Search for dissertations about: "SOCIAL SCIENCES Other social sciences Library and information science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words SOCIAL SCIENCES Other social sciences Library and information science.

  2. 1. Science mapping and research evaluation : a novel methodology for creating normalized citation indicators and estimating their stability

    Author : Cristian Colliander; Rickard Danell; Olle Persson; Jesper Schneider; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; document-document similarity; science mapping; citation analysis; citation normalization; stability analysis; citation impact; research evaluation; library and information science; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the methodology at the intersection of relational and evaluative bibliometrics. Experimental investigations are presented that address the question of how we can most successfully produce estimates of the subject similarity between documents. READ MORE

  4. 2. Guarding the Boundary: Information Flow Tracking in the Presence of Libraries

    Author : Alexander Sjösten; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; web security; browser extensions; large-scale study; language-based security; information-flow control; side-effectful libraries;

    Abstract : In modern software development, the use of libraries is prevalent. Libraries pose a big security challenge. How can we ensure that sensitive data is not being leaked through libraries? This is the first question of the thesis. READ MORE

  5. 3. A time and place for everything? : social visualisation tools and critical literacies

    Author : Veronica Johansson; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Critical literacy; Document perspective; enactments of meaning; geographic information systems GIS ; ICT; information activities; inscriptions; interaction; library and information science LIS ; representation; social data; social visualisation tools; sociocultural perspective; Library and information science; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse mutual enactments of critical literacies and social visualisation tools as information resources. The central concept of critical literacies as used here extends and redefines prior critical literacy definitions to denote the pluralistic situated enactments of meaning through which study participants identify, question and transform bias, restrictions and power related aspects of access, control and use in relation to the tools. READ MORE

  6. 4. The social and intellectual development of library and information science

    Author : Fredrik Åström; Olle Persson; Pertti Vakkari; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; library and information science; sociology of science; scholarly communication; ; Library and information science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The background of the project is partly found in a long tradition within library and information science (LIS) of meta-analyses on the field, partly in a science studies discussion on research fields and their contextual relation to wider academia, fields of professionalpractices and professionalization processes. The general purpose of the project is to analyze the social and intellectual development and organization of LIS; and to investigate the impact of the close relation to the practice field, as well as the relation to the academic world in general. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Bureaucracy of Social Media - An Empirical Account in Organizations

    Author : Osama Mansour; Anita Mirijamdotter; Ulrike Schultze; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Wikis; Social Media; Structure; Organization; Immiscibility; Practice; Informatik; Information Systems; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines organizational use of social media. It focuses on developing an understanding of the ways by which social media are used within formal organizational settings. READ MORE