16th BOBCATSSS Symposium 2008 BOBCATSSS 2008 (Zadar, Croatia, 28.01.2008 - 30.01.2008): Neuzugänge
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungWorkers and Libraries For what purposes are public libraries established? Who do the founders intend to reach with the activities of the libraries? How does the question of goals of public library work develop over time? These are important ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungWho is Everyone? Hidden access to information caused by lacking technological skills, language barriers, insufficient information literacy and last not least by problems of the copyright laws are known and frequently discussed by ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungWhat Librarians Need2Know Need2Know is the name of a test work made by the public libraries of Aalborg, Denmark. Using MSN Messenger as a tool for synchronous reference service the project tested if it is possible to reach new library users with ...
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2008-01-19Konferenzveröffentlichung“Well, it’s Difficult, Very Difficult” This paper examines how gender equality work aimed at users is practised at three public libraries in Gothenburg. The underlying factors if gender equality work is not practised are also explored. The theoretical starting ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungA Virtual Exhibition of Open Source Software for Libraries Frequently the choice of a library management program is conditioned by social, economic and/or political factors that result in the selection of a system that is not altogether suitable for the library’s needs, ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungTransportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Free, public access to TRIS Online is hosted by the National Transportation Library, although it has existed since the early 1970’s. The paper offers a user-focused methodology to answer the research question “Is TRIS ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungTowards the Introduction of an Institutional Repository In this article the principles and benefits of open access are described which can be achieved with the help of institutional repositories. The advantages of a repository are depicted as well as the spread throughout the ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungTowards Open Scholarship at the University of Pretoria World-wide the research paradigm is in the process of expanding into e-research and open scholarship. This implies new ways of collaboration, dissemination and reuse of research results, specifically via the Web. In the ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungThe Theory of Attention and the Economy of Understanding as a New Price Model in the Information Economy? Most prices in the information economy (scientific information) are based on length of information, duration of online time, actuality etc., but most of these price concepts give little satisfaction to the customer because ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungSave Police Time, Beat Yourself UP The legal, regulatory, administrative and policing structures of censorship and related forms of information suppression are well known and widely discussed. The much more insidious phenomenon of self-censorship is paid ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungThe Role of Public Libraries in e-Inclusion Despite of many actions taken to speed-up the diffusion and adoption of ICT, Lithuania is still the not satisfactory situation. The annual report 2007 of European Union i2010 Strategy has stated that “from a low background ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungPublic Libraries in the Service of Culture It is clear to see that a library built for the general population is expected to serve new roles in the 21st century. The most likely role taken up by the library is to live on as a cultural centre. The paper reviews ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungOpen Access versus Copyright The paper discusses the copyright issues in the Norwegian ATL service, and looks at ways to circumvent the legal pitfalls. The similar services in Denmark (Biblioteksvagten) and Sweden (Fråga biblioteket) are compared. ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungOPACs' Users' Interface - Do They Need Any Improvements? Current paper attempts to answer an “exotic” question of usability of OPACs'. The possibilities of implementation of a web usability research in improving efficiency of on-line catalogues interfaces is discussed. Search ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungThe Meeting Room The purpose of this paper is to investigate what role libraries play as a space within a community. This paper examines library usage by ethnic minorities in the United States and Denmark, and looks at how a library’s ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungLinking Teaching and Learning This paper presents a project of Information Literacy carried out at the University of Parma (Italy). A multi-year Information Literacy programme is offered to a group of students attending the Environmental Sciences ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungThe Limits of Intellectual Freedom The purpose of this paper is to examine the limits of providing access to information for everyone in Denmark compared to the 1999 IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. There are several aspects of decrease ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungLibraries in Society The purpose of the paper is to investigate the phenomenon of openness in relation to library development. The term openness is presented and related to library development from historical and theoretical perspectives. ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungKeeping Libraries Alive Behind Bars Libraries in prisons in Australia are traditionally repositories of old, second hand books, staffed (if at all) by an inmate who can hopefully read. The NSW Department of Corrective Services is attempting to change this ...
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2008-01-19KonferenzveröffentlichungInformation Literacy and Communication As the existing literature shows, many models of IL, as well as curricula point towards the close ties between IL and communication. IL is closely connected to literacy and functional literacy in their traditional sense, ...