a peer-reviewed journal without changing its publication frequency which was determined at the beginning. This particular study showed that there is a correlation between the covered subjects and development stages of Turkish librarianship. This paper examines JTLs evolving phases and its development, and the subject titles covered by JTL from the beginning to present.

Avrupa Birliği Sürecinde Türkiye’de Bilgi Hizmetleri

Bilgi toplumu, bilgi cagi, arastirma gelistirme calismalari, bilgi erisim, bilgi gereksinimi gibi kavramlar gelismis, toplumlarda onemli kavramlar haline gelmis ve ilerlemenin on kosulu sayilmislardir. Avrupa Birligi, arastirma gelistirme faaliyetlerine onemli bir butce ayirarak bilgi toplumu olma yolunda buyuk bir yol almistir. Avrupa Birligi’ne aday olan ulkemizde ise bu konuda henuz alinmasi gereken oldukca uzun bir mesafe bulunmaktadir. Bu yazida Avrupa Birligi ulkelerinde arastirma gelistirme konusunda yapilanlar ve ulkemizdeki bilgi hizmetleri ele alinmistir.