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Measuring research excellence: Number of Nobel Prize achievements versus conventional bibliometric indicators
Alonso Rodríguez‐NavarroSeveral bibliometric indicators that are extensively used to estimate research performance have not been validated against an external criterion of excellence. This paper aims to…
Fuzzy sets and the organization of literary texts: a conceptualization and two‐stage pilot study
Stephen PalingThe purpose of this paper is to describe a conceptualization and two‐stage pilot study that explores ways in which fuzzy sets can be used to measure the indexability of literary…
Marketing and promotion of e‐books in academic libraries
Magdalini Vasileiou, Jennifer RowleyThe purpose of this paper is to report research into the marketing and promotion of e‐books, and use this as a case study context to generate insights into approaches in academic…
Concept theory and semiotics in knowledge organization
Alon Friedman, Martin ThellefsenThe purpose of this paper is to explore the basics of semiotic analysis and concept theory that represent two dominant approaches to knowledge representation, and explore how…
Debating credibility: the shaping of information literacies in upper secondary school
Helena Francke, Olof Sundin, Louise LimbergThe article concerns information literacies in an environment characterised by the two partly competing and contradictory cultures of print and digital. The aim of the paper is to…
Hierarchies of action: a concept for library and information science
Bonna JonesThe purpose of this paper is to bring the concept of a “hierarchy of action”, as it is currently being used in other fields, into library and information science (LIS).
The modernity of classification
Jens‐Erik MaiThe purpose of this paper is to explore the modernity of current classification theory and work, and outline a foundation for moving classification toward a late‐modern conception.
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