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  1. Phillips, J.P.H.: Information services to science parks : the cooperative approach at Belasis Hall Technology Park (1995) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Describes a project aimed at setting up a 1 stop scientific, technical and commerical information service for technical companies at Belasis Hall Technology Park, Cleveland, UK. The project accomplished this by: identifying the information needs of the existing and potential tenants; establishing how best to meet those needs (paying a special attention to the role of online information) and setting up a 1 year pilot project: disseminating the results of the project for replication elsewhere and making information provision an integral part of science park design; promoting information as a basis for problem solving and decision making; promoting close links with the users; determining which sources and methods of delivery are most relevant (patents, trade directories, market research reports, online searches); developing a charging policy for the service with a view to the service becoming self financing; increasing the partners' experience in resource sharing; developing a training needs analysis for both providers and users; developing performance indicators; and monitoring the service provided
  2. Dierickx, H. (Bearb.); Hopkinson, A. (Bearb.): UNISIST reference manual for machine-readable bibliographic description (1986) 0.00
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  3. Frost, C.O.: Student and faculty subject searching in a university online public catalog (1985) 0.00
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  4. Subject access : Report of a meeting sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, Dublin, Ohio, 7.-9.6.1982 (1982) 0.00
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  5. Nielsen, B.: Educating the online catalog user : a model for instructional development and evaluation: final report (1985) 0.00
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  6. Borgman, C.L.: End user behavior on the Ohio State University Libraries' online catalog : a computer monitoring study (1983) 0.00
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  7. Horton, F.W.: Extending the librarian's domain : a survey of emerging occupation opportunities for librarians and information professionals (1994) 0.00
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  8. Symons, J.: Information needs of management researchers (1995) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Reports results of a study of the needs of management researchers in relation to their consumption and use of information. A profile of the management researcher was drawn up based on a questionnaire survey of the views of 404 researchers, mostly at PhD level, studying at 53 different institutions in the UK. Results highlighted the importance of periodicals and the English language orientation of researchers, who appear to place little significance on continental European literature as a contribution to the resolution of their research problems
  9. Moore, N.: Access to information : a review of the provision of disability information (1995) 0.00
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  10. McIntosh, N.: Structured abstracts and information transfer (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Reports results of a study, conducted by the European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR), to determine whether the information content of structured medical abstracts is greater than abstracts with traditional format and whether the efficacy of peer review is improved by the use of structured medical abstracts. The sample studied comprised the abstracts of papers submitted for the ESPR annual meeting and each abstract was assessed by a research worker by a research worker for information content by referring to a list of criteria. The words in each abstract were counted to obtain the information density of each and the abstracts were evaluated according to whether they were in an unstructured format, a semistructured format, or a more fully structured format. Although there was no significant difference in the scientific score of the scientific information density of the different formats there was significantly more information in the fully structured format. When the abstracts were resubmitted in structured format, there was always a highly significant increase in the information content
  11. Montasser-Kohsari, G.; Kirstein, P.; Goudal, P.: Online access to multimedia documents : second phase (1995) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Final report of a British Library supported conducted at University College, London, computer science department, the aim of which was to build a demonstration and test bed facility for online access to a large electronic library of multimedia documents. The project was a pilot experiment in the use of a database of compound documents (text and images) in the Open Document Architecture format. The database used is part of the contents of information in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Discusses the overall view of the project with particular reference to the WAIS information retrieval server which was developed and used
  12. Ayres, F.H.: ¬The Bradford OPAC : a new concept in bibliographic control (1995) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Describes a feasibility study funded by BLRDD to test a new concept in bibliographic control in OPACs based on the manifestation of the work. The research was conducted at Bradford University, leading directly from the QUALCAT project, and used bibliographic records supplied by OCLC. A new type of hierarchical bibliographic record structure was used to import sets of bibliographic records into a hierarchical relational database. This was used for an experimental Windows based OPAC. Much of the early part of the project was spent clarifying the practical and theoretical implications of the manifestations concept
  13. Crawford, J.C.; Thorn, L.C.; Powles, J.A.: ¬A survey of subject access to academic library catalogues in Great Britain : a report to the British Library Research and Development Department (1992) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The study of subject access to UK academic library catalogues was based on a questionnaires end out during Summer 1991. 86 out of a possible 110 questionnaires were returned. All universities and polytechniques now have OPACs which are progressing well towards comprehensive bibliographical coverage of their libraries' stocks. The MARC format is now widely used. Subject access strategies are usually based on either Library of Congress Subject Headings or inhouse indexing systems but almost half the OPACs studies have no separate subject searching option based on subject indexing is expensive and future subject indexing strategies are best based on pre-existing controlled vocabularies. Strategies authority control is essential. A limited range of software strategies is recommended including the need to limit search results
  14. Hancock-Beaulieu, M.; Fieldhouse, M.; Do, T.: ¬A graphical interface for OKAPI : the design and evaluation of an online catalogue system with direct manipulation interaction for subject access (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    A project to design a graphical user interface for the OKAPI online catalogue search system which uses the basic term weighting probabilistic search engine. Presents a research context of the project with a discussion of interface and functionality issues relating to the design of OPACs. Describes the design methodology and evaluation methodology. Presents the preliminary results of the field trial evaluation. Considers problems encountered in the field trial and discusses contributory factors to the effectiveness of interactive query expansion. Highlights the tension between usability and functionality in highly interactive retrieval and suggests further areas of research
  15. Bide, M.: In search of the Unicorn : The Digital Object Identifier from a user perspective (1997) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Reports results of a study, prompted by a number of questions which have been raised about the extent to which the DOI meets, or can be developed to meet, the real requirements of the marketplace for a unique identifier of digital content. Develops a series of scenarios to explore future ways in which digital information may be accessed and used and considers the role of unique identification of content in each of them. The business models, selected for the scenarios, must represent to some extent a subjective forecast of what the future might look like. Their purpose is to attempt to illuminate some generic aspects of unique identification that appear likely to be important in future
  16. Sykes, J.: Making solid business decisions through intelligent indexing taxonomies : a white paper prepared for Factiva, Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company (2003) 0.00
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    Abstract
    In 2000, Factiva published "The Value of Indexing," a white paper emphasizing the strategic importance of accurate categorization, based on a robust taxonomy for later retrieval of documents stored in commercial or in-house content repositories. Since that time, there has been resounding agreement between persons who use Web-based systems and those who design these systems that search engines alone are not the answer for effective information retrieval. High-quality categorization is crucial if users are to be able to find the right answers in repositories of articles and documents that are expanding at phenomenal rates. Companies continue to invest in technologies that will help them organize and integrate their content. A March 2002 article in EContent suggests a typical taxonomy implementation usually costs around $100,000. The article also cites a Merrill Lynch study that predicts the market for search and categorization products, now at about $600 million, will more than double by 2005. Classification activities are not new. In the third century B.C., Callimachus of Cyrene managed the ancient Library of Alexandria. To help scholars find items in the collection, he created an index of all the scrolls organized according to a subject taxonomy. Factiva's parent companies, Dow Jones and Reuters, each have more than 20 years of experience with developing taxonomies and painstaking manual categorization processes and also have a solid history with automated categorization techniques. This experience and expertise put Factiva at the leading edge of developing and applying categorization technology today. This paper will update readers about enhancements made to the Factiva Intelligent IndexingT taxonomy. It examines the value these enhancements bring to Factiva's news and business information service, and the value brought to clients who license the Factiva taxonomy as a fundamental component of their own Enterprise Knowledge Architecture. There is a behind-the-scenes-look at how Factiva classifies a huge stream of incoming articles published in a variety of formats and languages. The paper concludes with an overview of new Factiva services and solutions that are designed specifically to help clients improve productivity and make solid business decisions by precisely finding information in their own everexpanding content repositories.
  17. Hoogcarspel, A.: Guidelines for cataloging monographic electronic texts at the Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    The guidelines are a response to 2 interconnected problems: little bibliographic control exists for electronic texts, and the AACR2 standards for control of computer files are not entirely satisfactory
  18. Morley, N.: ¬The administration of permissions procedures via electronic data interchange (EDI) (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Presents the results of a combined survey of publishers and information users, predominantly librarians, to investigate the place and value of electronic data interchange (EDI) as a facility to improve copyright permissions clearance procedures
  19. McKnight, C.: Project CHIRO : Collaborative Hypertext in Research Organisations, final report (1994) 0.00
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    Abstract
    Describes the 2 main phases of Project CHIRO: Collaborative Hypertext in Research Organisations; which concerned: the design and building of a hypertext database of periodical articles and reports to support a research team; and the exploration of collaborative authoring by such teams
  20. Treglown, M.: HIBROWSE for bibliographic databases : a study of the application of usability techniques in view-based searching (1997) 0.00
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    Abstract
    View based searching and multi view searching using HIBROWSE proposes a new paradigm for information retrieval from bibliographic databases and database management systems. The paradigm replaces command line and form based interaction with query specification and interaction which requires the user to identify views relating to query facets of the subject of their query. Attempted to apply techniques from human-computer interaction design in the development, construction and usability evaluation of a view based searching system for a very large bibliographic database. As the development of the HIBROWSE system had been in progress before usability became a major concern, as well as the class of system being developed, greater progress towards improved usability was made by adopting a less structured development life-cycle. Examined the usefulness of a number of usability evaluation methods in the context of trying to determine the usability of designs in interactive information retrieval systems. Measurement of the subjective usability of prototypes reinforced the finding of users' difficulties in forming a useful account of the system behaviour and functionality from the training material provided, highlighted some aspects of the system that could be improved, and the greater usability of the HIBROWSE prototypes over an extant commercial bibliographic database system

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