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The development of self‐assessment tool‐kits for the library and information sector
Kathryn Jones, Margaret Kinnell, Bob UsherwoodThe article considers methodological issues which arose in undertaking a two‐year British Library funded research project – Assessment Tools for Quality Management in Public…
Information need, information seeking behaviour and participation, with special reference to needs related to citizenship: results of a national survey
Rita Marcella, Graeme BaxterThis paper reports the results of the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project funded by the BLR&IC: a nation‐wide survey, by personal doorstep interview, of…
Towards a generic model of information and library services in the information age
Peter BrophyAs libraries and information services address the needs of users in an increasingly networked environment, there is a need for theoretical models to underpin research, development…
Web impact factors and search engine coverage
Mike ThelwallSearch engines index only a proportion of the web and this proportion is not determined randomly but by following algorithms that take into account the properties that impact…
The evaluation of WWW search engines
C. Oppenheim, A. Morris, C. McKnight, S. LowleyThe literature of the evaluation of Internet search engines is reviewed. Although there have been many studies, there has been little consistency in the way such studies have been…
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