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2013
IFLA adopted its Multicultural Library Manifesto in 2008. Meanwhile, contemporary scholarship in library and information studies suggests that North American Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) graduates are not completing their degrees with a solid foundation in the core library...
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2006
Twidale, Michael B., Rathi, Dinesh, Jones, M. Cameron
We explore the application of a wiki-based technology and style of interaction to enabling the incremental translation of a collaborative application into a number of different languages, including variant English language interfaces better suited to the needs of particular user communities. The...
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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...
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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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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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The Influence of Washington’s Farewell Address on the American Intellectual Property Debate in the Late 19th Century.
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A content analysis of the Congressional Record and U.S. diplomatic correspondences relating to the negotiation of the Paris and Berne Conventions in the late 19th century reveals that American officials advanced business interests in accordance with Washington’s Farewell Address ahead of the...
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Strengthening Spectrum License Deployment Requirements: An Analysis of the Path of Least Resistance for the AWS-3 Auction
Strengthening Spectrum License Deployment Requirements: An Analysis of the Path of Least Resistance for the AWS-3 Auction
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Rathi, Dinesh, McNally, Michael B., Evaniew, Jennifer, Stobbs, Robyn
This paper examines the impact of increased spectrum license deployment requirements used in the Canadian AWS-3 spectrum auction. The paper examines how the increase in deployment requirements will result in a greater number of population centres being served.
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Rotten by Design: Shortened Expiry Dates for Government of Canada Web Content
2015-06-04
Wakaruk, Amanda, Davoodi, Danoosh, McNally, Michael B.
This paper examines the Government of Canada’s Web Renewal Initiative and impact on the provision of web based government information. A content analysis of documents received through Access to Information requests reveals the government’s limited timelines for providing access to web content.