Library and information studies: research and professional practice Proceedings of the 2nd British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, Edinburgh   Edited by Micheline Beaulieu, Elisabeth Davenport and Niels Ole Pors     ISBN 0 947568 73 5 1997 £45.00/US$85.00     Order this book   Recommend to library   Back   Home

CONTENTS   TEACHING & LEARNING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT   Evaluation of a networked learning environment: training and transferability issues Kathy Buckner & Elisabeth Davenport   Teaching quality management in a digital environment Jette Brandt, Carl Gustav Johannsen & Annette Skov     PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCESS   IT POINT: development and evaluation of new public library service, bringing access to IT and networks to the public Clare Nankivell & Gulshan Kayam   Sink, swim or surf: the future of reference work in Norwegian public libraries Tord Hoivik     INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES   Meaning, multimedia and the Internet: subject retrieval challenges and solutions Mary Burke   Visual information seeking: browsing and navigating through a desktop VR user interface Jette Hyldegaard   Democratic indexing: an approach to the retrieval of film Rob Hidderley & Pauline Rafferty     INFORMATION USERS AND ACCESS   Evaluating electronic government: the 'ACCESS' approach Eileen Milner   Discourse analysis in the development of a regional information service Sanna Talja, Rami Heinisuo, Kirsi Pipsa, Sinikka Luukkainen & Karlevo Jarvelin   'Making-out' with new media: young people and the impact of new information and communication technology Anja-Maaike Green & Martin Higgins   Investigating the interface between information and decision making: GINN at UNN Linda Banwell and Pat Dixon   Specimens of information behaviour amongst municipal administrators: implications for LIS education and research Katriina Bystrom   A study of two Nordic information services: a comparison between TRANSGUIDE and NYRIB Anders Malmsjö     PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT   Continuing education and information technology: a topology of needs and deliverables Niels Ole Pors & Trine Schreiber   Mentoring in library and information services: a research approach to developing professional support and development guidelines Michael Shoolbred, Barbara Chivers & Clare Nakivell     CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES   Critical perspectives, critical methodologies: the new sociology of information and public library research in the United Kingdom Alistair Black & Dave Muddiman   The development of the concept 'folkbibliotek' in Sweden in the early twentieth century Magnus Torstensson     RESEARCH PRACTICE   Research as practice Ian Cornelius   Attitudes of library and information science professionals to current awareness services: results of a user needs survey, using focus groups, for the NewsAgent project Jane Secker, David Stoker & Lucy Tedd