Search results for "information quality"
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The role of practitioners in helping persons make effective use of information and communication technology in career interventions
2019
We examine the role of counselors and other practitioners in delivering career interventions using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Current benefits and limitations of ICT use provide the basis for recommendations. Potential benefits of increased ICT engagement include cost-effectiveness and improved access to resources and support. Potential limitations include poor assessment and information quality, limited practitioner support when needed, problems with distance intervention and social media, confidentiality of client records, inequality of access, inadequate competencies, and poor implementation. Specific practitioner roles are identified, and those related to social med…
Pomiar wybranych kryteriów jakości informacji na stronach WWW – studium przypadku
2019
The paper presents the measurement of selected web indicators using the example of websites of the state higher vocational schools in Poland. The obtained indicators were used to assess specific criteria of information quality on websites. Based on the conducted study, it can be concluded that the web indicators can be used in the process of improving information quality on websites.
65 Science reboot. Creation of an evidence-based literature by increasing the use of regional languages in science
2019
Objectives English as an International Language is widely used in science. Unfortunately, scientific information space is oversaturated by using International Language, while Regional Languages remain informatively poor. The oversaturation leads to the information overload 1–4 , reducing the quality of information and data interpretation. At the same time, non-English speaking countries publish new studies in regional journals, causing contrary effect – information deficiency in English. 5 Similarly to RCSB PDB and NCBI, the authors suggest to create a novel scientific database in order to: - Enrich the regional languages allowing them to be competitive; - Concentrate on the evidence-based …
How Good Is This Page? Benefits and Limits of Prompting on Adolescents’ Evaluation of Web Information Quality
2019
International audience; The present study examined adolescents' detection of features that affect the quality of Web information. In Experiment 1, participants (12-16 years old) rated the goodness/usefulness of four Web-like documents for a simulated study assignment. Each document came with an issue that potentially undermined its quality. Two documents had source-related issues (i.e., non-competent author, outdated) and two had content-related issues (i.e., topic mismatch, poor readability). Most students failed to notice the issues, including topic mismatch. The participants also produced inconsistent evaluations of topic-match, readability, author competence and currency. In Experiment …
Miejsce i znaczenie oceny jakości informacji w wybranych modelach ewaluacji bibliotek cyfrowych
2016
Teza/cel artykułu - Zapewnienie odpowiedniej jakości zasobów informacji w bibliotekach cyfrowych stanowi nowe wyzwanie dla dalszego intensywnego rozwoju tego rodzaju wirtualnych organizacji. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie miejsca i znaczenia oceny jakości informacji w najważniejszych modelach ewaluacji bibliotek cyfrowych. Metody - Jako metodę badawczą zastosowano analizę porównawczą wybranych modeli bibliotek cyfrowych pod względem sposobu ujęcia oceny jakości informacji w strukturze modelu, zakresu tej oceny oraz proponowanych metod i technik oceny. Wyniki/ wnioski - W badanych modelach przedmiotem oceny były zarówno dane, jak i metadane. Przeprowadzona analiza wykazała także, że rozważane …
Antecedents of and their effect on trust in online word-of-mouth : case Finnish discussion forums
2011
The growing importance of digital marketing communications and digital marketing channels has raised challenges in understanding this new environment and consumers’ action within it. Objective of this study was to explore the dynamics of online word-of-mouth and consumers’ trust formation towards it. Literature review offers a comprehensive view to trust in its contradictory nature, to the unique characteristics of online word-of-mouth. Research was explanatory and causal, trying to find relationships between variables derived from previous studies and theory. Quantitative method was employed to measure following latent variables: Trustworthiness of a community, website quality, accuracy, r…
Ocena jakości informacji na stronach WWW bibliotek Państwowych Wyższych Szkół Zawodowych w Polsce
2017
Istnieje potrzeba badań naukowych związanych z rozwojem zasobów cyfrowych. Szczególnym obszarem intensywnego wzrostu ilości informacji w formie elektronicznej stanowią zasoby bibliotek Uczelni Wyższych. Do tej grupy zaliczane są także biblioteki Państwowych Wyższych Szkół Zawodowych w Polsce. Artykuł prezentuje ocenę jakości informacji na stronach PWSZ. W literaturze przedmiotu dostępne są modele oceny bibliotek cyfrowych, które są uzależnione od stopnia szczegółowości przyjętego modelu (od prostych wytycznych, po modele holistyczne) lub stawiające w centrum zainteresowania: użytkownika, zasoby informacyjne, infrastrukturę informacyjną oraz wybrane relacje pomiędzy tymi elementami (np. inte…
INFORMATION QUALITY PROBLEMS ON WEBSITES
2019
The goal of this publication is to identify and characterize the typical problems with information quality on websites, and to present exemplary remedies for those problems. In this article the information quality problems within their origins, as well as the consequences of using poor-quality information by the Internet user were defined. There were also presented ways of improving information quality - which should facilitate the information needed by producers/authors and the managers/administrators of services in or to find solutions to the remaining problems. The presented varied remedies are not all possible solutions to improving quality in the area of the WWW content and its infrast…
Tools of Improving the Quality of Information on Websites
2022
Purpose: Identification of methods and tools of improving the quality of information on websites. The investigated instruments, techniques and mechanisms are described with regard to solving problems of the information quality from the user’s perspective. Design/methodology/approach: Literature studies along with analysis of tools of improving the quality of information on websites. The analysis of tools for improving the quality of information was conducted within four areas: information integration, information validation, providing context of information, as well as adjusting information to be used. The presented examples concern, among others, information websites, government sites, onl…
Information quality evaluation methodology for web page directories
2016
The article presents information quality evaluation methodology for websites directories. In the first part of the article the theoretical basis for website directories was presented (ways of information acquisition, classification and issues relating to quality of websites). The second part of the article was devoted to the research methodology for evaluating quality of information collected in website directories. The identification of quality characteristics carried out shall allow for evaluating quality of general information and of information in thematic directories on web pages. The article ends with a summary containing conclusions and guidelines for further research directions.