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Provision of public Internet access has been viewed by governments as a key step towards encouraging uptake among … information society. The Victorian Public Library network has led Australia in providing this access, at no small cost. However … demographic characteristics of public library public access Internet users, the extent to which public access Internet provision …
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and interviews with reference services librarians both in Australia and overseas. Findings – The assumption that greater … internet access and use equal a decline in public and state library reference enquiries is not proven. Originality/value – The …
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The key political and strategic issues which need to be addressed for the future development of the Australian subject gateways are: continued quality of content creation, integration of access to print and electronic resources, archiving and persistent identification, sustainability of services...
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Purpose Users' search logs are implicit feedbacks on how searchers interact with online information retrieval (IR) systems. The purpose of this paper is to analyze search query reformulation (SQR) patterns of University of Dar es Salaam remote OPAC users. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative...
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A review of relevant literature reveals a great deal of information on the possible use of cell phones for Internet … access via the emerging wireless application protocol (WAP) technology, but little information if any exists about the link … between cell phones and libraries. Going by the wide use of wireless networks in libraries especially in Western countries, it …
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Purpose – This article aims to review the technological and socio‐economic conditions which will influence the development of the mobile search market. Design/methodology/approach – An expert workshop with academics, industry representatives and market analysts was organised to discuss and...
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of how the internet interacts with businesses and … markets. The authors aims to focus on the internet press releases of annual results to illustrate how corporate communication … the internet for communicating firms' performance to investors, financial media and the stock market, then identify and …
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Purpose The paper addresses various cyber threats and their effects on the internet. A review of the literature on … intrusion detection systems (IDSs) as a means of mitigating internet attacks is presented, and gaps in the research are …, prior to identifying research gaps and limitations and suggesting future directions. Findings The popularity of the internet …
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Charts the history and development of the UK’s Resource Discovery Network, which brings together under a common business, technical and service framework a range of subject gateways and other services for the academic and research community. Considers its future relationship to other services,...
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This paper reports on an investigation comparing searcher experiences with Web and non‐Web interfaces to online databases. The study was designed to address the following questions: what is the nature of searcher preferences for Web versus non‐Web interfaces to online databases and, more...
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