Journal Articles (Library & Information Studies)
Publications by faculty affiliated with the School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.
Items in this Collection
- 49McNally, Michael B
- 17Mackey, Margaret
- 13McNally, Michael B.
- 12Rathi, Dinesh
- 7Samek, Toni
- 7Shiri, Ali
- 44Information Policy
- 44LIS 598 - Information Policy - Winter 2017
- 5Open Educational Resources
- 4Canada
- 4Copyright
- 4Libraries
- 134School of Library and Information Studies
- 134School of Library and Information Studies/Journal Articles (Library & Information Studies)
- 2University of Alberta Library
- 2University of Alberta Library/Libraries Staff Publications
- 1English and Film Studies, Department of
- 1English and Film Studies, Department of/Journal Articles (English and Film Studies)
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1996
An exploration of american librarianship's treatment of the Library Bill of Rights in the 1960s. The author introduces two vying interpretations of the utility of the Library Bill of Rights, then examines the conflict sur rounding these interpretations in order to probe their impact on the...
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The place of health information and socio-emotional support in social questioning and answering.
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Introduction: Little is known about the quality of health information in social contexts or how socio-emotional factors impact users' evaluations of quality. We explored how librarians, nurses and users assessed the quality of health answers posted on Yahoo! Answers, focusing on socio-emotional...
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2012
Social media technologies have the potential to be powerful knowledge sharing and community building tools for both corporate and non-profit interests. This pilot study explores the social media presence of a group of forty-six Alberta-based non-profit organizations (NPOs) in this information...
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2012
Common wisdom often posits that game-playing is the enemy of reading, that it offers one of a plethora of “distractions” that seduce people away from the power of the printed page. In this article it is proposed that we do not to take on this stereotype, with its barely veiled assumption that...
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Tools of Engagement for Knowledge Management: Using Social Media to Capture Non-Profit Organizations' Stories
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Rathi, Dinesh, Forcier, Eric, Given, Lisa
Presents results from qualitative interviews with individuals working in non-profit organizations near Edmonton, Alberta. The findings point to the importance of stories as information sources used within the organizations, with social media playing a key role in capturing those stories and...
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2018-01-01
Research in the field of Ismāʿīlī Studies has increased exponentially during the last decades. However, all of the existing bibliographies in the field are print-based, which lack the efficient and effective searchability offered by online bibliographic databases. This paper explores some ideas...
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2012
An analysis of first-stage social software guidelines of nine Canadian universities conducted in the 2012-13 academic year with the aim to reveal limits to academic freedom. Carleton University’s guidelines serve as the anchor case, while those of eight other institutions are included to signify...
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2010
Chu, Kai Wah Samuel, Rathi, Dinesh, Du, Helen
This study draws upon the work of Golder and Huberman (2005) and examines the users’ behaviour of two social bookmarking websites, Delicious and Connotea, by analyzing over 200,000 bookmarks from each website. The study also explores the cause(s) for similarity and difference in the behaviour of...