Aslib Proceedings: Volume 64 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: Aberystwyth Library and Information Studies: Masters' dissertations
Guest Editors: Judith BroadyPreston, Lucy Tedd
Workplace stress in libraries: a case study
Liz Farler, Judith Broady‐PrestonThis paper seeks to analyse the results of a case study conducted in 2008/2009 investigating workplace stress in a further education college library service.
Living and lurking on LiveJournal: The benefits of active and non‐active membership
Sarah Kate Merry, Anoush SimonThis paper aims to report on research investigating the benefits of membership of the online community LiveJournal, for both active and non‐active participants (lurkers). It also…
Biases in the classification of Welsh art material: Dispersion, dilettantism and depreciation
Irene Ragaller, Pauline RaffertyThe purpose of this article is to explore some of the biases that affect the classification of Welsh art materials and to examine how they are being perpetuated both in library…
Selection and acquisition of e‐books in Irish institutes of technology libraries: A study
Lucy A. Tedd, Wanda CarinThe purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the acquisition of e‐books in libraries in institutes of technology (ITs) in Ireland undertaken in 2009.
Volunteers acting as information providers to citizens
Sharon Finzi, Jenny Bronstein, Judit Bar‐Ilan, Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Gilad RavidCitizens Advice Bureau (SHIL in Hebrew) is an information and referral service dedicated to serving the needs of citizens by providing easy access to information about citizenship…
Information literacy perceptions and behaviour among history students
Maria PintoThe purpose of this paper is to discover Spanish history students' subjective perception of their information literacy (IL) status in order to find and suggest some academic and…