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The Internet and Japanese education: the effect of globalisation on education policies and government initiatives
McLaughlin, Ruth - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 7, pp. 224-232
Examines the effect of Internet growth on education within Japan, where English and the alphabet are not the first … forms of communication. In 1997 the Internet Society carried out research to find what language people were using on the … Internet. English accounted for 82% of all web sites, German was second with 4% and then Japanese at under 2%. However, with …
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Blogging and globalization: the blurring of the public/private spheres
Youngs, Gillian - In: Aslib Proceedings 61 (2009) 2, pp. 127-138
associated with the phenomenon of blogging. In linking this to theories of globalization shows more clearly how new media … context of theories of globalization, with specific focus on issues related to public/private linkages, the aim being to make … identifies how theories of globalization offer foundational understanding for investigating blogging as a social rather than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014671589
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Social capital, government policy and public value: implications for archive service delivery
Horton, Sarah - In: Aslib Proceedings 58 (2006) 6, pp. 502-512
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review how the role of the local authority archive service in the UK has developed, and the implications of the requirement for public sector bodies to demonstrate value in relation to concepts such as social capital, for the way in which services are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014671500
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LIS as a field of study: socio‐cultural influences on students' decision making
Moniarou‐Papaconstantinou, Valentini; Tsatsaroni, Anna; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 62 (2010) 3, pp. 321-344
Purpose – Using Bourdieu‐inspired sociological literature, this paper aims to report on a study that examines the educational choices of new entrants in the three library and information science (LIS) schools operating in Greece at the undergraduate level, with reference to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014671637
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Send a boy – or dial it yourself? numbering for the information society
Adam, Ralph - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 1, pp. 11-19
Numbering and addressing are key features of telecommunications: without them, the Global Information Society cannot exist. As the demand for new, and more innovative, services grows and the world moves towards deregulation and competition, so the pressure on numbering space increases. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674023
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Librarians – architects of the future?
Rowbotham, Julie - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 2, pp. 59-63
This article explores the reasons why librarians should be at the heart of Internet site development. There are two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674029
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Information retrieval and the perpetual innovation economy
Karamuftuoglu, Murat - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 4, pp. 99-108
networks, such as the Internet, make it possible to devise work environments that are conducive to the development and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674034
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The migration of news to the web
Williams, Peter; Nicholas, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 4, pp. 122-134
comprehensive Internet services. With such an array of sources available, the future of mass access to the Internet, possibly via TV …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674037
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Information available on UK agricultural web sites
Craig, Gillian M. - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 5, pp. 155-166
In a survey of 132 UK agricultural web sites, more than 60 per cent mounted directorytype information like that found in printed directories of information sources, but this was not always easily accessible. Information about people in organisations varied between the different categories of web...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674040
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On universality in productive and information technology
Warner, Julian - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 5, pp. 167-171
Information science has differentiated information technology from productive technology, but the common concept of technology remains largely unexplored. A view of technology as a human construction, applied to productive technology, has begun to be developed to comprehend information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014674041