Email lists are a continually useful resource for those seeking to establish links with their peers. Mailbase will setup and run lists for the UK HE community, providing a central…
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Email lists are a continually useful resource for those seeking to establish links with their peers. Mailbase will setup and run lists for the UK HE community, providing a central service and user and technical support. The listowner has to concentrate on building the “online community”, and encouraging discussion in order to make their list into a valuable resource.
This article discusses the use of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) within the library and information world and suggests that participation in “virtual communities” may…
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This article discusses the use of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) within the library and information world and suggests that participation in “virtual communities” may become an increasingly significant dimension of information work. Participation in “virtual community” can, for instance, be related to the delivery of a variety of services to users within all sectors, to computer‐supported collaborative work within information services, and to both informal and formal activities for professional updating, learning and development. The article identifies some concepts and issues in these areas as a means of introducing the papers in the VINE 109, which each address aspects of the “virtual community” topic.
Bronwen Rees and Chris Brewster
Presents a Europe‐wide analysis of employment patterns whichreveals three major characteristics of women′s employment: occupationalsegregation, part‐time working, and pay…
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Presents a Europe‐wide analysis of employment patterns which reveals three major characteristics of women′s employment: occupational segregation, part‐time working, and pay differentials. Examines how these manifest themselves as a European‐wide phenomenon, and in more detail looks at how they manifest themselves in France, the UK and The Netherlands. Presents data to explore the interrelationship of these three characteristics and their manifestation against national backgrounds of social and employment legislation and child‐care provision. Concludes that simple correlations do not explain women′s position in the workforce and that neither structural nor cultural theories are in themselves enough to understand these complex relationships.