Library Information System Auditing: Monitoring and Evaluating the Software in Academic Institution

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Auditing an Academic Library Book Collection

Tudumi: Information Visualization System for Monitoring and Auditing Computer Logs

Computer security breaches are already a major problem in using computers. The most basic defense against it is to monitor and audit the computer logs. Computer logs, however, have a huge amount of textual data. It is, therefore, almost impossible to inspect them manually using current systems. We propose a log visualization system called “Tudumi”. Tudumi consists of several functions which ass...

Comparison of Information Retrieval Capabilities in Library Software of Payam, Voyager and Aleph

The purpose of this study was comparing Information Retrieval Capabilities in Web-based Library Software of Payam, with Voyager and ALEPH. A checklist designed and included six main trait for evaluation and comparing 73 scales. Data collected by experts' observing of the software's OPAC. Data analyzed by the descriptive statistics methods. Findings shows the preferences in search capabilities i...

Evaluating the Academic System

This paper follows two previous studies regarding an analysis of the efficacy and efficiency of the academic system. A bivariate, multilevel model has been proposed in order to measure the relative efficacy of each course by quantifying its contribution in obtaining a particular outcome, net of individual, environmental and coursespecific factors. The concept of technical efficiency is also pre...