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Koga, Takashi. ""Electronic Government and Government Information Services in Japan." 15th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (Library Forum), Session 1. Australia National University, Canberra, Australia, July 2, 2007." Japanese Studies Association of Australia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105888.
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In Japan, electronic government has been developed since the enforcement of the Information Disclosure Act and the formulation of the e-Japan Strategy, both in 2001. Such electronic government produces a number of government information services available all over the world via the Internet, including databases of law texts, congressional minutes and white papers, as well as digital archives. At the same time, electronic government raises several issues of preservation of and "permanent public access" to electronic information, accessibility of electronic government, inclusion of government information into library
services, and so forth. The author hopes this presentation will facilitate requests and comments from participants for electronic government and government information services in Japan.
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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library & Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.
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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.
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Shachaf, Pnina. "A Global Perspective on Library Association Codes of Ethics." Elsevier, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106281.
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This study of 28 countries involves comparative content analysis of the English versions of codes of ethics proposed by professional associations. It yielded an empirically grounded typology of principles arranged in twenty categories. The most frequently identified principles were professional development, integrity, confidentiality or privacy, and free and equal access to information. While confidentiality and privacy, and equal access to information, appear in all existing typologies of library and information science ethics, other principles, such as copyright and intellectual property, democracy, and responsibility toward society, which appear in almost all other typologies, were evident in fewer than half of the codes. This empirical study provides a global perspective on library association code of ethics.
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Wallace, Rick L. "Rural Health Association of Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8799.
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Haigh, Colleen, and n/a. "A history of the School Library Association in Canberra and District : the first decade 1971-1981." University of Canberra. Communication, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060714.120926.
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This study traces many of the highlights which occurred during the first decade of the
history of the School Library Association in Canberra and District (SLACAD). The
roots of this association lie deep in the history of school libraries and teacherlibrarianship
in Australia. Many SLACAD members belonged to other state school
library associations and to the Australian School Library Association (ASLA)
confederation since the establishment of these associations in the 1960's. These
teacher-librarians have been dedicated in their attempts to further the cause of school
libraries and their teacher-librarianship profession. The decade covered by this study
embraces the greatest period of expansion in the development of school libraries seen in
Australian history. During this decade the A.C.T. established an independent education
system and it took many years for the A.C.T. Schools Authority administration to
finalise its organisation. SLACAD members were anxious that school libraries in the
A.C.T. should keep pace with school libraries in other Australian states and this study
documents the constant efforts of its members to obtain improvements in school
librarianship. Teacher-librarians in the A.C.T. have continued to maintain a close
liaison with ASLA and many A.C.T. teacher-librarians have held executive office in
ASLA. SLACAD has hosted seminars and conferences and this study documents
numerous submissions and reports which were a necessary feature of the expanding
A.C.T. school library association milieu.
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Linnell, Greg. "The Institute of Professional Librarians of Ontario: On the History and Historiography of a Professional Association." Canadian Association for Information Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/106390.
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A descriptive analysis of the histories of the Institute of Professional Librarians of Ontario (1960â 1976) reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the creation, growth, and decline of this singular expression of the professionalization of librarianship but also foregrounds the ways in which the historical narration of the profession must look beyond the traditional delineation of intrinsic traits in order to circumscribe librarianship more adequately. To that end, consideration is given to one important factor, the Royal Commission Inquiry into Civil Rights (1964-71). It is evident that
historical recovery of this sort is crucial to the profession's self-understanding as it negotiates its contemporary stance with respect to both librarians and the publics that they serve.
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Wallace, Rick L., Nakia J. Woodward, and Katherine Wolf. "Tennessee Health Sciences Library Association: Connections and Disconnections over Time - A Content Analysis." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8723.
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Question: How have the emergent themes of a health sciences library group changed over time?
Setting: A state level health sciences library group
Participants: Membership of a state health sciences library group over a 30 year period.
Methods: A content analysis of the group archives will be conducted using NVIVO software.
Main Findings: Themes and patterns from content analysis will be used to describe changes over time.
Conclusions: Forthcoming.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of The Modern Language Association Language Map." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5628.
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Wallace, Rick L. "Collaborating with a State Hospital Association by Providing PDA Training to Rural Critical Access Hospitals." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8782.
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Ledo, Wietske, and n/a. "Information needs of external students: a survey of the information needs of external students enrolled at the South Australian College of Advanced Education and resident in Whyalla, South Australia." University of Canberra. Library and Information Management, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050629.113625.
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The main purpose of the study was to investigate the library needs
and library usage of external students in remote areas. The study emphasised
external students' perception of their own library needs. Four distinct areas
of research evolved from the purpose of the study: to identify the library
service needs of external students; to identify library use by external
students; to identify external students' perceptions of library needs; and to
identify student status in relation to library use.
Information was collected by an interview with former external
students, a questionnaire to the libraries involved in the study and by
Nominal Group Technique (NGT) sessions with external students. The
primary instrument was a questionnaire to the external students in the
population under investigation requesting information of their library
usage and needs.
The population under investigation were external students enrolledin the South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE) and
resident in Whyalla, South Australia. It was decided to survey the total
population rather than a sample because of the small numbers involved.
Thirty-five responses were received out of a population of 52, representing a
response rate of 69 percent.
The results of the survey were analysed using a Statview SE statistical
package and a spreadsheet and graphics package, Excel. Frequency
distributions were computed to determine the number of respondents who
selected each option.
The study found that the external students who used libraries tended
to use a variety of libraries. Students used not only their own institution's
library, but the a range of libraries accessible to them in Whyalla.
The study concludes by identifying issues, recommending possible
solutions, and identifying areas for further research.
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Ozodiegwu, Ifeoma D., Hadii M. Mamudu, Liang Wang, Rick Wallace, Megan Quinn, Ying Liu, and Henry V. Doctor. "Country-Level Analysis of the Association Between Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Mortality in 34 Sub-Saharan African Countries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2510.
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Background: Prior work examining the association of maternal obesity and neonatal mortality indicate the presence of a positive relationship. However, regional evidence to provide insight on country-level heterogeneities within sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with nationally representative datasets are non-existent.
Objective: We aimed to determine the relationship between maternal obesity and neonatal mortality at the country level in SSA countries. Moreover, we also estimate regional measures of association to complement previous findings.
Methods: Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 34 SSA countries conducted from 2006–2016 were used for this study. After missing data (36.9% of cases) were addressed with multiple imputations, we identified a total of 175,860 women for the analysis. Complete case and multiply imputed datasets were analyzed individually with multilevel logistic regression models. Potential confounders adjusted for in the regression model included maternal age, level of educational attainment, area of residence, access to prenatal care, birth order and multiple birth (singleton vs twin birth). Regional and country-specific associations were computed, and unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs), along with the confidence intervals (CIs) were reported.
Findings: Of the total study population, 8,451 (7.6%) were obese. In the regional level analyses, maternal obesity was associated with 40% increased odds of neonatal deaths. This finding was consistent in subgroup analyses by urban and rural residence, and geographic region of residence in SSA. Additionally, obese women were more likely to report neonatal death in the first week of life (OR, days 0–1: 1.39, 95% CI 1.15–1.69; OR, days 2–6: 1.35, 95% CI 1.02–1.79). In the individual country analyses, majority of the countries studied had central estimates supporting elevated odds of neonatal mortality, but the confidence intervals were imprecise.
Conclusion: This study highlights the potential burden of neonatal mortality borne by obese women in SSA. There is, however, a need for longitudinal studies to confirm the results.
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Långsjö, Johannes. "Upphovsrätten incitament eller slutstation? En ideologikritisk analys av The Association of American Publishers och Authors Guilds syn på upphovsrätt." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18227.
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The aim of the following thesis is to examine if the ideology behind the copyright laws of today poses a threat to creativity and the cultural heritage. The organizations Association of American Publishers and Authors Guild are subject to an ideology- analysis which seeks to examine their ideological views on copyright and the possible threat to creativity such a view brings. The conflict between the two organizations and Google Book Search is used as a context where the ideology is being brought to light. Stanford Law School professor, Lawrence Lessigs work is used as theory and an alternative to the examined view on copyright. The result suggests that the organizations see copyright as the only effective incentive to creation and therefore they think stronger intellectual property laws are needed. They are also engaging in the process of equalising intellectual property with material property, to build a system that defends the old against the new rather than a system that promotes progress. This constitutes an ideology which fully developed might harm the environment for creativity and restraint the publics access to the cultural heritage.Uppsatsnivå: D
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Milne, Patricia A., and n/a. "The effect of enhanced electronic access to information on academics' patterns of scholarly communication at the Australian National University." University of Canberra. Information Management & Tourism, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050819.124920.
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This study examined the effect of enhanced electronic access to information
on patterns of scholarly communication. Using a panel typology, the
academics at the Australian National University were surveyed in 1991 and
again in 1994, with the data collected by means of mailed questionnaires.
The research drew on the literature of scholarly communication and
information-seeking behaviour. Principles of systems theory were used to
explain the changes taking place within the academics' environments,
including both the system of scholarly communication and the culture of the
three disciplinary groupings: science, social science and the humanities. Three
research questions directed the study focussing on the effect of enhanced
electronic access to information on the academics' use of the library and on
their patterns of information seeking and dissemination.
Results found that between 1991 and 1994, while some aspects of
communication technologies - such as email - had been almost universally
adopted, overall, few changes had taken place in academics' information
related behaviour. Scientists were more likely to have adopted the new
technologies than social scientists or scholars from the humanities. However,
there was strong evidence that a small group of academics were adopting the
new technologies with enthusiasm suggesting that the overall pattern of use
would change in the future.
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Grewal, Sandeep Kaur, and n/a. "Issues in IT Governance & IT service management - a study of their adoption in Australian universities." University of Canberra. Information Sciences & Engineering, 2006. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060804.092632.
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IT service management (ITSM) has emerged as one of the approaches to implementing IT
Governance in Australian Universities. A number of ITSM frameworks have been proposed
however, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Control OBjectives for Information and related
Technology (COBIT) have been most widely accepted and implemented internationally and
within Australia.
The research reported in this thesis was undertaken to shed light on the issues related to ITIL
adoption and implementation within Australian universities. To date academic research in ITIL
adoption and implementation has not been extensive as it is comparatively a new framework,
especially within Australian universities.
The theoretical framework proposed in this thesis has IT service management as the central
concept, implementing IT Governance to align the university and technology. This framework is
used to examine the experience of ITIL adoption in seven Australian universities, plus a detailed
case study on one university�s experience.
This research reveals a complex web of factors relating to ITIL implementation including; the
pre-implementation process; processes implemented; order of implementation; hiring external
expertise;, tool selection;, staff training; ongoing assessments; managing cultural change;
managing learning curve and resource strain. The findings provide an insight into practical
lessons for other Australian universities or similar organisations considering implementing IT
Governance through IT Service management frameworks. The method used in this research may
be useful for other organisations and researchers analysing universities and similar organisations
implementing ITIL. IT Governance and IT service management frameworks are diverse and
important areas which open a poorly researched field for further work.
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Lyall-Wilson, Jennifer Rae. "Automatic Concept-Based Query Expansion Using Term Relational Pathways Built from a Collection-Specific Association Thesaurus." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/306773.
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The dissertation research explores an approach to automatic concept-based query expansion to improve search engine performance. It uses a network-based approach for identifying the concept represented by the user's query and is founded on the idea that a collection-specific association thesaurus can be used to create a reasonable representation of all the concepts within the document collection as well as the relationships these concepts have to one another. Because the representation is generated using data from the association thesaurus, a mapping will exist between the representation of the concepts and the terms used to describe these concepts. The research applies to search engines designed for use in an individual website with content focused on a specific conceptual domain. Therefore, both the document collection and the subject content must be well-bounded, which affords the ability to make use of techniques not currently feasible for general purpose search engine used on the entire web.
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Morton, Josh. "Legitimation through openness : managing organisational legitimacy through open strategy in a pluralistic context." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2017. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/28410.
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This research explores how an open strategy approach can be used to manage organisational legitimacy in a pluralistic context, characterised by the competing demands of key stakeholders. Open strategy demonstrates an interest in strategising processes becoming more inclusive and transparent (Hautz et al., 2016). Open strategy work to date has focused on its uses and implications, and how strategic inclusion and transparency are being displayed in different organisational contexts. Much open strategy literature also associates the central purpose of open strategising activity with organisations seeking to manage legitimacy (e.g. Chesbrough and Appleyard, 2007; Whittington et al., 2011; Tavakoli et al., 2017), particularly through ensuring that their actions are desirable in the opinion of key stakeholders (Suchman, 1995). Whilst a small number of studies have explicitly focused on open strategy and legitimacy, these do not go beyond illuminating legitimacy as a potential effect (Gegenhuber and Dobusch, 2017) or outcome (Luedicke et al., 2017). Absent has been research attempting to specifically understand open strategy as a process of legitimation (Uberbacher, 2014), and there remains a need to unpack and elevate the significant potential of open strategy approaches for managing legitimacy further. To address this gap, this research presents an in-depth single case analysis of an organisation undertaking the development of a new four-year strategic plan using an open strategy approach. A number of data collection methods were used, including completion of 30 semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and collection of significant social media and documentation data, to explicate the concepts of open strategy and organisational legitimacy, addressing the question; How does an open strategy approach represent a process of legitimation for managing the competing demands of organisational stakeholders? . A pluralistic context, a UK-based professional body, is the basis for the empirical work. It is acknowledged that interrogating the intricacies of strategising in pluralistic contexts, and the inherent competing demands of stakeholders, might offer new perspectives, and a useful means of expanding the contextual base of practice-based strategy work (Jarzabkowski and Fenton, 2006). However, studies of open strategy in pluralistic contexts remain near non-existent in the literature (Lusiani and Langley, 2013). In the organisational legitimacy literature, there is much discourse on how legitimacy is managed and gained through specific legitimation processes and strategies, and increasingly such a focus has been adopted to recognise how organisations might manage legitimacy demands in contexts defined by plurality, amidst diffuse power and divergent objectives (Denis et al., 2007). In this study, a practice-based activity theory framework is used (Jarzabkowski 2005; Jarzabkowski and Wolf, 2015) to explore legitimacy in relation to organisational direction and priorities, and as a means of redefining the organisation s core goals in an enactment of strategic openness. The work here conceptualises how the case organisation has adopted a plethora of open strategising practices for legitimacy effects (Suddaby et al., 2013), providing a detailed account of how different dynamics of open strategising activity connect to specific forms of legitimation over time. The findings indicate that different open strategy dynamics represent the case organisation switching between distinct approaches to legitimation, as a means of managing the competing legitimacy demands of organisational stakeholders in a flow of activity. Through this narrative, a greater perception of legitimation as a core purpose of open strategy is provided. Overall, this research offers an important contribution by accentuating the principal relevance of organisational legitimacy in open strategising, particularly through elevating legitimacy beyond being understood as an effect or outcome in open strategy work. Further, this more explicitly brings open strategy into close alignment with the organisational legitimacy literature and its theoretical conceptions (Lawrence et al., 2009; Suddaby et al., 2013), which is imperative for understanding the potential importance of open strategy as a means of legitimation.
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Sorby, Janet, and n/a. "ASCIS subject headings and student terminology : the relationship between the subject headings used in manual school library catalogues in New South Wales and the subject access terms generated by NSW Higher School Certificate syllabus documents, textbooks and examination questions." University of Canberra. Communication, 1989. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050516.152713.
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the concerns of secondary school teacher-librarians, that the subject headings set down by the Australian Schools Catalogue Information Service (ASCIS) do not cover topics in senior sourses of study. NSW HSC Economics was chosen to test this perception.
Terms were extracted from three textual sources (syllabus, textbook and examination papers) and checked against the subject headings in the ASCIS Subject Headings List. A comparison was made between terms which matched exactly, those which were only partially matched and those which had no match. The linguistic complexity of the term (single-word or multi-word) and the number of textual sources using the term were also taken into account.
The results showed a varying degree of match between textual terms and subject headings. Single-word terms found in more than one textual source were much more likely to be found in the subject headings than those from only one textual source. Multi-word terms were found less frequently than single-word terms, but were also more likely to be found when they came from more than one textual source. There was a large number of partial matches in this group, and these were found to be more general in concept than the textual terms.
Most of the terms were found, but the general nature of the partial matches and the lack of adequate cross references may cause problems in subject analysis and retrieval.
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Moraes, Fernanda Miranda de. "Produção científica em Ciência da Informação: reflexos dos avanços tecnológicos nas comunicações apresentadas nos EnANCIBs." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27151/tde-11022014-122037/.
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Com o desenvolvimento das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TICs) e, principalmente, a partir dos anos 90, com a criação da World Wide Web, a forma de registro e acesso à informação foram modificadas. Passa-se do papel para o registro eletrônico e a informação que, anteriormente, estava condicionada ao seu local de armazenamento passa a ser acessada remotamente, a qualquer hora do dia. Se, por um lado, os avanços tecnológicos provocaram mudanças significativas, principalmente no que diz respeito ao armazenamento e divulgação do conhecimento, por outro, surgiram questões importantes. Diante desse cenário é que, ao menos nos últimos anos, os processos analisados pela Ciência da Informação (CI) foram influenciados pelos avanços das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação. Nesse sentido, entender como a CI lida com as novas tecnologias surge como tarefa necessária, inclusive porque as mudanças tecnológicas ocorrem de forma cada vez mais acelerada no mundo contemporâneo. O trabalho trata-se de uma dessas tentativas de compreensão, tendo-se como premissa que a partir de análise desses avanços tecnológicos é possível estabelecer uma linha do tempo com indicações das mudanças, que refletiram diretamente nos processos de armazenamento e uso da informação. Nesse sentido, o objetivo da pesquisa foi traçar um panorama sobre a inserção das TICs na Ciência da Informação. Para isto, foram analisados os trabalhos apresentados no Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (EnANCIB) de 1994 até 2012. Do conjunto de 1913 comunicações apresentadas nas 13 edições do evento, foram selecionados 387 trabalhos, por tratarem de questões relacionadas aos avanços tecnológicos. As comunicações foram analisadas e classificadas segundo o tipo de abordagem dos trabalhos: Uso de ferramentas ou Análise reflexiva. Em seguida os trabalhos foram analisados em relação à temática, baseadando-se nos descritores de cada comunicação. Observa-se que a maior parte (82%) dos trabalhos apresentam uma reflexão crítica sobre as TICs e apenas 18% tratam do uso de ferramenta. Em relação à temática, os trabalhos foram classificados em 25 descritores dos quais os seis mais citados representam 80% dos trabalhos. Observa-se a posição de destaque do descritor Internet, que representa 45% dos trabalhos, aparecendo em seguida,Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (15%), Redes (6%), Biblioteca digital (5%), Publicações eletrônicas (5%) e Ciberespaço (4%). O trabalho permitiu elaborar uma visão geral dos avanços das tecnologias de informação e comunicação e seus reflexos no campo científico da Ciência da Informação, sendo assim, foi possível analisar as variáveis que interferem nos processos da área, possibilitando reflexões que possam garantir a adequação de produtos e serviços às necessidades do usuário em contextos específicos.With the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and especially since the 90s, when the era of the World Wide Web emerged, the way to access information has changed. We move from paper to electronic records and the information that was previously subject to its storage location is then accessed remotely, at any time of day. If, on the one hand, technological advances brought about significant changes, particularly with regard to the storage, and dissemination of knowledge, on the other, important issues emerged. Faced with this scenario is that, at least in recent years, the processes analyzed by Information Science (CI) were influenced by the advances of Information and Communication. In this sense, understanding how CI handles new technology emerges as a necessary task, especially because technological changes are occurring in ever faster in contemporary society. This present work is one such attempt of these understandings, having premised that from earlier analysis of these technological advances, it is possible to establish a time line with indications of changes, which directly reflected in the processes of storage and use of information. Accordingly, the objective of this research was to find out about the integration of ICT in Information Science. For this, there have been analyses of works presented at the National Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science (ENANCIB) from 1994 until 2012. From the set of 1913 communications presented in 13 editions of the event, there were selected 387 works by addressing issues related to technological advances. The communications were analyzed and classified according to the type of work approaches: Using tools or Reflective Analysis. Then the works were studied in relation to the theme, based on the descriptors of each type of communication. It was observed that the majority (82%) of the works present a critical reflection on ICTs and only 18% treat the use of tools. In relation to the theme, the works were classified into 25 descriptors of which the six most cited represent 80% of the reports. It was observed that to the prominent position of the descriptor Internet, representing 45% of the work, appearing then Information Technology and Communication (15%), Networking (6%), digital library (5%), Electronic Publications (5%) and Cyberspace (4%). The study elaborated an overview of advances in information and communication technologies and their impact in the scientific subject of information science, so it was possible to analyze the variables that influence the processes in the field, allowing reflections that can ensure the adequacy products and services to user needs in specific contexts.
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Lindh, Stina. "Institutet för språk och folkminnen : En arkivförteckning för teckenspråksmaterial som överlåtits av Sveriges Dövas Riksförbund." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-176116.
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This thesis at the Institute for Language and Folklore has as its purpose to lay a foundation for a continuinginventory work. The tasks I have performed during my time there was to create an archival description, anintroduction to the material and a process map showing the process of incoming delivery of documents. The aimwas never to finish the list of work, but to structure the material to get an insight into the material and to theproblems that existed within. The documents are of a very unique nature and require that the archivist is familiarwith and have knowledge of sign language. One of the problems I encountered was how fragmented the materialwas. The documents are divided between Stockholm and Uppsala, which means that provenance becomesparticularly significant for this material. By revoking parts of the material from the National Archives in Stockholm,the institute is trying to reduce the distribution part of the process. But this is a problem that affects all documentsand will therefore affect the entire inventory process. The Institute's goal is to digitizing documents and make itmore accessible for researchers.
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Khomo, Musawenkosi Phumelelo. "Membership of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) among library and information service workers in KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/345.
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Thesis (M.Tech.: Library & Information Studies)- Dept. of Information and Corporate Management, Durban University of Technology, 2007.
x, 109 leaves.The objectives of the study were: 1) to investigate the extent to which workers in library and information services in KwaZulu-Natal are members of LIASA; and 2) if there are substantial numbers of LIS workers who are not currently members, then what are the possible reasons for this? The study surveyed three types of library services in KwaZulu-Natal, namely, academic, public and special libraries with 330 LIS workers participating in the study. A census was done of LIS workers in special libraries and in academic libraries of public higher education institutions in KZN. Simple random sampling was used in selecting public libraries in KZN for participation in the study. All staff in the selected sample of public libraries were surveyed. The research instrument used was a self-administered questionnaire. It was established that a significant number of LIS workers in all three types of libraries surveyed in KZN are currently not members of LIASA for various reasons. LIASA has been unable to draw significant membership from the support staff category in LIS services despite its constitution claiming to embrace all LIS workers. The study recommends that LIASA market itself more aggressively to increase membership levels particularly in the public library sector and among support staff in all LIS services. It also recommends that LIASA should consider involving itself in the industrial concerns of the LIS sector.
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Robbins, Louise S. "Toward ideology and autonomy the American Library Association's response to threats to intellectual freedom, 1939-1969 /." 1991. http://books.google.com/books?id=JOfgAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas Woman's University, 1991.Includes vita and abstract. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-426).
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Dore, Janice C. "Implementation of Information power the experiences of state library media consultants in New England /." 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/35179646.html.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 312-316).
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Oakshott, Stephen. "The association of librarians in colleges of advanced education and the Committee of Australian University Librarians : the evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997 /." 1997. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN1998.0003/index.html.
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Person, Diane Goetz. "A comparative study of role perceptions of school library media specialists and Information power guidelines." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/31704914.html.
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Zulu, Paul. "The importance of legislation in the provision of national and public library services in Zambia." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18572.
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Text in EnglishLegislation plays an important role in the provision of public and national library services. However, in Zambia libraries that perform the functions of public and national libraries are operating without a legislative mandate. As a result, there is a fragmentation of library services as there is no single institution which performs all the functions of a national library service. Although several efforts were made before to enact national library service legislation, no Act of Parliament has been passed to date (2014). This study sought to provide empirical evidence to refine our insight of the benefits of having national library service legislation and the consequent implications of not having any legislation in the provision of library services. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaire administration to public library staff; interviews with senior government officials, and executive members of the ZLA and ZALICO; and document analysis on text from grey literature. The existence of the statistical significance of association between “Importance of library legislation” and “Provision of library services in Zambia” was measured and confirmed using Pearson chi-square χ2. Public library facilities, services and collections in Zambia were found to be below par, and it was concluded that this was due to lack of library legislation. The study recommends that appropriate legislation that puts together the functions of public and national libraries under one institution be enacted in Zambia as soon as possible. It is also recommended that further research be undertaken to investigate the current status of library facilities, services and collections in selected neighbouring countries where library legislation has been passed.
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M.A. (Information Science)