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  • Cinema during the first two decades of the Soviet Union: how censorship of the arts inhibits the dissemination of information 

    Hamilton, Lora (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)
    This paper examines the increased censorship that film experienced during the inaugural decades of the Soviet Union. Through an overview of the different genres and trends of Soviet cinema during this time, I draw parallels ...
  • Digital Audio Collections 

    Tenter, Jason (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2008)
    This paper is about the possibility of libraries creating digital music or audio collections based on the current state of the digital music industry, and in comparison with the difficulties librarians have found in ...
  • Fostering a Balanced Library: How Practicing the Principles of Slow Library Movement Could Lead to a Sustainable Future for Libraries 

    Norman, Andrea (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2008)
    The increasing ubiquity of digital information in recent decades has altered the potential form and role of libraries of the future. In order to fulfill their most fundamental mandate, libraries must provide relevant ...
  • Reducing Resistance to the Adoption of Open Source Systems 

    Johnson, Katherine (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2008)
    This paper examines the background and psychology of the open source movement and suggests ways to decrease resistance to the adoption of open source systems in libraries, which have typically favoured proprietary systems. ...
  • Privacy and Online Social Networks: A Proposed Approach for Academic Librarians in University Libraries 

    Hutton, Greg (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2008)
    This paper analyzes the ways in which academic librarians in university settings can educate the staff, students, and public involved in the library community of both the risks and benefits of involvement in online social ...
  • Public Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations 

    Woroniak, Monique (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)
    Aboriginal peoples in Canada increasingly reside in areas outside of their designated reserve lands, with large numbers living in many of the country's Census Metropolitan Areas. This paper discusses the potential for ...
  • Adaptive Technologies for Individuals with Visual Impairments: Scholarly and Consumer Perspectives 

    Mann, Debra (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)
    Adaptive technologies allow people with visual impairments to access information, but problems surrounding access and availability to these technologies exist. Scholarly literature and reports by organizations, such as the ...
  • South African Public Libraries After Apartheid 

    Illsley, Robin (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)
    One of the challenges a postcolonial society has to face is reconciliation, the righting of wrongs and forgiveness. In South Africa, this includes the integration of all ethnic groups into every part of society. Public ...
  • Submit or Resist: Google, is There a Third Way? 

    Hicks, Deborah (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)
    This article explores the impact that Google is having on the library profession. Google is enticing users away from their local libraries with its siren song of easy use and ?good enough? results, and librarians are ...
  • Editorial: Diverse Populations 

    Allan, Kenneth; McCarthy, Melissa (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006)
    DJIM's Co-Chair and Editorial Chair introduce the journal's second volume, and the theme of "diverse populations."
  • Talking Through the Keys 

    Allan, Kenneth (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)
    New technologies such as e-mail and instant messaging predispose themselves to a less formal style of writing than traditional letter-writing; however, thoughtful communication is still possible through these mediums.
  • The Spirit of Radio 

    Burke, David (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)
    As a source of information, local radio transcends the conveyance of explicit knowledge about a community and provides a tacit knowledge of the character of a community and a person's place within it. The speed and pattern ...
  • Geospatial Information Management: Spatial is Still Special 

    Boxall, James; Anderson, Candace (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)
    This paper focuses on the interface between human information constructs and spatial decision making. Information policies associated with geospatial information are at the crux of any further development of infrastructures ...
  • Archives Users in the Digital Era: A Review of Current Research Trends 

    Harris, Carolyn (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)
    Increasingly, archivists are recognizing that their mission involves not just the acquisition, description and preservation of archival material, but also the provision of effective access to that material for members of ...
  • Editorial: Dalhousie Journal of Information & Management 

    James, Holly; Piorko, Ewa (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2005)