Journal of Documentation: Volume 67 Issue 3

The Retroductive Recognition of Absence (RRA) methodology

Ron Houston

Current research methodologies in the field of information science employ induction or deduction, ignoring the third fundamental mode of cognition, retroduction. This paper seeks…

Knowledge management approaches in managing agricultural indigenous and exogenous knowledge in Tanzania

Edda Tandi Lwoga

The purpose of this study is to assess the application of knowledge management (KM) models in managing and integrating indigenous and exogenous knowledge for improved farming…

Social reproduction and exclusion in subject indexing: A comparison of public library OPACs and LibraryThing folksonomy

Jo Bates, Jennifer Rowley

The purpose of this paper is to highlight limits to the dominant model of social inclusion under which UK public libraries operate, to analyse how and to what extent processes of…

A longitudinal study of changes in learners' cognitive states during and following an information literacy teaching intervention

Geoff Walton, Mark Hepworth

This paper seeks to identify the changes in cognition associated with becoming information‐literate, specifically, in relation to the evaluation of information. Additionally, it…

A genealogy of digital humanities

Marija Dalbello

By reconstructing the genealogy of digital humanities through examining digital humanities projects and evaluative writings, this paper aims to identify core arguments related to…

Countering method bias in questionnaire‐based user studies

Genevieve Gorrell, Nigel Ford, Andrew Madden, Peter Holdridge, Barry Eaglestone

This paper seeks to discuss reliability problems associated with questionnaires, commonly employed in library and information science. It aims to focus on the effects of “common…

Toward supporting information‐seeking and retrieval activities based on evolving topic‐needs

I‐Chin Wu

Seeking and retrieving information is an essential aspect of knowledge workers' activities during problem‐solving and decision‐making tasks. In recent years, user‐oriented…

A History of the Book in America, Volume 5. The Enduring Book in Print in Postwar America

Karl H. Wolf

Maurice Line (1928-2010)

David Bawden