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Job rotation program evaluation: the Niger Delta University Library

Baro, Emmanuel E. - In: Aslib Proceedings 64 (2012) 4, pp. 388-404

Purpose – Since 2004 the Niger Delta University Library has adopted a job rotation program to help solve manpower and skills acquisition problems. The study reported in this paper aimed to evaluate the Niger Delta University Library job rotation program, including the impact of the program on...

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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...

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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

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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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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Building the digital library on solid research foundations

Rowlands, Ian; Bawden, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 8, pp. 275-282

The digital library is a socio‐technical concept of great significance. It redefines the relationships between information providers and intermediaries and, potentially, transforms the way that services are delivered to users. This article, based on a British Library Research & Innovation...

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The future of “free” information in the Age of the Internet

Lennon, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 9, pp. 285-289

. Information and knowledge are the high‐value tools of the present age. The rise of the Internet has led to a preoccupation with …

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