Outputs (336)

SYReLIB: enhancing the global connections of Syria's academic community. (2010)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2010. SYReLIB: enhancing the global connections of Syria's academic community. International information and library review [online], 42(1), pages 34-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iilr.2009.12.001

This is a brief report on a pilot project funded by the European Commission TEMPUS programme concerned with the modernisation of the university libraries in Syria and the enhanced visibility of the research outputs of the Syrian academic community. A... Read More about SYReLIB: enhancing the global connections of Syria's academic community..

Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population. (2009)
Journal Article
MUIR, L.J., VEALE, T. and NICHOL, A. 2009. Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population. Library and information research [online], 33(105), pages 90-119. Available from: https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg157

This paper reviews previous research on e-books and the information seeking behaviour of scholars. It presents the initial findings from an in-depth study of the behaviour and experiences of seven students (including students with dyslexia and visual... Read More about Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population..

The discourse of corporate cosmopolitanism. (2009)
Journal Article
HALSALL, R. 2009. The discourse of corporate cosmopolitanism. British journal of management [online], 20(Supplement 1), pages S136-S148. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00637.x

This paper examines how the ideal of cosmopolitan identity is represented in selected popular global management texts. It is argued that the corporate cosmopolitan ideal of a flexible identity draws interdiscursively on two main discourses. First, th... Read More about The discourse of corporate cosmopolitanism..

The use of the Internet by political parties and candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. (2008)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and CHEAH, S. 2008. The use of the Internet by political parties and candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. Libri [online], 58(4), pages 294-305. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2008.029

This paper reports the results of a study which investigated the use of the Internet by political parties and individual candidates as part of their campaigns for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2007. This was a comparative, follow-up study to... Read More about The use of the Internet by political parties and candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election..

Intercultural mergers and acquisitions as 'legitimacy crises' of models of capitalism: a UK-German case study. (2008)
Journal Article
HALSALL, R. 2008. Intercultural mergers and acquisitions as 'legitimacy crises' of models of capitalism: a UK-German case study. Organization [online], 15(6), pages 787-809. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508408091003

This article examines media discourse surrounding two UK-German intercultural business controversies: the takeover of the German company Mannesmann by the British company Vodafone in 1999, and the disposal of its British subsidiary Rover by its Germa... Read More about Intercultural mergers and acquisitions as 'legitimacy crises' of models of capitalism: a UK-German case study..

Now read this: male and female bloggers' recommendations for further reading. (2008)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. 2008. Now read this: male and female bloggers' recommendations for further reading. Participations: journal of audience and reception studies [online], 5(2). Available from: http://www.participations.org/Volume%205/Issue%202/5_02_pedersen.htm

This paper investigates and contrasts male and female bloggers use of one specific part of a blog “ its blogroll. Most blogs carry a blogroll. It is a list of the bloggers favourite blogs or recommended reads. This research, part of a larger project,... Read More about Now read this: male and female bloggers' recommendations for further reading..

Sales force automation systems: an analyis of factors underpinning the sophistication of deployed systems in the UK financial services industry. (2008)
Journal Article
WRIGHT, G., FLETCHER, K., DONALDSON, B. and LEE, J.-H. 2008. Sales force automation systems: an analyis of factors underpinning the sophistication of deployed systems in the UK financial services industry. Industrial marketing management [online], 37(8), pages 992-1004. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.08.005

This study investigates organizational and strategic context variables that are linked to the sophistication of sales force automation systems in UK financial services firms. We find that increasing sophistication in SFA deployment, evaluated as a co... Read More about Sales force automation systems: an analyis of factors underpinning the sophistication of deployed systems in the UK financial services industry..

Electronic journal provision and use in China: an initial study. (2008)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I., WANG, H. and NIE, F. 2008. Electronic journal provision and use in China: an initial study. Serials [online], 21(3), pages 210-221. Available from: http://doi.org/10.1629/21210

The growth of electronic journals (e-journals) in Western Europe and North America has been widely reported. The rapid development of e-journal publishing in China is less well known. This paper provides a brief introduction to the development of e-j... Read More about Electronic journal provision and use in China: an initial study..

Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. (2008)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2008. Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America. New library world [online], 109(7/8), pages 337-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800810888168

Purpose - This paper aims to review traditional forms of international support for developing schools of librarianship and information sciences, and traditional approaches. Design/methodology/approach - There view draws evidence from the literature a... Read More about Challenges in assisting schools of librarianship and information studies in developing countries: a perspective from research in Latin America..

The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. (2008)
Journal Article
SKED, K.M.L. and REID, P.H. 2008. The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914. Library history [online], 24(1), pages 48-63. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/174581608X295284

Examines Scottish library philanthropists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a key period in the development of the public library service. Utilizing the technique of prosopography, which goes beyond recounting basic biographical detail... Read More about The people behind the philanthropy: an investigation into the lives and motivations of library philanthropists in Scotland between 1800 and 1914..