Aslib Proceedings: Volume 64 Issue 4

Mapping the network structure of science parks: An exploratory study of cross‐sectoral interactions reflected on the web

David Minguillo, Mike Thelwall

This study aims to introduce a method based on link analysis to investigate the structure of the R&D support infrastructure associated with science parks in order to determine…

Facebook use in libraries: an exploratory analysis

Noa Aharony

The current study aims to present an exploratory analysis of the use of Facebook in American public and academic libraries, with the purpose of understanding patterns of Facebook…

Reference accuracy in library and information science journals

Karen Davies

This paper aims to determine the percentage of reference errors and type of errors in four library and information science (LIS) journals.

Job rotation program evaluation: the Niger Delta University Library

Emmanuel E. Baro

Since 2004 the Niger Delta University Library has adopted a job rotation program to help solve manpower and skills acquisition problems. The study reported in this paper aimed to…

Persistence and half‐life of URL citations cited in LIS open access journals

B.T. Sampath Kumar, K.S. Manoj Kumar

The main purpose of the present study is to examine the availability and persistence of URL citations in two LIS open access journals. It also intended to calculate the half‐life…

A compound correlation model for disjoint literature‐based knowledge discovery

Shuiqing Huang, Lin He, Bo Yang, Ming Zhang

The algorithm of disjoint literature‐based knowledge discovery provides a convenient, efficient and effective auxiliary method for scientific research. Based on an analysis of…

How do health care professionals select medical images they need?

Shahram Sedghi, Mark Sanderson, Paul Clough

This paper aims to report the results of a study investigating the relevance criteria used by health care professionals when seeking medical images.