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A System for Governmental Virtual Institutions Based on Ontologies and Interaction Protocols
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de Araujo, Claudia J. Abrao; da Silva, Flavio S. Correa – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
The authors believe that the adoption of virtual worlds is suitable for electronic government applications as it can increase the capillarity of public services, facilitate the access to government services and provide citizens with a natural and immersive experience. They present a Government Virtual Institution Model (GVI) for the provision of…
Descriptors: Information Transfer, Public Service, Adjustment (to Environment), Simulation
Bridging the Gap Between Time- and Structure-Based Navigation in Web Lectures
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Mertens, Robert; Brusilovsky, Peter; Vornberger, Oliver; Ishchenko, Sergey – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
Typical web lectures consist of two different kinds of media linked together: an audio- or video-recording and the corresponding slides or desktop recording. Both media are synchronized so that the slide or image shown corresponds to the position currently played in the time-based media stream. Web lectures are thus composite media consisting of a…
Descriptors: Navigation (Information Systems), Computer System Design, Web Based Instruction, Hypermedia
I'm so Aggregated...and I Think I Like It: Taking Another Look at Electronic Journal Aggregation
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Emery, Jill – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
It has been a decade since the first aggregator journal packages began to become available at academic and public libraries throughout the United States of America. During these 10 years, the library and information science community has published numerous articles on the pros and cons of this method of delivery and these collections, more than…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Delivery Systems
The Role of Trust in Information Science and Technology.
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Marsh, Stephen; Dibben, Mark R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2003
Discusses the notion of trust as it relates to information science and technology, specifically user interfaces, autonomous agents, and information systems. Highlights include theoretical meaning of trust; trust and levels of analysis, including organizational trust; electronic commerce, user interfaces, and static trust; dynamic trust; and trust…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Science, Information Systems, Information Technology
Information Interaction: Providing a Framework for Information Architecture.
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Toms, Elaine G. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Discussion of information architecture focuses on a model of information interaction that bridges the gap between human and computer and between information behavior and information retrieval. Illustrates how the process of information interaction is affected by the user, the system, and the content. (Contains 93 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Information Systems
Abstracts of SIG Sessions.
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1994
Includes abstracts of 18 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Highlights include natural language processing, information science and terminology science, classification, knowledge-intensive information systems, information value and ownership issues, economics and theories of information science, information retrieval interfaces, fuzzy thinking…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Computer Interfaces
Information Architecture for the Web: The IA Matrix Approach to Designing Children's Portals.
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Large, Andrew; Beheshti, Jamshid; Cole, Charles – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents a matrix that can serve as a tool for designing the information architecture of a Web portal in a logical and systematic manner. Highlights include interfaces; metaphors; navigation; interaction; information retrieval; and an example of a children's Web portal to provide access to museum information. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval