...Maria Pinto; Rosaura Fernandez-Pascual; Dora Sales Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the informational behavior of a group of future professionals in the field of social sciences (SS), in terms of their competence in the communication–dissemination of information. Design...

...Juliet Harland; Peter A. Bath; Ann Wainwright; Jeremy Seymour Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the information behaviours of patients newly diagnosed with dementia. Design/methodology/approach This is a cross-sectional qualitative study, using in-depth interviews with 13...

... information for understanding a particular topic. Denham shared the same premise of the informationality of a library collection, but described also how a book club can function as a similar provider of sufficient information on a particular topic for making educated decisions. These examples...

...). This sees us regarding ourselves as informationally embodied organisms, “inforgs”, embedded in an informational environment, the “infosphere”, in which the boundaries between online and offline environments merge, so that we live in a manner termed “onlife” (European Commission, 2014). The present book...

...Ina Fourie Research Methods in Information is written in a very clear, easy to follow style. Although meeting with academic rigour, the author, Alison Pickard, does not hesitate to share her opinion, preferences and personal research experiences – even the problematic experiences...

...Ofer Bergman Purpose – Personal information management (PIM) is an activity in which an individual stores personal information items in order to retrieve them later on. As PIM research moves from an infant stage of exploratory studies to more rigorous quantitative ones, there is a need...

...Kokil Jaidka; Christopher S.G. Khoo; Jin‐Cheon Na Purpose This paper aims to report a study of researchers' preferences in selecting information from cited papers to include in a literature review, and the kinds of transformations and editing applied to the selected information. Design...

... and vice‐rectors), followed by a semi‐structured questionnaire carried out with 400 degree coordinators and deans and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The interviews informed the questionnaire design. Findings The survey confirms the proposed framework's usefulness for analysing the enabler...

... the information behaviour of children and young people. Design/methodology/approach The model of narrative recursion provides the basis of the framework proposed. However, additional, LIS‐specific details have been introduced to ensure that the reworked version represents the phenomenon of information...

...Andrew John Boyd Purpose The first in a series on goal‐based information modelling, this paper presents a literature review of two goal‐based measurement methods. The second article in the series will build on this background to present an overview of some recent case‐based research that shows...

...Julian Warner Purpose The aim of this paper is to reveal an information dynamic in which technology or dead labour is substituted for living mental labour. Design/methodology/approach A comparative historical review of technologies for reproducing written utterances and their relation...

...Susie Andretta Purpose The paper focuses on e‐learning from an information literacy perspective and promotes the view that information literacy education needs to play a central role within any e‐learning initiative. The main aim of this paper is therefore to present the claim that e‐learning must...

...Julia Dandy The subject of this study is the availability of, and access to, information concerning individuals’ end‐of‐life health situations. The sensitive issues surrounding this subject are considered in detail, and the restraints, primarily legal, placed upon information availability...

...Ray Jones Many NHS policy documents state the need to make health information accessible to all. Accessibility comprises physical availability and personal retrievability. Touch‐screen public access kiosks have been available since the early 1990s and there is some evidence from a study of NHS...

...Barrie Gunter; David Nicholas; Paul Huntington; Peter Williams Presents research that was designed to explore the early take‐up of a pilot digital interactive television (DiTV) health information service (Living Health) by cable television subscribers in Birmingham, UK. Log data indicated real‐time...

...Gavin McWhirter This article is a summary of a report which looks at the potential of using television sets at hospital bedsides to provide patients with access to health information. The report was jointly commissioned by The Department of Health (DoH) and National Health Service (NHS) Direct...

...Markella Boudioni The availability and the use of touch‐screen systems for accessing a range of information in different settings in the UK, in particular from socially excluded groups, are reviewed. A literature review and consultations with stakeholders are conducted. Touch‐screens are used...

...Mark Hepworth; Janet Harrison; Nicole James Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to study the information needs of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK. Categories of information need were identified; their importance and difficulty in obtaining them quantified. The research...

...Olwyn Garratt; Adeline du Toit The value of library and information services in the incorporated South African law firm was investigated with regard to accountability to corporate management. A cost accounting exercise was developed and tested in seven South African law firms of varying size. Cost...

...Deborah Thompson; Peter Williams; David Nicholas; Paul Huntington City University and the University of Sheffield have been commissioned by the Department of Health to evaluate the use of digital interactive television as a source of health information. The aim of this study was to evaluate access...