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Access to Research (A2R) in Public Libraries
Get PDFAs part of UKeiG’s aim to disseminate the wealth of research undertaken by the LIS community, we have a special feature by Carol Price, an MSc Information Management student, who writes about her research into Access to Research (A2R), which provides free online access to academic journals in public libraries. It’s a sterling piece of research, and I’m sure will generate significant discussion with our colleagues and members not only in public libraries, but across all of the sectors UKeiG represents
Bibliometrics: an Overview
Get PDFThe Library Research Services Team at the University of Hull provide a practical overview of bibliometrics and the associated commercial and public domain e-resources utilised to support this activity. Bibliometrics has immense value in academia and across all sectors, but has drawbacks as well as benefits. Altmetrics - the impact of social media on research visibility (who is talking about YOUR research?) – is also featured
Building Information Modelling: a Reality Check for Information Professionals?
Get PDFMartin White argues that the information profession has a lot to learn from the construction industry, introducing readers to Building Information Modelling as a sterling example of exemplary information management way beyond the confines of the “desk-bound” digital workplace
Editor\u27s Note
No full textEditorial overview of this issue\u27s content with comments, news and observations
Extracting Meaning from Web Content
Get PDFMichael Upshall introduces the great semantic Diffbot debate, yet another initiative to extract meaning from the web. But does it
Internet Librarian International: Crowdsourcing the Big Questions at Internet Librarian International
No full textCrowdsourcing the Big Questions at Internet. Librarian International - the Library InnovationConferenc
21st Century Communities of Practice: Key Components of Knowledge Management
Get PDFDion Lindsay addresses the human focus and significant social function of Communities of Practice, enabling knowledge sharing, organisational learning and problem solving
Human not Artificial Intelligence Needed
Get PDFKaren Blakeman argues that, while knowledge of alternative search tools is vital, it is no longer sufficient to have advanced search expertise; that information professionals require savvy appraisal skills and a better understanding of how search outputs are generated and manipulated. She also raises the issue of the “right to be forgotten” and the impact that is having on excluding potentially critical information from search results
Editor’s Note
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LISDIS Conference
Get PDFLISDIS ConferenceUniversity of Huddersfield, 14th November 2015
UKeiG was proud to be one of the supporters of the first LISDIS (Library and Information Science Dissertations) conference, held at the University of Huddersfield on 14th November 2015. The organisers explain the rationale behind the event and highlight some of the themes from the day