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Selected Works

Library and Information Science

1998

Selected Works

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Sports On The World Wide Web, Jack Styczynski Jun 1998

Sports On The World Wide Web, Jack Styczynski

Jack Styczynski

The top sites on The Sports Hot Sheet, circa 1998.

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Preservation Of The Records Of The Massachusetts Bay Company, Dale H. Freeman May 1998

Preservation Of The Records Of The Massachusetts Bay Company, Dale H. Freeman

Dale H. Freeman

A paper that dually examines the painstaking work done by Boston Historian Nathaniel Shurtleff in 1853, to preserve the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and the methods of record keeping within the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and after.

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A Bird's Eye View Of Authority Control In Cataloging, Karen S. Calhoun May 1998

A Bird's Eye View Of Authority Control In Cataloging, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

In this invited paper for an NSF-funded workshop for the systematics and library communities, Calhoun relates the story of cooperative authority control in libraries, drawing parallels to the problem domain of the systematics community and biological information managers. She describes what made community-wide authority control possible in libraries; offers a high-level view of how it works from systems and practitioner perspectives; and assesses the limitations, prospects and challenges for the current authority control framework in libraries.

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Periodical Price Survey 1998: E-Journals Come Of Age, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born Apr 1998

Periodical Price Survey 1998: E-Journals Come Of Age, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

No abstract provided.

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The "Lesbian On Display:” An Analysis Of Representations Of “Lesbian” Identities And Sexualities In Contemporary American Film, Amanda J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Dec 1997

The "Lesbian On Display:” An Analysis Of Representations Of “Lesbian” Identities And Sexualities In Contemporary American Film, Amanda J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

Mandy (Amanda) Swygart-Hobaugh

This research consists of an analysis of “lesbian” identities and sexualities as represented in a sample of contemporary American films. Through this analysis I explored 1) the constructed “lesbian” identities and sexualities; 2) the displays of “lesbian” sexual interactions and their perceived intended audiences; and 3) the differences of these depictions as affected by the persons constructing these representations of “lesbian” identities and sexualities.

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Locating Business Information, Lisa Smith-Butler Dec 1997

Locating Business Information, Lisa Smith-Butler

Lisa Smith-Butler

No abstract provided.

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Legal Literature In Nigeria - An Overview, Yemisi Dina Dec 1997

Legal Literature In Nigeria - An Overview, Yemisi Dina

Yemisi Dina

The Nigerian legal system is based on the English legal system. It is also characterised by multiple legal systems as Nigeria is made up of 36 states and over 200 ethnic dialects. The multiple legal system is made up of federal and state laws as well as customary laws, which unfortunately have little or no written records.

Legal literature in any jurisdiction is made up of primary and secondary sources of law. Primary sources include legislation and law reports while secondary sources are textbooks, encyclopedias, practice books, periodicals, long essays/theses, digests, indexes and audio-visuals.

This paper will identify, and highlight …

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