Pub Date : 2011-09-20DOI: 10.1108/00012531111164969
Graeme Baxter, R. Marcella, Evaggelos Varfis
Purpose – This paper seeks to report the results of a study, which investigated the use of the internet by political parties and individual candidates in Scotland as part of their campaign for election to the UK Parliament in 2010.Design/methodology/approach – Three methodologies were used in gathering data: the content of the web sites of 18 parties and 12 candidates was analysed in order to identify the ways in which participation by the Scottish electorate was encouraged via the provision of information and of opportunities for interaction, debate and feedback; the extent to which parties and candidates adopted and used social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, during the campaign was investigated and measured; and using e‐mail, Facebook and Twitter, a series of enquiries based around topical campaign and policy issues was directed at parties and candidates to measure the speed and extent of response, as well as any efforts made towards the creation of an ongoing relationship with potential voters.Fi...
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Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148930
J. Fernández-Molina, Enrique Muriel-Torrado, Josep Vives-Gràcia, Patricia Riera-Barsallo, Ó. Rodríguez
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of knowledge, among university professors, about copyright problems related to e‐learning activities.Design/methodology/approach – An online questionnaire was used to survey professors teaching subjects online.Findings – There is a considerable lack of knowledge on the part of professors regarding copyright issues, both in general terms and in specific matters related to digital learning. Strong discrepancies are found between the text of the law and the notion actually held by professors as to how legislators have formulated the law.Originality/value – This information may be useful for professors themselves as well as for persons managing the e‐learning platforms of universities. It demonstrates that the law was reformed without any discussion with those actually engaged in online teaching.
{"title":"Copyright and e-learning: professors' level of knowledge about the new Spanish law","authors":"J. Fernández-Molina, Enrique Muriel-Torrado, Josep Vives-Gràcia, Patricia Riera-Barsallo, Ó. Rodríguez","doi":"10.1108/00012531111148930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531111148930","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of knowledge, among university professors, about copyright problems related to e‐learning activities.Design/methodology/approach – An online questionnaire was used to survey professors teaching subjects online.Findings – There is a considerable lack of knowledge on the part of professors regarding copyright issues, both in general terms and in specific matters related to digital learning. Strong discrepancies are found between the text of the law and the notion actually held by professors as to how legislators have formulated the law.Originality/value – This information may be useful for professors themselves as well as for persons managing the e‐learning platforms of universities. It demonstrates that the law was reformed without any discussion with those actually engaged in online teaching.","PeriodicalId":55449,"journal":{"name":"Aslib Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78319929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148949
D. Lewandowski
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test major web search engines on their performance on navigational queries, i.e. searches for homepages.Design/methodology/approach – In total, 100 user queries are posed to six search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask, Seekport, and Exalead). Users described the desired pages, and the results position of these was recorded. Measured success and mean reciprocal rank are calculated.Findings – The performance of the major search engines Google, Yahoo!, and MSN was found to be the best, with around 90 per cent of queries answered correctly. Ask and Exalead performed worse but received good scores as well.Research limitations/implications – All queries were in German, and the German‐language interfaces of the search engines were used. Therefore, the results are only valid for German queries.Practical implications – When designing a search engine to compete with the major search engines, care should be taken on the performance on navigational queries. Users can be infl...
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Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148985
M. Thelwall
Purpose – Link analysis is an established topic within webometrics. It normally uses counts of links between sets of web sites or to sets of web sites. These link counts are derived from web crawlers or commercial search engines with the latter being the only alternative for some investigations. This paper compares link counts with URL citation counts in order to assess whether the latter could be a replacement for the former if the major search engines withdraw their advanced hyperlink search facilities.Design/methodology/approach – URL citation counts are compared with link counts for a variety of data sets used in previous webometric studies.Findings – The results show a high degree of correlation between the two but with URL citations being much less numerous, at least outside academia and business.Research limitations/implications – The results cover a small selection of 15 case studies and so the findings are only indicative. Significant differences between results indicate that the difference betwe...
{"title":"A comparison of link and URL citation counting","authors":"M. Thelwall","doi":"10.1108/00012531111148985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531111148985","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Link analysis is an established topic within webometrics. It normally uses counts of links between sets of web sites or to sets of web sites. These link counts are derived from web crawlers or commercial search engines with the latter being the only alternative for some investigations. This paper compares link counts with URL citation counts in order to assess whether the latter could be a replacement for the former if the major search engines withdraw their advanced hyperlink search facilities.Design/methodology/approach – URL citation counts are compared with link counts for a variety of data sets used in previous webometric studies.Findings – The results show a high degree of correlation between the two but with URL citations being much less numerous, at least outside academia and business.Research limitations/implications – The results cover a small selection of 15 case studies and so the findings are only indicative. Significant differences between results indicate that the difference betwe...","PeriodicalId":55449,"journal":{"name":"Aslib Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91255626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148976
H. Yoon, Sin-Young Kim
Purpose – Disabled people have the same information needs as non‐disabled people. Nevertheless, only 5 per cent of the world's publishing output is made accessible in alternative formats for people who cannot access and use printed materials. This paper aims to suggest the strategy for a national development plan, role models for production and distribution of the alternative format materials for the equitable library service for Koreans with print disabilities.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a series of pre‐research studies and discusses arguments for and principles of an alternative format materials development plan in terms of protecting access to information, eliminating the knowledge and information gap, the role of libraries and their social responsibilities, the inadequacy of materials currently available, production plans at the national level, and the advent of an era of digital distribution.Findings – This research presents a strategic development plan as well as a role divis...
{"title":"Development strategy of the alternative format materials for disabled people in Korea","authors":"H. Yoon, Sin-Young Kim","doi":"10.1108/00012531111148976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531111148976","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Disabled people have the same information needs as non‐disabled people. Nevertheless, only 5 per cent of the world's publishing output is made accessible in alternative formats for people who cannot access and use printed materials. This paper aims to suggest the strategy for a national development plan, role models for production and distribution of the alternative format materials for the equitable library service for Koreans with print disabilities.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a series of pre‐research studies and discusses arguments for and principles of an alternative format materials development plan in terms of protecting access to information, eliminating the knowledge and information gap, the role of libraries and their social responsibilities, the inadequacy of materials currently available, production plans at the national level, and the advent of an era of digital distribution.Findings – This research presents a strategic development plan as well as a role divis...","PeriodicalId":55449,"journal":{"name":"Aslib Proceedings","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84813069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148967
Kuan-nien Chen, Pei-Chun Lin
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to determine the essential features of information literacy; what role it should play in university library user education; and how programs can be best implemented.Design/methodology/approach – The researchers systemically surveyed and reviewed publications related to information literacy and library user education.Findings – It was found that a well‐designed information literacy program benefits the library and its staff, faculty, and students; librarians should play a leading role in the design and operation of programs, but collaboration with faculty, IT professionals and students is essential; programs should be embedded in the curriculum, be largely cooperative, and be problem‐based; evaluation and assessment are essential components; emphasis should be placed on first‐year students; and, ideally, the librarians will turn into educators and the library will become a learning center combining learning, research and technology.Research limitations/implications – This...
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Pub Date : 2011-07-07DOI: 10.1108/00012531111148958
Marzena Świgoń
Purpose – This paper seeks to organize the extensive field and to compile the complete list of information limits.Design/methodology/approach – A thorough analysis of literature from the field beginning with the 1960s up to the present has been performed.Findings – A universal typology of information limits has been proposed. A list of barriers mentioned in the literature of the subject has been compiled.Research limitations/implications – The term “information limits” is not commonly used.Originality/value – The complete list of information limits with bibliographical hints (helpful for future research) is presented.
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Pub Date : 2011-03-22DOI: 10.1108/00012531111135664
A. Cox, Megan K. Blake
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore aspects of creating, seeking, sharing and management of information in food blogging as serious leisure.Design/methodology/approach – Participants' conceptualisation of food blogging and the role of information in it is interpreted through in‐depth interviews and analysis of activity on the UK Food Bloggers Association web site.Findings – Food blogging as a leisure pursuit resulted in the creation of new information sources, for which existing information is a source of inspiration. The content, and style of blogs, and so their nature as information sources, were influenced by the extent of involvement in a professional‐amateur‐public (PAP) system. Information about publics or audiences was of great concern and a focus of collegial information sharing. The management of content implies greater personal information management needs, but the data did not show great awareness of this, rather interviewees were concerned with access management. Pre‐professional...
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Pub Date : 2011-03-22DOI: 10.1108/00012531111135655
Inaam Idrees, A. Vasconcelos, A. Cox
Purpose – New PhD researchers sometimes face challenges when attempting to follow Grounded Theory principles to conduct their studies. These challenges may lead them to change its features or even prevent them from using the approach at all. This paper seeks to argue that, although challenging to implement, Grounded Theory is congruent with the nature of PhD research. It aims to provide an example of the application of Grounded Theory in a typically time‐limited PhD research project without the need to change any of its key features and principles.Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents and discusses the research design adopted in ongoing PhD research which integrates the main guiding principles of Grounded Theory in a simplified four‐stage model of theory development.Findings – The proposed model four‐stage research design includes: an uncertainty stage, where the primary focus is formed; an emergence stage, where the core categories, which are the foundations of the theory, emerge; an ambiguity...
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Pub Date : 2011-03-22DOI: 10.1108/00012531111135718
S. Corrall, James O'Brien
Purpose – Legal information work has expanded with the growth in knowledge management and emergence of a new type of knowledge/information manager, the professional support lawyer. This study aims to investigate competency requirements for library‐based information work in UK law firms, including the specialist subject knowledge required, methods of development and the impact on information professionals of professional support lawyers.Design/methodology/approach – The investigation used a pragmatic mixed‐methods approach, including a mainly quantitative questionnaire, administered online to 64 legal information professionals, followed by eight semi‐structured interviews and a focus group with four participants. A literature review informed the questionnaire design and contextualised the findings.Findings – The survey confirmed a broad range of competency requirements and clarified the specific subject knowledge needed. Participants favoured a varied combination of formal, and informal learning. Most part...
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