Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a research project aimed at gaining an understanding of subject librarians' perceptions and promotion of institutional repositories as an information resource for their clients. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers used the five...

Purpose – This article is the first in a four‐part series that aims to illustrate the processes involved in planning a portal and creating a portal definition document. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of the academic and industry literature and using a case study, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the behaviour preferences and patterns of the organisation of information by taggers, including usage of tags, tag categories and implicit patterns embedded in social tags. Design/methodology/approach – The sample was 4,390 social tags...

Purpose – Although novel posting is a universal phenomenon in virtual communities (VCs), few studies have addressed the benefits of novel posting for group members. The purpose of this paper is to identify the social and psychological outcomes of novel posting, particularly whether and how...

This paper provides an analysis of the consumer buying decision process and discusses its impacts and implications for Internet retail store design. The paper begins with a brief overview of the consumer buying decision process, extracts desirable characteristics for an e‐commerce site, and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and negative effects of the “information overload” phenomenon, exacerbated in recent years by organizational design issues and rapid advances in information and communication technology, through a multidisciplinary lens....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of information sharing, rewards and selected performance measures based on the dyadic relationship between accountants and marketers. Design/methodology/approach – Mail survey administered to senior executives of larger Canadian...