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Library history provides a biographical account of libraries, which includes information concerning the establishment, benefactors, significant collections, services rendered, outstanding achievements, and other points of interest....
This dissertation aims to provide empirical insight into the effectiveness of governmental intervention that helps to explain the extension of broadband penetration at the national level and to propose an appropriate perspective for...
Libraries are always faced with the challenge for developing new services that respond to the growing needs of their patron base. A library material delivery service is one new service model that is becoming increasingly popular among...
Researchers have explored the potential of using various approaches in order to reduce the number of security breaches caused by system users. The approaches can be categorized into technology and non-technology approaches. Technology...
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting user acceptance of Web-based subscription databases. Considering the reported underutilization of Web-based subscription databases and the importance of promoting them, ...
This study proposed a model for measuring information system security self-efficacy and examined the relationship between the educational preparation of systems librarians and the effectiveness of their information system security...
This study proposed four information behavior models or frames of mind, one for each of the four information interaction styles developed by Brooks (2001). The frames of mind explain how individuals classified within each style seek, ...
This dissertation examined access for individuals through federal web sites to records maintained by Executive agencies that contain personal information as defined by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a). Privacy Act statutory...
Exploring digital divides: An examination of eHealth technology use in health information seeking, communication and personal health information management in the USA
Recent government initiatives to deploy health information technology in the USA, coupled with a growing body of scholarly evidence linking online heath information and positive health-related behaviors, indicate a widespread belief that...
K-12 schools are making the move to digital learning resources, and are increasingly integrating technology into the curriculum. With training as both a teacher and an information specialist, the school librarian is in a position to help...
The Scholarly Use of Journals Offered Through the Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) Programs as Suggested by the Journal-Citing Patterns of Authors in the Leastdeveloped Nations
The Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and the Access to Global Online Resources in Agriculture (AGORA) programs provide free access to academic journals through the internet to researchers in the developing world...
Information poverty is a term frequently used to describe a condition associated with economic poverty. No comprehensive analysis exists determining the delimitations, definitions, or parameters of the phenomenon of information poverty....
This study explored differences in eye movement on a Web page between members of two different cultures to provide insight and guidelines for implementation of global Web site development. More specifically, the research examines whether...
This study examines the effect of experiential place and local community on information access and behavior for two communities of parents of children with Down syndrome. It uncovers substantive issues associated with health information...
Contemporary young people are engaged in a variety of information behaviors, such as information seeking, using, sharing, and creating. The ways youth interact with information have transformed in the shifting digital information...
A Library Is a Place You Can Lose Your Innocence without Losing Your Virginity: LGBTQAI+ Young Adults, Young Adult Literature, & Sexuality Health Information Needs
Although sexual education programs are staples in the middle and high school curricula, many of these courses are abstinence-based which do not serve the needs of the teen demographic, let alone those who are LGBTQAI+ (Orenstein, 2016). ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can impact an individual's academic and employment pursuits. There is little literature that acknowledges autistic employment within librarianship or other information...
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