Aslib Proceedings: Volume 58 Issue 3

Experiments to identify the causes of spam

Tanzila Ahmed, Charles Oppenheim

The purpose of this research is to show how spam is generated and what methods have been proposed to combat it.

Changing workplace demands: what job ads tell us

Mary Anne Kennan, Fletcher Cole, Patricia Willard, Concepción Wilson, Linda Marion

The purpose of this paper is to analyse job ads as relatively accessible indicators of the knowledge, skills and competencies required of librarians by employers. It then uses a…

Multi‐document summarization of news articles using an event‐based framework

Shiyan Ou, Christopher S.G. Khoo, Dion H. Goh

The purpose of this research is to develop a method for automatic construction of multi‐document summaries of sets of news articles that might be retrieved by a web search engine…

Learning from a free‐access digital information kiosk in Africa: An objectivist – constructivist investigation

Johannes C. Cronjé, Dirk Burger

The purpose of this paper is to consider the type of learning that takes place if members of an under‐resourced community are exposed to a free‐to‐use computer that is connected…

Evaluation of web sites for B2C e‐commerce

Charles Oppenheim, Louise Ward

The purpose of this research is to report the results of research that was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of a number of web sites selling chocolate.

A content analysis of literature regarding knowledge management opportunities for librarians

Hazel van Rooi, Retha Snyman

The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of research regarding the opportunities for librarians within the context of knowledge management.