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Order effect in interactive information retrieval evaluation: an empirical study
Melanie Landvad Clemmensen, Pia BorlundThe purpose of this paper is to report a study of order effect in interactive information retrieval (IIR) studies. The phenomenon of order effect is well-known, and it is the main…
Grounded theory and ethnography combined: A methodology to study children’s interactions on children’s mobile libraries
Marianne Bamkin, Sally Maynard, Anne GouldingLibraries are closing or reducing opening hours in the UK due to budgetary cuts. Library provision for children is consequently diminishing and libraries have to justify their…
Exploring the information behaviour of users of Welsh Newspapers Online through web log analysis
Paul GoodingWebometric techniques have been applied to many websites and online resources, especially since the launch of Google Analytics (GA). To date, though, there has been little…
Information Literacy in participatory environments: The turn towards a critical literacy perspective
Sonja Spiranec, Mihaela Banek Zorica, Denis KosThe purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to the theoretical and pragmatic positioning of critical information literacy by interpreting it in the light of…
A typology of music information for studies on information seeking
Antti Mikael Rousi, Reijo Savolainen, Pertti VakkariA need to renew music-related information notions arises from both information-seeking models and literature of musical semiotics. The purpose of this paper is to create a music…
How are the new documents of social networks shaping our cultural memory
Maureen Henninger, Paul ScifleetThe purpose of this paper is to examine how keeping the records of social networking sites (SNS) communication for secondary analysis institutes a new type of memory practice, one…
How the document got its authority
Tim GorichanazThe purpose of this paper is to invite further consideration of and research into the authoritativeness, reliability and trustworthiness of documents. How do documents come to be…
Developing an “experience framework” for an evidence-based information literacy educational intervention
Marc Forster– The purpose of this paper is to describe how an “experience framework” for an evidence-based information literacy educational intervention can be formulated.
Applying the theory of information worlds within a health care practise in Finland
Helena Känsäkoski, Maija-Leena HuotariThe purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about value creation to families in childhood obesity care in multiprofessional collaboration in an integrated care pathway…
Patterns of perceived public library outcomes in five countries
Pertti Vakkari, Svanhild Aabø, Ragnar Audunson, Frank Huysmans, Nahyun Kwon, Marjolein Oomes, Sei-Ching Joanna SinThe purpose of this paper is to compare the perceived benefits of public libraries between five culturally different countries: Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, South Korea and…
Evaluating patterns of national and international collaboration in Cuban science using bibliometric tools
Miriam Palacios-Callender, Stephen Andrew Roberts, Thomas Roth-BerghoferThe purpose of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that collaboration was a key characteristic of Cuban science to maintain their scientific capacity during a period of…
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