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Write While You Search: Ambient Searching of a Digital Library in the Context of Writing
(2006)
We consider ideas for a tighter integration of searching a digital
library while writing a paper. A prototype system based on web
services is described which allows us to explore the design space
of ambient search tools ...
Submit or Resist: Google, is There a Third Way?
(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 ...
South African Public Libraries After Apartheid
(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 ...
Public Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations
(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
(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 ...
Editorial: Diverse Populations
(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."
Divorce laws and the structure of the American family
(UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2006-01)
This paper investigates the impact of no-fault divorce laws on marriage and divorce in the United States. I propose a theory that captures the key stylized facts of the rising then declining divorce rates and the apparent ...