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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Library studies"”.
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Distributed libaries: an investigation into the challenge of providing appropriate library services to off-campus users of Brisith university libraries
… During the last five years research into library usage patterns of both groups of users, and into the expectations of their course providers, has given university librarians extremely valuable information on which to base these distributed services. AX the same time service developments, …
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Crossing Boundaries: Patients’ Experiences of using a Diabetes eHealth System
This thesis is concerned with exploring patients’ experiences of using a diabetes eHealth system. The context of the study is the growth of interest in eHealth systems that focus on patient needs, alongside increasing home computer use and the rising incidence of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. …
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Developing a holistic framework for assessing research impact in South African higher education institutions, using a research-intensive university as a case study
Scholarly communication has become less linear, less opaque and less rigid than before as both the research process and the end products are being transformed inexorably. The impact of research goes beyond academia, research also impacts society, and thus academic reward systems need to also be …
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The AH1N1 Influenza crisis in Mexico: A critique of contemporary tourism crisis and disaster management models and frameworks
Tourism experts appear to agree that at some point in time each individual tourism destination will eventually encounter disruption, in the form of a crisis or a disaster. The subsequent negative impacts will threaten the destination’s stability and immediate future. Crisis management models and …
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Classification of Finishing Tools in Greek Bookbinding: Establishing links from the Library of St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
The thesis examines the decoration of Greek bookbinding, through the study of the leather-covered bindings from the monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai, Egypt. The manuscript collection is remarkable for the variety of binding styles that represent mainly Greek but also other bookbinding …
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Assessment of the security systems in selected libraries of higher learning institutions in Zambia.
… Security issues in libraries include theft of library materials, the mutilation or vandalism of library resources and dealing with disruptive patrons. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate security measures implemented to prevent theft of library resources and other disruptive …
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Assessment of the security systems in selected libraries of higher learning institutions in Zambia.
… Security issues in libraries include theft of library materials, the mutilation or vandalism of library resources and dealing with disruptive patrons. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate security measures implemented to prevent theft of library resources and other disruptive …
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Using document clustering and language modelling in mediated information retrieval.
… document collections. Our work was inspired by library studies which have highlighted the role of the librarian in helping the user explore her information need, define the problem to be solved, articulate a formulation of the information need and adapt it for the retrieval system at hand in …
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Definitions of quality: a study of quality systems and their relevance to academic libraries
The current quality movement can be traced back to the teachings of the so-called "Quality Gurus" in the period immediately following the Second World War. Although initially most successful in Japan, and credited with much of that country's industrial success, the theories and techniques put …
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User information need, information seeking behaviour and information service provision in the context of citizenship and business activities.
… A subsequent project investigated public library users' European information needs. A mix of questionnaire and observation was employed. There had been no related previous research and the results revealed new data on primary need, the variety of contexts of information use and barriers to …
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An investigation of the relationship between value chain activities and generic strategies in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in UK manufacturing
In this study an in depth investigation of successful competitive strategies for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is undertaken. The overall aim of this study is to analyse the strategic orientation of UK Manufacturing SMEs. In the process, it will test Porter’s (1980, 1985) theoretical …
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Barcoded Transposon Directed Insertion-site Sequencing (TraDIS); a tool to improve our understanding of the functional genomics of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi
… disregarding (per animal analysis; PA) the input library barcodes. Exploiting the barcodes enables output data to be combined on a per input library basis, as opposed to a per animal basis as is traditionally completed in comparable in vivo transposon library studies. From the BC analysis, …