Journal of Documentation: Volume 52 Issue 3

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ONLINE SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR OF PRACTITIONER END USERS

DAVID NICHOLAS

The study set out to determine: (1) what were the searching characteristics of end users in a non‐academic environment and explain this in the light of their information needs;…

AUTOMATION IS THE ANSWER, BUT WHAT IS THE QUESTION? PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN LIBRARIES

CHRISTINE L. BORGMAN

In the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Bloc countries of Central and Eastern Europe most information technology was unavailable, unaffordable or discouraged for forty years. These…

CYBERSEMIOTICS: A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT APPLIED TO THE PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE ORGANISATION AND DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL IN INFORMATION SCIENCE

SØREN BRIER

This article is a contribution to the development of a comprehensive interdisciplinary theory of LIS in the hope of giving a more precise evaluation of its current problems. The…

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF SOCIO‐ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION IN AFRICA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BOTSWANA

KATE KWAFO‐AKOTO

The paper very briefly looks at some efforts in the bibliographic control of social science information generated within Africa by describing the activities of the Pan African…

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ISSN:

0022-0418

Online date, start – end:

1945

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof David Bawden