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Publication date: 1 February 1981

Judith Goldie and Jacki Pritchard

Project INISS was established on July 1st 1978 with a grant from the Department of Health and Social Security, and completed its work in October 1980. The aim of the project was…

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Project INISS was established on July 1st 1978 with a grant from the Department of Health and Social Security, and completed its work in October 1980. The aim of the project was to evaluate a number of small‐scale experimental innovations for the improvement of information services in social services departments. Three interviewing techniques were used: one to one, group and telephone interviews. This article describes these methods and offers guidelines for their suitability in particular situations.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 33 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 November 2006

T.D. Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to respond to Bawden's review of Wilson's 1981 paper, “On user studies and information needs”.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to respond to Bawden's review of Wilson's 1981 paper, “On user studies and information needs”.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper reflects on the context of the original paper, and on subsequent developments.

Findings

The paper comments on a variety of issues relating to information science as a discipline, and its research programme and methods, with specific emphasis on the understanding of human information behaviour.

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The paper provides a unique perspective on the development of this aspect of the discipline.

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Journal of Documentation, vol. 62 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0022-0418

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Publication date: 18 May 2012

Sarah Kate Merry and Anoush Simon

This paper aims to report on research investigating the benefits of membership of the online community LiveJournal, for both active and non‐active participants (lurkers). It also…

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Purpose

This paper aims to report on research investigating the benefits of membership of the online community LiveJournal, for both active and non‐active participants (lurkers). It also aims to build on and develop previous research on this topic in a new context and to present some alternative perspectives on how lurking is understood by both active participants and lurkers themselves.

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Data were gathered using an online questionnaire made available to members of two different LiveJournal communities.

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The data indicate that both active participants and lurkers receive similar benefits from their membership of LiveJournal in terms of their sense of community and satisfaction with experience of the community. The percentage of lurkers who felt a sense of community and high levels of satisfaction was lower than that of the respondents who posted regularly to the community, but nonetheless represented the majority of the lurkers. The majority of overall respondents said that lurkers are members of the community, in contrast to earlier research in this area.

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The research contributes to an understanding of the fast‐developing world of online communities, including individuals' reasons for joining and participating in communities.

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The research builds on an earlier research in a new context; the findings present a different, developing understanding of how non‐active participants are viewed as part of the community of LiveJournal.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 64 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 14 January 2019

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Culturally Responsive Strategies for Reforming STEM Higher Education
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-405-9

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Publication date: 1 April 1939

ON another page will be found preliminary notes with regard to the Annual Conference of the Library Association at Liverpool. We have before us at the time of writing only an…

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ON another page will be found preliminary notes with regard to the Annual Conference of the Library Association at Liverpool. We have before us at the time of writing only an outline of the programme, but we hope to foreshadow in the May Number further features of the June Meeting, and to publish articles on the Literary Associations and Libraries of Liverpool.

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New Library World, vol. 41 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 31 December 2010

H.N. Hirsch

This chapter argues that the theoretical core of the First Amendment can be found in the concept of disestablishment, and that the meaning of disestablishment can be, and has…

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This chapter argues that the theoretical core of the First Amendment can be found in the concept of disestablishment, and that the meaning of disestablishment can be, and has been, extended from the religious sphere to the secular. It explores the historical development of rights of conscience and dissent, and the application of those rights to various changing historical circumstances, such as the development of political parties and the struggle over slavery. It then turns to an application of this analysis to several contemporary First Amendment controversies, including campaign finance and sexual expression.

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Studies in Law, Politics and Society
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ISBN: 978-0-85724-615-8

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