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University of Sheffield
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Qarout, Rehab.
Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Sheffield
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► Crowdsourcing is becoming more popular as a means for scalable data processing that requires human intelligence. The involvement of groups of people to accomplish tasks…
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▼ Crowdsourcing is becoming more popular as a means for scalable data processing that requires human intelligence. The involvement of groups of people to accomplish tasks could be an effective success factor for data-driven businesses. Unlike in other technical systems, the quality of the results depends on human factors and how well crowd workers understand the requirements of the task, to produce high-quality results. Looking at previous studies in this area, we found that one of the main factors that affect workers' performance is the design of the crowdsourcing tasks. Previous studies of crowdsourcing task design covered a limited set of factors. The main contribution of this research is the focus on some of the less-studied technical factors, such as examining the effect of task ordering and class balance and measuring the consistency of the same task design over time and on different crowdsourcing platforms. Furthermore, this study ambitiously extends work towards understanding workers' point of view in terms of the quality of the task and the payment aspect by performing a qualitative study with crowd workers and shedding light on some of the ethical issues around payments for crowdsourcing tasks. To achieve our goal, we performed several crowdsourcing experiments on specific platforms and measured the factors that influenced the quality of the overall result.
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Qarout, R. (2019). Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/25194/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789546
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Qarout, Rehab. “Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/25194/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789546.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Qarout, Rehab. “Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Qarout R. Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/25194/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789546.
Council of Science Editors:
Qarout R. Novel methods for designing tasks in crowdsourcing. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2019. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/25194/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789546
University College London (University of London)
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O'Connell, A.
Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514435/
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► The digital revolution was an almost unprecedented shift in the way humans communicate and interact, bringing with it ease of communication and sharing of copyright…
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▼ The digital revolution was an almost unprecedented shift in the way humans communicate and interact, bringing with it ease of communication and sharing of copyright content. This thesis answers the question of whether copyright as it stands in the mid-2010s is still a valid bundle of rights to ensure that authors and creators maintain control over their creative works, while still allowing the sharing of creative works and ensuring the spread of knowledge. It approaches the question of copyright from several contexts - including the legal and enforcement mechanisms which have developed in response to the digital shift, and the rise of digital piracy, including graduated response, notice and takedown, and website blocking. A second approach is considering the economic and financial standpoint of the creative industries, particularly the publishing industries. It includes a survey into the economic contribution of the core copyright industries based on guidelines from the World Intellectual Property Organization, as well as assessing a variety of economic reports published in the early 2010s. From there, the thesis considers the case study of the UK text and data mining and private copying exceptions as examples of interventionist legislation which attempt to deal with the rise of digital. Finally, the thesis considers the implementation of shared, non-legislative initiatives which have attempted to approach copyright from different perspectives to the rigid approach of legislative intervention. The thesis concludes by suggesting that adaptation to new norms is possible without the need for extensive reform of copyright, provided that all parties involved are willing to take a flexible view of the change that digital has wrought upon the copyright landscape.
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O'Connell, A. (2016). Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514435/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790410
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
O'Connell, A. “Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514435/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790410.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
O'Connell, A. “Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
O'Connell A. Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514435/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790410.
Council of Science Editors:
O'Connell A. Fit for purpose? : copyright for publishers in the digital age. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2016. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514435/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790410
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Sucha-Xaya, N.
The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542370/
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► This thesis is an examination of archival value and its compatibility with social values held in Thai society, under the research question: How might an…
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▼ This thesis is an examination of archival value and its compatibility with social values held in Thai society, under the research question: How might an improved understanding of Thai values help to address the problems facing archives in Thailand? The research was prompted by a desire to understand problematic situations at the National Archives of Thailand by which archives are accessed by only a limited group of users, little impact is made on the wider society and there is a lack of support from the government. Through a literature review in sociology, psychology and archive studies, the research explores different cultural entities - namely value, attitude and worldview - in the Thai archival milieu, with special comparative reference to these aspects in British society. The research found that the modern archival system, which is largely based on Western models, does not support prominent Thai values and even conflicts with them, while the traditional Thai archival system is a closer fit. Archives are not widely understood; often they are associated with the traditional sense of archives, which focuses on archives as heritage or high art that is distant from ordinary life. Comprehensive treatment of these issues also requires analysis of perceptions on topics such as history, knowledge and education, identity and rights. All of these are uniquely shaped by the Thai Buddhist worldview and old social structure, which values hierarchy and social harmony over the concern for rights and identity that is more prevalent in the British context. Nevertheless, the thesis also notes the relatively recent growth of more horizontal, democratic values. This thesis provides recommendations emphasising archival value that fits into Thai society. At the same time, the evidential value in archives is shown to have the potential to build on new societal values that are well adapted for the globalised world.
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Sucha-Xaya, N. (2017). The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542370/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790703
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sucha-Xaya, N. “The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542370/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790703.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sucha-Xaya, N. “The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Sucha-Xaya N. The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542370/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790703.
Council of Science Editors:
Sucha-Xaya N. The unfit puzzle : archival value and society in contemporary Thailand. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2017. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542370/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790703
University College London (University of London)
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Seles, A. M.-Y.
The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473881/
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► Digital preservation is a topic that has been extensively explored over the last thirty years in the fields of archival and information studies. However, relatively…
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▼ Digital preservation is a topic that has been extensively explored over the last thirty years in the fields of archival and information studies. However, relatively little literature has touched on the topic of Trusted Digital Repositories (TDRs). A TDR is '[A]n archive, consisting of an organization of people and systems that has accepted the responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community.'1 Standards governing TDRs, namely the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and Repository Audit and Certification (RAC), have been designed and tested by developed nations with minimal reference to the developing world. Little attempt has been made to question whether these standards, entirely developed in one context, are actually transferable or applicable to another. There is an assumption, however, that because these standards have been generalised, they are ubiquitous and robust, transferable to any locale. This thesis seeks to question the basic assumptions that are made when standards or best practice created in the developed world are applied to different contexts outside of the original milieu of elaboration. Further, this thesis considers the applicability of TDRs to the Eastern African archival context. Using threefold mimesis, the study examines the standards development process, identifying underlying socio-economic, cultural, infrastructural, educational and other presumptions that may exist in the documented standards. It also examines whether these biases impact on the applicability and transferability of standards to Eastern Africa. During the course of this study the author analyses both the digital preservation scholarship and also research related to technology transfer. Parallels are drawn between technology transfer and standards development and implementation, to identify and detail some of the potential obstacles that may preclude the transferability of TDR standards to Eastern Africa. In the end, this thesis finds that TDR standards have little relevance both in developed-world case study digital repositories and in the East African national archives context. These findings challenge the notion held by many that standards have been generalised to such an extent that they are transferable to any context. Further this conclusion brings into question the perceived universality of standards as unbiased documents capable of guiding the establishment of TDRs.
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Seles, A. M. -. (2016). The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790075
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Seles, A M -Y. “The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790075.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Seles, A M -Y. “The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Seles AM-. The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790075.
Council of Science Editors:
Seles AM-. The transferability of trusted digital repository standards to an East African context. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2016. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.790075
University College London (University of London)
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Batt, C.
Collecting institutions in the Network Society.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470847/
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► Collecting Institutions in the Network Society is a multidisciplinary study examining present practices and policies of collecting institutions (museums, galleries, libraries and archives) in their…
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▼ Collecting Institutions in the Network Society is a multidisciplinary study examining present practices and policies of collecting institutions (museums, galleries, libraries and archives) in their use and development of digital technologies, within the context of wider socio-technical change. It investigates whether existing service paradigms are best suited to future digital delivery of services in the emergent Network Society. It uses an interpretive methodological approach creating a body of phenomenological evidence enabling comparison between the organisational context, internal practices, histories and policies of collecting institutions, and the wider socio-technical impact of the Internet. Literature reviews provide evidence from the 'outer world' of Internet developments and impact to establish four Generic Drivers of Internet Change. For the 'inner world' of collecting institutions, organisational context and research and development on innovation are examined to analyse various perspectives on common approaches to service policy and practice. Additionally, textual analysis of institutional mission statements and policy documents is used to establish the degree of common purpose across collecting institutions and the preparedness of practitioners and policymakers to deal with rapid socio-technical change. The evidence is synthesised to define an Institutional Paradigm describing the present operational processes and practices of collecting institutions. This is compared with the four Generic Drivers to define opportunities and challenges that collecting institutions face in exploiting the Internet. This synthesis demonstrates that the siloised and fragmented nature of the Institutional Paradigm creates significant barriers to effective exploitation. Evidence from the textual analysis is used to develop a Shared Mission Statement for all collecting institutions as the foundation of a strategic digital future. The study proposes a radically new service paradigm (the Digital Knowledge Ecology) enabling collecting institutions to achieve maximum user value in their delivery of digital services, and concludes with proposals for actions to build a collective strategy.
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Batt, C. (2015). Collecting institutions in the Network Society. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470847/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789868
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Batt, C. “Collecting institutions in the Network Society.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470847/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789868.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Batt, C. “Collecting institutions in the Network Society.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Batt C. Collecting institutions in the Network Society. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470847/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789868.
Council of Science Editors:
Batt C. Collecting institutions in the Network Society. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2015. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470847/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.789868
University College London (University of London)
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Ammann, R. K.
Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy.
Degree: PhD, 2013, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399845/
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► Using extensive fieldwork in the online archival record, this thesis accounts for the descent and emergence of the weblog as a digital genre during its…
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▼ Using extensive fieldwork in the online archival record, this thesis accounts for the descent and emergence of the weblog as a digital genre during its formative period up to the year 2000. The work examines the weblog’s process of genre formation as diffusion of innovation within a heterogeneous discourse network. It describes this process as a series of several consecutive and cumulative reinterpretations of the emerging genre’s form and intended purpose, effected for the most part by the most central actors in the network.
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Ammann, R. K. (2013). Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399845/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617915
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ammann, R K. “Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399845/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617915.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ammann, R K. “Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ammann RK. Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399845/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617915.
Council of Science Editors:
Ammann RK. Weblogs 1994-2000 : a genealogy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2013. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399845/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617915
University College London (University of London)
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Gooding, P. M.
Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458624/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634651
► Large-scale digitisation has risen to prominence in recent years, with widespread agreement that it is fuelling changes in research opportunities and behaviour. The purpose of…
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▼ Large-scale digitisation has risen to prominence in recent years, with widespread agreement that it is fuelling changes in research opportunities and behaviour. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of large-scale digitised collections (LSDCs) by studying two exemplar case studies: British Library Nineteenth Century Newspapers and Welsh Newspapers Online. It applies an extensive mixed methods approach to evaluate how research is changing as a result of digitisation. The findings show that LSDCs are already having a positive impact on user experiences, although they are not the disruptive force that many have predicted. Researchers are heavily engaged with digitised collections, using them as part of a hybrid research environment where physical resources still maintain their importance. However, while there are major benefits for researchers in location-independence, time savings and the ability to search unprecedented quantities of historical materials efficiently, underlying research behaviours remain broadly similar. The lack of fundamental change is partly caused by issues with the resources themselves: commercial licenses which limit potential reuse of public domain materials; web interfaces which, by making assumptions about users’ information behaviours, in fact limit these behaviours in fundamental ways; and access restrictions which ensure that the benefits of large-scale digitisation are felt unevenly throughout society. Existing LSDCs can therefore do more to support emergent research activities which are currently theoretically possible but practically difficult. We propose that open licensing, “generous interfaces”, and a willingness to adapt to new user demands should characterise future digitised resources to fully realise their potential. In doing so, this thesis makes a unique contribution to our understanding of large-scale digitisation, and provides important recommendations for maximising their impact.
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Gooding, P. M. (2014). Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458624/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634651
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gooding, P M. “Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458624/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634651.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gooding, P M. “Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Gooding PM. Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458624/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634651.
Council of Science Editors:
Gooding PM. Search all about it : a mixed methods study into the impact of large-scale newspaper digitisation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458624/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634651
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Schopflin, K. A. M.
The encyclopaedia as a form of the book.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418936/
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► The field of book history is concerned with exploring the physical form of the book and the circumstances of its creation and reception, in order…
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▼ The field of book history is concerned with exploring the physical form of the book and the circumstances of its creation and reception, in order to gain insight into the societies and industries which produced and consumed it. Hitherto, comparatively little attention has been given to the encyclopaedia as a generic form of the book. The purpose of this thesis is to apply the research approaches taken in book history to the encyclopaedia in order to define it as a type of book. Original research was undertaken in three parts: review literature was analysed to identify the encyclopaedia’s functional attributes, a selection of titles were examined to discern their physical features and surveys and interviews were carried out in order to gather the opinions of the main participants in its communications circuit. Once a definition was formed, it was applied to online forms of encyclopaedia to consider whether the encyclopaedia has a generic signature which carries beyond the material form of the book. The findings show that the encyclopaedia has a distinct identity, both in terms of the characteristics for which it is valued, and its physical components. This identity distinguishes it not just from familiar, much-studied forms of the book such as the novel, but also from other reference books such as dictionaries. The findings also demonstrate that many of these characteristics are present in the online forms of the encyclopaedia, even where technology might have made them unnecessary or irrelevant. While the definition formulated of the encyclopaedia is not a challenging one, it demonstrates that it is possible to formulate a toolkit for the identification of literary forms, and to apply it to new forms of book types, such as online versions. Refinement of this toolkit and application to other forms of the book could reveal new insights into the nature of different literary genres and their relationships to each other and to their readers’ expectations.
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Schopflin, K. A. M. (2014). The encyclopaedia as a form of the book. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418936/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602893
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schopflin, K A M. “The encyclopaedia as a form of the book.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418936/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602893.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schopflin, K A M. “The encyclopaedia as a form of the book.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Schopflin KAM. The encyclopaedia as a form of the book. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418936/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602893.
Council of Science Editors:
Schopflin KAM. The encyclopaedia as a form of the book. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418936/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602893
University College London (University of London)
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Korjonen, M. H.
Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency.
Degree: PhD, 2012, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1344051/
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► Purpose: The research aim has two parts: Firstly, to characterise and evaluate clinical trial information and the dissemination of that information by constructing a conceptual…
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▼ Purpose: The research aim has two parts: Firstly, to characterise and evaluate clinical trial information and the dissemination of that information by constructing a conceptual model structuring the processes of information generation. Secondly, to test the model by identifying the dissemination methods used, consider their effectiveness and what factors affect dissemination. The research findings contribute to outline a framework of recommendations with an optimal model of effective dissemination for improved transparency in clinical research. Design and methodology: Based on the literature review, a conceptual model was constructed outlining the structure of information generation throughout the clinical research process. A mixed approach with qualitative and quantitative studies were undertaken to form a comprehensive picture of the dissemination of clinical trial information and in order to test the model. Key findings: The model identified that clinical trial information is very complex, scattered across many resources and many factors affect how, where and what clinical trial information is disseminated. A model of effective dissemination and a framework of recommendations for improved transparency in dissemination were drawn up for three areas; regulations and standards, communication planning and the organisation of clinical trial information. Limitations: This research has been done during a time of significant and rapid change in the clinical research environment and therefore this thesis is a snapshot of a time when new web tools allows for information to be disseminated rapidly. A series of small studies were made to gather an overall picture of information transparency in clinical trials as we lack evidence in these new areas. Originality/value: There is no existing conceptual model that explains and tests the dissemination and transparency of clinical trial information. Models can structure processes, suggest improvements in the processes and be used as a basis for further research.
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Korjonen, M. H. (2012). Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1344051/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565831
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Korjonen, M H. “Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1344051/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565831.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Korjonen, M H. “Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency.” 2012. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Korjonen MH. Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1344051/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565831.
Council of Science Editors:
Korjonen MH. Clinical trial information : developing an effective model of dissemination and a framework to improve transparency. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2012. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1344051/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565831
University College London (University of London)
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Ramírez González, A. C.
Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469436/
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► From the 1990’s there have been an increasing number of countries promoting laws to enhance public participation, transparency and accountability. Regarding legislation, this tendency reached…
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▼ From the 1990’s there have been an increasing number of countries promoting laws to enhance public participation, transparency and accountability. Regarding legislation, this tendency reached a peak of 52 countries from 2000 to 2010, and currently there are around 102 countries which have enacted laws on ‘access to information’. Increasing number of countries with legislation suggests a need for assessment, but how to measure ‘impact’ and ‘compliance’ of the legislation considering the complexity of both constructs? The thesis examines methodological foundations applied to the design, and validation of a conceptual model to assess both constructs. As research problem, the thesis examines which analytical constructs withstand the assessment tests and which are vindicated to be included as independent variables of the conceptual model. Mixed methodology was applied to conduct the research. Papers published in mainstream publications during the last ten years were selected by relevance to create the model. Content analysis, expert panel technique, and statistical analysis were applied to support decisions on (1) dependent variables operationalisation, (2) underpinning components of the model definition, and (3) independent variables inclusion criteria. The proposed model was validated by 17 experts from 10 countries, and it has two dependent and 66 independent variables. The construct ‘impact’ was measured applying an innovation to Pastakia’s matrix – RIAM–, and ‘compliance’ was assessed through statistical analysis of three questionnaires. The proposed model was applied in public higher education institutions under the legislation in UK and Chile, through case studies. Although impact and compliance are different constructs, their assessment when examining the incidence of legislation on ‘access to information’, held by public HEIs reported no considerable asymmetries in term of impact scores and compliance achievements. When major positive impacts were obtained, compliance also reported positive results, and when impact was slightly positive, compliance was equally moderate or good.
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Ramírez González, A. C. (2015). Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469436/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668485
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ramírez González, A C. “Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469436/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668485.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ramírez González, A C. “Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ramírez González AC. Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469436/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668485.
Council of Science Editors:
Ramírez González AC. Evidence, traces and connections : the search for a conceptual model to assess the impact of, and compliance with, legislation on 'access to information', in public higher education institutions : case studies - Chile and the UK. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2015. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469436/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668485
University College London (University of London)
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D'Asaro, Fabio Aurelio.
Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067238/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.772003
► Modelling agents that are able to reason about actions in an ever-changing environment continues to be a central challenge in Artificial Intelligence, and many technical…
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▼ Modelling agents that are able to reason about actions in an ever-changing environment continues to be a central challenge in Artificial Intelligence, and many technical frameworks that tackle it have been proposed over the past few decades. This thesis deals with this problem in the case in which the envi- ronment and its evolution is incompletely known, and agents can seek to gain further information about it and act accordingly. Two languages are proposed, namely PEC+ and EPEC, which extend a standard logical language for reasoning about actions known as the Event Calculus, and use Probability Theory as a measure of the agent's degree of belief about aspects of the domain. These languages are then shown to satisfy some essential properties. PEC+ is implemented and tested against a number of real world scenarios.
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D'Asaro, F. A. (2019). Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067238/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.772003
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
D'Asaro, Fabio Aurelio. “Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067238/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.772003.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
D'Asaro, Fabio Aurelio. “Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
D'Asaro FA. Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067238/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.772003.
Council of Science Editors:
D'Asaro FA. Probabilistic epistemic reasoning about actions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2019. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10067238/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.772003
University College London (University of London)
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Dahlan, Kinda R.
Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065575/
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► This thesis addresses the question: What implications do ICTs, and their related techno-social contexts, have on expanding the scope of collaborative research and information sharing…
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▼ This thesis addresses the question: What implications do ICTs, and their related techno-social contexts, have on expanding the scope of collaborative research and information sharing in oceanography? It does so by looking at data curation within the oceanographic community using a mixed methods approach that triangulates the results of three case studies. Oceanography, in its basic form, is the science of the oceans that combines several scientific disciplines to understand earth's hydrosphere and its interaction with the atmosphere. It is an interdisciplinary science that requires multidisciplinary collaboration to address global challenges that can benefit from the utilization of ICTs. This research examines parameters of information and communication practices within this community where there has been little attention to date as to the intersection of current ICTs and oceanography. In the scope of seven chapters, the research objectives are intended to 1) inform on information practices in multidisciplinary research contexts; 2) contribute to the understanding of the relationship between socio-technical and socio-ecological contexts; 3) provide an assessment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) usefulness in mediating between various stakeholders. Section 1 establishes the theoretical and methodological framework covering the historical connection between technology, oceanography, and ICTs. The methodology details a mixed methods design for data collection and analysis, expounding on approaches adopted to combine Social Network Analysis (SNA) and ethnographic semi-structured interviews and observations. In three consecutive chapters, section 2 describes each of three case studies, detailing study methods and findings. Section 3 draws on the studies in a discussion that interweaves conceptualization and practical application with current events, future direction, limitations, delimitations, and further research. Key findings revealed that Charmazian (2006) Grounded Theory is a successful approach for conducting a pilot study on information practices at a project meeting-based level, and that combining Engeström's (2001) AT with Latour's (1996) Actor-Network Theory, through the use of case studies and SNA, yields successful outcomes for the study of Communities of Practice (Wenger, 2008) within organizational settings. The SNA findings also uncovered fragmentation in the online oceanographic community, via Twitter data analysis. Overall, the research demonstrates the value of treating oceanographic data as "complex" rather than "big" data as the community expands from a data production to a data management community, and that ICTs do have a mitigating role in developing the scope of collaborative research surrounding these complex data in ways that could facilitate data ingestion and sharing within and beyond the community. Finally the research reveals stark difference between data scientists' objectives and those of data users and provides recommendations for organizations, individual researchers,…
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Dahlan, K. R. (2019). Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065575/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771903
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dahlan, Kinda R. “Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065575/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771903.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dahlan, Kinda R. “Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science.” 2019. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Dahlan KR. Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065575/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771903.
Council of Science Editors:
Dahlan KR. Digital waters : an assessment of information and communication practices in oceanography and multidisciplinary science. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2019. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065575/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771903
University College London (University of London)
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Williams, P. E.
Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities.
Degree: PhD, 2013, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1402654/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626005
► This research aimed to determine what web page attributes facilitate optimal website design for use by learning-disabled people – a topic hitherto rarely addressed. Qualitative…
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▼ This research aimed to determine what web page attributes facilitate optimal website design for use by learning-disabled people – a topic hitherto rarely addressed. Qualitative research developed methods appropriate for this cohort, determined attributes that impact on usability and explored ways of eliciting preferences. Attributes related to menu position, text size and images, which were then examined quantitatively by comparing web pages of different layouts. Task-times were analysed, determining which attributes have the greatest impact on performance. The main predictor of task-time was menu position, followed by text size. Images did not affect performance. The study also found that learning-disabled people have only ‘serial access’ to information when searching individual pages – it being imbibed sequentially until the required content is reached. Words on the left of horizontal menus were found quicker than those in the middle or right. Information access took longer from vertical menus, possibly because of the juxtaposition of distracting body text. Images were ignored until reached ‘serially’– and thus did not help signpost content. Small-text was consumed quicker than large, as the latter took up more lines and required more eye movements to negotiate. A three category rating scale and simple interviews elicited web design preferences. The ‘neutral’ category proved troublesome and so a refined four category scale without this mid-point was adopted which yielded a greater variety of results. In verbally eliciting preferences, ‘acquiescence bias’ was minimised by avoiding polar interrogatives - partly achieved by comparing different designs. Preferred designs were for large-text and images – the reverse of those facilitating fastest retrieval times, a discrepancy due to preferences being judged on aesthetic considerations. Design recommendations are offered which reconcile preference and performance findings. These include using a horizontal menu, juxtaposing images and text, and reducing text from sentences to phrases – facilitating preferred large-text without increasing task-times.
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Williams, P. E. (2013). Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1402654/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626005
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Williams, P E. “Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1402654/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626005.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Williams, P E. “Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities.” 2013. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Williams PE. Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1402654/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626005.
Council of Science Editors:
Williams PE. Comparing the efficacy of different web page interface attributes in facilitating information retrieval for people with mild learning disabilities. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2013. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1402654/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626005
University College London (University of London)
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Ross, C. S.
Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458024/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634698
► Visitor generated content projects are becoming increasingly significant in the development and delivery of engaging visitor experiences in museums in the UK, but the rationale…
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▼ Visitor generated content projects are becoming increasingly significant in the development and delivery of engaging visitor experiences in museums in the UK, but the rationale behind them and the impact they are having on not only visitor engagement but also museum practice are not always clear. There is a requirement to understand and articulate the impact of digital visitor co-creation in the museum environment and to discuss the challenges of implementing digital innovation projects in museums and the implications this has on institutional change. This thesis presents an investigation into the potential of digital visitor generated content applications in museum spaces to foster visitor engagement. The study emphasises that in order to develop engaging digital visitor generated content applications, museums must radically trust their visitors. As part of this research two digital visitor generated content systems were designed, tested, implemented and evaluated in three museums in the UK; the Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, the Imperial War Museum, London and the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester. This thesis discusses the process of inception to evaluation of these applications and considers their impact on visitor engagement and goes on to investigate the challenges they bring to implementing digital innovation in a museum environment. Two key issues came out of the research into digital visitor generated content; the importance of radical trust and the fact that post moderation with digital visitor generated content does work. Additionally this thesis identified a number of challenges about the way that digital innovation projects are conducted and how they could be overcome, and finally some recommendations are offered for museums seeking to undertake digital innovation projects in the future.
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Ross, C. S. (2014). Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458024/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634698
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ross, C S. “Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458024/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634698.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ross, C S. “Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ross CS. Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458024/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634698.
Council of Science Editors:
Ross CS. Radical trust works : an investigation of digital visitor generated content and visitor engagement in museum spaces. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1458024/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634698
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Penn, E. S. M.
Exploring archival value : an axiological approach.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455310/
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► The proposition of this thesis is to explore a key concept in archival theory and practice, namely the value of archives. The underlying principle is…
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▼ The proposition of this thesis is to explore a key concept in archival theory and practice, namely the value of archives. The underlying principle is that by drawing upon ideas from outside of the archival discipline – from axiology – this concept can be examined in an innovative and reflective manner. The evaluation of archives is a core activity for archivists. Archivists make value judgements when they decide what to keep and what to destroy, and in how they choose to arrange and describe archives. However, although the term ‘value’ appears frequently in the professional archival literature, often linked with other qualifying terms, including ‘historical’, ‘evidential’, ‘legal’ and ‘informational’, these terms are contested, often ill-defined, and frequently misleading. This thesis critically examines the theoretical concepts behind such terms and their use within the archival profession. The application of Theory Derivation methodology, which employs analogy or metaphor to transpose and redefine a concept or theory from one context to another, enables the author to find new insight and explanations for archival value from the field of axiology (the study of value and value judgements). This thesis explores questions about what sort of property or characteristic of an object gives it value, whether having value is an objective or a subjective matter, and whether value can be measured. Philosophical concepts of value, in particular concepts of intrinsic value – as exemplified in the work of G. E. Moore (1 873-1958) – are explored. The re-interpretation of key tenets of archival theory, including appraisal, provenance and respect des fonds, through the particular framework of Moore’s Principle of organic unities will demonstrate that the concept of value has a wider resonance in the archival field than has been previously considered.
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Penn, E. S. M. (2014). Exploring archival value : an axiological approach. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455310/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634637
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Penn, E S M. “Exploring archival value : an axiological approach.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455310/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634637.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Penn, E S M. “Exploring archival value : an axiological approach.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Penn ESM. Exploring archival value : an axiological approach. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455310/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634637.
Council of Science Editors:
Penn ESM. Exploring archival value : an axiological approach. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2014. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455310/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634637
University College London (University of London)
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Bunn, J. J.
Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description.
Degree: PhD, 2011, University College London (University of London)
URL: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340156/
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► This thesis takes a grounded theory approach in an attempt to seek, articulate and communicate a deeper understanding of the practice known as archival description.…
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▼ This thesis takes a grounded theory approach in an attempt to seek, articulate and communicate a deeper understanding of the practice known as archival description. In so doing, it also seeks to allow readers to experience for themselves the process through which this thesis took shape, the research journey through which emerged both the questions and the answers. A more detailed exposition of the stages within this process is given in chapter three, which thereby acts as one route map to the whole. Another such map is provided here, in the following brief summary. Undertaking this journey, the questions that emerged included; what does autonomy mean, how is it possible to communicate, to bridge the gap between the separateness of individuals, and ultimately, how is it possible to have separateness without being separate? Then again, the answers that evolved concurrently seemed to lie in using a cybernetic perspective, and employing the concept of autopoiesis or self-production, whereby it is thought possible to become separate without being so. Further, as a result of the questions and answers explored above, a thesis took shape, that practicing archival description is a point of view, one from which it is difficult to lose sight of the observing within the observation, that is to say it is a point of view about how we look at the world and form a point of view in respect of it, about how we know what we know. It is this thesis which will be laid out in later chapters of this work, but first will follow introductions to both the substantive area of interest (archival description) and the approach taken (grounded theory).
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Bunn, J. J. (2011). Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description. (Doctoral Dissertation). University College London (University of London). Retrieved from https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340156/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565386
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bunn, J J. “Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University College London (University of London). Accessed March 04, 2021.
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340156/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565386.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bunn, J J. “Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Bunn JJ. Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340156/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565386.
Council of Science Editors:
Bunn JJ. Multiple narratives, multiple views : observing archival description. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University College London (University of London); 2011. Available from: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1340156/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565386
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Schauer, Alexander.
Developing a holistic framework of key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7274/
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▼ The aim of this thesis is to develop a holistic framework that depicts key categories of influences that shape individual perceptions of knowledge sharing within an organisational setting. This aim stems from a systematic literature review that indicates that despite the large volume of literature in regards to knowledge sharing, the field has not yet arrived at a consensus as to the key categories of influences, defined at a high level, that shape individuals’ knowledge sharing perceptions. In order to uncover the key categories of influences, an exploratory and qualitative case study strategy was executed. Empirical data were gathered from a total of 24 interviewees that were based in four different country branches (i.e. China, the Netherlands, the UK and the US) of a single IT services organisation. Using constant comparison, findings point towards a holistic framework that depicts four key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective. The first key influence revolves around institutions which act as a united entity on individual perceptions of knowledge sharing. The second key influence fundamentally different in nature concentrates on relations between individuals sharing knowledge. The third key influence focuses on the individuals themselves (called sharers) and how their attitudes and characteristics can shape their knowledge sharing perceptions. The fourth and final key influence centres on knowledge itself and how this can shape individual perceptions of knowledge sharing. In addition, findings suggest that the four key influences not only shape knowledge sharing independently but that all four key influences are intertwined and together form a holistic framework. Combined, these two sets of findings indicate that knowledge sharing from an individual-level perspective is a more complex phenomenon than currently portrayed in the literature, which has focused on some of the key influences or depicted some of the interrelationships. Yet to better understand the knowledge sharing phenomenon from an individual perspective all four key influences, each being fundamentally different in nature, and their relationships should be taken into account.
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schauer, Alexander. “Developing a holistic framework of key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7274/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628586.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schauer, Alexander. “Developing a holistic framework of key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Schauer A. Developing a holistic framework of key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7274/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628586.
Council of Science Editors:
Schauer A. Developing a holistic framework of key categories of influences that shape knowledge sharing from an individual perspective. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2014. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7274/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628586
University of Sheffield
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Chapman, Elizabeth L.
Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11802/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677356
► This thesis investigates the extent of provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries, how it is procured and made…
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▼ This thesis investigates the extent of provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries, how it is procured and made available, staff attitudes, and factors affecting provision. The research drew on a pragmatic philosophy and used a mixed-methods approach, comprising a checklist study, questionnaires and interviews. The literature review highlighted a need for portrayals of LGBT people in children’s and Young Adult fiction: this can have benefits for young LGBT people and children of LGBT parents, as well as for increasing understanding among others. Despite this, there has been little attention to the area in UK library research or practice, and the small amount of extant research suggests provision is poor. The study found that provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people was generally limited in the participating authorities, particularly as regards younger children’s books and accessible formats. Staff attitudes were positive but not pro-active, with many admitting to never having thought about the area. Some concerns emerged, namely the provision of materials to younger children; materials with sexual content; the quality of materials; US-focused titles; promotion; and the possibility of complaint. The thesis presents a number of models of factors resulting in poor provision. A key factor is that many books are published outside the UK and consequently do not come through mainstream suppliers. This combines with a lack of awareness among librarians, who consequently do not seek out titles elsewhere. Budget and workload seem likely to have an increasing impact in the current economic situation. The model is situated within a broader environment of hetero/cisnormativity, stigma, and a neoliberal approach to library provision which may result in the neglect of areas perceived as ‘niche’. The thesis concludes by summarising the contributions of the study to research and practice, and presenting recommendations.
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Chapman, E. L. (2015). Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11802/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677356
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chapman, Elizabeth L. “Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11802/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677356.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chapman, Elizabeth L. “Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Chapman EL. Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11802/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677356.
Council of Science Editors:
Chapman EL. Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in English public libraries : a mixed-methods study. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11802/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677356
University of Sheffield
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Wakeling, Simon.
Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9163/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648015
► This project, undertaken in collaboration with OCLC, aimed to investigate the potential role of recommendations within WorldCat, the publicly accessible union catalogue of libraries participating…
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▼ This project, undertaken in collaboration with OCLC, aimed to investigate the potential role of recommendations within WorldCat, the publicly accessible union catalogue of libraries participating in the OCLC global cooperative. The goal of the project was a set of conceptual design guidelines for a WorldCat.org recommender system, based on a comprehensive understanding of the systems users and their needs. Taking a mixed-methods approach, the investigation consisted of four phases. Phase one consisted of twenty-one focus groups with key user goups held in three locations; the UK, the US, and Australia and New Zealand. Phase 2 consisted of a pop-up survey implemented on WorldCat.org, and gathered 2,918 responses. Phase three represented an analysis of two months of WorldCat.org transaction log data, consisting of over 15,000,000 sessions. Phase four was a lab based user study investigating and comparing the use of WorldCat.org with Amazon. Findings from each strand were integrated, and the key themes to emerge from the research are discussed. Different methods of classifying the WorldCat.org user population are presented, along with a taxonomy of work- and search-tasks. Key perspectives on the utility of a recommender system are considered, along with a reflection on how the information search behaviour exhibited by users interacting with recommendations while undertaking typical catalogue tasks can be interpreted. Based on the enriched perspective of the system, and the role of recommendation in the catalogue, a series of conceptual design specifications are presented for the development of a WorldCat.org recommender system.
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Wakeling, S. (2015). Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9163/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648015
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wakeling, Simon. “Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9163/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648015.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wakeling, Simon. “Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wakeling S. Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9163/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648015.
Council of Science Editors:
Wakeling S. Establishing user requirements for a recommender system in an online union catalogue : an investigation of WorldCat.org. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9163/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648015
University of Sheffield
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Egberongbe, Halima S. T.
An investigation of quality management approaches in university libraries in south western Nigeria.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12533/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682307
► In the face of rapidly increasing technological changes to the educational and information environment, the academic library has continued to play a significant role as…
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▼ In the face of rapidly increasing technological changes to the educational and information environment, the academic library has continued to play a significant role as a social organisation in support of knowledge creation and research within the higher education system. Academic libraries are thus expected to comply with rapid global developments in education through efficient delivery of services in order to contribute to the growth of the institution it serves. In Nigeria, quality management models have been identified as the appropriate management structures that can provide libraries with the necessary techniques to improve their value through efficient services to their user communities. Even though a few studies have identified the benefits of quality management adoption and implementation in higher education institutions (HEIs), there are no studies reporting on quality management adoption and implementation in Nigerian university libraries. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to explore quality management practices in academic libraries in south-western (SW) Nigeria in a two-phased study in which the second phase was dominant. The choice of the approach was because it was found appropriate for answering the research questions of the study. The approach afforded the opportunity of gaining a better insight into the investigation, with the two methods complementing each other as opposed to a single method. The first (quantitative) phase involved an exploratory online survey which was conducted to assess management practices and quality service delivery in 24 university libraries studied. The study found a wide range of views on management practices and service delivery. The findings suggest that the respondents were aware of QM practices, service delivery and its impact on the mission and vision, learning outcomes, employee satisfaction, staff development and performance. They were therefore able to give informed views on the issues being investigated in the study. It was also revealed that despite the fact that participating universities fell into different categories, the majority of the university librarians agreed on the need for QM practices as a means of improving academic library services. In the second phase, semi-structured, in depth interviews with 15 heads of libraries and 10 focus group discussions with non-management staffs (73) of the libraries were conducted to build on and confirm the findings from the quantitative phase of study. The study found that the application of QM principles in the university libraries was not in line with any best practice to shape QM and as such could not lead to consistent QM implementation. The study found that most of the university libraries adhered to the external quality assurance system prescribed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the university for the purpose of accreditation of academic programmes. There were no quality management tools in place for use in Nigerian university libraries, but rather libraries employed the principles…
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Egberongbe, Halima S T. “An investigation of quality management approaches in university libraries in south western Nigeria.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12533/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682307.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Egberongbe, Halima S T. “An investigation of quality management approaches in university libraries in south western Nigeria.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Egberongbe HST. An investigation of quality management approaches in university libraries in south western Nigeria. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12533/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682307.
Council of Science Editors:
Egberongbe HST. An investigation of quality management approaches in university libraries in south western Nigeria. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12533/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682307
University of Sheffield
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Abdulhadi, Munirah.
The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13234/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687225
► This research investigates the use of social tagging systems in facilitating access to academic libraries. Social tagging allows users to assign free-text keywords, or 'tags',…
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▼ This research investigates the use of social tagging systems in facilitating access to academic libraries. Social tagging allows users to assign free-text keywords, or 'tags', to describe information items. Users' tags are usually employed to provide a flexible way to access, manage, and share information. This research is a usercentred study focusing on bilingual students (Arabic/English speakers) to explore the use of social tagging in academic library catalogues. Several aspects are examined regarding library catalogue usage, language skills and preferences in tagging and searching; students tagging behaviour; and the potential use of social tagging functionalities in academic libraries. The participants in this research were students and librarians from Kuwait University, the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait; and the University of Sheffield (UK). A mixed-methods approach was adopted, which included: a comparative analysis of 11 existing social tagging systems; a survey involving 241 students; an interactive tagging experiment involving 46 students; and semi-structured interviews with 10 librarians. Methods were employed in two phases and results were analysed using quantitative methods and qualitative thematic analysis. The key contributions to this research include developing a descriptive model of bilingual (Arabic-English) students' tagging behaviour. This captures interactions between users, resources and tag, and highlighting the influencing factors on the creation of tags. This includes cognitive, text/content and tag language choice influences. In addition, the research has established five main categories of social tagging functions: posting, searching, browsing, managing and sharing. The categories were linked to the SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy (IL) that were explored and evaluated to provide a framework of social tagging and information literacy that situate the prospective use of social tagging and it support to IL practices within academic libraries. The findings of this research confirm that students and librarians are interested in using social tagging within the library catalogue and perceive tags in multiple languages to be appropriate as a way of supporting information discovery. The research also recommends that social tagging functions should be considered for the future development of academic library catalogue services to support the engagement and participation of students. Furthermore, to obtain the greatest utility of social tagging systems in academic libraries this research also proposes guidelines regarding best practices of using tags, as well as recommendations for implementing social tagging systems.
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Abdulhadi, M. (2016). The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13234/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687225
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Abdulhadi, Munirah. “The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13234/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687225.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Abdulhadi, Munirah. “The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Abdulhadi M. The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13234/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687225.
Council of Science Editors:
Abdulhadi M. The use of social tagging in academic libraries : an investigation of bilingual students. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2016. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13234/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687225
University of Sheffield
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Ahmad Kharman Shah, Nordiana.
Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11505/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677334
► Twitter is one of the most widely used social media tools, increasingly the object of academic research but also in use by academics themselves in…
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▼ Twitter is one of the most widely used social media tools, increasingly the object of academic research but also in use by academics themselves in their daily professional practice (Focus, 2010; Gerber, 2012; Lupton, 2014; Rowlands, Nicholas, Russell, Canty, & Watkinson, 2011). A number of empirical studies have been conducted to identify the uses and benefits of Twitter by scholars, at a general level. Among its core benefits appear to be that it offers a professional and scientific conversation channel, a means for sharing research ideas and increased research visibility, bridging geographical distances among academics community and practitioners; the facilitation of global partnerships in research; augmentation of teaching and learning; and the strengthening of academics’ engagement with public audiences, enhancing academic esteem and self-promotion (Lupton, 2014; Pearce, Weller, Scanlon, & Kinsley, 2010; Veletsianos & Kimmons, 2012a; Veletsianos, 2013). However, there has been little qualitative research on how academics practice Twitter (Kieslinger, Ebner, & Wiesenhofer, 2011; Lupton, 2014; Veletsianos, 2011, 2013). In this context, the aim of the study was to explore academics’ adoption and use of Twitter in UK Higher Education and the factors that influence their use of it. The study employed a qualitative method within an interpretive methodology (Mason, 2002; Miles & Huberman, 1994). A semi-structured interview was the main method of data collection; complemented by digital observation and interview observation. A total of 28 academics from five faculties at The University of Sheffield (UoS) were interviewed. A thematic approach was taken to data analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Findings captured detailed trajectories of academics’ Twitter use and six main themes emerged in the findings, namely: (1) the characteristics of Twitter users, (2) immediate drivers to adopt Twitter, (3) the pattern of adoption, (4) the range of Twitter uses, (5) temporal and behavioural patterns of Twitter use and (6) academic concerns over using Twitter. In addition, the study explores how attributes of the platform and technology affordances have key roles in shaping the practice. The study found that academics’ participation on Twitter is complex and multifaceted. Academics engage with Twitter for different purposes mainly in pursuit of academic interests and not for personal use. Findings identified nine types of Twitter use namely: (1) communication; (2) dissemination; (3) pedagogical activities; (4) building relationships and maintaining networks; (5) performing digital identity; (6) taking micro-breaks; (7) information seeking and gathering; (8) learning and (9) coordinating or amplifying other social media and website use. They perform these activities in strategic ways through a certain routines and develop approaches in managing its use. However, there is no simple formula to carrying out these activities. From a broader perspective, this study recognised two different views of the academic experience in relation to…
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Ahmad Kharman Shah, N. (2015). Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11505/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677334
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ahmad Kharman Shah, Nordiana. “Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11505/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677334.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ahmad Kharman Shah, Nordiana. “Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ahmad Kharman Shah N. Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11505/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677334.
Council of Science Editors:
Ahmad Kharman Shah N. Factors influencing academics' use of microblogging in higher education. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11505/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677334
University of Sheffield
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Mojtahed, Reza.
An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12398/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682301
► The purpose of this study is to develop a clearer understanding of the factors influencing the decision making of public sector administrators at the postimplementation…
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▼ The purpose of this study is to develop a clearer understanding of the factors influencing the decision making of public sector administrators at the postimplementation stage of electronic government (e-Government) projects in the UK. Egovernment refers to the provision of government services through the use of a government portal based on e-Government development models. Despite a wealth of e- Government adoption and implementation studies, there is a paucity of literature describing the roles of e-Government decision makers post-implementation. Therefore, this single case (i.e. Sheffield City Council) interpretivist study, using semistructured interviews for data collection, makes a unique contribution to the literature. Semi-structured interviews were applied to collect the data and the researcher interviewed 17 managers and member of staff from Sheffield City Council. Subsequent data and thematic analysis has revealed four themes. The first theme concerns organisational management issues (e.g. corporate strategy, reputation management, project initiators, etc.). The second theme concerns financial factors of post-implementation decision making behaviours. The third theme relates to technological factors, including IT risks, scale of IT improvement and system accessibility. While the fourth theme concerns the influence of government policy factors. These themes are interrelated and impact upon each other. Also, organisational management theme is identified as core factor of e-Government post-implementation decision making. The findings of this study have implications in the field of postimplementation e-Government decision making. Public sector managers should be sure to give due consideration to each of these themes ahead of post-implementation decision making in order to arrive at better and more informed decisions.
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Mojtahed, R. (2015). An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12398/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682301
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mojtahed, Reza. “An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12398/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682301.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mojtahed, Reza. “An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Mojtahed R. An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12398/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682301.
Council of Science Editors:
Mojtahed R. An identification of decision-making factors in post-implementation development of e-government projects in the UK : a single case study of Sheffield City Council. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12398/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682301
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Ebenezer, Catherine.
'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19826/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737870
► The overall aim of the study was to investigate barriers to online professional information seeking, use and sharing occurring within the NHS in England, their…
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▼ The overall aim of the study was to investigate barriers to online professional information seeking, use and sharing occurring within the NHS in England, their possible effects (upon education, working practices, working lives and clinical and organisational effectiveness), and possible explanatory or causative factors. The investigation adopted a qualitative case study approach, using semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis as its methods, with three NHS Trusts of different types (acute - district general hospital, mental health / community, acute – teaching) as the nested sites of data collection. It aimed to be both exploratory and explanatory. A stratified sample of participants, including representatives of professions whose perspectives were deemed to be relevant, and clinicians with educational or staff development responsibilities, was recruited for each Trust. Three non-Trust specialists (the product manager of a secure web gateway vendor, an academic e-learning specialist, and the senior manager at NICE responsible for the NHS Evidence electronic content and web platform) were also interviewed. Policy documents, statistics, strategies, reports and quality accounts for the Trusts were obtained via public websites, from participants or via Freedom of Information requests. Thematic analysis following the approach of Braun and Clarke (2006) was adopted as the analytic method for both interviews and documents. The key themes of the results that emerged are presented: barriers to accessing and using information, education and training, professional cultures and norms, information governance and security, and communications policy. The findings are discussed under three main headings: power, culture, trust and risk in information security; use and regulation of Web 2.0 and social media, and the system of professions. It became evident that the roots of problems with access to and use of such information lay deep within the culture and organisational characteristics of the NHS and its use of IT. A possible model is presented to explain the interaction of the various technical and organisational factors that were identified as relevant. A number of policy recommendations are put forward to improve access to published information at Trust level, as well as recommendations for further research.
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Ebenezer, C. (2017). 'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19826/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737870
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ebenezer, Catherine. “'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19826/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737870.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ebenezer, Catherine. “'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ebenezer C. 'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19826/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737870.
Council of Science Editors:
Ebenezer C. 'Access denied'? : barriers for staff accessing, using and sharing published information online within the National Health Service (NHS) in England : technology, risk, culture, policy and practice. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19826/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737870
University of Sheffield
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Thumbumrung, Titima.
Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19371/
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► Despite existing work, the nature and construction of knowledge boundaries remains little explored. Moreover, previous studies that have examined how knowledge is managed across boundaries,…
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▼ Despite existing work, the nature and construction of knowledge boundaries remains little explored. Moreover, previous studies that have examined how knowledge is managed across boundaries, have usually been in the context of new product development in industry. Models developed in this context may be less applicable in the public sector because of its hierarchical structures and requirements for accountability. The aim of this research is therefore to explore the nature of boundaries and how knowledge is managed across them in a public sector context. The research takes a case study approach focusing on an interdisciplinary research project that was set up to develop Computerised Tomography (CT) and Digital X-Ray (DR) scanners in a governmental research organisation in Thailand. This is an ongoing joint project between two different knowledge communities from different disciplines and national research centres. It proposed the first development of the cone-beam CT scanner in Thailand, called DentiiScan. The research adopts an interpretative methodology to explore multiple viewpoints and meanings that actors attach to phenomena. Data were collected through a multi-method qualitative approach based on: face-to-face interview; participant observation; and collection of documentation and other artefacts. Data were analysed through thematic analysis. The findings from this case study suggest, in line with previous research, that there are three progressively complex boundaries: information-processing, interpretative, and political boundaries; and three progressively complex processes to overcome them: transfer, translation, and transformation. However, the findings suggest that knowledge management in such contexts is a more challenging and complicated undertaking than currently portrayed in previous work because: (i.) knowledge boundaries are dynamic and tend to change throughout the project life cycle, often co-existing and overlapping; (ii.) different actors look at the same phenomena but sometimes perceive them as different types of knowledge boundaries; and (iii.) boundaries do not only arise from differences in knowledge and disciplinary perception, but also from ignorance of these differences between interacting actors from different communities. Furthermore, in this case, the hierarchical organisational structures help to clarify differences and dependencies in knowledge and responsibility among members, and create clear lines of communication. This helps overcome boundaries though the chain of command makes decision-making slow. A framework for managing knowledge across boundaries that emerges from the analysis is proposed. This research extends theory and a model for managing knowledge across boundaries, more specifically Carlile’s three-tier model (2004, 2002), and demonstrates their applicability in a new setting. The findings bring into focus the complexity of knowledge management across boundaries by suggesting that sometimes they cannot be categorised easily. There is a need to acknowledge the dynamic…
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Thumbumrung, T. (2017). Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19371/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733614
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Thumbumrung, Titima. “Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19371/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733614.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Thumbumrung, Titima. “Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Thumbumrung T. Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19371/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733614.
Council of Science Editors:
Thumbumrung T. Knowledge management across boundaries : a case study of an interdisciplinary research project in Thailand. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19371/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733614
University of Sheffield
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Almotawah, Wafaa.
The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15186/
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https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694683
► The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Kuwait University (KU) libraries in supporting graduate students' research. The focus is on the…
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▼ The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Kuwait University (KU) libraries in supporting graduate students' research. The focus is on the information use and behaviour of graduate students and the research process. The study is a mixed methods case study carried out in two phases. The first phase (quantitative) is based on responses to a questionnaire distributed to 587 graduate students from four colleges (engineering, arts, science and law) at KU. The second phase (qualitative) is based on in-depth semistructured interviews conducted with 48 students from the same sample. The results of the first phase highlighted disciplinary differences in using the library. Whitley's theory (2000) was used as a framework to help understand disciplinary differences that shaped the information use and behaviour of the graduate students in the studied cases. However, no research has been conducted using Whitley's theory to understand the role of the library in supporting graduate students' research, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, this research aims to fill that gap. In addition, the findings of this study may assist Kuwait University Libraries Administration (KULA) in designing an intervention to support different disciplinary needs. The four specialised fields (electrical engineering, microbiology, Islamic history and public law) are compared as nested cases. Each discipline has its own culture and needs, which in turn shape the students' information needs. An analysis of these needs revealed similarities in the use of the library across the disciplines, as well as significant differences. The findings indicate that cultural elements - such as the nature of the discipline; the study mode; information needs; students' personal experiences; library services; external sources and financial adequacy - all had a great influence on graduate students' use of KU libraries during the research stages.
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Almotawah, W. (2016). The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15186/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694683
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Almotawah, Wafaa. “The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15186/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694683.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Almotawah, Wafaa. “The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research.” 2016. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Almotawah W. The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15186/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694683.
Council of Science Editors:
Almotawah W. The role of Kuwait university libraries in supporting graduate students' research. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2016. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15186/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694683
University of Sheffield
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Jarusawat, Piyapat.
An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19631/
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► The cultural heritage of the Lanna region of upper northern Thailand is unique. One of its distinctive features is palm leaf manuscripts (“Khamphi Bailan”), which…
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▼ The cultural heritage of the Lanna region of upper northern Thailand is unique. One of its distinctive features is palm leaf manuscripts (“Khamphi Bailan”), which are viewed simultaneously as examples of sacred writing, means of transferring cultural knowledge, religious symbols, artefacts of beauty, products of a particular cultural tradition, and fragile historical documents. The aim of this study is to develop a model of community-based collection management for palm leaf manuscripts by exploring the views of community members and experts. Four models of community involvement provide possible guidelines for the management of these manuscripts. The first model is that of community-focused information services (Becvar & Srinivasan, 2009), taken from librarianship studies. The second and third are from archival science: participatory archiving (Shilton & Srinivasan, 2007) and community archiving (Flinn, 2007, 2010). The last model is that of indigenous curation (Kreps, 2005, 2008), which is influenced by the new museology. All of them are based on community engagement with cultural collections. The research method was interview-based and qualitative. Semi-structured interviews, participant observation and a photographic inventory (Collier & Collier, 1986) were used as the methods of data collection. The two groups of participants within the main study comprised 11 community members and 12 experts. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The results of the study revealed that the community members and experts had similar ideas about the knowledge contained in PLMs, seeing their value in terms of Buddhism, herbal medicine, history, language and literature, and academic study and research. However, certain emphases were different. For example, although both groups regarded the teaching of Buddhist concepts as the most important content of PLMs, community members had more belief in the value being primarily sacred; the manuscripts, to them, allowed the making of religious merit. Further, the results demonstrated that the two sets of participants held slightly different views about how PLMs should be managed. In this respect, the experts thought that custodians should be the owners of PLMs because it was they who were directly responsible for the manuscripts; community members, in contrast, felt that the community itself should be recognised as possessing ownership. In terms of the classification of PLMs, the community group held the opinion that manuscripts should be classified by age and value; the experts showed a preference for using the content of PLMs to separate them into subject categories. Moreover, the experts opted for practicality and appearance in accessible storage methods to keep PLMs, but the community wanted to see the manuscripts stored in traditional ways, with new designs created in order to display the PLMs to the public. With regard to PLM preservation, it emerged that community members wished to maintain traditional approaches, particularly in the way that PLMs were kept but also in…
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Jarusawat, P. (2017). An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19631/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737858
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jarusawat, Piyapat. “An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19631/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737858.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jarusawat, Piyapat. “An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand.” 2017. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jarusawat P. An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19631/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737858.
Council of Science Editors:
Jarusawat P. An exploration of the potential for collaborative management of palm leaf manuscripts as Lanna cultural material in northern Thailand. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2017. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19631/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737858
University of Sheffield
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Birdi, Briony.
'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12093/
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► This thesis aims to investigate the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic English language fiction in public libraries, focusing on materials written by Black…
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▼ This thesis aims to investigate the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic English language fiction in public libraries, focusing on materials written by Black British and Asian authors. In order to achieve this, a literature review and three empirical studies were conducted, using a mixed methods approach. The literature review showed that previous research in the field of minority ethnic fiction had largely overlooked its readership, and furthermore that academic models of fiction reading had not considered this type of material. The first study was a survey of the reading habits and attitudes of library users, conducted via a quantitative questionnaire and subsequent qualitative interviews. This was cross-sectional at the individual respondent level, but a longitudinal element was also included at the library level, which enabled analysis by community type, local ethnicity and class. The second study was a qualitative exploration of perceptions of reader ‘types’ using personal construct theory and the associated repertory grid technique, in order to generate and explore a series of constructs relating to the characteristics of fiction readers. The third, quantitative study also drew from personal construct theory, adapting the repertory grid to investigate in greater depth a group of readers’ beliefs, attitudes and intentions to read certain fiction genres. A model of genre fiction reading is presented, based on the research findings. This identifies a new fiction reader profile and gives a causal ordering to the characteristics of the fiction reader which had previously not been achieved. The model is also demonstrably flexible to allow different types of factors to be included, and to further explore the interactions between these factors. Finally, the theoretical and professional contributions of the research are summarised, and recommendations are made for future research and the development within libraries and the book trade of minority ethnic fiction collections.
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Birdi, B. (2014). 'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12093/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680552
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Birdi, Briony. “'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12093/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680552.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Birdi, Briony. “'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries.” 2014. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Birdi B. 'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12093/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680552.
Council of Science Editors:
Birdi B. 'We are here because you were there' : an investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2014. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12093/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680552
University of Sheffield
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Salha, S.
The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy.
Degree: PhD, 2011, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1538/
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► Information literacy was the investigated subject of this PhD research which aimed to study the variations and changes in Syrian school librarians conceptions of information…
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▼ Information literacy was the investigated subject of this PhD research which aimed to study the variations and changes in Syrian school librarians conceptions of information literacy. The main target group was a twenty Syrian school librarians working in high schools in Damascus and its Suburb, ten of them graduated librarians and the rest are classroom teachers who were transferred to the library to perform the duties of the school librarian. The targeted group was purposely selected with intention as broadest as possible samples from different educational, social and ethical backgrounds. The researcher adopted a phenomenographic approach to discover how the Syrian school librarians conceive the phenomenon of information literacy and how their conceptions changed after attending an information literacy programme designed by the researcher. The research was in three phases: the first phase aimed to discover and study the school librarians' conceptions of information literacy by conducting a pure phenomenographic approach. Six different conceptions of information literacy were emerged as a result to first phase analysis. The second phase aimed to provide the school librarians with a wide range of perspectives, conceptions and thoughts of information literacy discussed worldwide via an information training programme designed especially to serve that purpose. The training programme was designed by the researcher who consulted a broad literature and methods in attempts to integrate different ideas from different territories. For example, she employed business methods such as Eat the Elephant strategy and SWOT analysis, training methods such as icebreaking and team working, Soft System method such as rich picture and mind map, educational methods such as integrating different teaching styles to meet different learning needs style and communication method such as body language and presentations. The third phase aimed to discover the variations and changes in school librarians' conceptions of information literacy by conducting a new phenomenographic approach. The third phase was conducted six months after the second phase to give the participants chance to discover the concept of information literacy in real world practice. Seven different conceptions were emerged as a result to analysing second phase interviews. The findings of the research indicate that the school librarians' conceptions of information literacy at the first phase were influenced by their context (school library) and experiences as school librarians, though, further studies are vital. In the third phase the school librarians evidenced more complex and boarder conceptions. Further they were able to combine and create different conceptions to meet their schools' needs. It is interesting to mention that school librarians were not only able to create new conceptions of information literacy that meet their needs, but they were also able to in the Arabic literature.
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Salha, S. (2011). The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1538/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557439
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Salha, S. “The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1538/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557439.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Salha, S. “The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy.” 2011. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Salha S. The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1538/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557439.
Council of Science Editors:
Salha S. The variations and the changes in the school librarian's perspectives of information literacy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2011. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1538/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557439
University of Sheffield
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Schofield, Alice.
Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/
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► This thesis aims to provide an evaluation of intellectual assets for the Scholarship and Collections Directorate (now Collections) at the British Library. Intellectual assets are…
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▼ This thesis aims to provide an evaluation of intellectual assets for the Scholarship and Collections Directorate (now Collections) at the British Library. Intellectual assets are assets which belong to and benefit an organization but do not have any tangible net worth, thus making it difficult to provide evidence of their value. An organization such as the British Library which is entirely dependent on the expertise of its staff, the way its collections are used and the relationships it forges with external stakeholders relies heavily on its intellectual assets and therefore a method for identifying and evaluating them in relation to the Library’s strategic aims is vitally important. This project is especially timely due to the financial constraints placed on the Library by the recent financial crisis and the changes to the Directorate’s infrastructure which have taken place since 2010. The data for this project was gathered on site at the British Library, using largely qualitative methods. Several in-depth interviews were conducted with Scholarship and Collections staff and stakeholders, and this was supported by a questionnaire distributed to all employees of the Directorate which was designed to collect further qualitative data as well as some quantitative data to support the findings. A phenomenographical approach was used during the data analysis process. This entailed focusing on the ways that individuals experience and interact with a particular phenomenon, in this case how Scholarship and Collections staff and stakeholders interact with intellectual assets. Several suggestions were made based on the collected data for how the Directorate could improve its utilisation of intellectual assets, which were largely concerned with encouraging a matrix culture within the Library and greater promotion of staff expertise and the services they could offer. An evaluation tool was developed which would enable users to use KPIs to generate qualitative data for evaluating intellectual assets. As a case study, this research is naturally limited to a particular location and period in time. Limited resources also prevented certain ethnographic groups, such as British Library users, from being included. However, the model which has been developed can be adapted for application to other organisations wishing to perform an intellectual asset evaluation. This project has formulated an intellectual asset evaluation tool which relies on qualitative methods, something which has not been fully accomplished before. It also provides a basis for the evaluation of IAs in libraries, an area of study which had not garnered much attention previously. The evaluation tool was designed so that it might be adapted for the use of other similar organisations.
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Schofield, A. (2015). Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745635
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schofield, Alice. “Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed March 04, 2021.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745635.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schofield, Alice. “Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library.” 2015. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Schofield A. Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 04].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745635.
Council of Science Editors:
Schofield A. Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2015. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745635
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