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MARCH 2005 ISSUE
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Dear Colleagues,
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Main Articles:
* What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata
Standard?
- Jean Godby assesses the customised subsets of metadata elements that
have been defined by 35 projects using the LOM standard to describe e-learning
resources.
* ISBN-13: New Number on the Block
- Ann Chapman outlines the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its
impact on the information community and the book trade.
* The Tapir: Adding E-Theses
Functionality to DSpace
- Richard Jones demonstrates how the Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional
Repositories (Tapir) has provided E-Theses functionality for DSpace.
* Improving Communications within JISC through News Aggregation
- Paul Davey explains what JISC is doing to improve communications
through more effective news promotion. Roddy MacLeod and Malcolm Moffat examine
the technology EEVL has developed in this area.
* Developing Portal Services and Evaluating How Users Want to Use Them:
The CREE Project
- Chris Awre, Matthew J Dovey,
Jon Hunter, William Kilbride and Ian Dolphin describe the JISC-funded
Contextual Resource Evaluation Environment (CREE) Project and its user and
technical investigations to examine how users wish to use library search
services.
* How the Use of Standards Is Transforming Australian Digital Libraries
- Debbie Campbell explains how the exploitation of recent standards has
allowed the National Library of Australia to digitise its collections and host
federated search services and provide an improved service.
* The Dawning of DARE: A Shared Experience
- Annemiek van der Kuil and Martin Feijen describe the first year of the
DARE Project and its foundation of the OAI repositories of Dutch academic
output.
Get Tooled Up:
*Virtual Rooms, Real Meetings
- Andy Powell takes a brief look at VRVS, a desktop video-conferencing
tool that can be used to support collaborative activities between groups of
geographically distributed researchers.
Workshop and Conference Reports: At the Event:
* ECDL 2004: A Digital Librarian's Report
- Jessie Hey reports on the 8th European Conference on
Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
held at the
* ECDL 2004: 4th International Web Archiving Workshop
- Michael Day reports on the 4th International Web Archiving Workshop
held at the
* The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004
- Tracey Stanley reports on the 8th Institutional Web Management
Workshop at the
* The JIBS Workshop on Resource/Reading List Software: The Reality
- Frances Boyle reports on the one-day workshop on the current state of
play in the Resource/Reading List software market, held at
* Digital Resources for the Humanities
- Alastair Dunning reviews for us this year's conference on Digital
Resources in the Humanities at the
* Sense of the South West Conference: Collaboration for Sustainability
- Katie Lusty reports on a one-day conference on the sustainability of
digitisation projects, held in
* e-Culture Horizons:
- Andreas Strasser reports on a two-day symposium hosted and organised
by Salzburg Research in
Ariadne Reviews:
* Libraries Without Walls 5
- David Parkes reviews the fifth compilation of the biennial Library
Without Walls Conference. He finds how far we have come and how far we have to
go in delivering services to distributed learners.
* Knowledge Management Lessons Learned - What works and what doesn't
- Martin White praises the work
of the editors on the 32 essays covering how KM initiatives can deliver
tangible outcomes and takes a practical and balanced view of their overall
value.
* Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age
- Chris Awre finds a useful if limited introduction for those coming new
to the field of information representation and retrieval, but is unconvinced by
its overall coverage and depth.
* The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web
Resources
- Lina Coelho looks at a book she feels is destined to repay its
purchase price even if you never manage to read it all.
* The Information Society: A study of continuity and change
- Lise Foster finds this a useful scene setter for the novice and valuable
reminder for the professional of the challenges facing today's librarian.
.Plus our regular columns and expanded newsline.
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Current Cites
Volume 15,
no. 10, October 2004
Edited
by [2]Roy Tennant
ISSN:
1060-2356 -
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/2004/cc04.15.10.html
Contributors: [3]Charles W. Bailey, Jr.,
[4]Terry Huwe, [5]Shirl
Kennedy, Jim
Ronningen, [6]Roy Tennant
[7]2004 Information Format
Trends: Content, Not Containers
(http://www.oclc.org/info/2004trends/).
- OCLC demonstrates once
again that it is capable of
spotting trends and discussing their
implications for libraries.
As OCLC did in the 2003 Environmental
Scan: Pattern Recognition
report, this longish paper pulls from
sources as diverse as the Pew
Internet Trust and Billboard in the
quest to understand societal
information trends. The top trends
identified here are the:
"legitimacy of open source publishing
(e.g., blogs), rapidly
expanding economics of microcontent,
repurposing of
"old" content for new media, and multimedia content
as a service for an array of
devices." You may not agree with
everything you read, or even
the issues that OCLC surfaces in this
report, but if you're
interested in the information environment of
which libraries are a part,
you should not miss this. - [8]RT
"[9]Wiki
Wars" [10]Red Herring (
(http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10909).
- The
[11]Wikipedia is one of those
venerable Internet resources that's
always just sort of been
there. A noble undertaking to create a
free online encyclopedia, it
is somewhat of a mixed bag, as any
information professional will
tell you. Some of the entries are
eloquently written and
contain high quality information. Other
stuff...well...as this
article points out, the Wikipedia has become
"the latest battleground
in the presidential election as
users...squabble over entries
related to President George W. Bush
and Democratic challenger
John Kerry, the junior senator from
can
see the potential for problems galore. And it's not just
election-related material
that is under a cloud. "Some users have
even deliberately inserted
errors into Wikipedia entries to test
how quickly users can detect
and remove them." Ugh! The article
points out that
"Wikipedia has become a popular online reference
for students, academics, and
even journalists." A friend passed
along a [12]legal document
just this past week in which a real live
sitting judge actually cited
the Wikipedia. (See page 16.) Long
story short, editors may be
coming to the Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales,
president of the
[13]Wikimedia Foundation, "said that next year he
will begin using editors to
review the web site's content for
accuracy and allow users to
rate contributions to the encyclopedia
for their quality." -
[14]SK
Cole, Timothy W., and Sarah
L. Shreeves. "[15]The IMLS NLG
Program: Fostering
Collaboration" [16]Library Hi
Tech 22(3)
(2004): 246-248.
(http://lysander.emeraldinsight.com/vl=885645/cl=77/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-b
in/linker?ini=emerald&reqidx=/cw/mcb/07378831/v22n3/s1/p246). - If
you
are interested in the important work of the
and
Library Services (IMLS), check out a new [17]special issue of
Library Hi Tech that provides
descriptions of seven projects funded
by IMLS' National Leadership
Grant program. Issue guest editors
Timothy W. Cole and Sarah
Shreeves overview the contents of the
special issue in this
article. They have selected articles that
represent three categories of
grant activity: (1) "state-wide and
regional collaborations between
multiple types of organizations" (3
articles), (2)
"communities of interest that have coalesced to
spawn successful and
wide-ranging collaborations between
information specialists
(librarians, curators, and information
technologists) and subject
specialist end-users (students,
teachers, and scholars)"
(2 articles), and (3) "ongoing research
into and demonstrations of
key infrastructure components that take
advantage of the
opportunities afforded by new technologies to
facilitate and enable
collaboration in digital library building at
a high level between experts
with diverse skills and backgrounds
and widely dispersed
geographically" (2 articles). The issue also
includes an article by Joyce
Ray, the IMLS Associate Deputy
Director for Library
Services, that overviews IMLS activities.
Access to this issue is
currently free. - [18]CB
Kohno, Tadayoshi, et. al.
"Analysis of an Electronic Voting
System" [19]IEEE Computer Society: Proceedings of the
2004 IEEE
Symposium on Security and
Privacy (May 2004) - Not one of our
usual topics, but this
critique of an information technology is of
obvious importance. If you're
the type of person who gets asked the
tech questions, "Why
don't people trust e-voting?" has a more than
adequate response in this
paper. The authors thoroughly pick apart
the Diebold AccuVote-TS DRE
(direct recording electronic) system,
which has a substantial share
of the e-voting market. From the
hackability of the voter card
which the voter inserts into the
reader, to the ease of access
to administrator functions, to
tampering with system
configuration, to the ability to tell the
machine to stop accepting
votes, it's clear that current security
in this and other e-voting
systems is probably more wide open than
your library's circulation
files. Most of the analysis centers on
elements of the source code,
but each cause and effect is described
in plain English which
non-coders find accessible. This is a
stellar example of the public
service performed by exposing
security flaws and the
subject is treated with the serious tone
which it deserves, without a
trace of the mayhem glee common to the
work of the 2600 crowd. The
scariest thing about this long list of
attacks, whether you find
them likely or unlikely to ever be used,
is that it only takes one to
call into question the reliability of
a machine or even of an
entire polling place. And after the breach
is discovered, the chance of
getting back to an accurate count of
one person - one vote is slim
to none. - JR
Loban, Bryn. "[20]Between Rhizomes and Trees: P2P
Information
Systems" [21]First Monday 9(10) (
(http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_10/loban/).
- Loban
offers a comprehensive
overview of information retrieval that
relies on "Peer-to-Peer"(P2P)information
systems -- more famously
known for music file sharing.
He evaluates five desktop P2P
information systems: Napster
with its clones (OpenNap and eDonkey),
and Gnutella and FastTrack
(more famously known as Kazaa). What's
good about this article is that it gives the
reader a very detailed
explanation of what P2P is
all about: its "self-organizing"
characteristics, the
emergence of hierarchies of users, etc. We
cite
it here because recent regulatory events in
new
attention to P2P file sharing, which also forms the basis for
many digital preservation
strategies (such as LOCKSS, or Lots of
Copies Keeps Stuff Safe).
While the author's goal is to compare
these various systems and
offer suggestions for further study, he
simultaneously maps online
life in the P2P environment, which comes
at a good moment in time for
digital librarians who are concerned
with "persistent"
resource building. He concludes with an
evaluation of
"ethics" in the P2P community, which, of course,
draws upon the very public
battles of music file sharing. This
article is a good overview
piece for anyone who wants to check in
on - [22]TH
OCLC/RLG PREMIS Working
Group, . [23]Implementing Preservation
Repositories for Digital
Materials: Current Practice and Emerging
Trends in the Cultural
Heritage Community
(http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/surveyreport.pdf).
-
This report by the joint
OCLC/RLG Working Group Preservation
Metadata: Implementation
Strategies (PREMIS) is based on a survey
about existing practices in
digital preservation of forty-eight
organizations conducted in
late 2003 and early 2004. There were a
number of specific survey
findings that informed the following
trends and conclusions:
"store metadata redundantly in an XML or
relational database and with
the content data objects. Use the METS
format for structural
metadata and as a container for descriptive
and administrative metadata;
use Z39.87/MIX for technical metadata
for still images. Use the
OAIS model as a framework and starting
point for designing the preservation
repository, but retain the
flexibility to add functions
and services that go beyond the model.
Maintain multiple versions
(originals and at least some normalized
or migrated versions) in the
repository, and store complete
metadata for all versions.
Choose multiple strategies for digital
preservation." Highly
recommended for anyone interested in digital
preservation. - [24]RT
Poynder, Richard. "[25]Ten Years After" [26]Information Today
21(9)
(2004) (http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct04/poynder.shtml).
-
No, this article is not about
the famous rock band that shook
Harnad shook-up the scholarly
publishing world in the ten years
after his famous
"[27]subversive proposal." Poynder says that ". .
. while Harnad cannot claim
to have invented the OA movement, his
phenomenal energy and
determination, coupled with a highly focused
view of what is needed,
undoubtedly earns him the title of chief
architect of open
access." But this article is a not just a paean
to Harnad's many notable
accomplishments, it is also an
interesting, very concise
history of the open access movement that
touches on its struggles as
well as its triumphs. - [28]CB
Pressman-Levy,
University Library" [30]RLG
Focus (69) (August 2004)
(http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=17921#article4).
- If you
haven't yet used the
[31]RedLightGreen system from the Research
Libraries Group, then stop
reading this screed and go try it out.
RLG took their
actually
made it usable by normal human beings. There is, in other
words, hope for the rest of
us that our library catalogs do not
need to be as obtuse and
painful to use as they are now. This piece
by
the coordinator of RedLightGreen testing at
how
the system has been used by
success,
and in so doing she covers all the innovations that
RedLightGreen has introduced.
As Pressman-Levy puts it, "The staff
and
the students exploring RedLightGreen at
marks
to all of these special features." Whether or not we point
our users to this system,
there is much to learn here that we can
nonetheless apply to our own
(sadly inadequate) systems. - [32]RT
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Current Cites
Volume 15,
no. 11, November 2004
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Contributors: [3]Charles W.
Bailey, Jr., [4]Terry Huwe, [5]Shirl
Kennedy, [6]Leo Robert
Klein, Jim Ronningen, [7]Roy Tennant
[8]OCLC Top 1000
(http://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/).
- This web site isn't the
usual thing you see reviewed
here in Current Cites, but neither is
it hard to justify
highlighting it. OCLC Research staff plumbed the
depths of the largest
bibliographic database in the world and
discovered the 1,000 most
widely held books among member libraries.
Be careful, though, the site
is interesting enough to keep you
glued to your computer screen
for more time than you likely have to
spare. The
the
list by far -- beating out the Holy Bible by a substantial
margin. But close on the
heels of those come such works as Mother
Goose (#3), The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn (#7). and
(yes,
your
personal favorites, be sure to visit the [9]About page that
describes how they used the
principles of FRBR to create the list,
the [10]Factoids page with a
bunch of interesting facts about the
list, and the [11]Lagniappes
page for a couple unexpected gifts.
Rock on, OCLC! - [12]RT
Ayers, Edward L.. "The Academic Culture & the IT
Culture: Their
Effect on Teaching and
Scholarship" [13]Educause
Review 39(5)
(November/December
2004): 48-62. - A reflective and
sometime
humorous assessment of the
degree to which information technology
has been adopted by
academics: not much. The author, Dean of the
College and
of
Virginia and a professor of history there, bases his comments
upon what he's observed
personally, and he contrasts concisely the
cultural differences between
academe and IT. He reminds those of us
fascinated by information
media that most faculty regard it as
extraneous to their own work,
and will embrace it only to the
degree that it facilitates
(as effortlessly and transparently as
possible) their primary
research. And once their writing is ready
for publication, few are
interested in exploiting the possibilities
of networks to disseminate
their scholarship, though Ayers sees a
gradual change there. He
describes the development of his own
web-enhanced presentation of
his Civil War scholarship, and his
satisfacation at being able
to present digital versions of the
primary source documents
which would normally be inaccessible to
his readers. After giving
that concrete example of what could be
achieved on a larger scale,
Ayers concludes unsurprisingly with a
call for increased dialogues
between the two cultures. - JR
Carnevale, Dan. "[14]Don't Judge a College by Its
Internet
Address" [15]Chronicle of Higher Education 51(14) (26 November
2004): A29. (http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i14/14a02901.htm).
-
True or false: If a college
or university has an Internet address
that ends in .edu, it must be
a bona fide, accredited institution
of higher learning. Uh, not
actually...and potential students could
well be suckered into signing
on with a diploma mill, since a
startling number of
unaccredited institutions have found virtual
homes in the .edu domain.
[16]Educause, overseen by the
Department of Education, is
the administrator for the .edu domain.
But at the top of the food
chain is the U.S. Department of
Commerce, which makes the
rules as to who can get a .edu address.
Part of the problem is that
many of these unaccredited entities
were given .edu addresses by
[17]Network Solutions, the domain
registration company that
assigned the addresses before Educause
took over. Educause maintains
it "would be too costly and
difficult" to track down
and revoke the .edu registrations of these
unaccredited institutions. Also,
accreditation itself is fluid --
an institution could easily
lose its accreditation...or vice versa.
At any rate, the director of
policy and networking programs says
Educause "does not have
the authority to take away .edu addresses
from institutions that were
granted them before Educause took over,
even if the institutions lose
their accreditation or change their
names." Many college
officials say that since so many unaccredited
institutions have .edu
addresses, more effort should be made to
educate the public about how
to determine the accreditation status
of a particular institution.
The State of
Authorization keeps a [18]comprehensive list of unaccredited
institutions,
as does the [19]State of
David, Shay. "[21]Opening the Sources of
Accountability"
[22]First Monday 9(11) (
(http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_11/david/).
- David takes
a hard look at
"FLOSS" (Free/Libre Open Source Systems) from the
perspective of
accountability. He argues that increasing
accountability improves the
value of FLOSS to society -- in
essence, by their works ye
shall know them. He goes on to say that
open source computing has
already fostered a collaborative culture
that has brought some
results, but the journey has just begun.
Accountability in a digital
society has taken on a life of its own,
he argues, and he analyzes
the open environment of FLOSS to find
hidden meanings. Electronic
voting and digital medical records are
two excellent tests of his
thesis, as correct and reliable
information is critical for
success in each case, yet trust is in
short supply if recent
history is any guide. He argues that code
"visibility" -- a
self-imposed standard of care and sensible
licensing arrangements -- is
a potential alternative to the
liability remedies that some
scholars offer as the safest bet. If
developers can craft
"sensible licensing agreements" and
accommodate collaborative
activity through social versus legal
mechanisms, there is a
reasonable hope that the barriers to
accountability will diminish.
He adds that developers should begin
to think of ways to build a
framework for moral and ethical
deliberations to guide open
source design, too. - [23]TH
Fister, Barbara, and
Niko Pfund. "[24]We're Not Dead Yet! "
[25]Library Journal (
(http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA479162).
- This is actually
two pieces -- one by a
librarian and another by a university press
publisher. The librarian's
tongue-in-cheek piece highlights the
fact that libraries have been
raiding their book funds to pay for
increasingly expensive
journals, thereby potentially harming the
viability of university
presses. Library purchases can be a
significant percentage of the
potential sales of university press
books, so the recent decline
in monographic purchasing can have a
devastating impact on their
bottom line. The publisher's piece is
less playful but no less thought-provoking.
- [26]RT
Hernandez, Javier C.. "[27]Google Offers Journal
Searches"
[28]The Harvard Crimson (
(http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504709).
- Big, big
news in both the search
engine and academic library worlds this
month. Google launched a new
beta called [29]Google Scholar, which
"enables you to search
specifically for scholarly literature,
including peer-reviewed papers,
theses, books, preprints, abstracts
and technical reports from
all broad areas of research." The buzz
among information
professionals, as well as the media, has been
loud and raucous. One main
issue -- If the average user thinks he
or she is going to get free access to a
wealth of full-text
articles from academic
journals, he or she is in for a rude
awakening. Many of the
results are citations, or citations and
abstracts only. The searcher
will have to pay to obtain the full
article. Alternately, he or
she could inquire at a public, special
or academic library where
affiliation permits full access to to a
set of proprietary online
databases, and obtain the information
being sought for free. Cheryl
M. LaGuardia, head of instructional
services
for
Google Scholar seems to do a
better job with science searches than
humanities-related queriest.
She said she is looking forward to
engaging [30]CrossRef's
technology "to blend the ease of Google
with existing library
systems." - [31]SK
Novotny, Eric. "I Don't Think I Click: A Protocol
Analysis Study
of Use of a Library Online
Catalog in the Internet Age. "
[32]College and Research
Libraries 65(6) (November 2004):
525-563. - There's something
magical about interface design. The
research done to determine
user behavior that leads to design
decisions is positively
fascinating. This time round we have a
group
at
new
OPAC. The users were divided into two groups, "experienced" and
"first-time".
Results confirm other studies in this area, namely,
that when confronting an
OPAC, users both experienced and not,
assume they're in front of
something similar to Google. They go for
keywords by default, expect
results ranked by relevancy (as opposed
to chronology), make no use
of Boolean Operators, have no idea of
what information is actually
indexed, and lack the curiosity or
time to "learn the
system". "We can either abandon this
population," the author
stresses, "or design systems that do not
require expert knowledge to
be used effectively." - [33]LRK
Sosteric, Michael. "The International Consortium for the
Advancement of Academic
Publication--An Idea Whose Time Has Come
(Finally!)" [34]Learned Publishing 17(4) (2004): 319-325. - In
this article, Sosteric,
founder of the [35]International Consortium
for the Advancement of
Academic Publication (as well as of the
Electronic Journal of
Sociology), describes how this not-for-profit
organization fosters the
publication of scholarly e-journals with
low production and operation
costs. How low? How about as low as
$3,000 for a new quarterly
journal that's up in less than a month?
But even with this cost
structure, the ICAAP faces challenges since
it "targets
low-circulation and niche journals that cannot survive
in an environment where
first-tier journals suck all the finances
from general library
subscriptions." Scholars who want to publish
these journals may have
difficulty paying the ICAAP's modest fees
without external support. In
journals
can receive up to CAD$90,000 over three years from a
special funding program;
however, the gotcha is that, to qualify,
journals must have at least
200 paid subscribers, and, in the small
Canadian market, publishers are afraid that
switching from print to
electronic might cause a
subscription drop below this level. One
can't help but wonder what
could be accomplished with relatively
modest subsidies from some
other source, perhaps combined with the
idea of open access. - [36]CB
Thomas, Charles F. "Memory institutions as digital
publishers: a
case study on standards and
interoperability" [37]OCLC Systems
&
Services 20(3) (2004): 134-139. - Everyone loves standards. Who
doesn't? Oftentimes however,
they're presented as a sort of
one-dimensional cure-all for
all that ails us. The author of this
article suggests a far more
complicated picture. First there isn't
only one set of standards but
a proliferation, and the individual
standards themselves aren't
necessarily set in stone but are
continually evolving. That's
the reality. The author proposes a
number of considerations,
given this, so that we can make the
"right standards
choices". He even sees room, once core standards
have been identified, for
local innovations. - [38]LRK
van der Kuil, Annemiek, and
Martin Feijen. "[39]The Dawning of
the Dutch Network of Digital
Academic REpositories (DARE): A Shared
Experience" [40]Ariadne
(41) (2004)
(http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/vanderkuil/).
- Funded by a
government grant, the SURF
Programme Digital Academic Repositories
(DARE) is establishing
institutional repositories at Dutch
universities and harvesting
metadata from them using the OAI-PMH
protocol to create a
demonstrator portal called [41]DAREnet.
Participating universities
are utilizing diverse software,
including
project
uses Dublin Core metadata (version 1.0). The Koninklijke
Bibliotheek (Royal Library)
will preserve data from the
participating institutional
repositories. The project has dealt
with a variety of issues,
such as how can digital objects (vs.
metadata) be harvested, what
should the dc:identifier link to
(e.g., the digital object or
the repository record for the object),
how should objects be
identified (OpenURL, the CNRI handle, or
DOI), and other issues. -
[42]CB
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[DIGICULT] Release of DigiCULT.Info
Issue 9 - A Newsletter on Digital Culture
DigiCULT announces the release of DigiCULT.Info Issue 9
A Newsletter on Digital Culture November 2004, ISSN 1609-3941
The acceptance of DigiCULT.Info as a voice for the sector is once again
illustrated in this issue, not only in the large number of contributions
received but also in the quality and diversity of themes presented.
Some of the themes examined in this issue include: digital
contextualisation for knowledge acquisition - reproducing Greek masks for
performance - Austrian digital heritage - e-readiness check for small heritage
institutions - news from DigiCULT's Regional Correspondents - examining
technologies and cultural heritage - Te Ara digital encyclopedia - thoughts on
born-digital art - DiVA academic archive - new guides on digitisation - DSpace
in a university trial - event reports.
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DigiCULT Services:
DigiCULT Events Service: DigiCULT provides a list of international
events that concentrate on theoretical and practical issues of digital culture.
Cutting across the different cultural heritage domains and practises, the
selection highlights established as well as new opportunities for exchanging
knowledge, community networking, and co-operation. http://www.digicult.info/pages/events.php
DigiCULT Resources Service: DigiCULT Resources offer an aggregation of
information sources on topics that are on DigiCULT's radar. Each resource is
shortly described and linked. Submitted links are moderated for content and
relevance. http://www.digicult.info/pages/resources.php
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access to the CVs of Cultural Heritage Professionals. We neither endorse
individuals nor certify their abilities or claims of experience and skills.
This is an information service only. Personal and Institutional users of the
service will need to conduct their own authentication and verification
processes. http://www.digicult.info/pages/digicv.php
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community with access to available jobs within the Cultural Heritage
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[DIGICULT] DigiCULT Thematic Issue 7
- The Future Digital Heritage Space - An Expedition Report
DigiCULT Thematic Issue 7 - Now Available
The Future Digital Heritage Space. An Expedition Report, December 2004
This report summarises the results of an expedition into the possible
future of digital heritage in the next 10-15 years.
It is based on contributions from researchers, heritage experts and
professionals to a DigiCULT online forum as well as the project's ongoing research.
The report is intended as a navigation tool for boards and directors of
heritage organisations and research centres, IT project managers, and curators
of digital collections, virtual exhibitions and environments. It cautions that
the next waves of innovative ICT systems and applications may significantly
shape and re-shape the digital landscape in which heritage organisations
reside. For many organisations this could result in becoming 'blind spots' in
an emerging ambient intelligence environment. As the places and roles of
digital heritage in this environment need to be discussed and prepared, the
report also gives recommendations which may be useful for ensuring the creation
of a thriving and inclusive future digital heritage space.
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DigiCULT: Technology Watch Report 3 - Now Available
"Core Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Sector", January 2005
As in previous TWRs, this volume examines six core technologies. Those
covered here underlie a wide range of future applications, and include: Open
Source Software, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval
technologies, Location Based Systems (especially GIS and GPS), Visualisation of
Data, and Telepresence, Haptics and Robotics.
This report builds on our earlier two reports: TWR1 (2003) examined
Customer Relationship Management Systems, Digital Asset Management Systems,
Virtual Reality, Human Computer Interface technologies, Smart Tags and Labels,
and Games. TWR2 (2004) examined Application Service Models, the XML family of
technologies, Cultural Agents and Avatars, Mobile Access technologies, Rights
Management and Payment technologies, and Collaborative Mechanisms and
Technologies.
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D-LIB
Asis-l] [Dlib-subscribers] The
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Greetings:
The October 2004 issue of D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/)
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This issue contains three articles, five conference and workshop
reports, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and
news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in 'Clips and
Pointers'. The Featured
Collection for October 2004 is The Charles W.
Cushman Photograph Collection, courtesy of Kristine Brancolini,
University.
The articles include:
E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities
John Cox, National
Visualizing Bibliographic Metadata - A Virtual (Book) Spine Viewer Naomi
Dushay,
An Orderly Retreat from the Big Deal: Is It Possible for Consortia?
Jeffrey N. Gatten,
The Conference Reports are:
Developing a Web Analytics Strategy for the National Science Digital
Library Casey Jones and Michael Wright, University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research; Sarah Giersch, iLumina Digital Library; Tamara Sumner,
and Laura Bartolo,
Report on the 8th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2004):
12 -
Jonas Holmström, Swedish
Cross-Language Evaluation Forum - CLEF 2004: 15 - 17 September 2004,
Carol Peters, ISTI-CNR
Healthcare Digital Libraries Workshop - HDL 2004:
Anne Adams,
University,
ECDL 2004 Workshop Report - Networked Organization Systems/Services
(NKOS): User-centred Approaches
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Featured Collection for October 2004 is Astronomy Picture of the Day
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The articles include:
Archiving and Accessing Web Pages: The Goddard Library Web Capture
Process Alessandro Senserini and Robert B. Allen,
Gail Hodge, Nikkia Anderson, and Daniel Smith, Jr., Information
International Associates, Inc.
Toward a Metadata Generation Framework: A Case Study at Johns
University
Mark Patton, David Reynolds, G. Sayeed Choudhury, and Tim DiLauro, Johns
A Web Service Interface for Creating Concept Browsing Interfaces Tamara
Sumner, Faisal Ahmad, and Qianyi Gu, Universtiy of Colorado,
the Advancement of
Science; Michael Wright, Lynne Davis, and Sonal
Bhushan, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Greg
Janee,
Assessing the Durability of Formats in a Digital Preservation
Environment: The INFORM Methodology
Andreas Stanescu, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
A Service-Oriented Framework for Bibliography Management
Jose H. Canos, Manuel Llavador, Carlos Solis, and Enrique Ruiz,
The Workshop Report is:
Report on the 4th International Web Archiving Workshop (IWAW): 16
September 2004,
Julien Masanès, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and Andreas Rauber,
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The articles include:
The Role of RSS in Science Publishing: Syndication and Annotation on the
Web Tony Hammond, Timo Hannay and Ben Lund, Nature Publishing Group
Resource Harvesting within the OAI-PMH Framework
Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library;
Michael L. Nelson,
Warner,
A Repository of Metadata Crosswalks
Carol Jean Godby, Jeffrey A. Young, and Eric Childress, OCLC Online
Computer Library Center, Inc.
Metadata Development in
Jia Liu,
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How Fares the Wired Museum? Report on the 32nd Annual Conference of the
Museum Computer Network (
David Green, Knowledge Culture
ISMIR 2004: International Conference on Music Information Retrieval,
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Chemical Bond: A Documentary History' from the
Libraries.
The articles include:
Building Educational Portals atop Digital Libraries
Sean Fox, Cathy Manduca, and Ellen Iverson,
Trend Analysis of the Digital Library Community
Johan Bollen, Michael L. Nelson, Giridhar Manepalli, Giridhar Nandigam,
and Suchitra Manepalli,
Understanding Faculty to Improve Content Recruitment for Institutional
Repositories
Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons,
Transparent Format Migration of Preserved Web Content
David S. H. Rosenthal, Thomas Lipkis, Thomas S. Robertson, and Seth
Morabito,
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Report on the 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries
(ICADL 2004): 13 - 17 December 2004,
Su-Shing Chen,
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SRW/U with OAI: Expected and Unexpected Synergies
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A Metadata Search Engine for Digital Language Archives
Concepts and a Design for Fair Use and Privacy in DRM
Pasi Tyrvainen,
The eXtensible Past : XML as a Means for Access
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and a Strategy for
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Annelies van Nispen, Rutger Kramer and Rene van Horik,
Institute for Scientific Information Services
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Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming
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Featured Collection for March is 'The Maine Music Box' courtesy of the
Folger Library at the
The articles include:
The NSF National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Digital Library (NSDL) Program: New Projects from Fiscal Year
2004 Lee L. Zia, National Science Foundation
NSDL MatDL: Exploring Digital Library Roles
Laura M. Bartolo and Cathy S. Lowe,
Sadoway and Adam C. Powell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and
Sharon C. Glotzer,
OCLC Research Publications Repository
Shirley Hyatt and Jeffrey A. Young, OCLC Online Computer Library Center,
Inc
Renewing the Information Infrastructure of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Theo van Veen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Issues in Federating Repositories: A Report on the First International
CORDRA(TM) Workshop
Standards (CETIS); and Jon Mason, education.au limited
The Implementation of the
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2004
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Dear Reader,
The December 2004 issue of First Monday (volume 9, number 12) is now
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Table of Contents
Volume 9, Number 12 -
Gifting technologies
by Kevin McGee and
Jorgen Skageby http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/mcgee/
Abstract:
File-sharing has become very popular in recent years, but for many this
has become synonymous with file-getting. However, there is strong evidence to
suggest that people have strong giving (or
gifting) needs. This evidence suggests an opportunity for the
development of gifting technologies - and it also suggests an important
research question and challenge: what needs and concerns do gifters have and
what technologies can be developed to help them? In this paper, we discuss the
existing literature on gifting, report on an initial study of gifting in an
online sharing community, and suggest some ways the study results can inform
future research into gifting desires - as well as the design of specific
gifting technologies.
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Open access to law in developing countries by Daniel Poulin http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/poulin/
Abstract:
Securing a widespread and, whenever possible, free, access to legal
information has become important everywhere. Open access has higher stakes in
developing countries where access to law is often difficult. In this particular
context, free access to statutes and case law could significantly contribute to
a better establishment of the rule of law and an overall consolidation of national
legal institutions.
Never before have better conditions existed for a wider circulation of
law. The Internet and related technologies have dramatically revolutionized the
possibilities of cheaply providing high-quality, low-cost access to national legal
documentation. In this article, elements of a strategy aimed at developing open
access to law in developing countries are put forth.
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Pulling sense out of today's informational chaos: LiveJournal as a site
of knowledge creation and sharing by Kate Raynes-Goldie http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/raynes/
Abstract:
The informational overload currently facing Western society is changing
the way we understand the world as well as rendering obsolete our current ways
of managing information and creating knowledge. With these changes in mind, I
will examine the blogging service LiveJournal as a new and more applicable way
of managing information and creating knowledge in today's society.
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SDP-city against a vicious circle!
by Erzsebet Angster http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/angster/
Abstract:
This paper characterizes the software development craft's vicious circle
and proposes the first steps required to get out of it. As long as future
software developers have no exemplary software (with patterns, design, and
documentation) to study, the present software developers will not
produce exemplary software. To overcome this, the first step is to make
exemplary software widely available, and help developers to produce them.
Despite most open source software being accessible, finding exemplary and
qualified work is hard.
A software city is proposed for teaching and learning purposes, where
(1) all works are open; (2) there is a pattern repository with the most
important building elements and principles; (3) the patterns are underpinned by
concrete, complete, running and documented examples (Software Development Pack
or SDP); and, (4) experts help builders, and qualify the works. Only quality
works are easy to use and easy to reuse. Let's build an SDP-city where, besides
cathedrals and bazaars, you can also find a city hall, schools, and
exhibitions!
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Libraries and university presses can collaborate to improve scholarly
communication or "Why can't we all just get along?" by Mary
Abstract:
Scholarly communication is evolving to meet the challenges and
opportunities of the current technological era. Research universities expect
academic libraries and presses to overcome cultural differences and collaborate
to improve the production and dissemination of scholarship. This paper examines
the separate worlds of libraries and presses and explores the common ground
between the two where collaborations occur, particularly those related to
monographic publications.
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Changing patterns of Internet usage and challenges at colleges and
universities by Tena F. McQueen and Robert A. Fleck, Jr. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/mcqueen/
Abstract:
Increased enrollments, changing student expectations, and shifting
patterns of Internet access and usage continue to generate resource and
administrative challenges for colleges and universities. Computer center staff
and college administrators must balance increased access demands, changing
system loads, and system security within constrained resources.
To assess the changing academic computing environment, computer center
directors from several geographic regions were asked to respond to an online
questionnaire that assessed patterns of usage, resource allocation, policy
formulation, and threats. Survey results were compared with data from a study
conducted by the authors in 1999. The analysis includes changing patterns in
Internet usage, access, and supervision. The paper also presents details of
usage by institutional type and application as well as recommendations for more
precise resource assessment by college administrators.
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Libraries and national security: An historical review by Joan Starr http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/starr/
Abstract:
The
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This interview was conducted with First Monday's Chief Editor Ed
Valauskas, stimulated in part by "A Hacker Manifesto."
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The media's portrayal of hacking, hackers, and hacktivism before and
after September 11 by Sandor Vegh http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_2/vegh/
Abstract:
This paper provides a thorough analysis of the mainstream media
representation of hackers, hacking, hacktivism, and cyberterrorism. The
intensified
In support of that claim, I analyze five major
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The social structure of free and open source software development by
Kevin Crowston and James Howison http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_2/crowston/
Abstract:
Metaphors, such as the Cathedral and Bazaar, used to describe the
organization of FLOSS projects typically place them in sharp contrast to
proprietary development by emphasizing FLOSS's distinctive social and
communications structures. But what do we really know about the communication
patterns of FLOSS projects? How generalizable are the projects that have been
studied? Is there consistency across FLOSS projects? Questioning the assumption
of distinctiveness is important because practitioner-advocates from within the
FLOSS community rely on features of social structure to describe and account
for some of the advantages of FLOSS production.
To address this question, we examined 120 project teams from
SourceForge, representing a wide range of FLOSS project types, for their
communications centralization as revealed in the interactions in the bug
tracking system. We found that FLOSS development teams vary widely in their
communications centralization, from projects completely centered on one
developer to projects that are highly decentralized and exhibit a distributed
pattern of conversation between developers and active users.
We suggest, therefore, that it is wrong to assume that FLOSS projects
are distinguished by a particular social structure merely because they are
FLOSS. Our findings suggest that FLOSS projects might have to work hard to
achieve the expected development advantages which have been assumed to flow
from "going open." In addition, the variation in communications
structure across projects means that communications centralization is useful
for comparisons between FLOSS teams. We found that larger FLOSS teams tend to
have more decentralized communication patterns, a finding that suggests
interesting avenues for further research examining, for example, the
relationship between communications structure and code modularity.
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A framework for Internet archeology: Discovering use patterns in digital
library and Web-based information resources by Scott Nicholson http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_2/nicholson/
Abstract:
Archeologists use artifacts to make statements about occupants of a
physical space. Users of information resources leave behind data-based
artifacts when they interact with a digital library or other Web-based
information space. One process for examining these patterns is bibliomining, or
the combination of data warehousing, data mining and bibliometrics to
understand connections and patterns between works. The purpose of this paper is
to use a research framework from archeology to structure exploration of these
data artifacts through bibliomining to aid managers of digital libraries and
other Web-based information resources.
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Reflecting on the digit(al)isation of music
by David Beer
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_2/beer/
Abstract:
This paper is a collection of notes written in response to the main themes
contained in Martin Kretschmer's essay "Artists' earnings and copyright: A
review of British and German music industry data in the context of digital
technologies" (2005), which was published recently in First Monday. These
notes are intended to focus briefly on the exploration of these themes with the
intention of generating and developing questions that may open doors for future
study. The objective of this piece is not the review of Kretschmer's essay;
rather it is an attempt to probe, to examine, and to question its findings and
guiding themes. These notes, therefore, are left as a set of open suggestions
rather than defining statements. It is hoped that this fits with the emergent
and yet to be embedded field of study to which they relate.
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New approaches to television archiving
by Jeff Ubois
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/ubois/
Abstract:
Worldwide, more than 30 million hours of unique television programming
are broadcast every year, yet only a tiny fraction of it is preserved for
future reference, and only a fraction of that preserved footage is publicly
accessible. Most television broadcasts are simply lost forever, though
television archivists have been working to preserve selected programs for fifty
years. Recent reductions in the cost of storage of digital video could allow
preservation of this portion of our culture for a small fraction of the
worldwide library budget, and improvements in the distribution of online video
could enable much greater collaboration between archival institutions.
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Free software and open source: The freedom debate and its consequences
by Mathias Klang http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/
Abstract:
Recently the
To most outsiders the ethics of software is not something usually
considered. To most proficient computer users with a passing interest in this
question the ethics of software is recognised as one of the fundamental
questions in the digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free
software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software Freedom)
are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter of taste rather
than politics. However, to most insiders the question is not one of taste.
There is a fundamental difference between the two areas even if they share a
similar root. Free software is not the same as open source. The two groups
differ in their fundamental philosophical approach to software and its
importance to society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups' differing
philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software development,
access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the development of the
concept of freedom.
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Economics of scientific and biomedical journals: Where do scholars stand
in the debate of online journal pricing and site license ownership between
libraries and publishers? by Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter,
Andrew C. Herkovic, and Michael A. Keller http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/jeon/
Abstract:
The emergence of e-journals brought a great change in scholarly
communication and in the behavior of scholars. However, the importance of
scholars' behavior in the pricing of scientific journal has been largely
ignored in the recent debate between libraries and publishers over site license
practices and pricing schemes. Stanford's survey results indicate that sharply
increasing costs are the main reason for individual subscription cancellation,
driving users to rely on library or other institutional subscriptions.
Libraries continue to be a vital information provider in the electronic era and
their bargaining power in the market and the importance of roles in scholarly
communication will be increased by branding and a strong relationship with
users. Publishers' strategy for thriving in the electronic era is not to lose
personal subscribers. Cooperation among the three sectors - scholars,
libraries, and publishers - promises optimal results for each sector more than
ever.
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Re-approaching Nearness: Online communication and its place in Praxis by
Ulises A. Mejias http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/mejias/
Abstract:
An interesting transposition has happened. It used to be that the
farther things were, the more difficult it was to know them. Today, thanks to
communication technologies, we often develop relationships with what is far at
the expense of what is immediately around us. This paper explores the increased
irrelevancy that the near acquires through our use of online technologies. But
by proposing a model of praxis that incorporates our actions online as well as
offline, this paper also argues that online technologies can play an important
part in bringing the epistemologically far near to us, and making the physically
near relevant again.
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Al Qaeda and its affiliates: A global tribe waging segmental warfare? by David Ronfeldt http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/ronfeldt/
Abstract:
Al Qaeda and its affiliates are operating much like a global tribe
waging segmental warfare. This paper describes the dynamics of classic tribes:
what drives them, how they organize, how they fight. Al Qaeda fits the tribal
paradigm quite well. Thus, continuing to view Al Qaeda mainly as a
cutting-edge, post-modern phenomenon of the information age misses a crucial
point: Al Qaeda and
affiliates are using the information age to reiterate ancient patterns of
tribalism on a global scale. The war they are waging is more about virulent
tribalism than religion. The tribal paradigm should be added to the network and
other prevailing paradigms to help figure out the best policies and strategies
for countering these violent actors.
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by William S.
McCallister http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/mac/
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY
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New Issue of Government Information Quarterly
The editors (see below) of _Government Information Quarterly: An International Journal of Information
Technology Management, Policies, and Practices_ are pleased to announce the
release of Volume 21, number 4 (2004). The issue, guest edited by Jeffrey W.
Seifert and Harlod C. Relyea, contains a number of articles that explore
information policy and practice issues in a homeland security context.
Issue 4 articles include:
Do you know where your information is in the homeland security era?
Pages 399-405 Jeffrey W. Seifert and Harold C. Relyea
Electronic government: Government capability and terrorist resources
Pages 406-419
L. Elaine Halchin
Homeland security and information sharing: Federal policy considerations
Pages 420-438
Harold C. Relyea
FOIA, federal information policy, and information availability in a
post-9/11 world
Pages 439-460
Lotte E. Feinberg
Data mining and the search for security: Challenges for connecting the
dots and databases
Pages 461-480
Jeffrey W. Seifert
Old issues, new context: Privacy, information collection, and homeland
security
Pages 481-497
Priscilla M. Regan
Privacy and security: Assessing database derivative activities
Pages 498-504
Robert Gellman
Issue 4 reviews include:
Homeland Security
Pages 505-513
Roger Anderson
In: Ralph G. Carter, Editors, Contemporary
Cases in
>From Terrorism to Trade vol. xiv, CQ Press,
1-56802-646-3 418 pp. $29.95 (paper).
Pages 514-515
Sarah C. Holmes
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Government Information Quarterly is a quarterly publication of Elsevier
Science. The journal explores such
topics as information and telecommunications policy; access to and use of
government information; information technology management, implementation,
planning, and evaluation; information services development, management, and
provision in a distributed networked environment; e-commerce in governments;
service quality assessment, benchmarking, and performance measurement; and,
governing and governance in a networked environment.
Additional information regarding the journal and journal submissions is
available at: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf
John Carlo Bertot <bertot@lis.fsu.edu>,
Charles R. McClure <cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu>,
John A. Shuler <alfred@uic.edu>, Documents, Maps, Microforms,
& Curriculum Department, Univeristy of Illinois Chicago serves as the
journal assistant editor.
Aimee C. Quinn <aquinn@uic.edu>, Government Documents Department,
Univeristy of Illinois Chicago serves as the journal reviews editor.
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New Issue of Government Information Quarterly
The editors (see below) of _Government Information Quarterly: An International Journal of Information and
Technology Management, Policies, and Practices_ are pleased to announce the
release of Volume 22, number 1 (2005). The issue contains a number of articles
that explore issues and strategies related to international information
policies, practices, and e-government.
Issue 1 articles include:
Government information: New challenges in the internet age
John Carlo Bertot, Charles R. McClure, John A. Shuler and Aime C. Quinn
Executive order no. 13,233: A threat to government accountability Anne
N. Barker
E-government in
Citizen interaction with e-government: From the streets to servers?
Christopher G. Reddick
Challenges in e-government development: Lessons from two information
kiosk projects Anna Ya Ni and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho
Public information provision about policy intentions: The Dutch and
Belgian experience Dave Gelders
Why
Democracy through access to legal information for newly democratizing
nations:
The Kenyan perspective and lessons from the American experience John N. Gathegi
Issue 1 reviews include:
Primary Source Media's World Government Documents
Archive. Declassified Documents Reference
System: The
The September 11 Digital Archive
Bill Sleeman
Broadening
Review EssayDepartment of Defense (DoD) and
Center for Defense Information
(CDI) Web Sites
Roger Anderson
Population and Development Report: Water Scarcity in the Arab World
Charles D. Bernholz
In: Paul A. Djupe and Laura R. Olson, Editors, Encyclopedia of American
Religion and Politics xiv , Facts on File, New York (2003) ISBN 0-8160-4582-8
512 pp. $85.00 (cloth). Mardi Mahaffy
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information; information technology management, implementation, planning, and
evaluation; information services development, management, and provision in a
distributed networked environment; e-commerce in governments; service quality
assessment, benchmarking, and performance measurement; and, governing and
governance in a networked environment.
GIQ articles are available through ScienceDirect at http://www.sciencedirect.com.
Additional information regarding the journal and journal submissions is
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· Old WWWine in New Bottles? Developments in electronic information and
communication:
Structural change & and functional inertia
Helmut M. Artus (
· Impact of the Inclusion of Grey Literature on the Scholarly
Communication Patterns of an
Interdisciplinary Specialty
Kathel Dunn (
· Two Worlds: About Bars and Stars in Scientific Information Publishing:
An Analysis of Open Source
Ideology As a Means of Self-controlled
Publishing
Cees de Blaaij (
· Citation Analysis and Grey Literature: Stakeholders in the Grey
Circuit
Joachim Schöpfel, Christine
Stock (
Dominic J. Farace, Jerry
Frantzen (
· Grey Literature Survey 2004: A research project tracking developments
in the
field of grey literature
Albert K. Boekhorst, Dominic J.
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INFORMATION RESEARCH
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Go to http://InformationR.net/ir/
for the October issue of the journal
Introduction
With this issue, Information Research enters its tenth year of
existence. It's been an interesting journey from Volume 1 No. 1, which included
papers only from the Department of Information Studies at the
This issue is devoted entirely to papers delivered at the fifth
Information Seeking in Context conference held in
- rapid publication of papers is another
example of the benefit of electronic publishing. Half of the full papers are
presented in this issue, together with the summaries of the research notes
(ten-minute presentations); the remaining papers will be published in the
Volume 10 No. 2. Papers based on the research notes may appear in future issues
of the journal, but they will go through the normal refereeing process.
Of course, all of the papers (except the Keynote Addresses, which are
invited papers) have been through a double-blind review process for acceptance
for the conference, and those accepted have also been subject to thorough
review by the Editor. I think that this process has been beneficial in
improving the quality of papers delivered at the conference, as well as
ensuring that the high standards of reviewing for the journal have been
maintained.
The papers in this issue begin with one of the Keynote Addresses: this
one by Kalervo Järvelin of the
The remaining papers cover a variety of topics, and the careful reader
may perceive some kind of organization on the contents page. The first four, by
Johnson, Pharo, Fidel and Pejtersen, and Wilson all adopt a general,
theoretical perspective: Johnson explores the concept of social capital, Pharo
offers another model of information seeking behaviour, Fidel and Pejtersen
present the Cognitive Work Analysis framework, and Wilson derives a model of
the motivations to seek help in searching from interviews carried out before
mediated searches.
The next six papers all deal with some specialised community of
information users, from Hispanic farm workers and their families in the Pacific
Northwest (Fisher, et al.), through heart surgery patients and their spouses
(Tuominen), genealogists and family historians (Yakel), engineering and law
students (Kerins, et al.) and theatre directors and midwives (Davies and
McKenzie) to undercover, female police officers (Baker).
The final four papers all have something to do with electronic
information resources and their users: Talja, et al. explore scholarly mailing
lists, Savolainen identifies varieties of Internet use in the context of
everyday life information seeking, Bruce and Jones have researched the kinds of
actions people take in searching the Web to ensure that they can rediscover
things that they've found, while Törmä, and Vakkari investigate the use of the
Finnish National Electronic Library
Whether the final set of papers falls into such nicely defined
categories remains to be seen! These were simply the first papers received, so
the structure I have produced is entirely serendipitous.
This was an excellent conference to attend: with around 100 participants
it was not so huge that one had difficulty in finding the lecture theatres, and
small enough to encourage a genuine sense of community among those attending. I
trust that the readers of Information Research will find the papers as
interesting to read as I found them to listen to.
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New issue of Information Research
The new issue of Information Research (Volume 10 No.2) is now available
at the
Website: http://InformationR.net/ir/index.html
This issue contains the remaining papers from the 2004 Information
Seeking in Context conference, as well as the usual book reviews.
Tom Wilson
Editor in Chief
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Publisher/Editor in Chief
Information Research
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ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIBRARIANSHIP
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The Fall 2004 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is
now available at
CONTENTS:
Theme: Nontraditional Reference Services
* The
by
Jeanne Pfander and Danielle Carlock,
* "I Wouldn't Have Asked for Help if I had to go to the
Library":
Reference Services On Site
by Jennifer Lee, K. Alix Hayden,
and Don MacMillan, University of
* Project: Information Oasis
by Katherine Clemens, Emalee
Craft, Jennifer Duvernay, Sheila
Hofstetter, and Linda Shackle,
* References as Knowledge Management
by Erik Wilde, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology,
Refereed Articles
* The 2003 STS Continuing Education Survey: Selected Analyses of Science
Librarians' Interests
by
Marilyn Christianson,
Database Reviews and Reports
* Databases of the Academic Support Program of the
Occupational Health and Safety
(CCOHS)
by Ian
Gordon and Kimberly Lee,
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JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY INFORMATICS
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of Community Informatics:The"Sustainability of
Community ICTs" Issue
The second issue of the on-line peer reviewed Journal of Community
Informatics http://ci-journal.net is now
available. This issue takes as its theme
the "Sustainability of Community ICTs".
Simpson provides a thorough and wide-ranging analysis of the
relationship between "Sustainability" and "Social Capital"
and a very
useful theoretical
introduction to both sets of concepts.
Hearn et al
discuss the variety of organizational, and contextual issues as well as larger technical and industry
issues which all impact on "sustainability".
Rideout and Reddick
present how, within the Canadian
context sustainability has to be understood as evolving within a broad
policy (and government funding) framework.
Tanner adds a most interesting and provocative discussion of the role of
"emotion" in (ICT-enabled) community "sustainability".
Ripamonti, de Cindio and Benassi provide a broad-based set of
observations and analyses exploring the sustainability issues which cross-cut between
on-line community networking and the physical presence
and organization of
community networks .
Van Belle and Trusler present an analytic case study of an on-going
community ICT project in a Developing Country context, warts and all, and provide
very useful insights into the "real world" of development and
community ICT .
Musgrave approaches these same issues but at a portal and e-Government
level within a Developed Country context but interestingly reveals somewhat
similar institutional constraints on community ICT initiatives.
Schauder and his colleagues provide a most useful discussion of the
broader challenges and difficulties of "sustainability" of a
government funded ICT program in the Australian context.
The case studies presented from Merkel et al (faith based organizations in the USA) and
Thompson (universities and communities
in Australia) further our knowledge of how these issues are being handled in quite
specific institutional and economic contexts while the happy conjuncture of the
documents presented in the "Notes from the Field", (including WiFi in the Amazonian jungle,
First Nations and Broadband in Canada, and a WiFi Manifesto from the USA)
indicates some of the dimensions and broadly perceived significance of the
applications and strategies we are discussing.
Points of View presented by Day and Gurstein address Community
Informatics and Community Research and Community Informatics and Disaster
Management respectively.
Articles are still being accepted for the April issue of the Journal
(until March 7) and for the July issue (until May 15) which will have the theme
of "Community ICT's: Assessment, Evaluation and Knowledge
Aggregation".
Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net
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LIBRARY HI TECH NEWS
21 no. 7 (September/October 2004)
From: Forum of the IFLA Social Science Libraries section [mailto:SOC-LIB@NIC.SURFNET.NL] On
Behalf Of Hans-Christoph Hobohm
Sent:
To: SOC-LIB@NIC.SURFNET.NL
Subject: Fwd: [DIGLIB] Open Archives Data Providers:
Part III. Social Sciences and Humanities
Open Archives Data Providers: Part III. Social Sciences and
Humanities_
Colleagues/
I am pleased and proud to announce the publication and availability of
the third part of my Open Archives Data Provider Trilogy:
"Open Archives Initiative Data Providers. Part III. Social Sciences
and
Humanities," _Library Hi Tech News_ 21 no. 7 (September/October
2004):
30-39.
I have self-archived a copy of this eProfile at:
[ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-DP-III.pdf
]
In this last, but not least section, I profile the following OA Data
Providers:
1. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
[ http://www.davidrumsey.com/ ]
2. Documenting the American South
3. Ethnologue
[ http://www.ethnologue.com/ ]
4. Perseus Digital Library
[ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ ]
Enjoy!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Documented Librarian
gerrymck@iastate.edu
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* Management Resources
Creating customer loyalty among library users
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Libraries are losing customers to a variety of competitors, many of them
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Culture matters in information and knowledge management
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2. Emerald Features
* Noteworthy papers
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interesting or even controversial we believe we can inform you about the best,
save you time and effort and encourage dialogue.
"Web usage statistics and web site evaluation: a case study of a
government publications library website" Susan Xie,
"Licence to deny?: publisher restrictions
on docdel from e-licenced journals" Lynn Wiley, University of
"Clinical medical librarian to clinical informationist"
Helen Ann Brown
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Knowledge & Networks
November 2004
Welcome
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of Emerald Library Link. We publish monthly and include a round up of
interesting papers currently available at the Library Link website.
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1. New on Site
- Marketing your Library
Creating customer loyalty among library users
By Professor Gary Gorman
Libraries are losing customers to a variety of competitors, many of them
web-based. This is a review of "Establishing meaningful customer
relationships: why some companies and brands mean more to their
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- Information Management
Professional Praxis and Publication: A Challenge
By Associate Professor Peter Clayton
This viewpoint encourages those new to the information profession to
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Do we communicate better than in the past?
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Professor Gorman reviews two articles, both dealing with communication
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- How to get published
A new column 'Publish don't Perish!' by Rachel Singer Gordon, author of
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Publish, don't perish banishes some of the mystique surrounding the
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2. Emerald Features
- IFLA 2005 Call for Papers
In time for the 2005 World Library and Information Congress, the IFLA
LIS Journals section has issued a call for papers on the theme "LIS
Journals - A Voyage of Discovery beyond Anglo-American shores".
The IFLA LIS Journals Section Interim Standing Committee invites Library
and Information Science journal users, authors, editors, LIS educators and
publishers to submit paper proposals dealing with strategies to optimise the
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with national languages spoken by relatively small numbers.
For further details please go to http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/news/ifla_lis.htm
- Emerald launches Emerald Management Xtra at Online
Emerald Group Publishing Limited announces the launch of its flagship
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As the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed
management and LIS journals and online support, Emerald Management Xtra has
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and information professionals working in the business management community.
Emerald invites Online attendees to the official launch and ribbon
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- Emerald Publishing Policy
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- European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Partners with
Emerald for Annual Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards
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seek to encourage, celebrate and reward excellence in international management
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March 2005 and will be made in 12 management-related subject areas - each
sponsored by a leading journal from the Emerald Portfolio. The Information
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Knowledge & Networks
December 2004
Welcome
To the December issue of Knowledge and Networks, the official newsletter
of Emerald Library Link. We publish monthly and include a round up of
interesting papers currently available at the Library Link website.
'Knowledge and Networks' will keep you up to date with links to useful
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1. New on Site
- Marketing your Library
Inspired! Award-winning library marketing by Anthony Brewerton of Oxford
Brookes University Library
Anthony Brewerton is a member of the SCONUL Advisory Committee on
Communications and Marketing. On a more day-to-day level, he is the Convenor of
the Oxford Brookes University Library Marketing Group, the Group that won the
CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals/Emerald
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- How to get published
A new column 'Publish don't Perish!' by Rachel Singer Gordon, author of
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If you've missed the first and second instalments please click here: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/published/perish.htm
2. Emerald Features
- IFLA 2005 Call for Papers
In time for the 2005 World Library and Information Congress, the IFLA
LIS Journals section has issued a call for papers on the theme "LIS
Journals - A Voyage of Discovery beyond Anglo-American shores".
The IFLA LIS Journals Section Interim Standing Committee invites Library
and Information Science journal users, authors, editors, LIS educators and
publishers to submit paper proposals dealing with strategies to optimise the
international impact of the research and professional expertise of countries
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- Emerald launches Emerald Management Xtra
Emerald Group Publishing Limited announces the launch of its flagship
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As the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed
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- Emerald Publishing Policy
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Knowledge & Networks
January 2005
Welcome
To the January issue of Knowledge and Networks, the official newsletter
of Emerald Library Link. We publish monthly and include a round up of
interesting papers currently available at the Library Link website.
'Knowledge and Networks' will keep you up to date with links to useful
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1. New on Site
- Marketing your Library
A Question to Librarians . . .
We asked a number of librarians that have consistently high Emerald
Fulltext usage and appear in Emerald's top 10 user
group how they achieved their results.
To read their responses and maybe pick up a few tips please visit: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/marketing/casestudies.htm
If you have any tips and ideas that you would like to share with other
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Customer Loyalty and Libraries
A learning curve by Philip J Calvert
'Do you have a "favourite" type of wristwatch, running shoe,
make of computer, or even a preferred high street bank? If so, you are displaying customer loyalty
and there are people in the marketing departments of those companies who love
you for it. So what does a librarian
need to know about customer loyalty?
Read the following article to find out: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/marketing/curves/curves2.htm
- Information Management
Unanswered Questions about Open Access
Viewpoint by Professor Gary E Gorman
A recent issue of CLIR News (Number 42, Dec 2004) contains a brief,
interesting article by Nancy Davenport "Open Access is the
Buzz". This viewpoint looks at the
questions raised in Ms Davenport's article and suggests some answers to these
questions.
To read the full viewpoint please click on the link below: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/info/viewpoint.htm
Web Citation Analysis
Learning Curve by Mike Thelwall
"Web citation analysis is a quick and free way to gain insights
into the sphere of influence of journals and journal articles. It is based around exploring the results of
advanced search engine searches, exploiting the vast quantity of information
that is already on the web".
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- How to get published
A column 'Publish don't Perish!' by Rachel Singer Gordon, author of the
Librarians Guide to writing for Publication.
Publish, don't perish banishes some of the mystique surrounding the
library publishing process, giving practical tips for improving your writing,
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too many of us from writing and submitting our work.
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2. Emerald Features
- 6th
The Impact and Outcomes of Library and Information Services: Performance
measurement for a changing information environment
Conference topics - Conference presentations are sought in, but not
limited to the following areas:
- The Digital Library
- Measuring Electronic Services
- The Internet as Information Source
- Libraries and Information Services - Value and Impact
- Methodologies
- Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
- Research Projects
- Benchmarking
- Evaluating Performance Measurement
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Collaborative Working
- Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement
- The Human Dimension
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- IFLA 2005 Call for Papers
The deadline for proposals has been extended to
In time for the 2005 World Library and Information Congress, the IFLA
LIS Journals section has issued a call for papers on the theme "LIS
Journals - A Voyage of Discovery beyond Anglo-American shores".
For further details please go to: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/news/ifla_lis.htm
- Emerald launches Emerald Management Xtra
Emerald Group Publishing Limited announces the launch of its flagship
knowledge portal Emerald Management Xtra.
As the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed
management and LIS journals and online support, Emerald Management Xtra has
been created to meet the specific needs of educators, students, researchers,
and information professionals working in the business management community.
To preview Emerald Management Xtra please click here http://www.emeraldinsight.com/emx/index.htm
- Emerald Publishing Policy
Emerald believes that our growth as an international publisher is based
on our adherence to three guiding principles which address the needs of our
consumers and customers: 1. Provision of high quality, management content
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that content, continuously improving service levels to customers. 3. Enabling
world-wide dissemination of papers for authors.
Our publishing policy makes us different and unique among scholarly
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February 2005
Welcome
To the February issue of Knowledge and Networks, the official newsletter
of Emerald Library Link. We publish monthly and include a round up of
interesting papers currently available at the Library Link website.
'Knowledge and Networks' will keep you up to date with links to useful
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We also pinpoint other websites and news items that may be of interest
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A subscription to Knowledge Networks is free to members of Library Link
and comprises 12 online issues per annum.
1. New on Site
- Information Management
Unanswered Questions about Open Access
Viewpoint by Professor Gary E Gorman
A recent issue of CLIR News (Number 42, Dec 2004) contains a brief,
interesting article by Nancy Davenport "Open Access is the
Buzz". This viewpoint looks at the
questions raised in Ms Davenport's article and suggests some answers to these
questions.
To read the full viewpoint please click on the link below: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/info/viewpoint.htm
- How to get published
A column 'Publish don't Perish!' by Rachel Singer Gordon, author of the
Librarians Guide to writing for Publication.
Publish, don't perish banishes some of the mystique surrounding the
library publishing process, giving practical tips for improving your writing,
improving your odds, and breaking through the self-imposed barriers that keep
too many of us from writing and submitting our work.
To read the sixth instalment 'Online is fine - Part 1' please click http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/published/perish/feb2005.htm
To read the seventh instalment 'Online is fine - Part 2' please click http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/published/perish/march2005.htm
Your comments and suggestions for future topics are welcome at mailto:rachel@lisjobs.com.
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2. Emerald Features
- Internet Librarian International 2005
10-11 October 2005
The 7th annual Internet Librarian International - the only conference
for information professionals and librarians who are using, developing, and
implementing internet, intranet, and web-based strategies in their daily work
as information navigators, webmasters, web managers, content evaluators,
internet strategists, portal creators, product developers, searchers, library
managers, and educators - will be held Monday and Tuesday, 10-11 October, at a
new venue for 2005 - London's Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington.
Internet Librarian International provides a stimulating forum for
inquiring delegates and experienced speakers to explore the exciting range of
issues and challenges that information professionals face today.
For further details please go to http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml
The Electronic Library journal is a sponsor or the Internet Librarian
International Conference.
- Forthcoming Special Issues
Library and Information Science and the Philosophy of Science Journal of
Documentation Volume 61 Number 1
This issue is concerned with metatheories in Library and Information
Science
(LIS) and especially with the philosophy of science of
LIS. Metatheories are theories about the description,
investigation, analysis or criticism of the theories in a domain. They are
mostly internal to a domain, and may also be termed "paradigms",
"traditions" or "schools". This issue is termed
"Library and Information Science and the Philosophy of Science" to
indicate that the emphasis is on basic approaches developed and generally well
known outside of LIS (such as critical realism, empiricism, hermeneutics and
pragmatism). Here these general views are interpreted and investigated within
the context of LIS. Such approaches deal with how knowledge is understood and
acquired and are important in discourses of the foundations of any domain. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/cw/www/mcb/00220418/v61n1/contp1-1.htm
Special Issue: Repository print libraries: vital strategies in the
digital world Library Management Volume 26 Number 1/2 2005 Guest Editor Stephen
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- Journal of the Week - Forthcoming
Emerald's Journals of the Week offer provides free full text access to
the past 3 issues of a different journal every week. It's the best way to find
out more about individual journals and experience the many benefits of online
access - a key part of Emerald's comprehensive subscription package.
The Bottom Line is scheduled for week commencing
3. News
The Editor of Reference Services Review, Dr Ilene Rockman, has received an
award from the American Library Association. This award recognizes an
individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the
advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. The
award honors Miriam Dudley, whose pioneering efforts in the field of
bibliographic instruction led to the formation of the ACRL Instruction Section
(formerly ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section). For further information see http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/miriamdudley.htm
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Special issue on Discursive Approaches to Information Seeking in Context
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Call for papers
Library Quarterly Special issue on Discursive Approaches to Information
Seeking in Context
Information seeking, like other human activities, arises not only out of
behavior, but also out of the meanings and values that people attach to their
practices and to the methods, means, and technologies available for locating
information. In recent years, LIS
researchers have begun to explore information practices by focusing on how
people give accounts of their information behavior or construct the meanings of technical
artefacts in work and everyday life. The issue of how information practice
related topics, actors, and technologies are constructed in discourse and
conversation is important for understanding information seeking and technology
use from a broader sociological perspective. This special issue invites papers
that apply constructionist, discourse, or conversation analytic methods and
theories to information seeking in context research. In particular, we invite
papers that explore information practices in interactional and collaborative
settings, be they face-to-face or textual encounters.
Papers should be prepared in accordance with the Library Quarterly
Instructions to Authors
(http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ/instruct.html)
and submitted to Pam McKenzie, (Faculty of Information and Media Studies, North
Campus Building, Room 240, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6A 5B7,
email pmckenzi@uwo.ca) or Sanna Talja (Department of Information Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
mail sanna.talja@uta.fi) no later than Jan. 1, 2006.
Pamela J. McKenzie
Assistant Professor
Programme in Library and Information Science
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
North Campus Building Room 225
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Now available from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library
and Information Science Publications Office:
Library Trends, 53(1), Summer 2004
"Organizational Development and Leadership" edited by Keith
Russell and Denise Stephens
Single copies are $28, including postage. Subscription rates for the
quarterly are: Institutional, $105 per volume ($112 for international
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development (OD) philosophy, processes, and tools on a regular basis.
Consequently, we have developed this issue of Library Trends to provide an
overview of organizational development as it is practiced in libraries, and to
explore leadership development within the OD context. This issue covers a wide
range of topics and draws on the literature of many disciplines. It is meant to
serve as a resource for every person who believes that libraries can be improved
in many ways, including how they acquire, organize, manage, and provide access
to information; assess the needs of customers and provide appropriate services;
manage human and financial resources; plan for the future; fulfill their
mission; develop leadership skills in the staff; and initiate and manage
change.
---From the Introduction by Keith Russell and Denise Stephens
Articles and Authors Include:
"The Significance of Organizational Development in Academic
Research Libraries," Karen Holloway
"Innovation and Strategy: Risk and Choice in Shaping User-Centered
Libraries," Kathryn J. Deiss
"Organizational Cultures of Libraries as a Strategic
Resource," Michelle L. Kaarst-Brown, Scott Nicholson, Gisela M. von Dran,
and Jeffrey M. Stanton
"Transitioning to the Learning Organization," Joan Giesecke
and Beth McNeil
"The System Design Approach to Organizational Development: The
"Developing a Team Management Structure in a Public Library,"
Betsy A. Bernfeld
"From Measurement to Management: Using Data Wisely for Planning and
Decision-Making," Steve Hiller and James Self
"Organization and Staff Renewal Using Assessment," Gail V.
Oltmanns
"Redesigning Library Human Resources: Integrating Human Resources
Management and Organizational Development," Pat Hawthorne
"Learning to Lead: An Analysis of Current Training Programs for
Library Leadership,"
"The Promise of Appreciative Inquiry in Library
Organizations," Maureen Sullivan
"Facilitative Leadership: One Approach to Empowering Staff and
Other Stakeholders," Thomas L. Moore
"Organizational Development, Leadership, Change, and the Future of
Libraries," Denise Stephens and Keith Russell
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and Information Science Publications Office:
Library Trends, 53(2) and 53(3), Fall 2004 and
Winter 2005 "Consumer Health Issues, Trends, and Research: Parts 1 &
2" Edited by Tammy L. Mays
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The Internet has propelled the consumer health movement to the forefront
of libraries. Academic health sciences, clinical, hospital, consumer health,
and public librarians across the country are seeing a continuous growth in the
number of requests for health information from their patrons. Internet savvy
consumers are completing their own online health information searches. Patrons
are seeking free, quality, electronic health information written in lay terminology, though both Internet and non-Internet users
are seeking librarians for what they cannot find. An exploration of consumer
health issues, trends, and research is covered in these issues of Library
Trends. In part 1--Strategic Strides toward a Better Future--contributors
examine the many facets that comprise consumer health information services;
part 2--Applicable Research in the 21st Century--promotes creative partnerships
and models between agencies and library institutions and delivers strategies
for achieving health literacy in a variety of communities.
Articles and Authors Include:
Part 1
"Meeting the Health Information Needs of Diverse Populations,"
Kristine M. Alpi and Barbara M. Bibel
"Where Am I to Go? Use of the Internet for Consumer Health
Information by Two Vulnerable Communities," Ellen Gay Detlefsen
"Working with Immigrant and Refugee Populations: Issues and Hmong
Case Study," Margaret (Peg) Allen, Suzanne Matthew, and Mary Jo Boland
"Watch Your Language," Heidi T. Sandstrom
"Medical Textbooks: Can Lay People Read and Understand Them?"
Lynda M. Baker and Claudia J. Gollop
"Why Develop Web-Based Health Information Workshops for
Consumers?" Diane K. Kovacs
"Training the Health Information Seeker: Quality Issues in Health
Information Web Sites," Javier Crespo
"MedlinePlus®: The National Library of Medicine® Brings Quality
Information to Health Consumers," Naomi Miller, Rebecca J. Tyler, and
Joyce E. B. Backus
Part 2
"Providing Health Information to Community Members Where They Are:
Characteristics of the Culturally Competent Librarian," Nancy Ottman Press
and Mary Diggs-Hobson
"Collaboration and Marketing Ensure Public and Medical Library
Viability," Stephanie Weldon
"Health Information Literacy: A Library Case Study," Erica
Burnham and Eileen Beany Peterson
"Access to Electronic Health Information for the Public: Analysis
of Fifty-Three Funded Projects," Angela B. Ruffin, Keith Cogdill, Lalitha
Kutty, and Michelle Hudson-Ochillo
"Building Community Bridges for Health: Consumer Health Librarians
as Health Advocates," Michele A. Spatz
"Philly Health Info: The
"Consumer Health Information from Both Sides of the Reference
Desk," Gail Kouame, Margo Harris, and Susan Murray
"Factors Affecting the Provision of Consumer Health Information in
Public
Libraries: The Last Five Years," Mary L. Gillaspy
"Consumer Health Information Services at
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From: i.m.johnson@rgu.ac.uk [mailto:i.m.johnson@rgu.ac.uk] Sent:
Contents of LIBRI,
September 2004
Contents of LIBRI: international journal of libraries and information services, 54 (3) September 2004
Information flow and peripherality in remote
island areas of
National identity and the digital library: a study of the British Library and the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
The Shift from Apartheid to Democracy:
Issues and Impacts on Public Libraries in
Evaluation of Public Libraries: The 2001
IFLA Standards and the 2003 Standards for Provincial Libraries in
Exploration of the Field of Knowledge Management for the Library and Information Professional
Exploring information ‘context’ in the published literature of menopausal hormone therapy
ABSTRACTS FOLLOW:
INFORMATION FLOW AND PERIPHERALITY IN REMOTE
Sue Beer
Winner of LIBRI Best Student Paper Award 2004
Communities in the more remote parts of
areas which themselves are considered to be peripheral may feel doubly
isolated. Access to information can help reduce negative effects of living and
working in such communities, but, in turn, this peripherality creates barriers
to information access. The purpose of this PhD research is to gain a greater
understanding of the relationship between access to information and the effects
of peripherality; using four remote communities in each of Shetland and The
Western Isles of Scotland as case studies. To this end, interviews were
conducted with representatives of just over a hundred businesses, community and
voluntary groups from these peripheral communities, and with information
providers serving them. The research was not concerned with a particular type
of information, such as business, market or community information; but with all
types of information need from within the target communities. This paper
examines some of the findings, which point to a strong interdependency between
geographical peripherality and exclusion from information, in remote
communities where accessing information is described as being both more
difficult and more necessary. These findings were presented at the ‘
NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY: A STUDY OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY AND THE LLYFRGELL GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
Charlotte Priddle
This paper examines the digital presence of
two national libraries, the British Library and the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol
Cymru (National Library of Wales), and the means by which the perceptions of
national identity and heritage can be seen to influence the choices made
regarding the digitization of specific collections. It begins with an
examination of the constructed nature of national identity and heritage. Then a
brief study is made of the histories of the two nations in question,
THE SHIFT FROM APARTHEID TO DEMOCRACY:
ISSUES AND IMPACTS ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN
Nicole Brown
Providing all citizens with free and equal
access to information allows democracy to flourish. Integral to democratic
governments, public libraries have both social and political responsibilities.
EVALUATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES: THE 2001
IFLA STANDARDS AND THE 2003 STANDARDS FOR PROVINCIAL LIBRARIES IN
Beverly P. Lynch and Wenxiang Yang,
The International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA), guided by the interests of UNESCO in
assisting libraries to improve their services, continues to develop statements
on standards for public libraries. The most recent statement was adopted in
2001. IFLA, while working tirelessly at the international level to develop
standards, also recognizes the importance of national, regional and local
standards. The diffusion world wide of knowledge and information about library
standards development has been useful in the preparation of standards at the
regional and national levels. This paper summarizes and compares the components
of the current IFLA standards for public libraries, adopted in 2001, and the
new standards for provincial public libraries in
EXPLORATION OF THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Michelle Sinotte
This study is an attempt to isolate and describe the field of knowledge management in terms of its relevance for library and information science professionals. In addition to readings, several interviews were completed with people who are working in the knowledge management field. It is intended to be an overview to assist LIS professionals in grasping the essence of this subject and suggesting ways in which knowledge management may continue to affect the LIS field in the near future. First, a brief overview of the origins of the field and some suggestions of why it persists in the face of numerous challenges will be provided. Following that will be an attempt to deconstruct the terminology surrounding knowledge management and give shape to its basic components. Next, the aforementioned numerous challenges will be considered, and finally the role of the LIS professional will be discussed.
EXPLORING INFORMATION ‘CONTEXT’ IN THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE OF MENOPAUSAL HORMONE THERAPY
Shelagh K. Genuis
Using content analysis, this study explores information context as expressed in medical and consumer articles, and the role of the literature in influencing the innovation-decision process. Changing practices related to hormone therapy for menopausal and postmenopausal women, and the expression of biomedical and normal life transition models within published literature provided context for the study; ‘diffusion of innovations’ theory provided the theoretical framework that informed the investigation. Findings suggest that both medical and consumer health literature is dominated by the biomedical model; that context may influence the presentation of information, thus impacting innovation decision-making; and that published literature not only provides information and reinforces knowledge, but, through information context, it also produces and shapes meaning, and creates belief. Librarians and information professionals are encouraged to recognize the influence of context within published literature; to facilitate access by both professionals and consumers to the diversity of information that informs human knowledge; and to enhance appreciation for the contribution of diverse theoretical perspectives and research methods.
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LITERATI CLUB NEWSLINE and Doctoral Awards reminder
Chris Perry
[cperry@emeraldinsight.com] Fri
8/10/2004
The third Literati Club Newsline of 2004 is now available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub/whatsnew/newsline.htm
We celebrate 60 years of the Journal of Documentation; Margaret Adolphus
previews the authors' resources she will be compiling for Emerald Management
Xtra; there are conference reports and an update on Emerald journals'
performances in the recently released ISI citation tables.
The 2005 Emerald Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards are still
accepting nominations. There are 12 awards in different subject areas, each
sponsored by an Emerald journal. Young researchers who have just completed (or
are just about to complete) a doctoral programme can apply. The prize in each
case is £1,000 and the chance for a related paper to be considered by the
sponsoring journal. Full details are at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/awards/
Two completely new journals are ready for launch in 2005 and are
currently accepting submissions. Critical Perspectives on International
Business
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is a major, multi-disciplinary title engaging with issues of globalization,
production and consumption, the environment, economics, society, politics and
power. The International Journal of Managerial Finance (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ijmf.htm)
offers a fast moving, rigorous examination of all aspects of financial
decision making. Does either of these match your latest research?
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SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Version 55 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now
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that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the
Internet.
HTML: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
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resources; also available by mailing list--see second
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(2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270
related Web sites)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm
(3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm
The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 180 pages
long. The Acrobat file is over 430 KB.
The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked
with an asterisk):
Table of Contents
1 Economic Issues*
2 Electronic Books and Texts
2.1 Case Studies and History
2.2 General Works*
2.3 Library Issues
3 Electronic Serials
3.1 Case Studies and History
3.2 Critiques
3.3 Electronic Distribution
of Printed Journals*
3.4 General Works*
3.5 Library Issues*
3.6 Research*
4 General Works*
5 Legal Issues
5.1 Intellectual Property
Rights*
5.2 License Agreements
5.3 Other Legal Issues
6 Library Issues
6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers,
Linking, and Metadata*
6.2 Digital Libraries*
6.3 General Works*
6.4 Information Integrity and
Preservation*
7 New Publishing Models*
8 Publisher Issues*
8.1 Digital Rights
Management*
9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
Appendix A. Related Bibliographies
Appendix B. About the Author
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes
the following sections:
Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata*
Digital Libraries*
Electronic Books and Texts*
Electronic Serials*
General Electronic Publishing*
Images*
Legal
Preservation*
Publishers*
Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
SGML and Related Standards
An article about the bibliography has been published
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JESSE@listserv.utk.edu Version 56, Scholarly
Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Version 56 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now
available. This selective bibliography
presents over 2,275 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources
that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the
Internet.
HTML: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
Acrobat: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf
The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each
major section is a
separate file. There are links to
sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be
searched using Boolean operators.
The HTML document includes three sections not found in
the Acrobat file:
(1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new
resources; also available by mailing list--see second
URL)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm
(2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270
related Web sites)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm
(3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm
The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 185 pages
long. The Acrobat file is over 440 KB.
The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked
with an asterisk):
Table of Contents
1 Economic Issues
2 Electronic Books and Texts
2.1 Case Studies and History
2.2 General Works*
2.3 Library Issues*
3 Electronic Serials
3.1 Case Studies and History*
3.2 Critiques
3.3 Electronic Distribution
of Printed Journals
3.4 General Works
3.5 Library Issues*
3.6 Research*
4 General Works*
5 Legal Issues
5.1 Intellectual Property
Rights*
5.2 License Agreements*
5.3 Other Legal Issues
6 Library Issues
6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers,
Linking, and Metadata*
6.2 Digital Libraries*
6.3 General Works*
6.4 Information Integrity and
Preservation*
7 New Publishing Models*
8 Publisher Issues
8.1 Digital Rights
Management*
9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
Appendix A. Related Bibliographies
Appendix B.
About the Author
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes
the following sections:
Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata*
Digital Libraries*
Electronic Books and Texts
Electronic Serials
General Electronic Publishing*
Images
Legal*
Preservation
Publishers
Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
SGML and Related Standards
An article about the bibliography has been published
in The Journal of
Electronic Publishing:
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html
Best Regards,
Charles
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Version 57, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Version 57 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now
available. This selective bibliography
presents over 2,325 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources
that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the
Internet.
HTML: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
Acrobat: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf
The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each
major section is a
separate file. There are links to
sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be
searched using Boolean operators.
The HTML document includes three sections not found in
the Acrobat file:
(1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new
resources; also available by mailing list--see second
URL)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm
(2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270
related Web sites)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm
(3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography)
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm
The Acrobat file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 190 pages
long. The Acrobat file is over 450 KB.
The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked
with an asterisk):
Table of Contents
1 Economic Issues
2 Electronic Books and Texts
2.1 Case Studies and History
2.2 General Works*
2.3 Library Issues*
3 Electronic Serials
3.1 Case Studies and History
3.2 Critiques
3.3 Electronic Distribution
of Printed Journals
3.4 General Works*
3.5 Library Issues*
3.6 Research*
4 General Works*
5 Legal Issues
5.1 Intellectual Property
Rights*
5.2 License Agreements*
5.3 Other Legal Issues
6 Library Issues
6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers,
Linking, and Metadata*
6.2 Digital Libraries*
6.3 General Works*
6.4 Information Integrity and
Preservation*
7 New Publishing Models*
8 Publisher Issues*
8.1 Digital Rights Management
9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
Appendix A. Related Bibliographies
Appendix B.
About the Author
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes
the following sections:
Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata
Digital Libraries*
Electronic Books and Texts
Electronic Serials
General Electronic Publishing*
Images
Legal*
Preservation
Publishers*
Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI*
SGML and Related Standards
An article about the bibliography has been published
in The Journal of
Electronic Publishing:
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html
Best Regards,
Charles
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital
Library Planning and Development,
Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713)
743-9811. http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm
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Dear All,
[Apologies for cross-postings]
We are pleased to inform you that the second issue of Webology, an international OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. It serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. Webology publishes scholarly articles, essays and reviews, and encourages the participation of academics and practitioners alike. The journal is available at: http://www.webology.ir/
The second issue of Webology contains the following papers:
Title:
Editorial Note
Author: Yazdan Mansourian
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/editorial2.html
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Title:
A Study of Web Search Trends
Author:
Dr. Amanda Spink & Dr. Bernard J.! Jansen
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a4.html
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Title:
Personal
Homepages as an Information Resource
Author:
Shant Narsesian
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a5.html
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Title: Shifts in search engine development: A review of past, present and future trends in research on search engines
Author:
Saeid Asadi & Hamid R. Jamali M.
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a6.html
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Title: Metadata and the Web
Author: Mehdi Safari
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a7.html
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Title: Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
Author: AliReza
Noruzi
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a8.html
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Title: Book Review of: Web Search: Public Searching of the Web / by Dr. Amanda Spink & Dr. Bernard J. Jansen
Author: Yazdan Mansourian
URL: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/bookreview1.html
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Subscribe to the journal of Webology: http://www.webology.ir/eTOCs.html
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Yours sincerely,
A. Noruzi
Department of Information Science
noruzi @ crrm.u-3mrs.fr
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