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The development of China's information resource industry : theory and evaluation

Feng, Huiling; Zhao, Guojun; Qian, Minghui - 2020

"The industrialization of information resources has been a growing trend across the world in recent years, especially in China, where the information resource industry (IRI) has expanded exponentially for over more than a decade. While analysing the development conditions of China's IRI, this...

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Evaluating efficient public good provision: Theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries

De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny - 2010

Provision of most public goods (e.g., health care, libraries, education, police, fire protection, utilities) can be … libraries. Our findings suggest that ideological stance of the local government, wealth and density of the local population and …

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The Potential of Workshops vs Blogs for User Involvement in Service Innovation

Scupola, Ada; Nicolajsen, Hanne Westh; Sørensen, Flemming - In: International Journal of E-Services and Mobile … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 1-19

This article discusses different ways in which users may be involved in the ideation phase of service innovation and the results and limitations of such involvement. The study compares the use of a blog and two differently setup future workshops (one with users only and the other with a mix of...

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Modeling a Software for Library and Information Centers

Oshilalu, Adeyinka Habdulhakeem; Ogochukwu, Emiri T. - In: International Journal of Library and Information … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-10

by libraries and information centers. The paper accords librarians with first-hand information to assess all forms of … software before eventual adoption for use. The various types of library software adopted for use by Nigerian Libraries were … work concluded that software adoption and use are essential in modern day's libraries and it also caution libraries to be …

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Assessing Risk and Safeguarding Rare Library Materials During Exhibition Loans

Gibbons, Patti - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 15-25

Rare book and archival materials on loan to libraries and other cultural heritage institutions are very often … provides information on specific ways special collection libraries assess and limit risks presented during exhibition loans to …

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Managing the Commonplace: Small Water Emergencies in Libraries

Chaudron, Gerald - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 42-61

When libraries undertake emergency planning, it is likely that the risks such planning attempts to address are at the … impact of small water incursions on the libraries concerned, how those libraries managed the emergencies, and what lessons … water-related, they are quite different in terms of source, size, impact, recovery time, and frequency. Libraries should be …

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Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services: A Field Experiment in the US

Giulietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015

Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We examine whether racial discrimination exists in access to a wide spectrum of public services in the US. We carry out an email correspondence study in which we pose simple queries to...

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Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services: A Field Experiment in the US

Giulietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015

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Zur Rolle von Forschungsdatenzentren beim Management von publikationsbezogenen Forschungsdaten - Ergebnisse einer Befragung von wissenschaftlichen Infrastrukturdienstleistern

Vlaeminck, Sven; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013

, archives and libraries generally store externally generated research data - what also applies to publication-related data …

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On the role of research data centres in the management of publication-related research data - Results of a survey among scientific infrastructure service providers

Vlaeminck, Sven; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013

, archives and libraries generally store externally generated research data - what also applies to publication-related data …

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