Aslib Proceedings: Volume 61 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: Irish Library and Information Schools: University College Dublin
Guest Editors: Ian Cornelius
OJAX: a case study in agile Web 2.0 open source development
Judith WustemanThe purpose of this paper is to describe a case study of the development, features and evaluation of a rich internet application for libraries. It aims to demonstrate best…
Virtually local: social media and community among Polish nationals in Dublin
Lee Komito, Jessica BatesThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social media (including social networking technologies) on migration strategies and integration, focusing on the use of new…
The pleasure principle: the power of positive affect in information seeking
Crystal FultonThe purpose of this paper is to explore how the affective aspect of information seeking is important in understanding information behaviour from a holistic perspective. While…
Information skills training practices in Irish higher education
Claire McGuinnessThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of a national survey of information skills training (IST) practices in Irish higher education institutions, which was carried…
Towards 100 years of LIS education and research at UCD
Barbara Traxler BrownThe purpose of this paper is to provide some of the institutional and operational context of the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Information and Library Studies (SILS…
Student information behaviours during group projects: A study of LIS students in University College Dublin, Ireland
Mary O'Farrell, Jessica BatesThe purpose of this paper is to report on a study of student information‐seeking and information‐sharing behaviours and communication during group projects. While a considerable…
The semantic web and the digital library
Mary BurkeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss alternative definitions of and approaches to the semantic web. It aims to clarify the relationship between the semantic web, Web 2.0 and…
Dilemmas in information science (IS) and information retrieval (IR): Recurring challenges or new solutions?
Clare ThornleyThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which understanding information science (IS) and information retrieval (IR) as disciplines characterised by intractable…
Quantum leaps in information retrieval
Ian CorneliusThe purpose of this paper is to examine some implications for library and information science (LIS) of the book Geometry of Information Retrieval and the associated issues that…