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A Community Study of the Bibliothèque Saint-Jean
2003-03-11
The significance of my capping exercise is valued according to its relevance with respect to librarianship as a field of study in the University of Alberta's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and as a lifelong professional pursuit. The relevance of A Community Study of the...
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2013-01-01
This bibliographic study identifies over 600 secondary sources published up to and including 2003 that have been omitted in previous bibliographies in Ismaili studies, namely, Farhad Daftary’s "Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies" (London, 2004) and Nagib Tajdin’s "A...
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Spring 2019
This research project collected a sample of nine single-authored websites of classical mythology in order to determine whether they could be conceived of as a serious leisure activity under Robert A. Stebbins' Serious Leisure Perspective. Data was manually collected from these websites using a...
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Navigating the Jungle: An Investigation of Older Adults’ Quests for Governmental Information
DownloadFall 2016
Government information interactions are inevitable at many points in our lives; life events and milestones often intersect with the need for governmental programs and services information that will help or facilitate the resulting life transitions. This qualitative research study takes a...
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2022-01-01
The problem of bias in Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs) has been the focus of numerous ‘radical cataloging’ studies. This study examines the use of the term sect as it is applied to the Shīʿī (or Shīʿa) branch of Islam in various KOSs including the Library of Congress Subject Headings...
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2021-01-01
The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme Pakistan (AKRSP-P) and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme India (AKRSP-I) are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating under the aegis of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). While these two NGOs have generated a considerable corpus of information...
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Spring 2010
This thesis examines the discourse of the information age and its influence on information literacy and social networking websites. The information age proposes that society has been dramatically changed by the recent advancements of information and information technology. The information age...
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1983-07-01
The present inquiry addresses the problem of an adequate definition of the domain of library and information science. Such a definition must be formulated according to the rigor of logic, for it is patent that mapping out a scholarly domain is more than an act of self-evident discovery. Discourse...
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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...