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Classification, interdisciplinarity, and the study of science
Rick SzostakThis paper aims to respond to the 2005 paper by Hjørland and Nissen Pedersen by suggesting that an exhaustive and universal classification of the phenomena that scholars study…
Core classification theory: a reply to Szostak
Birger HjørlandThe purpose of this paper is to provide an answer to a critique put forward by Szostak against a paper written by the present author.
The information‐seeking behavior of visual artists: a literature review
William S. HemmigThe purpose of this paper is to examine the literature on the information behavior of practicing visual artists to determine if a consistent model emerges and what further…
Information culture: exploration of differing values and attitudes to information in organisations
Gillian OliverThe purpose of this article is to explore the concept of information culture, and to demonstrate its utility when considering information management in organisations.
Centres of calculation and unruly colonists: the colonial library in Singapore and its users, 1874‐1900
Brendan LuytThe purpose of this paper is to show how the library management of the Raffles Library and Museum (the former name of the National Library of Singapore) positioned the library in…
Social field, domains of knowledge and informational practice
Denise Morado Nascimento, Regina Maria MarteletoThe purpose of this paper is to understand the information phenomenon through the means of informational practice – the way of acting that gives identity to a group – in a social…
INFOLITRANS: a model for the development of information competence for translators
Maria Pinto, Dora SalesSince every community of practice generates, seeks, retrieves and uses information resources and sources related to the cognitive structure being researched or studied and the…
Effects of interaction design in digital libraries on user interactions
Xiangmin Zhang, Yuelin Li, Jingjing Liu, Ying ZhangThis study aims to investigate the effects of different search and browse features in digital libraries (DLs) on task interactions, and what features would lead to poor user…
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