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Which Academic Subjects Have Most Online Impact? A Pilot Study And A New Classification Process, M. Thelwall, L. Vaughan, V. Cothey Jan 2003

Which Academic Subjects Have Most Online Impact? A Pilot Study And A New Classification Process, M. Thelwall, L. Vaughan, V. Cothey

FIMS Publications

The use of the Web by academic researchers is discipline-dependent and highly variable. It is increasingly central for sharing information, disseminating results and publicising research projects. This pilot study seeks to identify the subjects that have the most impact on the Web, and look for national differences in online subject visibility. The highest impact sites were from computing, but there were major national differences in the impact of engineering and technology sites. Another difference was that Taiwan had more high impact non-academic sites hosted by universities. As a pilot study, the classification process itself was also investigated and the problems …


Mla In Las Vegas, Lisa Rae Philpott Feb 2002

Mla In Las Vegas, Lisa Rae Philpott

Western Libraries Publications

No abstract provided.


Time Is Of The Essence: Social Theory Of Time And Its Implications For Lis Research, Elizabeth Davies, Pamela J. Mckenzie Jan 2002

Time Is Of The Essence: Social Theory Of Time And Its Implications For Lis Research, Elizabeth Davies, Pamela J. Mckenzie

FIMS Presentations

Abstract: “Time,” like “information,” is a concept that has received a great deal of attention in some disciplines and is ignored or taken for granted in others. Traditional studies of information seeking have focussed on spatial issues – primarily, locating/ location of sources – to the neglect of temporal issues. This paper proposes that the social constructivist theoretical paradigm recently adopted by LIS researchers demands recognition of social time; that is, not absolute time, but another type of meaning constructed between people through their interactions. Attending to social concepts of time can have important implications for research into organizational and …


Mla In Nyc, Lisa Rae Philpott Feb 2001

Mla In Nyc, Lisa Rae Philpott

Western Libraries Publications

No abstract provided.


Who Is Entitled To Authoritative Knowledge? Category Entitlements Of Parents And Professionals In The Literature On Children’S Literacy Learning., Pamela J. Mckenzie, Rosamund K. Stooke Jan 2001

Who Is Entitled To Authoritative Knowledge? Category Entitlements Of Parents And Professionals In The Literature On Children’S Literacy Learning., Pamela J. Mckenzie, Rosamund K. Stooke

FIMS Presentations

This paper critically analyses representations of librarians, teachers and parents in texts pertaining to children's' literacy development.


Mla At Louisville, Kentucky, Lisa Rae Philpott Feb 2000

Mla At Louisville, Kentucky, Lisa Rae Philpott

Western Libraries Publications

No abstract provided.


“What’ S Wrong With That Woman?” – Positioning Theory And Information-Seeking Behaviour, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Robert Gene Carey Jan 2000

“What’ S Wrong With That Woman?” – Positioning Theory And Information-Seeking Behaviour, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Robert Gene Carey

FIMS Presentations

Abstract We offer social positioning theory (Davies and Harre 1990) as a framework for exploring the ways in which the visibility of an individual’ s health status is linked to socially constructed subjectivities that can affect the individual’ s informationseeking behaviour. Qualitative analysis of data from two doctoral studies (collected through participant observation and 40 semi-structured interviews) illustrates the utility of social positioning theory as a framework for studying two specific health contexts: systematic lupus erythematosus, and twin pregnancy. Adopting a ‘ position’ involves the use of discursive practices which define the relations between self and others. Such practices frequently …


Electronic Miscommunication And The Defamatory Sense, Jacquelyn Burkell Jan 2000

Electronic Miscommunication And The Defamatory Sense, Jacquelyn Burkell

FIMS Publications

This article examines the effect that cultural and technological changes have had on interpersonal communication and aims to provide an interdisciplinary explanation for the recent proliferation of defamation in electronic media. The authors argue that the absence of certain extra-linguistic cues and established cultural convention in the electronic environment often results in miscommunication which — if not itself defamatory — gives rise to emotional exchanges between interlocutors in a manner that provokes defamation. The authors begin their analysis with a discussion of defamation law as a recipient-oriented tort, demonstrating the importance of the context of communication in the determination of …


Mla Reports: Pre-Conference On Conservation, And A Report On The Conference, Lisa Rae Philpott Jan 1996

Mla Reports: Pre-Conference On Conservation, And A Report On The Conference, Lisa Rae Philpott

Western Libraries Publications

Report of the Music Library Association's 65th Annual meeting, held at the Seattle Westin, February 5-1 1, 1996. The pre-conference Conservation Workshop, offered by Ted Honea of Sibley Library was invaluable and informative. Gerard Schwarz, Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra since 1983, described his indebtedness to music libraries, and how he devises programmes for the SSO. Other topics included: Brahmsiana; Managing Difficult People; Managing Technology; Teaching the 'Net; the Selling of Seattle Through Song; and Handel's Relationship with his Publishers. And, the Eastman School/Sibley Library has recently received the Alexander Courage Collection (source materials, sketches, and movie scores, …