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Restructuring library organizations for the twenty‐first century: the future of user‐oriented services in Korean academic libraries

Shin, Eun‐Ja; Kim, Young‐Seok - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 4, pp. 260-266

This article examines why Korean academic libraries embarked on restructuring their organization and identifies … possible solutions to some problems that these libraries face. The conclusion is drawn from the results of a case study on …

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Public libraries: political vision versus public demand?

Boughey, Alan; Cooper, Mike - In: Aslib Proceedings 62 (2010) 2, pp. 175-201

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to review UK government policy on public libraries since 2003, and to examine its … relationship to other forms of demand for public libraries Design/methodology/approach – The published literature from government … and professional bodies is reviewed, alongside published statistics on library use. Findings – Since 2003 public libraries …

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Non‐use of business libraries and information services: a study of the library and information managers’ perception, experience and reaction to non‐use

Brick, Laura - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 6, pp. 195-205

Not since 1980 has research provided any insights into how information managers perceive and cope with non‐use. In an attempt to fill the vacuum information professionals in business companies were surveyed: 42 information managers were questioned and 12 interviewed. The study found that...

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Constructing ‘users’ in library and information science

Julien, Heidi - In: Aslib Proceedings 51 (1999) 6, pp. 206-209

This article issues a challenge to information service providers and to researchers in information management to reflect on the ways the concept of ‘users’ has been constructed and applied. It is argued that we need to be mindful of the conceptual parameters we establish by our notions of...

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Digital Dilemmas: electronic challenges for the scientific journal publisher

Mabe, Michael A - In: Aslib Proceedings 53 (2001) 3, pp. 85-92

Excited by what has now become possible, paricipants in the creation of the new digital library often overlook fundamental (often implicit) aspects of the paper paradigm that still need to be maintained in the digital universe. In the realm of scholarly and sxientific communication, ths issues...

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Libraries and open society; Popper, Soros and digital information

Robinson, Lyn; Bawden, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 53 (2001) 5, pp. 167-178

This paper examines the role of libraries and information services, in promoting the ‘open society’ espoused by Karl … literacy in the development of this form of society. Conclusions are drawn for the role of libraries and librarians, with seven …

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Familiarity with and use of metadata formats and metadata registries amongst those working in diverse professional communities within the information sector

Polydoratou, Panayiota; Nicholas, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 53 (2001) 8, pp. 309-324

Metadata registries are considered to be a solution to the problem of ata sharing and standardising of information on the Internet. The International Organization for Information recognised the need for a standardised approach to this problem and produce ISO/IEC 11179 Information Technology ‐...

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PADLs: supporting digital scholarship in digital libraries

Goh, Dion - In: Aslib Proceedings 53 (2001) 8, pp. 325-337

, working entirely with digital media. A proposal is made for patron‐augmenteddigital libraries (PADLs): a class of digital … libraries designed to support the digital scholarship of its patrons. PADLs not only provide facilities for search an retrieval …

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Journal diffusion factors: a new approach to measuring research influence

Rowlands, Ian - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 2, pp. 77-84

This paper introduces a new bibliometric tool, the journal diffusion factor. An argument is presented that the bibliometric indicators commonly used to measure the quality of research (journal impact factor, immediacy index and cited half‐life) offer little insight into the transdisciplinary...

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A user‐oriented evaluation of digital libraries: case study the “electronic journals” service of the library and information service of the University of Patras, Greece

Monopoli, Maria; Nicholas, David; Georgiou, Panagiotis; … - In: Aslib Proceedings 54 (2002) 2, pp. 103-117

Provides an evaluation of the use of the electronic journals service of the library and information service of the University of Patras, Greece. Asks who these electronic journals service users are, how often they use the service, what their reasons for use are, where their access points for use...

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