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Advances in library administration and organization. Vol. 25

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Garten, Edward.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
Subjects:
Library administration.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Administration & Management. > Library & Information Science
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Note
  • References
  • Chapter 1. Motives for Sharing: Social Networks as Information Sources
  • Background
  • Group Behaviour Attributes and Motives for Sharing
  • Social Navigation
  • Social Capital in Organisations
  • Findings in Two Finnish Organisations
  • The Claims Handlers
  • Biotechnology Experts
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Disciplinary Socialization: Learning to Evaluate the Quality of Scholarly Literature
  • Introduction
  • Research Aims and Questions
  • Academic Cultures
  • Disciplinary Socialization
  • The Study
  • Teaching of Evaluation Criteria
  • Analysis of Hypotheses
  • Summary of Findings
  • Implications of the Findings for Information Literacy Efforts
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 3. New Premises of Public Library Strategies in the Age of Globalization
  • Introduction
  • Globalization as a Factor of Change
  • New Role for Public Libraries: Finnish and British Experiences
  • Designing Adjustment Strategies for Libraries
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4. The University Library's Intellectual Capital
  • Introduction
  • Intellectual Capital
  • Library's Human Capital in Enhancing the University's Intellectual Capital
  • Library's Structural Capital in Enhancing the University's Intellectual Capital
  • Library's Relational Capital in Enhancing the University's Intellectual Capital
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5. From the Rhetoric of Quality Management to Managing Self-Organizing Processes: A Case Study on an Expert Organization
  • Introduction
  • Finnish Higher Education Policies and how they Impact on the University of Kuopio
  • Managing Library's Processes and Creating Teams to Implement the Policy
  • The Case of the Kuopio University Library
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Open access Publishing as a Discipline-Specific way of Scientific Communication: The Case of Biomedical Research in Finland
  • Introduction
  • Open Access in Finland
  • Field Differences in Scientific Communication and Publishing Patterns
  • Open Access Initiatives for Medicine
  • The Case Study on Finnish Biomedical open Access Publishing
  • National Public Health Institute and University of Oulu
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 7. Use of Social Scientific Information in Parliamentary Discussion
  • Introduction
  • The Constructionist Research Approach
  • Information use as Discursive Action
  • Cognitive Authorities and Information use in the Finnish Parliament
  • Social Scientific Information as a Cognitive Authority and as a Source of Evidence in Parliamentary Discussion
  • Instrumental and Conceptual uses of Social Scientific Information
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8. From Marginal to Excellence: The Development of the Research in Information Studies in Finland
  • Introduction
  • The Chair in LIS at the University of Tampere 1971
  • Beginnings of Research
  • The New Conception of LIS
  • Internationalization
  • Setting the Priority Areas
  • Conferences as Brands
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