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New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wid én-Wulff, G., Huvila, I., Hall, H., Nivakoski, O., Kronqvist-Berg, M., & Francke, H. (2009, November). New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web. Presented at 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Thriving on diversity – Information opportunities in a pluralistic world,, Vancouver, Canada

Engaging in interactive and social events on the Web has become very common practice. Activities such as blogging, posting web pages, instant messaging, engaging in e-commerce, chatting online etc. all comprise elements of personal information produc... Read More about New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web.

The semantic structure of Roget’s Thesaurus cross-references. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Old, L. J. (2009, July). The semantic structure of Roget’s Thesaurus cross-references. Presented at 17th International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS'09) - SENSE'09

This study analyzed a database version of Roget’s Thesaurus (Roget’s International Thesaurus, 3rd Edition, 1962) for connectivity patterns among cross-references in order to identify the implicit conceptual structure. Semantic patterns implicit in th... Read More about The semantic structure of Roget’s Thesaurus cross-references..

Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science (2009)
Journal Article
Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2009). Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science. Libri, 46, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.1996.46.1.1

Library and information science (LIS) faculty, like their peers in other professional schools, are subject to the demands of at times conflicting jurisdictions: research productivity may clash with professional service, theory building with the devel... Read More about Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science.

Copyright and the profession of the author. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramdarshan Bold, M. (2009, October). Copyright and the profession of the author. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on the Book

There has been much formative work on the origins of the economy of authorship, focusing on the evolution of copyright laws and their effect on the position of the author. Previous studies have examined the role of the patron, the industrialisation o... Read More about Copyright and the profession of the author..

When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2009, June). When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure. Presented at Innovation in e-information

Based on the results of a study conducted jointly by Edinburgh Napier University and TFPL, this paper will discuss the main risks and opportunities of the adoption of social computing tools within organizations for collaborative work purposes as perc... Read More about When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure..