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Telework 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs. (1997)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., & Wormell, I. (1997). Telework 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs. Education for Information, 15, 43-56

Describes the implementation of an international joint course developed by Queen Margaret College in Scotland and the Royal School of Librarianship in Denmark introducing undergraduate students to tools and issues relevant to teleworking, or working... Read More about Telework 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs..

What does it really cost? allocating indirect costs. (1997)
Journal Article
Snyder, H., & Davenport, E. (1997). What does it really cost? allocating indirect costs. Bottom Line, 10(4), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/08880459710183035

Better managerial control in terms of decision making and understanding the total costs of a system or service result from allocating indirect costs. Allocation requires a three-step process of selecting cost objectives, pooling related overhead cost... Read More about What does it really cost? allocating indirect costs..

Teleworking 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs. (1997)
Journal Article
Wormell, I., & Davenport, E. (1997). Teleworking 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs. International forum on information and documentation, 21, 17-20

Describes the implementation of an international joint course developed by Queen Margaret College in Scotland and the Royal School of Librarianship in Denmark introducing undergraduate students to tools and issues relevant to teleworking, or working... Read More about Teleworking 96: an international collaborative learning package for information entrepreneurs..

Library and information studies: research and professional practice. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(1997). Library and information studies: research and professional practice. In M. Beaulieu, E. Davenport, & N. O. Pors (Eds.), Library and information studies : research and professional practice : proceedings of the 2nd British-Nordic Conference on Libr

Libraries and the democratic imagination. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E. (1997). Libraries and the democratic imagination. In A. Adair, & J. Warner (Eds.), Public information in private places: proceedings of the 1997 Annual Joint Conference (71-78)

Private sector information work. (1997)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Cano, V. (1997). Private sector information work. In J. Feather, & M. Line (Eds.), Information and Library Work Worldwide. Bowker Saur

Enhancing community and collaboration in the virtual library. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Procter, R., McKinlay, A., Goldenberg, A., Davenport, E., Burnhill, P., & Cannell, S. (1997). Enhancing community and collaboration in the virtual library. In Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (25-40). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0026

The advent of the virtual library is usually presented as a welcome development for library users. Unfortunately, the emphasis which is often placed upon convenience of access tends to reinforce the perception of the use of information resources as a... Read More about Enhancing community and collaboration in the virtual library..

Costing and pricing in the digital age: a practical guide for information services. (1997)
Book
Snyder, H., & Davenport, E. (1997). Costing and pricing in the digital age: a practical guide for information services. Neal-Schuman Publishers

The take-up of electronic information services has been retarded as much by the novel aspects of the pricing and accounting of resources they represent as by fear of technology or tight budgets. Library provision poses special problems as it must acc... Read More about Costing and pricing in the digital age: a practical guide for information services..

Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years (1997)
Journal Article
Cronin, B., Davenport, E., & Martinson, A. (1997). Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years. Journal of Documentation, 53(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007196

Women‘s studies has emerged as a recognised academic specialty in recent years. We explored the social structure of the field by analysing bibliometrically all scholarly articles (n = 1,302) and acknowledgements (n = 595) appearing in three pioneerin... Read More about Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years.

Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network (1997)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Procter, R., & Goldenberg, A. (1997). Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network. Electronic Library, 15(4), 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045567

What is the nature of reference work in the digital library? What is the role of the reference librarian where many users serve themselves by means of BIDS and other free-at-point-of-use services which emulate the Bath original (e.g. MIDAS in Manches... Read More about Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network.