Library and Information Studies
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This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuate the effect of low functional health literacy on health information resources, efficacy, and behaviors. In-person interviews were conducted... more
In the last twenty years, many different approaches to deal with Computer-Interpretable clinical Guidelines (CIGs) have been developed, each one proposing its own representation formalism (mostly based on the Task-Network Model) execution... more
In several countries forces that resist e-government innovations apparently override those that support them. A first step is taken in order to identify organizational processes of resistance and support to e-government innovations. A... more
This is the Keynote Address presented at the CIRN 2016 Conference in Prato, Italy. It is included in this issue as part of the reflection on memory, communities and community informatics.
This first introduction, written for educational purposes, is meant to be a concise basic text in which the core concepts of archival science are coherently defined and explained, in a non-polemical way and departing from a... more
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management services within the University of Bristol, from the initial Jisc-funded project, through to pilot service and planned core funding of the service.... more
175 A Study of Information Seeking and Retrieving. I. Background and Methodology* Tefko Saracevic School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ... more
Computerised clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly being used by nurses to support their clinical practice. One of the factors which may affect how nurses use technology such as CDSS may be their clinical experience.... more
Background Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user perspective. The study design is based on the... more
A major concern by the health decision makers in Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries is the burden of financing healthcare. While other GCC countries have been examining different options, Saudi Arabia has endeavoured to reform its... more
Vass J.: Az RDA kapcsolata a nemzetközi könyvtári … 168 Vass Johanna Az RDA kapcsolata a nemzetközi könyvtári modellekkel, és elemkészletekkel I. A Resource Description and Access (RDA) új nemzetközi leírási szabvány fejlesztése há-rom... more
In order to be able to automatically calculate clinical quality indicators, we have proposed CLIF, a stepwise method for clinical quality indicator formalisation. Quality indicators are used for external accountability and hospital... more