Introduction: This paper provides a contribution to understandings of information literacy regarding context and transferability of information practices. Specifically, the paper analyses the subset of information practices in situations of student protests and addresses issues of transfer of information literacy practice from a highly formal…

There are a wide variety of e-government information and services that small business owners and managers can utilize. However, in spite of all of the service incentives and initiatives to promote e-government, research studies have shown that this information is not widely accessed. Studies that explore the utilization of e-government information…

Introduction: Sharing of information across cultural boundaries does not always live up to expectations. Information behaviour is an underlying factor, which can contribute to poor use or non-use of the information or information services at the disposal of indigenous people in a development context. Method: A literature study of information…

This study sought to gain a better understanding of the variety of tasks that involve lawyers as a group of information workers, how they use information, and the role mediators play in their process of information seeking and use. Explains the influence of the model of the Information Search Process (Kuhlthau). (Author/LRW)

The vast amount of readily available information is just one reason for transforming the way in conducting research and acquiring knowledge. The nature of information itself has changed. In text and other formats, information is not just created by experts--it is created and co-created by amateurs. More than ever before, people can choose what,…

A large-scale selective dissemination of information (SDI) system which is in operation at the Agricultural Research Service is described. The unique characteristic of this system is that the users develop and modify their own profiles. The implications of this user-dependent approach for information system planners are discussed. (2 references)…

Many countries, under varying arrangements, have access to biomedical information in U.S. data bases, particularly MEDLARS, Chemical Abstracts Service, BioScience Information Service, and the Institute for Scientific Information. (LS)

This article sets forth some of the newer methods for the rapid dissemination of scientific and technological information among scientists. Presently, it might take six months to one year before an interested scientist sees an article and by this time efforts might have been wasted or duplicated. (4 references) (Author)

Terse conclusions which are concerned with the meaning of a document rather than the subject scope, have replaced abstracts at Hooker Research Center for progress reports. These terse conclusions are circulated to the entire staff and are also intended to aid in management decisions. (9 references) (Author/NH)

Explains the development of WAP (wireless application protocol), how it works, and what the major advantages and disadvantages are, especially when applied to the use of information. Topics include standardization; mobile communications; the effect of WAP on business tools, electronic commerce, and information services; consumers; corporate users;…

Universities and colleges generate extraordinary quantities of knowledge and innovation, but in many ways the academy struggles to keep pace with the digital revolution. Growing pressures are reshaping how universities must do business--students expecting enhanced access and support, administrators eager to make data-driven strategic decisions,…

The use of "Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: Citations from the Literature" and "Biogenic Amines and Transmitters in the Nervous System" are compared. (PF)

A simulation program is presented which considers the effect of response time upon the utilization of a multiple node information system. Specific examples of such systems are presented. They include: (1) information networks, (2) library systems, (3) multi-level files. The simulation characterizes users (in terms of their information requirements…

Pollution of natural resources such as information is the result of inefficient use of those resources and misplacement of those resources after use. Information workers must make judgements or assign priorities to information to ensure its use to serve the cause of a humane rationality. (1 reference) (Author)