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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Facilitating Dissent: The Ethical Implications Of Political Organizing Via Social Media, Brian J. Bowe, Robin Blom
Facilitating Dissent: The Ethical Implications Of Political Organizing Via Social Media, Brian J. Bowe, Robin Blom
Brian J. Bowe
Social media are often perceived as a frivolous space for youths to connect socially. But youths who live in countries where free expression is curtailed and official news outlets are subject to government censorship, information and communication technology (ICT) offers an in creasingly important vehicle for political expression. In many cases, blogging and social media tools fulfill the role that journalism serves in more democratic societies. This article considers recent events in Iran, Egypt, China, and Myanmar, among other countries, and how Western information/social network corporations facilitate dissent. It also considers the ethical implications for doing so when there are …
Coral: Usf Libraries Digital Collections Prospectus, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy, Jr.
Coral: Usf Libraries Digital Collections Prospectus, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy, Jr.
Mark I. Greenberg
This prospectus seeks to explain why the University of South Florida Libraries Special & Digital Collections Department (SDC) decided during the summer of 2009 to leave DigiTool and build a new digital asset management system (DAMS). It explains what SDC holds most important in a new DAMS and how its new DAMS (CORAL) was built. It discuss CORAL’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and lays the intellectual framework for possible presentations and publications regarding CORAL.
Strategic Planning On The Fast Track, Elizabeth Stephan
Strategic Planning On The Fast Track, Elizabeth Stephan
Elizabeth Stephan
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Oclc’S Worldcat Local Versus Iii’S Webpac: Which Interface Is Better At Supporting Common User Tasks?, Bob Thomas, Stefanie Buck
Oclc’S Worldcat Local Versus Iii’S Webpac: Which Interface Is Better At Supporting Common User Tasks?, Bob Thomas, Stefanie Buck
Bob Thomas
This paper describes the results of a usability test performed at Western Washington University to determine if users were as successful performing common catalog-related tasks in WorldCat Local as they are in the library’s current catalog, Innovative Interfaces’ WebPAC.