British library and information schools the research of the Department of Information Science, City University London /

• Other Authors: Bawden, David.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: [Bradford, England] : Emerald, [2007]
• Series: Aslib proceedings ; v. 59, no. 4/5.
• Subjects: Library education > Research > Great Britain.; Library science > Research > Great Britain.; Information science > Study and teaching (Higher) > Great Britain.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > Library & Information Science; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

The papers in this e-book reflect the research and scholarly interests of the staff of the Department of Information Science at City University London. One theme emerges strongly: the continued vitality and variety of the information science discipline. The traditional concerns of the department are...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Information Science at City University London; Organised complexity, meaning and understanding; Healthcare libraries in Saudi Arabia: analysis and recommendations; Impact of digital information resources in the toxicology literature; Evaluation of web search for the information practitioner; Parallel methods for the update of partitioned inverted files; Flickr and Democratic Indexing: dialogic approaches to indexing; Non-literal copying of factual information: architecture of knowledge; Mixed reality (MR) interfaces for mobile information systems.