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Raman, Nair R. "An investigative and evaluative study of factors affecting quality of agricultural and farm information services in Kerala." Thesis, University of Kerala, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/10014/1/2004Thesis.pdf.
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Agriculture is not only a country’s backbone of food, livelihood and ecological security systems, but is also the very soul of its sovereignty. In Kerala population density is high and land is scarce. To achieve sustainable advancement in quality of human life, meeting the domestic food requirement is to be given foremost priority in development plans. As the area of cultivation cannot be increased and growth of population cannot be controlled growth in food production is to be achieved by qualitative improvement in farming. This requires improvements in material inputs, farming techniques, storage technology and research. Effective integration of these factors is tied closely to adequate information flow, which can be ensured only by an efficient information system for agricultural education, research, extension and development. So evaluation and improvement of existing information services is very crucial for sustainable agricultural growth. The study evaluates the existing information resources, facilities, services, possibilities for resource sharing, accessibility of external sources, and the factors that affect the quality and efficiency of information services in agricultural sector. Coverage is limited to the State of Kerala. Sample consist 105 institutions of different levels, and information users consisting of 426 scientists and 220 farmers. Different sets of questionnaires and interview schedule were used to elicit information. The study found that agricultural research conducted at various institutions in the region at huge public expense has generated knowledge for improving production. Along with these huge collections of acquired content is also stored in the sector. But when a farmer, an extension worker, a scientist or an administrator needs information it is not easily accessible. The study found that agricultural sector fails to effectively bank on information resources available due to the lack of an information system and network. Recommends an Agricultural and Farm Information System for Kerala. Suggests a model plan for a computer communication network for resource sharing between the agricultural institutions in the State, which will also ensure, smooth flow of results of research down to the grassroots level to achieve maximum productivity in agriculture.
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Sequeiros, Paula. "Ler uma biblioteca nas inscrições de leitores, espaço e Internet : usos e representações de biblioteca pública." Doctoral thesis, Porto : [Edição do Autor], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/50425.
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Apresenta-se investigação, teoricamente orientada e empiricamente suportada, explorando e desenvolvendo possíveis relações entre usos da biblioteca pública, nas vertentes do uso de recursos documentais, do espaço e da Internet, por um lado, e, por outro, as suas representações. Recorrendo a uma abordagem qualitativa, aplicou-se o método de caso alargado, de Michael Burawoy, à Biblioteca Almeida Garrett na cidade do Porto. As ferramentas de recolha de informação foram entrevistas semiestruturadas, em profundidade, análise de desenhos de crianças, observação, análise documental de textos oficiais e fotografia. Entrevistaram-se vários leitores e leitoras, incluindo não-utilizadores de Internet, responsáveis, técnicos e pessoal de atendimento da biblioteca, assim como o arquitecto. Como resultados intermédios são apresentados vários perfis de utilizadores e é avançada uma explicação para a génese e funcionamento dum sistema tácito de regulação de condutas, sobretudo no que ao ruído diz respeito. Como resultado final conclui-se que não há nenhum «impacte» claramente disruptivo induzido pela Internet nas representações recolhidas e analisadas, colocadas em relação com as alterações recentemente registadas nas práticas leiturais: algumas imagens representacionais há em que a Internet reforça a imagem tradicional de biblioteca como organização enciclopédica, como conjunto de recursos diversificados; outras há em que, se o seu uso contribuirá, por um lado, para esse reforço, por outro, atualiza e democratiza essa representação pela abertura a práticas não eruditas e pela propiciação de usos recreativos, ou ainda de usos comunicacionais e instrumentais baseados na Internet; em situações mais extremas, quando biblioteca e Internet se usam como termos sinónimos da gramática representacional, (...).
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Marr, Elizabeth Anne. "The work of journalism : on-line resources for supporting collaborative information use." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297697.
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Mazanderani, Fadhila. "Information as care : reconnecting internet use, HIV and health." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e9959b49-ca0c-48ba-9916-03a32d1455c4.
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Internet technologies are increasingly advocated as a means for transforming health care and improving people’s health. In the field of e-health questions on the health implications of internet use are typically approached through attempts at measuring the effect of internet use on health outcomes. In this, information is usually conceptualised as a form of knowledge/power and online information practices are enrolled in discourses on patient empowerment. Taking the different meanings ascribed to information in these approaches as my point of departure, in this thesis I rethink the implications of internet use on health through an empirical exploration of alternative conceptualisations of the relationship between information and health in the context of contemporary HIV treatment and care. I do this through two analytical moves. First, drawing on the concept of performativity, a concern with what effect internet use has on health is turned into one of how internet use enacts health. Second, rather than treating information as knowledge/power, through an analysis of how a specific group of women ‘living with HIV’ in the UK use the internet, I reconfigure the connections between internet use and health through a conceptualisation of information as care. Drawing on a range of empirical materials – including forty-seven in-depth interviews with patients and internet content providers, non-participant observations, document and website analysis – three areas of health-related internet use are analysed in detail: the seeking out of health-related and specifically biomedical information; the seeking out and sharing of experiential knowledge and narratives about living with HIV; meeting prospective partners and dating. However, rather than studying these areas of internet use in order to interrogate what they can tell us about the internet, I analyse them as part of the ethical regime of ‘living with HIV’, in which the virus, previously thought of as ‘terminal’, becomes, through info and bio technologies, normalised as ‘chronic’. From this perspective, enacting health not only entails working on and with one’s body, but also always invokes its distribution across bodies, to other areas and relations, including internet technologies and the networks of relations established via these technologies.
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Yarosh, Jerrod Henry. "A Study of Information Technology: Who Uses the Internet for Access to Health Information." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1253899325.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 1, 2010). Advisor: Susan Roxburgh. Keywords: College Students; Technology; Internet Access; Internet Use; Health; Health Information. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77)
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Wallace, Richard. "ETSU Medical Residents' Clinical Information Behaviors, Skills, Training, and Resource Use." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2076.
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Information is a powerful tool for enabling physicians to provide quality healthcare for their patients. Information use in the clinic is a skill that must be learned. If medical residency programs fail to impart this skill, then patients will suffer.
The residents of the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine were surveyed as to their use of clinical information. Of the 217 residents of the 2005-2006 class who were surveyed, 105 returned the survey for a return rate of 48%. The clinical faculty was also surveyed in order to measure the responses of the residents against that of their instructors.
ETSU residents frequently had a new information need in the clinic. The majority of the time they did not seek an answer, but when they did they were often successful in finding an answer. Therapy information was the most frequently sought after type of information. Most residents used the Quillen College of Medicine Library, but not at a desirable rate. Residents stated that information obtained from the library was helpful in caring for their patients. The most frequent source of information used by residents was electronic resources and the greatest barrier to the use of information was time. The majority of residents were PDA users, with Palm devices being the primary platform. The residents rated their PDA skills and evidence-based medicine skills as above average. Few were LoansomeDoc users. The majority of residents received information training from clinical faculty and from librarians and rated it highly. Residents indicated a desire for more training and the majority indicated that they would like a clinical medical librarian for their program. They rated the library service of the Quillen College of Medicine and the area teaching hospitals highly. Residents used Google and the Web frequently. PubMed was rated as a valuable resource. Online journals and the UpToDate database were important electronic resources for the residents.
ETSU residents have many excellent resources and training opportunities in place. However, for ETSU residents to go out into community practice as true "Infomasters" an upgrading of their information training should be undertaken.
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Wilson, Sarah 1965. "Should children conceived through the use of donor insemination have access to biographical information concerning the donor?" Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23441.
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In this paper I focus on the arguments made by some feminist writers against the disclosure of biographical information concerning the donor to children conceived through the use of donor insemination. In particular I concentrate on the effects of disclosure in terms of its personal effects on women of certain groups in less conventional family relationships, and on its implications with respect to ideas of the importance of social environment to personal development. An important aspect of this discussion is an examination of different notions of identity. I try to articulate a notion of identity which may be reconciled with ideas of social construction, important to feminists.
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Huang, Bi Yun. "Analyzing a social movement's use of Internet resource mobilization, new social movement theories and the case of Falun Gong /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3386686.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 15, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: A, page: 4498. Adviser: Howard S. Rosenbaum.
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Gilleo, Wayne M. "Examining continued use of software as a service in organizations." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3646094.
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Information systems can be used to increase competitiveness by increasing the effectiveness and speed of decision-making. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a subset of cloud computing that provides information systems functionality through a web browser. Organizations that adopt SaaS can receive value over time if they continue to use the SaaS solution after implementation. This study analyzed the extent to which SaaS adoption and continued use factors affect the continued use of SaaS in organizations. The research can help organizations maximize the value of SaaS by identifying success factors for continued use. The study determined the extent to which the independent factors of Rapport, Responsiveness, Reliability, Features, Security, Flexibility, and Marketing Effort affected the dependent variable of the decision makers' intent to continue use of SaaS within their organization. Participants in the study included IT managers and other technologists familiar with the use of SaaS in their workplace. Invitations were sent via email to IT managers and technologists working at a large aerospace organization. There was also an open invitation posted on a social media site used by customers of a large SaaS provider. The invitations resulted in 101 valid responses. The Extended SaaS-Qual model developed in this study is an extension of an earlier model developed to analyze SaaS continuance. The original SaaS-Qual model was extended to understand the effect of marketing on SaaS continuance intention. Statistical analysis including loadings, internal consistency, convergent validity, and discriminate validity showed strong support for the Extended SaaS-Qual model. The Extended SaaS-Qual model will help with the establishment of standardized measures for the benefit of both SaaS providers and SaaS users.
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Malopinsky, Larissa V. "Facilitating organizational change the use of activity theory as a framework for social construction of strategic knowledge /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297945.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-03, Section: A, page: 1062. Adviser: Thomas M. Schwen. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 30, 2008).
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Saunders, Lewis O. "The relationship between cell phone use and identity theft." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3615824.
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The growth of mobile phone use has paralleled increased reports of identity theft. Identity theft can result in financial loss and threats to a victim's personal safety. Although trends in identity theft are well-known, less is known about individual cell phone users' attitudes toward identity theft and the extent to which they connect it to cell phone use. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how cell phone use is affected by attitudes toward privacy and identity theft. The study was based on social impact theory, according to which people's attitudes and behavior are affected by the strength and immediacy of others' attitudes and behavior. The research questions concerned the extent to which participants connected cell phone use with decreasing privacy and increasing cybercrime, how the use of biometrics affected cell phone users' attitudes and behavior, and what steps can be taken to reduce the misuse of private information associated with cell phone use. Data collection consisted of personal interviews with representatives from 3 groups: a private biometrics company, individual cell phone users who earn more than $55,000 a year, and individual cell phone users who earn less than $55,000 a year. Interviews were transcribed and coded for themes and patterns. Findings showed that interviewees were more likely to see identity theft as a problem among the public at large than in the industries in which they worked. Participants recommended a variety of measures to improve cell phone security and to reduce the likelihood of identity theft: passwords, security codes, voice or fingerprint recognition, and encryption. The implications for positive social change include informing government officials and individual users about the use and abuse of cell phones in order to decrease violations of privacy and identity theft while still promoting national security.
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Barboa, Elvia. "The use of a culturally sensitive video in presenting AIDS information to a Hispanic population." Scholarly Commons, 1998. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2719.
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There is a growing number of Hispanics contracting the AIDS virus. Very little comprehensive culturally sensitive information is available to less acculturated Hispanics. Research has supported that the most effective channel of AIDS information is electronic media. Pamphlets and other print media appear to be an effective source of information for more acculturated literate Hispanics. The present study compared the effectiveness of two videos which differ in cultural sensitivity versus a control group to teach AIDS awareness to less acculturated Hispanics. Ninety (44 males and 46 females) Spanish speaking Hispanics were randomly assigned to the three groups. It was predicted that the more culturally sensitive video would be more informative and would reduce erroneous beliefs more than the standard factual, less culturally sensitive video. There were no significant differences found between the two video groups as measured by the AIDS knowledge questionnaire. Significant differences were found when the video groups were compared to the control group. Video groups scored higher on the AIDS knowledge questionnaire. Implications of the study are discussed.
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Brandl, Hanja B. [Verfasser], and Wiebke [Akademischer Betreuer] Schuett. "Social information use in an unpredictable environment - a case study on wild zebra finches / Hanja B. Brandl ; Betreuer: Wiebke Schuett." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1171427239/34.
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Grulke, Eric. "Digital government, trust and cynicism : an empirical analysis of social capital and the use of technology by governmental institutions." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2008/E_Grulke_110308.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2008.Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 26, 2010). "Department of Political Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212).
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Molosky, Vincent. "The Influence of Identifiable Personality Traits on Nurses’ Intention to Use Wireless Implantable Medical Devices." Diss., NSUWorks, 2019. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/1078.
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Technically-driven medical devices such as wireless implantable medical devices (WIMD) have become ubiquitous within healthcare. The use of these devices has changed the way nurses administer patient care. Consequently, the nursing workforce is large and diverse, and with it comes an expected disparity in personalities. Research involving human factors and technology acceptance in healthcare is not new. Yet due to the changing variables in the manner of which patient care is being administered, both in person and in the mechanism of treatment, recent research suggests that individual human factors such as personality traits may hold unknown implications involving more successful adoption of emerging technologies for patient care.
The purpose of this research was to empirically investigate the influence of personality traits on a nurse’s intention to use WIMDs for patient care. One hundred and two nurses from a tertiary teaching hospital in Michigan were surveyed to determine if their identifiable personality traits statistically related to their intention to use a WIMD. A predictive model was developed by combining constructs from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model and the Five Factor personality trait model (FFM). The model used moderated multiple regression (MMR) to statistically identify if the personality traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, moderated one or more statistically significant relationships between 1) performance expectancy (PE) and intention to use (IU), 2) effort expectancy (EE) and IU, 3) and social influence (SI) and IU. It was predicted that PE, EE, and SI would show statistical significance on a nurse’s IU of a WIMD when moderated by one or more of the five personality traits. Results showed statistical significance between PE and IU, and EE and IU, but not between SI and IU, when moderated by extraversion. Results showed no statistical significance between PE and IU, EE and IU, or SI and IU when moderated by openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, or neuroticism.
This research has contributed by conducting an investigation on individual human factors that may impact nurses’ intention to use emerging technologies; and by providing statistical evidence that may help to better predict the role personality traits have on a nurse’s adoption of WIMDs for patient care.
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Anderson, Joanna M. "Book Review of Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee: The Complete Winter Guide to Their Identification and Use, by Jones, Ronald L. and B. Eugene Wofford." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/385.
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Review of Jones, R. L. & Wofford. B. E (2013). Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee: The Complete Winter Guide to Their Identification and Use. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780813142500
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Kraal, Ben J. "Considering design for automatic speech recognition in use." Thesis, University of Canberra, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16990/1/c16990.pdf.
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Talking to a computer is hard. Large vocabulary automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems are difficult to use and yet they are used by many people in their daily work. This thesis addresses the question: How is ASR used and made usable and useful in the workplace now? To answer these questions I went into two workplaces where ASR is currently used and one where ASR could be used in the future. This field work was done with designing in mind. ASR dictation systems are currently used in the Australian Public Service (APS) by people who suffer chronic workplace overuse injuries and in the Hansard department of Parliament House (Hansard) by un-injured people. Analysing the experiences of the users in the APS and at Hansard showed that using an ASR system in the workplace follows a broad trajectory that ends in the continued effort to maintain its usefulness. The usefulness of the ASR systems is "performed into existence" by the users with varying degrees of success. For both the APS and Hansard users, they use ASR to allow work to be performed; ASR acts to bridge the gap between otherwise incompatible ways of working. This thesis also asks: How could ASR be used and made usable and useful in workplaces in the future? To answer this question, I observed the work of communicating sentences at the ACT Magistrates Court. Communicating sentences is a process that is distributed in space and time throughout the Court and embodied in a set of documents that have a co-ordinating role. A design for an ASR system that supports the process of communicating sentences while respecting existing work process is described. Moving from field work to design is problematic. This thesis performs the process of moving from field work to design, as described above, and reflects the use of various analytic methods used to distill insights from field work data. The contributions of this thesis are: * The pragmatic use of existing social research methods and their antecedents as a corpus of analyses to inspire new designs; * a demonstration of the use of Actor-Network Theory in design both as critique and as part of a design process; * empirical field-work evidence of how large vocabulary ASR is used in the workplace; * a design showing how ASR could be introduced to the rich, complicated, environment of the ACT Magistrates Court; and, * a performance of the process of moving from field work to design.
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Swindasz, Jaime Alison. "Land-use & Water Quality in the Headwaters of the Alafia River Watershed." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6035.
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The objective of this study is to investigate land-use changes and water quality trends within the headwaters of the Alafia River watershed. Water quality data were obtained from the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County (EPCHC). Eleven water quality parameters selected for analysis included: temperature (˚C), dissolved oxygen (DO), percent saturation of DO, conductivity, pH, total phosphorous (TP), total nitrogen (TN), ammonium, chlorophyll-a (uncorrected), fecal coliforms, and enterococci. ArcMap® & SWFWMD data were used to map EPCHC sampling stations, calculate contributing watershed size, and determine land-use changes over the course of the sampling period; 17 stations were chosen for this study. The annual average for each of the water quality parameters was calculated along with a Mann-Kendall Trend Analysis in order to determine if any of the observed trends were statistically significant. A non-parametric Kendall’s tau-b correlation and stepwise multiple linear regression tests were conducted in SPSS to determine if any statistically significant relationships between water quality data, land-use and basin size exist.
The land-use results showed every basin consisted of some percentage of Low Density Residential, Cropland & Pastureland, Reservoirs, and Streams & Lake Swamps. In addition, no basin comprised of more than 20% wetlands and often it appears urbanization was at the sacrifice of agricultural lands, as opposed to wetlands. The trends in water quality showed eight of the 17 basins had at least one statistically significant trend. Analysis of the data used for this study has shown instances where water quality measurements were in violation of state standards. Changes in water quality can be statistically related to changes in land-use and basin size as both the correlation and the regression showed consistent relationships between several LULC types and water quality parameters: increases in Commercial & Services causes increased nutrients (TP and TN); Cropland & Pastureland causes decreased DO and DO% Saturation; increases in Tree Crops causes a decrease in pH; increasing Other Open Lands Rural causes a decrease in temperature; and increases in Shrub & Brushland cause decreases in conductivity and pH. As these relationships are based on the results from both analyses, it would seem that these relationships are the most reliable, and are key results of the study. These key relationships might be areas that future water resource managers may want to focus on in order to more efficiently improve or regulate water quality within headwater streams.
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McCreery, Anna C. "Urban Transportation Ecoefficiency: Social and Political Forces for Change in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337963928.
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Diagne, Yacine. "Sociologie politique d'une expérience de démocratie participative. Le cas d'une radio communautaire au Sénégal." Thesis, Paris 9, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA090018/document.
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Ayant pour ambition de « rendre la parole » aux populations déshéritées de la ville de Pikine, banlieue de la capitale sénégalaise, Débat local est l’émission politique interactive de la radio communautaire Air’Jeunes fondée à la fin des années quatre-vingt-dix à l’initiative des associations de jeunes de la région dakaroise avec le soutien d’une grande ONG canadienne. Cette thèse étudie les usages de cette émission par les citoyens locaux dans les trois domaines principaux où les militants et promoteurs de la démocratie participative s’attachent à développer des dispositifs d’action citoyenne visant à corriger les défauts et insuffisances du gouvernement représentatif au regard de l’idéal démocratique : la place des citoyens dans le système de production des biens publics locaux, les relations symboliques entre les élus et les électeurs et l’espace public de débat sur les politiques publiques et l’action des représentants. À partir d’une étude de terrain à caractère ethnographique menée en trois séquences de 2006 à 2011 dans les studios de la radio et sur les lieux d’écoute de l’émission, il apparaît que si l’émission a permis à des formes de contestation du pouvoir local de s’exprimer publiquement sans médiation, la réalisation du projet originel de l’émission s’est heurtée à un contexte local défavorable marqué par l’absence de moyens donnés aux élus locaux pour exercer leurs compétences récemment décentralisées et par un journalisme politique local polarisé autour de deux formes dominantes laissant peu de place au débat argumenté : le journalisme antagonique des grands groupes privés et de la petite presse du secteur informel et le journalisme légitimiste du groupe public. En dépit de leur attachement militant au projet, les responsables de la radio et les animateurs de l’émission dont les origines sociales et les formations scolaires les tenaient très éloignés des formes de consommation des biens informationnels des Pikinois ainsi que des activités des associations informelles de quartier très vivantes dans la banlieue dakaroise ont progressivement cédé aux forces d’attraction qu’exerçaient les radios privées ordinaires sur leur vision de leur avenir professionnel personnel et, corrélativement, sur leur pratique journalistiqueAspiring to “give a voice” to the poor people of Pikine, a suburb of the Senegalese capital, “Local Debate” is an interactive political programme of the community radio Air’Jeunes, created in the late nineties at the initiative of youth associations in the Dakar region with support from a major Canadian NGO. This thesis explores the use of this programme by local citizens in three main areas where activists and proponents of participatory democracy are committed to developing citizen action mechanisms, aiming to correct the defects and shortcomings under the democratic ideal of representative government: the role of citizens in the production system of local public goods, symbolic relationships between elected leaders and electors, and the public space for debate on public policies and the actions of representatives. Based on an ethnographic field study conducted in three phases between 2006 and 2011 in the radio production studio and the show’s listening sites, it appears that, even if the programme has enabled forms of contestation of local authority to be voiced publicly without mediation, the realisation of the original project faced an unfavourable local context marked by the lack of resources given to local officials to exercise their newly decentralised powers and a local political journalism polarised around two dominant forms, leaving little room for debate: the antagonistic journalism of big private groups and small informal press, and the legitimising journalism of the public service group. Despite their militant commitment to the project, radio staff and hosts whose social origins and educational backgrounds distance them from the forms of consumption of information goods and activities of Pikine’s inhabitants, as well as the dynamic activities of informal neighbourhood associations in the suburbs of Dakar, have gradually yielded to forces of attraction exercised by mainstream private radios, influencing their vision of their professional future and, in turn, their journalistic practice
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Drexel, Veronika. "Navigation im Informations-Orbit : Die Kultivierung der Wissenslandschaft am Beispiel des Vorarlberger Jugendinformationszentrums "aha" - Tipps und Infos für Junge Leute." Thesis, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/11069/1/Master_Thesis_Veronika_Drexel.pdf.
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Information services face a double challenge: On the one hand they have to provide their customers with explicit knowledge which is clearly structured and exactly fits their needs, on the other hand they have to continuously create new knowledge in order to be able to play an active role in innovation processes. Considering knowledge as an organisational resource is a way of taking up this challenge and finding adequate ways of dealing with the different forms of knowledge. This paper describes the organisation as a "knowledge system" and attempts to approach the interaction of individual and collective knowledge and the resulting development of the organisation's knowledge base. This process of knowledge creation is viewed as organisational learning and analysed from different perspectives. In the second part the theoretical findings are applied to the Vorarlberg Youth Information Centre "aha" – Tipps und Infos für Junge Leute.
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Kalbande, D. T. "NETWORKING AND RESOURCE SHARING OF THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN MAHARASHTRA: A STUDY." Thesis, 2016. http://eprints.rclis.org/34217/1/01_Title%20%2817%20files%20merged%29.pdf.
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The library professional has never been exposed so much in past to the changing information scenario as it has been done now. In this age of information explosion, the technology has progressively replaced the old method of information collection, storage and retrieval. Today the walls of the library are giving way to electronic environments to establish links with information and virtual libraries that are getting shaped on the resource sharing and networking. Each individual library is acting as a place for storage and services to the users while the trend is to provide shared information to the users. Emphasis is given to access to information rather than owning it.
It is also possible to create their own institutional digital repositories by transforming their institutional publications which are in print. All this needs cooperation and support from the authorities of the colleges and active participate of library professionals.
Academic libraries in India have long desired one-stop shopping for their customers and in this electronic age their customers are demanding it to search from a single point at any physical location, and retrieve information from the library catalogue, citation form journal indexes and full text information electronic resources.
Academic libraries are facing increasing pressures from multiple sources. Libraries can no longer be expected to support research and development from their own resources due to the information explosion, increasing cost of library materials, shrinking library budgets etc. The global computer network providing access to online bibliographic information and full text delivery of request will change the way work is performed in the libraries. The most important advantage of the information age for libraries may be that the information is not limited to the items held by library rather than user can access any modern library in the world through the World Wide Web. Libraries must provide reliable, cost efficient access to information whether print or multimedia whether held locally or remotely. The need to provide information services that remove the barriers of distance and time become even more important. In earlier times libraries have always acquired and organized material so that the information is accessible more easily.
No library today can be expected to directly hold all of the resources to fulfill all the needs of its users. Rather, most libraries supplement their local collections through resource-sharing arrangements that allow them to offer their clientele access to a broader universe of materials. Libraries participate in local, regional, or global services for the borrowing and lending of materials, supported by different types of organizational relationships and technical infrastructure. (Islam, 2013)
Resource Sharing is typically composed of two activities. The first is collaborative collection development, whereby subject specializations are intended to be distributed among libraries within a clearly defined geographic region, so that individual libraries need not attempt to collect resources in all fields; but can concentrate on a particular field. The second form of resource sharing is through various document delivery mechanisms. Inter-library loan might suitably fall into this category (Grycz, 1997). No library is able to satisfy all the needs of information resources. Most libraries did not, do not and will not have all the information resources that their patrons need (Hwa-Wei Lee).
Needs of information resources can be met through the mechanism of library cooperation of sharing of resources. The appreciation of the need for cooperation leads to the formation of library consortium. To materialize the concept, first of all sever all libraries are required to come together for the mutual benefit of the respective user in the form of library cooperation. Secondly, libraries linked together with the help of communication system in terms of networking and finally they come together to acquire traditional and e-resources under the umbrella of library consortium (Chatterjee, 2007).
Network of college libraries under the umbrella of universities have been widely discussed, many projects have been initiated and undertaken at global level. In India particularly, ICAR, UGC and various educational bodies’ recommendations also emphasized the necessity of networking of college libraries. The role of university library in clustering, resource sharing among the colleges and information access by avoiding the duplication of efforts and resources is immense. The INFLIBNET and NAAC are also emphasizing university and college libraries network and ensuring the role of university library in promoting the information environment of affiliated institutions. Application of new information technology has brought dramatic changes in the library and information field. With technological advancement, libraries and information centers around the world have computerized their library routines, developed databases for shared use on computer networks. Besides, improving services and operations for improved performance, libraries have also been able to evolve effective computer networks with an aim to optimize utilization of resources and facilities.
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Gundu, Moira. "The effect of litteracy on access to and utilization of agricultural information for household food security at Chirau communal lands in Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2009. http://eprints.rclis.org/7772/1/Moira_Gundu_MAsters_THESIS.doc.
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The research sought to examine the effect of literacy on access to, and utilization of agricultural information for household food security at Chirau Communal lands in Zimbabwe. The study was influenced by the diffusion of innovations approach based on interviews, observation and document study. Selected female farmers from Chirau communal lands were respondents to the self administered interviews and focus group discussions. Representatives from, Agriculture Extension and the Ministry of Agriculture were key informants. Systematic Random sampling was used to select 100 female respondents from the age of 18 to above 80 from wards 1 to 10 of Chirau Rural District in Zimbabwe. Data was analyzed into themes and coded for statistical analysis using the SPSS.
The country is faced with food insecurity and the main findings of this study support the view that women play an active role in food production but their potential is limited by inadequate levels of literacy that affect the way they access and utilize resources for sustainable agriculture and household food security among other factors. This may be generalized to the situation of female farmers in Zimbabwe. Improved literacy competencies among the female farmers in Zimbabwe lends itself as one of the interventions that may assist in improving access to information and its effective utilization.. This calls decision-makers to boost literacy for women, develop available agricultural information resources and harness effort towards making them accessible. While interventions may be multi-sectored, the role of government is stressed in this report.
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Edgar, Sánchez Muciño Edgar Sánchez Muciño. "Tener Línea, una espectacular manera de estar en el mundo. Etnografía de un Circo y su Escuela." Thesis, 2016. http://eprints.rclis.org/39718/1/TESIS_DIE_EdgarSanchezMuci%C3%B1o_2016.pdf.
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The circus is a nomad community that wherever it goes always carries with it everything necessary to present an amazing spectacle: music, colored ligths, popcorn and candies, clowns, magicians, trained animals, and ... a school. This research is an ethnography that describes the spectacular way of being in the world that the circus inhabitants have and how their culture can be reflected in the school that their children attend. The objective is to show that school can also be lived as a show, it means, that it is possible having line in it. This research contributes to the recognition of human diversity, under the argument that if there is no single and valid way of living in the world, then, there is no single and valid way of living the school. In other words, that in the great spectacle of life, the ways of having line are many and all deserve the applause of the public.
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Roncalli, Alessandra. "La Data Envelopment Analisys: una metodologia per la valutazione dell'efficienza." Thesis, 2001. http://eprints.rclis.org/4169/1/tesi_DEA.zip.
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Figueroa, Alcantara Hugo Alberto. "Vivencia y convivencia en la sociedad red." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/14921/1/Hugo_Figueroa_-_Tesis_-_Vivencia_y_convivencia_en_la_sociedad_red.pdf.
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The research problem that guided this dissertation is: What are the most significant critical elements that affect the experience and coexistence in the network society, and what is the impact that they have on human activities, in the reconfiguration of universe of information, and in our Librarian task?
The objectives are: to investigate in a critical and reflective way about the crucial elements that substantially modify the patterns of experience and coexistence in the network society; to analyze the consequences on human activities in the reconfiguration of the universe of information that have the experience and coexistence models in the network society; to determine the implications of this topic in the library science field and to propose a concrete agenda of research and writing about Librarianship. This research is divided into three chapters: The first chapter is about the analysis of critical elements of the network society. Particular attention is given to internet as a communication emblem of this model of society. To explain the current dynamics of social and cultural interaction in the social environment of this paradigm, is described in detail, the theory of new social movements. It is also considered relevant the careful examination of identities and the individual and collective actions as crucial elements for the characterization of the network society. The second chapter is directed to the study of the culture that gives, share, collaborate, recognize each other and is solidary in the network society, as fundamental components to understanding much of the peculiarities of the experience and coexistence, in this interconnected social environment. In such context, are discussed the reasons why hacker culture is considered representative of the new social movements, also is set out the reasons why hackers enclose social and cultural repercussions beyond the technological sphere. It also discussed two models with very deep impact in the networked society: the paradigm peer to peer (P2P) of sharing in the network and the paradigm wiki of collaborating into the network, standing out above all, not so much the software or tools used, but the philosophy inherent in the method and configuration of new forms of relationships, work, create, study, share works, etc. into this emerging social model. Based on the theoretical, critical reflective elements and about the social and cultural models of participation studied in the first two chapters, the main issue of the third chapter is the experience and coexistence in the network society. In this sense, is looking for the ideal of free society and culture, as well as the tensions and conflicts about it, generated largely by the economic forces of global markets. The cybercultural paradigms are analyzed in relation with alternatives of experience and coexistence in the network society. It is argued how these alternative models may imply a new qualitatively phase in the benefit of human evolution and to promote an intercultural dialogue more developed, laying the foundation for a new model of civilization in the network society. Of course, is also discussed the trouble spots that reflects an uncertain and problematic perspective in these areas. Finally, based on all the issues previously addressed, are made specific and critical proposals in order to develop a research and action agenda for the librarian, but based on the main axis of the issue as complex work of the experience and coexistence in the network society.
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Kangalov, Mihail Borissov. "Enseñanza de las danzas deportivas con Método Vaganova y Danzas de Carácter. Un estudio bibliométrico y cualitativo." Thesis, 2019. http://eprints.rclis.org/39253/1/Tesis_final_PhD_Mihail_Kangalov_UACH_2019.pdf.
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This research project has studied the publications related to the educational process of the teaching of Dance Sport, a sport with a broad reach due to its competitive, artistic, and social character. In this exploration there were found various articles and monographs, in which there were analized various aspects of the work of instructors, choreographers, and sport practitioners in this area. For this purpose, it was analized a vast amount of publications in four languages: Spanish, English, Russian, and Bulgarian.
The main objective of this thesis was: to analyze to what extent it might be improved the teaching of Dance Sport at a competitive level through the merging of the Vaganova Method and the technique of Character Dances through the bibliometric and hermeneutic analysis of documents. The specific objectives were: 1. To analyze the impact of Vaganova Method and Character Dances in the teaching of Dance Sport. 2. To evaluate the effectivity of the bibliometric method as a foundation for this analysis. 3. To contrast the bibliometric method with the hermeneutic analysis of documents to support such analysis of such theoretical foundation. 4. To evaluate the possible implications of such analysis for the creation of a specific methodology to improve the body formation and competitive repertoire in Dance Sport.
The variables employed in this project as thesauri descriptors were: 1. Dance sport. 2. Character dance. 3. Vaganova method, and 4. Teaching. There were made searches of documents in the Google Scholar Citation Scientific Index, and analyzed bibliometrically and hermeneutically.
The analyzed data did not show a clear evidence of the participation of the Vaganova method and the technique of Character dance in the formation process in the teaching of Character dances, or of any other methodology, used
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Keywords: Dance Sport; Character dances; Vaganova method; teaching; bibliometry.
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Yáñez-Arca, Marcos. "Google Académico en su apogeo. ¿Existen disciplinas todavía fuera de su alcance? Estudio de cobertura en el área de Arquitectura." Thesis, 2014. http://eprints.rclis.org/39135/1/TFM_Marcos_Ya%C3%B1ez.pdf.
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Firstly, an analysis is carried out on the methodology used in more than fifty coverage studies of the scientific search engine Google Academic (GA). To this end, a classification of the different approaches is presented and the main problems of application to the scientific search engine are detected. Based on the conclusions obtained, a methodological proposal is elaborated, the result of which is an enriched version of the work of Neuhaus et al. (2006). Subsequently, the state of the question on the extension and depth of the GA index for the different scientific areas is presented. In the second part of the work, an analysis of coverage in the area of Architecture is carried out based on the proposed methodology. For this purpose, the Avery database is used as a reference. As a result, GA was found to have very low - but increasing - coverage rates for the Architecture area in the three periods studied: 19.53% (1950-1989), 30.99% (1990-2009) and 36.03% (2010-2014). Low quality records were also found, as well as a significant coverage imbalance by country. Causes and future trends are discussed.
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Sousa, Guerreiro João de. "Espacio compartido: modelo de relación biblioteca-comunidad basado en la participación ciudadana y la teoría de los stakeholders." Thesis, 2016. http://eprints.rclis.org/34198/1/Tese_EspacioCompartido.pdf.
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This doctoral thesis aims to propose a community engagement model which can be integrated into an efficient management within librarian institutions. The theoretical grounding of this model is based on citizenship participation, understood as a set of dynamics and techniques which enable citizens to take part in the decision-making processes related to public affairs and services. The research adopts the action research process as methodological approach, taking advantage of its practical elements in order to identify problems and its ongoing and cyclical nature to solve them.
The model consists of three main stages. The first one is the identification of different and relevant social groups directly linked to the public library. Given the fact that it is not feasible to establish relationships with the whole community and based on the Stakeholders theory, the model provides the library’s staff with simple guidelines in order to undertake this task. Secondly, the model adopts the focus group as the interaction technique which involves meetings among seven to ten individuals who have some knowledge of or experience with the topic, led by a moderator who guides participants through a series of questions. Finally it is proposed a simple method for collecting and analyzing data. Each of these stages entails a series of tasks such as criteria for the selection of the groups, design of the topics and questions under discussion and standards to elaborate the final report.
The model therefore pursues a threefold objective of 1) Collecting information in order to adopt strategic decisions, 2) Creating participatory dynamics with various groups within the community and 3) Strengthening and consolidating the relationship established with these groups.
A pilot test was subsequently conducted in the Public Library of Salamanca for validating the applicability of the model. This experience determined the capability of the model to collect the views and opinions of the main social agents in the community and set strategic objectives of the library grounded on these points of view. It also proved to be an effective way to promote institutional change, transforming a library focused on the service offer into a “net library” in which its values and strategic goals are defined by the connection with the community.
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Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan-Daniel. "Exploring Users’ Information Behavior in Social Networks." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/14954/1/juan_machin_master_thesis_DILL.pdf.
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Social networks are most commonly seen as a technology used only for entertainment purposes. However, they can also be used for serious purposes in business and education environments because they are powerful tools that can accomplish various roles and purposes. It is important to do research on them from an information system and information science point of view by analyzing user information behavior so we can see trends and issues in behavior in connection with these systems. This research aim was to explore how Web 2.0 and social networks are having an effect on users’ information behavior. The method used for the collection of data was a semi structured interview, containing questions constructed according to the issues of Web 2.0 and social networks identified on the literature, along with typical features or characteristics of social networks. Purposive sampling was used, the interview participants selected were four teachers and four second year students of the DILL Master Course. This sample was selected according to the criteria that they had to have a professional background on information science and knowledge and skills about using social networks. The method for analyzing data was discourse analysis and a framework of categories was created to present the data in a certain order. This study identified various trends and tendencies in users’ information behavior and some future directions for research were proposed. Findings of this type of study provide insights to users’ information behavior in information systems, they could contribute to a better understanding of the users and to the design of such systems; this is relevant when it is necessary to build information systems from the point of view of users needs and behaviors, that is, by taking a bottom-up approach.
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Sequeiros, Paula. "Ler uma biblioteca nas inscrições de leitores, espaço e Internet – usos e representações de biblioteca pública." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/15815/1/Tese%20para%20Imp.pdf.
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A theoretically orientated and empirically supported research is presented, exploring and developing possible relations between uses of the public library, according to the dimensions of the usage of documentary resources, of space and of the Internet, on one hand, and its representations, on the other.
Resorting to a qualitative approach, Michael Burawoy's extended case method was applied to the Library Almeida Garret in the city of Porto. The tools used to gather information were in-depth semi-structured interviews, analysis of children's drawings, observation, documentary analysis of official texts and photography. Several readers were interviewed, including non Internet-users, as well as managers, technical and front-office staff, and the architect.
As intermediate results, several users' profiles are presented and an explanation is advanced for the genesis and functioning of a tacit system for the regulation of conducts, especially as far as noise is concerned. As a final result, I conclude that there is no clearly disruptive "impact" induced by the Internet from the collected and analysed representations, which are related to recently registered changes in the reading practices: for some representational images the Internet reinforces the traditional image of the library as an encyclopaedic organization, as a set of diversified resources; for others, Internet use will contribute, on one hand, to their reinforcement, while, on the other hand, it updates and democratizes these representations through an opening to non-learned practices and by the affordance of recreational, communication or, yet, instrumental uses based on the Internet; in more extreme situations, when library and Internet are used as synonyms in the representational grammar, without this technology a library would, naturally, not make sense; but, in the opposite extreme, its popular and intensive use is not thought as being compatible with the image of an institution devoted to culture, here understood as learned culture, the terms being almost antonymic. Changes in the frequency and usage of the public library, are else associated, in a clear manner, to the emergence of new types of readers reflecting changes in the urban social composition of the city and in the ways of urban living. So I conclude that the library without Internet would not be so public, or that it would not exist at all in some people's views, and that the library finds a reinforcement as to what is, and may keep on being, precisely in the public provision of Internet access and in open, free, and, when necessary, personally supported, Internet services.
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Sequeiros, Paula. "Ler uma biblioteca nas inscrições de leitores, espaço e Internet – usos e representações de biblioteca pública." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/20396/1/Tese%20para%20Imp.pdf.
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A theoretically orientated and empirically supported research is presented, exploring and developing possible relations between uses of the public library, according to the dimensions of the usage of documentary resources, of space and of the Internet, on one hand, and its representations, on the other.
Resorting to a qualitative approach, Michael Burawoy's extended case method was applied to the Library Almeida Garret in the city of Porto. The tools used to gather information were in-depth semi-structured interviews, analysis of children's drawings, observation, documentary analysis of official texts and photography. Several readers were interviewed, including non Internet-users, as well as managers, technical and front-office staff, and the architect.
As intermediate results, several users' profiles are presented and an explanation is advanced for the genesis and functioning of a tacit system for the regulation of conducts, especially as far as noise is concerned. As a final result, I conclude that there is no clearly disruptive "impact" induced by the Internet from the collected and analysed representations, which are related to recently registered changes in the reading practices: for some representational images the Internet reinforces the traditional image of the library as an encyclopaedic organization, as a set of diversified resources; for others, Internet use will contribute, on one hand, to their reinforcement, while, on the other hand, it updates and democratizes these representations through an opening to non-learned practices and by the affordance of recreational, communication or, yet, instrumental uses based on the Internet; in more extreme situations, when library and Internet are used as synonyms in the representational grammar, without this technology a library would, naturally, not make sense; but, in the opposite extreme, its popular and intensive use is not thought as being compatible with the image of an institution devoted to culture, here understood as learned culture, the terms being almost antonymic. Changes in the frequency and usage of the public library, are else associated, in a clear manner, to the emergence of new types of readers reflecting changes in the urban social composition of the city and in the ways of urban living. So I conclude that the library without Internet would not be so public, or that it would not exist at all in some people's views, and that the library finds a reinforcement as to what is, and may keep on being, precisely in the public provision of Internet access and in open, free, and, when necessary, personally supported, Internet services.
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Huber, Patricia. "Stand und Perspektiven der Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz für die Physik an deutschen Hochschulen." Thesis, 2011. http://eprints.rclis.org/15533/1/Huber_IK-Physik.pdf.
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This thesis detects and evaluates the existing information literacy course offerings for physicists in Germany's universities. It shows best practice examples and provides recommendations for the relevant institutions.
Information literacy is especially important in the academic field. However it is still not tought as intensely as necessary in many schools. The consequent backlog-demand in universities is usually covered by its libraries, but the offerings are widespread in range, target groups, content and the way it is put across. All offerings that might be relevant for physicists are analyzed with respect to these criteria and the results are assessed concerning the special demand of physicists identified by questionnaires. The basis of the examination are the web presences of the 59 physics departments of Germany's universities as well as their department and university libraries. Both attendance courses and remote tutorials are registered, as well for students as for graduates and professors.
The results are not very satisfactory. There are indeed some good and substantial offerings especially for physicists, but they are rare and some universities don't have any specialized offers at all. General, interdisciplinary offerings are by far more common and as helpful for physicists as for other disciplines, but the lack of specialist relevance makes a great difference. Moreover at some universities even the supply of general offerings should be expanded. Most of the existing offers are aimed at students, less numerous are offerings especially for graduates and those targeted at professors are few exceptions. The content of most offers covers competences concerning the handling of library resources, whereas other fields have to be worked on. Since many options of improvement require plenty of resources, one should consider that noteworthy improvements can also be reached simply by adjusting the specialist relevance of the existing offers, supported by target-oriented communication and publicity.
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Fleming-May, Rachel. "“Use” in the Literature of Library and Information Science: A Concept Analysis and Typology." Thesis, 2008. http://eprints.rclis.org/13497/1/dissertation_rachel_fleming-may.pdf.
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The “use” of information and library resources and services is frequently presented in Library and Information Science LIS) literature as a primitive concept: an idea so fundamental to the theoretical framework at hand as to be indefinable—even when presented as an operational variable. In fact, an examination of the LIS literature reveals that use is a multi-dimensional concept that requires clarification for effective empirical examination. This dissertation employs the Evolutionary Concept Analysis (ECA) method developed by nursing scholar Beth L. Rodgers (2000) to consider representations of use in a 200-item sample of LIS journal literature. ECA investigates the development of concepts by examining the attributes and characteristics of a concept as represented within a specific discipline (e.g., empathy as a concept in nursing) and within specific chronological, disciplinary, and theoretical contexts. Rather than to provide “the” definition of use, the purpose of this study is to illuminate the difficulties presented by the lack of clarity surrounding the use concept in LIS literature and practice. This process has produced a Typology of Use that can serve as a springboard to future empirical and theoretical projects in this area.
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Mayr, Philipp. "Entwicklung und Test einer logfilebasierten Metrik zur Analyse von Website Entries am Beispiel einer akademischen Universitäts-Website." Thesis, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/5754/1/h129.pdf.
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Web log files record user transactions on web servers and offer due to their extent, their properties and potential an excellent investigation field for contemporary information and online behaviour studies. The empirical, explorative investigation from the fields Web Mining, Webometrics and Logfile Analysis introduces new aspects and analysis possibilities for web log data. The study develops and tests a quantitative, non-reactive measure method (log metric "Web Entry Factors"), that allows statements about the accessibility and visibility of highly frequented entry points of a web site. The three distinguishable web navigation types "navigation about search engines", "navigation about backlinks" and "direct navigation" are focused. The study integrates a classification scheme for web pages as well as the prominent external parameter PageRank from the today most important search engine Google. Investigation subject are Web log files of two complete age-groups (in 2000 and 2002) of the web server of the Institute for Library Science at the Humboldt University to Berlin (http://www.ib.hu-berlin.de/), as well as the 100 most frequently used entry pages of this academic university web site.
This publication goes back to the master thesis in Library and Information Science (Master of Arts, M.A.) at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
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Briceño, Ysabel. "El modo emergente de la comunicación de la ciencia: incidencias y gestión distribuida en América Latina." Thesis, 2013. http://eprints.rclis.org/28500/1/tesisYB.pdf.
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The author explains the emerging mode of science communication from an analytical review of the factors involved in its new practices. From a socio-technical-cultural approach assumes that the variation of internal and external factors to scientific production has mobilized actors, practices, materials and organizational process of science communication, generating an alternative scenario. A new form of knowledge production, a new social contract for science and a new way of communication based on electronic environments are the identified contextual factors that, when combined, are key to stimulate the breakdown of the traditional mode of science communication and its organizational base.
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Vazquez, Fabio. "Alertas de desastres socioambientais no Estado de Santa Catarina sob a perspectiva da Ciência da Informação." Thesis, 2018. http://eprints.rclis.org/33012/1/Disserta%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fabio.docx.pdf.
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The history of recurrent disasters in Brazil and the State of Santa Catarina foments and influences the public policies of Protection and Civil Defense. Among the actions of the Secretariat of Santa Catarina State for Civil Defense are the prevention and minimization of disasters. The objective of the exploratory, bibliographic and descriptive study is to understand the importance of Information Science in relation to the issuance of alerts in risk management, and especially in relation to the prevention of social and environmental disasters in Civil Protection and Defense: a) Identifies academic studies of the State University of Santa Catarina, Federal University of Santa Catarina and University of South Santa Catarina on the subject of social and environmental disaster prevention in Civil Protection and Defense; b) Analyze the texts through categories of extreme events of the Brazilian Code of Disasters with the use of information technologies; c) Analyze the territorial coverage of short message service and how social networks Facebook, Instagram, Twitter disseminate the socio-environmental alerts issued by the state's official population. The results point to the use of social networks by Santa Catarina's Agricultural Research and Rural Extension and Information Center for Environmental Resources and Hidrometereology of Santa Catarina and by the State Secretariat of Civil Defense of Santa Catarina and approach the population of Santa Catarina with the alerts to social and environmental disasters. The importance of introducing public policies to society so that people are aware of the perception of risk are legally supported.
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Ebenezer, Catherine. "Usability evaluation of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Library web site." Thesis, 2002. http://eprints.rclis.org/5436/1/Project.pdf.
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A usability evaluation was carried out of the recently-launched South London and Maudsley NHS Trust library web site using a variety of standard methodologies: content and design evaluation of selected comparable sites, focus groups, a questionnaire survey of library and web development staff, heuristic evaluation, observation testing, card sorting/cluster analysis, and label intuitiveness/category membership testing. All test participants were staff of or providers of services to the trust. Demographic information was recorded for each participant. Unsuccessful attempts were made to evaluate user feedback, and to compare usability test results with usage statistics.
Test participants’ overall responses to the site were enthusiastic and favourable, indicating the scope and content of the site to be broadly appropriate to the user group. Numerous suggestions for new content areas were made by testers. Usability problems were discovered in two main areas: in the organisation of the site, and in the terminology used to refer to information services and sources. On the basis of test results, proposals for a revised menu structure, improved accessibility, and changes to the terminology used within the site are presented.
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Ross, Sheri V. "The scholarly use of journals offered through the Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture(AGORA) Programs as suggested by the journal-citing patterns of authors in the least-developed nations." Thesis, 2008. http://eprints.rclis.org/28390/1/Article.054.pdf.
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The Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and the Access to Global Online Resources in Agriculture (AGORA) programs provide free access to
academic journals through the internet to researchers in the developing world. The objective of the programs is to engage researchers in the scholarly communication
process through the scholarly use of these journals. A measure of scholarly use of a journal by a researcher is the number of times the journal is cited by that researcher. A citation study was conducted to explore the patterns of use of these journals by
researchers in eligible countries.
Bibliographic data for citations made by researchers from 108 eligible countries for
each year from 2000-2007 were downloaded from the Science Citation Index and the
Social Science Citation Index. The citation data were matched against HINARI and
AGORA title lists in a database developed for this purpose. The frequency of citations made to journals in the AGORA and HINARI collections and the annual percent change in the frequency of these citations were analyzed for suggestions that the programs positively impacted the scholarly use of the journals by these researchers.
The data treatment for each country, sub-region and region was guided by twelve research questions. Results were summarized and interpreted at the regional level. The
data suggests that for some geographic groups, life science and agricultural researchers have become more engaged in formal scholarly communication since the initiation of the HINARI and AGORA programs and at a greater average percent change than other researchers. However, data for other geographic groups suggest that their researchers have not become more engaged in the scholarly communication process. Further research that couples these findings with other data will lend explanatory power to the results and inform future program planning for HINARI and AGORA.
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Carlos, Lopezosa. "SEO, Periodismo y Comunicación: Conceptos, herramientas y procesos para optimizar la visibilidad web de los medios digitales." Thesis, 2019. http://eprints.rclis.org/42097/1/tclg.pdf.
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News diffusion through search engines and other digital platforms offers to the media the opportunity to attain more readers. However, it is necessary to employ technics of the socalled Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in order to have a specific web page appeared on the prominent positions of the search results.
This thesis mainly focuses on the SEO applied to cybermedia. Systematized reviews; case studies; participant observation; and semi-structured interviews were used to develop various analyses and formalize a set of methodological proposals and positioning protocols in cybermedia, that is for Google and YouTube, which are, respectively, the first and the second most frequently used search engines at the moment.
In addition, this research includes, on the one hand, proposals to develop web visibility rankings in online media with SEO audit tools, and on the other hand, an analysis of the perception of the usefulness of SEO from the point of view of a specific cyber medium (Diario de Sevilla) and from the point of view of different professional profiles linked to SEO.
Overall, this research presents a multifaceted edifice consisting of tools, analyses and recommendations on SEO applied to the media in general and to journalism in particular, on the assumption that SEO plays an essential role in helping the finest journalism to fulfil its social mission.
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Flores, Peralta Hernest. "Características profesionales de los docentes de educación secundaria pertenecientes a instituciones educativas seleccionadas de la UGEL Norte Arequipa 2005." Thesis, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/42116/1/Tesis%20Licenciatura%20en%20Educaci%C3%B3n%20-%202006.pdf.
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The present titled investigation work: PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EDUCATIONAL ones OF SECONDARY EDUCATION OF SELECTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE NORTH UGEL AREQUIPA 2005 whose used variable was characteristic professional. The investigation is based on opinions of educational in exercise, making reference to the activities, personal situations and the indicators of the survey that pick up several options in this investigation is the following ones: Vocation, personal Features, Domain of contents, Climate group, teaching Style, Self-esteem, Trainings. The work is related with the pedagogic activity of the educational one in activity and when being concluded the investigation work, it is evident and certain that is to these educational ones to who it should return.
The objective to take into account is: To determine which the professional characteristics of the educational ones of secondary education of selected Educational Institutions of the north UGEL are Arequipa 2005. The question that is latent and we should respond it is: Which are the professional characteristics of the educational ones of secondary education that influence in the effective acting of the educational work?. is a thesis of descriptive character and, seeking to discover with the observations, do we want to determine which the characteristics of the educational ones are in these secondary education centers.
Of the sought determination the outlined hypothesis was: "Since the professional characteristics of the professors are good. It is probable that these present characteristics, once well-known, help to strengthen the professional and personal capacities."
The technique employee for the obtaining of the data that allows the achievement of the objective and the verification of the hypothesis was the technique and instrument adapted in function of the variables and indicators. That is the structured interview and like instrument the questionnaire for the professor.
The results were:
• The vocation to the teaching is condition sine qua non, it cannot be exercised the teacher freely.
• The personal features of the personal ones, mainly the character, they are decisive so that an educational one is highly effective.
• The domain of the contents of their subjects because it allows to the educational one to have a high professional commitment besides acting naturally and their students' healthy concern.
• The educational ones have conscience that the climate positive grupal in the classroom helps to a stimulation and permanent reinforcement, to a personal treatment with the student and this way to assist the interests and necessities.
• That the teaching styles have been differentiated, from the traditional pattern of teaching until the model cognoscitivism and constructivism in validity. Taking place in these changes guessed right situations, I eat for example, to assume that the educational one and the students are responsible for the process teaching-learning that professor is not mere transmitter but collaborator of the process, therefore, there is an interaction professor-student.
• That the professor's self-esteem impacts positively in the student, helps him to see the life in a cooperative and solidary way. Also, of considering, misleadingly that the family atmosphere affects in the student's yield.
• The permanent trainings, besides differentiating the intentions of these, they are usually admitted as necessary and valid for the upgrade in the exercise of the professional work.
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Fuentes, González Irene. "Un museo de ciencia accesible a la sociedad. Contribución e impacto." Thesis, 2022. http://eprints.rclis.org/43534/1/TFG_FuentesGonzalez_Irene.pdf.
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Knowledge is the object of investigation and discussion; Citizens use it critically, transforming it into tools that allow them to improve their lives individually and collectively. The social and hierarchical differences that historically determined access to formative capital have blurred in the last century, and a wide variety of forms of culture are increasingly consumed, regardless of social, economic or cultural level. Among the cultural centers most visited by the citizens we find the museums. These knowledge centers work so that their communicative purpose is in tune with the content they offer and try to respond to the expectations and needs of visitors. The analysis of whether the answers they offer are adjusted to the demands of their visitors is the object of this work. It is a meeting that brings together disciplines such as information sciences, social sciences and museology, and which has made it possible to obtain an approach to the motivations and demands that some of the visitors to the Museu de les Ciències de Valencia have when they visit a museum.
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Amaral, Jorge Manuel Rodrigues. "A comunicação científica na perspetiva da comunidade docente do Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra." Thesis, 2014. http://eprints.rclis.org/23989/1/A%20CCnaPdaCDdoIPC__vers%C3%A3o%20final.pdf.
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The development of new information technologies and communication, which arose in the second half of the twentieth century, the scientific community has brought new ways of communicating science, interacting on a global scale, making the boundaries of knowledge increasingly blurred. Scientific communication, subject to the interests of large commercial publishers have tried to free themselves from the shackles imposed by them, seeking an autonomy that has been difficult to achieve, but gradually achieved thanks to the Open Access Movement, thereby allowing access and sharing of knowledge and enhancing research, researchers and institutions to which they are inextricably linked. Institutional repositories are strategically defined as dissemination tools of the produced knowledge, especially in higher education institutions, enabling the pursuit of the objectives set by that movement, helping to provide the visibility and impact so necessary for scientific work, especially during economic, political and social difficult times with consequences that have an effect on the scientific community. The work presented here had as objective to understand the attitudes and behaviour of the teaching community of Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC), in relation to access of scientific information and the need for publication by teachers, seeking to identify potential constraints to the development of a own repository, having been used, for this purpose, a questionnaire with a form of an online survey near the IPC teaching community.This study has shown that the teaching community makes extensive use of digital technologies to look up necessary information for their research work, thus supporting principles underlying Open Access, which considers this an effective and efficient means for the diffusion of scientific literature. However, this study has also indicated that in practice there are some drawbacks due to constraints related to copyright laws, publication costs and other worries, thereby supporting the implementation of a policy based on this model.
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Barbers, Irene. "Evaluationsverfahren von Informationskompetenz-Veranstaltungen." Thesis, 2011. http://eprints.rclis.org/16350/1/Masterarbeit_Barbers.pdf.
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The thesis is situated in the context of courses in information literacy provided by academic libraries, focusing on methods of evaluation. Various methods of testing the effectiveness of information literacy courses are discussed, ranging from simple feedback methods to questionnaires concerning students' contentedness with courses and to tests assessing the informational skills achieved by students. Grounded on a thorough theoretical background on evaluation methods, put in context of the libraries' reference framework, the different approaches of assessment are put into comparison with the goal to define which are best suited for what purpose. Time and effort needed for each method are part of the consideration.
A step-by-step description and critical assessment of an evaluation process using the questionnaire method illustrates the comparison and shows precisely the amount of time and effort needed to conduct this process, thus supporting librarians' decisions on adopting this method or not.
The implementation of evaluation processes has become ubiquitous throughout the German academic landscape. The thesis shows that, in contrast to this general approach, evaluations should only be used in a focused way, addressing specific questions, to be an effective tool. Furthermore, measures of quality improvement should always be in the centre of attention and be linked directly to the outcomes of the evaluation process. Though it seems to be implicit, this step is often neglected in current practice.
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Young-Ing, Greg. "Intellectual Property Rights, Legislated Protection, Sui Generis Models and Ethical Access in the Transformation of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge." Thesis, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/9411/1/Young-Ing_Greg__thesis__-_Oct_10-06.pdf.
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This dissertation arises out of deep concerns over how Indigenous Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge should be ethically accessed and used and reviews existing mechanisms of protection. It focuses on how Indigenous Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge should best be ethically, legislatively and legally treated in the public domain and in other public usage - and what mechanisms are required to protect it - particularly regarding Indigenous cultural expression. The dissertation argues that existing regimes of protection - such as copyright, patent, trade secrets, trademark, commercial law, and international regulation and convents - do not provide adequate protection for certain forms of Indigenous Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge; and that, therefore, new systems of protection need to be considered, developed and implemented.
The purposes of this dissertation are: 1) to outline and establish principles in the use of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge for commercial, industrial, and other public purposes, and in cultural practice, artworks and other tangible and intangible cultural expressions; 2) to establish theoretical frameworks on Indigenous peoples' transformation of Traditional Knowledge through their cultural practice; and 3) to develop useful models and concepts to regulate the use of Traditional Knowledge by third parties in the contemporary contexts. In order to achieve these purposes, this dissertation will review the history of Indigenous and European knowledge systems and the interface between the two systems. It will also examine the development of Indigenous, national and International regulatory mechanisms and how the current discourse is evolving at these levels.
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Juárez, Campos Veronica. "La educación sexual a través de la literatura infantil: un enfoque bibliotecológico." Thesis, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/14723/1/TesislicenciaturaVJ.pdf.
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This thesis proposes that, once understood that the social labor of the librarian is in narrow relation with the education, then he can take an active role in sexual education during elementary school. Since the principal tool of every librarian to realize his educational labor is the library collection and specially children books, then it will be its major tool to fullfil it.
Even though the librarian is not a teacher, he must be qualified to find the information the users require, and in coordination with other professionals of the educational system it can select and acquire the collection that answers to the information needs. In addition, she or he is able to handle any type of information in any format, he possesses the elements to find the information, therefore, he can give the children the materials and the information that they need.
This work presents the different ways in which the school librarian can interfere and fulfill his sex educational role not only at the moment to select and acquire the library materials, but also at the librarian services and the activities of reading promotion in the library.
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Rodríguez, Terán Ángela. "Sistemas de Gestión de la Investigación: aproximación a los CRIS Institucionales." Thesis, 2015. http://eprints.rclis.org/29668/1/TFG.docx.
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This paper focuses on CRIS or Current Research Information Systems, especially on institutional CRIS. CRIS are the most used systems in recent years to carry out the scientific assessment in institutions, as universities. It realizes an overview through the current situation of CRIS and two interviews with experts who work daily in CRIS are made to strengthen this information. Previously, managing institutional scientific information was fragmented in different databases and departments. What has been achieved with the CRIS, is to standardize this information and have it stored in a single space. CRIS are update constantly, adding improvements and creating interoperability with other systems, as repositories or databases.
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Edlinger, Karl. "Informationsvisualisierung im Wissensmanagement : eine Analyse unterschiedlicher Visualisierungstechniken auf ihre Eignung für das Wissensmanagement." Thesis, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/7842/1/AC05381340.pdf.
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Knowledge workers who want to apply knowledge visualization have to determine which visualization tool suits their needs best. The aim of this thesis is to outline a catalogue of criteria to be used for evaluation of visualization tools' suitability for being used by methods of knowledge management. The thesis starts with a theoretical part that is based on a review of different approaches to knowledge management and information visualization. Information on different methods of the knowledge management as well as visualization tools is
given. The research part was worked out using information gathered from an analysis of different approaches to the evaluation of visualization tools.
In conclusion, it was found that there exist several criteria which can be used to evaluate the suitability of visualization tools for being used by methods of the knowledge management. The findings show that the weighting of the criteria is very important in order to ensure that the results can be compared to each other.
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Díaz-Jatuf, Julio. "Necesidades de Información en la comunidad GLTTIBQ (gay, lésbica, transexual, travesti, intersexual, bisexual, queer)." Thesis, 2017. http://eprints.rclis.org/31482/1/Tesis%20JDJ%20-%20GLTTIBQ.pdf.
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In every library, users’ information needs should be represented, thus guaranteeing equity and inclusion in terms of information, aiming to build citizenship. This thesis deals with such needs in the GLTTIBQ community.
APPROACH
There exists an evident lack of information in terms of users’ studies in the GLTTIBQ community, which uncovers the need to approach ways of rendering accessible and inclusive services by means of a pertinent collection to enable their members to feel identified with their sexual choice. The aim of this work is to try to find a remedy to this situation, in Spanish.
DATA AND METHODOLOGY
A quali-quantitative documentary approach was carried out by reviewing the literature in the Library Literature Science Abstracts (LISA) database over 2015 2016, to perform a comparative study of the recovered documents.
CONCLUSIONS
The main result arising from this research is the shortage of literature on the subject and the lack of scientific production in Spanish in the analyzed database.
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Bossié, Florencia. "Historias en común: censura a los libros en la ciudad de La Plata durante la última dictadura militar (1976-1983)." Thesis, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/13180/1/Bossie.pdf.
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Considering that freedom of expression was seen in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a right of all men to convey their ideas and opinions, this paper aims to address the issue of censorship of books and freedom speech in the city of La Plata, reconstructing events through the recollections of the protagonists, was to determine the influence of the same cultural and educational fields. It falls within the framework of studies of the last military dictatorship carried out in our country between the years 1976 and 1983 with the aim of rescuing those acts of resistance that allowed readers, despite the prohibitions, to meet with books contributing to the construction of collective memory.