Web Portfolios in the Information Society and Future

2011 ◽  
pp. 277-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
John DiMarco
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Marshall Mcluhan ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Modern Identity ◽  
The Web

This chapter offers theories behind why the networked e-portfolio (Web portfolio) will evolve into the post modern identity vehicle for the knowledge worker of the new millennium. Ideas behind how Web portfolios are narratives and can change society are established based on writings from information science theorists and scientists including Jean Francois Lyotard, Dr. Amy Spaulding, Professor Nicolas Negroponte, Alan Kay, and Frank Webster. Additionally, the effects of the e-portfolio as a media and information management tool in postmodern society are approached with reference to the writings of Marshall McLuhan, Margot Lovejoy, and Dr. Stephen Covey. I wrote this chapter to focus on my specialization and fascination with information studies. However, the thoughts and predictions I offer will bedriven by disciplines such as education, humanities, and natural sciences. These disciplines involvement in Web portfolio initiatives within curriculum are a factor in the Web portfolio evolving in professional and academic settings.

scholarly journals Análise Crítica da Pesquisa em Comportamento Informacional Segundo as Demandas da Empresa Intensiva em Conhecimento

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
José Osvaldo De Sordi ◽  
Marcia Carvalho de Azevedo ◽  
Manuel Meireles
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Search And Selection ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Specific Interests ◽  
Behavior Models

Empresas que fazem uso intensivo do recurso conhecimento (knowledge intensive firms ou KIF) demandam processo de gestão da informação abrangente e complexo, incluindo, por exemplo, atividades de aprendizagem e criação. Os modelos de comportamento informacional originários da Ciência da Informação, mais difundidos e utilizados para gestão da informação nas organizações,voltam-se a interesses pontuais do contexto das bibliotecas, como busca e seleção de informação. Esta pesquisa analisa as pesquisas científicas contemporâneas em comportamento informacional, verificando diversidade e integração dos comportamentos abordados com relação às atividades demandadas pelos processos de gestão da informação. Evidencia-se a carência de pesquisas científicas que analisem os comportamentos informacionais de forma ampla, diversificada e integrada, segundo as demandas do processo de gestão da informação praticado nas KIF. Além de apresentar essa lacuna/oportunidade para pesquisas científicas, apresenta-se um quadro descritivo dos conjuntos e subconjuntos de comportamentos informacionais que podem ser aplicados em modelos direcionados às KIF.Abstract: Firms with intensive use of the knowledge resource (KIF) demand a comprehensive and complex process of information management in terms of activities. The informational behavior models used in information management research are originated in Information Science and are directed to specific interests of libraries, focused on activities of search and selection of information. These models do not cover, for example, behaviors related to learning activities, contribution and disposal of information. This research addresses this gap, it analyses the adequacy of the research and scientific models in information behavior in relation to the diversity of informational behaviors required to employees who work in KIF. There was a lack of scientific research that analyzes the informational behavior in a large, diversified and integrated manner, according to the demand of KIF. Besides showing this gap/opportunity for scientific research, this paper presents a comprehensive and consolidated framework of the various informational behaviors found scattered in the literature, classified according to each of the different stages of the information management process demanded by KIF.Keywords: Informational behavior. Information management. Information worker. Knowledge worker.

Ciência da Informação e Humanidades Digitais

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO CARLOS PALETTA
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Web Of Data ◽  
The University ◽  
The Web

This work aims to presents partial results on the research project conducted at the Observatory of the Labor Market in Information and Documentation, School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo on Information Science and Digital Humanities. Discusses Digital Humanities and informational literacy. Highlights the evolution of the Web, the digital library and its connections with Digital Humanities. Reflects on the challenges of the Digital Humanities transdisciplinarity and its connections with the Information Science. This is an exploratory study, mainly due to the current and emergence of the theme and the incipient bibliography existing both in Brazil and abroad.Keywords: Digital Humanities; Information Science; Transcisciplinrity; Information Literacy; Web of Data; Digital Age.

Trialling a web-based spatial information management tool with Land Managers in Victoria, Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Roberts ◽  
Geoff Park ◽  
Alice R. Melland ◽  
Ian Miller
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Web Based

Indian Contribution to Open Access: A Study of e-LIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Subhash Khode
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Contribution

The concept of open access has been increased in recent years around the world and India is also contributing in open access movement actively. e-LIS is an international open repository in the field of library and information science established in 2003 and as of today e-LIS contains 21,123 various types of documents. The basic aim of this study is to provide an analysis of Indian contribution towards open access movement, particularly the documents submitted in the e-LIS. This study provides analysis of 1090 various types of documents submitted to e-LIS (Eprint for Library and Information Science) from India as on 30 January, 2019. It found that the position of India in terms of number of documents submitted in the e-LIS is first among Asian countries. The maximum documents (432) are submitted as” Journal Article (Print and Online)” and maximum documents (72) are published in 2006.The maximum numbers of submitted articles (35) were published in “Annals of Library and Information Studies”.

scholarly journals Are Best Practices Really Best? A Review of the Best Practices Literature in Library and Information Studies

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Druery ◽  
Nancy McCormack ◽  
Sharon Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

Objective - The term “best practice” appears often in library and information science literature, yet, despite the frequency with which the term is used, there is little discussion about what is meant by the term and how one can reliably identify a best practice. Methods – This paper reviews 113 articles that identify and discuss best practices, in order to determine how “best practices” are distinguished from other practices, and whether these determinations are made on the basis of consistent and reliable evidence. The review also takes into account definitions of the term to discover if a common definition is used amongst authors. Results – The “evidence” upon which papers on “best practices” are based falls into one of the following six categories: 1) opinion (n=18, 15%), 2) literature reviews (n=13, 12%), 3) practices in the library in which the author works (n=19, 17%), 4) formal and informal qualitative and quantitative approaches (n=16, 14%), 5) a combination of the aforementioned (i.e., combined approaches) (n=34, 30%), and 6) “other” sources or approaches which are largely one of a kind (n=13, 12%). There is no widely shared or common definition of “best practices” amongst the authors of these papers, and most papers (n=94, 83%) fail to define the term at all. The number of papers was, for the most part, split evenly amongst the six categories indicating that writers on the subject are basing “best practices” assertions on a wide variety of sources and evidence. Conclusions – Library and information science literature on “best practices” is rarely based on rigorous empirical methods of research and therefore is generally unreliable. There is, in addition, no widely held understanding of what is meant by the use of the term.

scholarly journals El futuro de nuestro entorno informacional

COMeIN ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Ortoll ◽  
Josep Cobarsí-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Computer Library ◽  
Carlos Iii

El pasado 27 de octubre tuvo lugar en Barcelona, hospedado por la UOC, el workshop “Future of Information Environments, Thinking and Building with ASIS&T”, organizado por ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology), OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), el Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y el grupo de investigación KIMO (Knowledge and Information Management in Organizations) de la UOC. En el workshop, primer acto organizado por ASIS&T en España, se discutieron algunas tendencias sobre el futuro de los entornos de información y sobre como las personas interactúan con las tecnologías.

scholarly journals Directions of higher library education modernization in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
A. Humenchuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Information Market ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Study Results

The purpose of the article is to explore the experience and to identify the best practices for modernizing the content and organizational structure of multilevel training of librarians in China. The methodology. The study has used a systematic approach, which allowed to consider all components of the Chinese higher education in the specialties “Library, Archive and Information Science”, to establish the continuity of educational levels of librarians, to find out the factors determining the training system’s modernization. There was carried out comparative and content analysis of the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral higher education levels educational programs, implemented by Chinese universities in the specialty “Library Science”, “Information Management and Information Systems”. This allowed to determine the general and the specifics of the Information Field Science training in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to establish interdisciplinarity educational components, to substantiate the objective strengthening of the information component in the content of higher education in library science. The results. The article has looked into the content and structure of 227 different levels educational programs (EP) of the information specialists training, with 41% of them being the Bachelor’s level EP, 49% — Master’s, and 9% — Educational-Scientific Programs (ESP) for the Doctor of Management degree (an equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy) in Information Sciences, provided in 108 universities in China. There were clarified the EP peculiarities: about 40% of them are programs dedicated to Information Management and Information Systems (Program in Information Management & Information Systems); 35% — EP in Library Science (Program in Library Science); 31.5% — EP in Archive Science (Program in Archive Science). In terms of content, most EPs are interdisciplinary, which is due to the national information infrastructure digitalization and the focus of its components to support the basic technological processes of the information management life cycle. It is established that Chinese universities adhere to the IFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Educational Programs. The scientific topicality. It is substantiated that in the digital information market the content of modern librarian training should be updated with such relevant interdisciplinary educational components as: “Principles of competitive intelligence and artificial intelligence”, “Electronic library and consolidated information management”, “Intelligent control systems”, “Information security systems”, “Economics of Management and Information Industry”, “Methods of data mining”, “Knowledge extraction and management”, “Analysis and design of information systems”. The practical significance. Ukrainian institutions of higher education when improving educational programs in the can use the study results. Addressing to the best foreign practices of the library specialists training will allow increasing their competitiveness in the world information market and promoting better efficiency of the Ukrainian libraries work in the conditions of the society digitalization.

scholarly journals Teaching reproducible research for medical students and postgraduate pharmaceutical scientists

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas D. Meid
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Reproducible Research ◽  
Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Good Research

AbstractIn medicine and other academic settings, (doctoral) students often work in interdisciplinary teams together with researchers of pharmaceutical sciences, natural sciences in general, or biostatistics. They should be fundamentally taught good research practices, especially in terms of statistical analysis. This includes reproducibility as a central aspect. Acknowledging that even experienced researchers and supervisors might be unfamiliar with necessary aspects of a perfectly reproducible workflow, a lecture series on reproducible research (RR) was developed for young scientists in clinical pharmacology. The pilot series highlighted definitions of RR, reasons for RR, potential merits of RR, and ways to work accordingly. In trying to actually reproduce a published analysis, several practical obstacles arose. In this article, reproduction of a working example is commented to emphasize the manifold facets of RR, to provide possible explanations for difficulties and solutions, and to argue that harmonized curricula for (quantitative) clinical researchers should include RR principles. These experiences should raise awareness among educators and students, supervisors and young scientists. RR working habits are not only beneficial for ourselves or our students, but also for other researchers within an institution, for scientific partners, for the scientific community, and eventually for the public profiting from research findings.

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