An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman
The purpose of this study is to investigate disciplinary differences in the use of networked information for research and scholarly communication at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. The study produced quantitative data on how and why academics within different disciplines utilise networked informatio...
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| description | The purpose of this study is to investigate disciplinary differences in the use of networked information for research and scholarly communication at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. The study produced quantitative data on how and why academics within different disciplines utilise networked information either made available internally through the university library, or externally through services accessed by the Internet. A questionnaire survey was conducted with academic staff at Sultan Qaboos University. Statistical analysis found a number of significant differences between respondents in the science disciplines and those in the social sciences and humanities with regard to their use of, and attitudes towards, digital information services. While respondents from science disciplines show overall longer and more frequent use of networked information, respondents from humanities and social sciences indicated more positive attitudes toward library networked services.The Arab country context presents a challenge in determining the degree to which results can be extrapolated to other environments, in that disciplines are also divided by language. Science disciplines teach in English, and the social science and humanities in Arabic.While similar studies have been undertaken in developed countries, this study is an attempt to establish some data for a developing Arab country. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-189952017-09-13T15:58:57Z An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman Al-Aufi, A. Genoni, Paul Scholarly communication Disciplinary culture Networking Oman Languages Academic libraries The purpose of this study is to investigate disciplinary differences in the use of networked information for research and scholarly communication at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. The study produced quantitative data on how and why academics within different disciplines utilise networked information either made available internally through the university library, or externally through services accessed by the Internet. A questionnaire survey was conducted with academic staff at Sultan Qaboos University. Statistical analysis found a number of significant differences between respondents in the science disciplines and those in the social sciences and humanities with regard to their use of, and attitudes towards, digital information services. While respondents from science disciplines show overall longer and more frequent use of networked information, respondents from humanities and social sciences indicated more positive attitudes toward library networked services.The Arab country context presents a challenge in determining the degree to which results can be extrapolated to other environments, in that disciplines are also divided by language. Science disciplines teach in English, and the social science and humanities in Arabic.While similar studies have been undertaken in developed countries, this study is an attempt to establish some data for a developing Arab country. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18995 10.1108/07378831011076666 Emerald fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Scholarly communication Disciplinary culture Networking Oman Languages Academic libraries Al-Aufi, A. Genoni, Paul An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title | An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title_full | An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title_short | An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman |
| title_sort | investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in oman |
| topic | Scholarly communication Disciplinary culture Networking Oman Languages Academic libraries |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18995 |