New Library World: Volume 107 Issue 9/10
Table of contents
Pairing information with poverty: traces of development discourse in LIS
Jutta Haider, David BawdenThe purpose of this research is to investigate and critically assess the notions of “information poverty” in LIS by highlighting its connections with development discourse.
Adoption of grounded theory in LIS research
Yazdan MansourianPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementations and implications of Grounded Theory as an exploratory and inductive research method in the LIS studies. The…
Observations of school library impact at two rural Ugandan schools
Valeda F. DentThe purpose of this research is to explore connections between the presence of a library at two schools in rural Uganda and certain student academic engagement indicators, such as…
A clicker for your thoughts: technology for active learning
Christina Hoffman, Susan GoodwinThe purpose of this study is to provide an initial assessment of an Audience Response System (clicker technology) for library instruction as experienced at Texas A&M University…
Cultural entrepreneurship in libraries
Jelke NijboerThe purpose of this research is to show how librarians today need to be cultural entrepreneurs in order to create and maintain thriving libraries in the Internet age.
Achieving “information fulfilment” in the networked society: Part 1: Introducing new concepts
M.E. BurkeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce the idea of information fulfilment. The networked society provides many opportunities for information flow. However, information…
US copyright law: the challenge of protection in the digital age
Sarah Ann LongThe purpose of this paper is to show the background on copyright law in the USA and how potential orphan works and broadcast flag laws may affect it.