The German word for experience Erlebnis the experience of the life, to live through something underpins this book: making visible scholarly opportunities for richer and deeper contextualizations and examinations of the lived-world experiences of people in everyday contexts as they be, do and...

Modern research shows that children and adolescents encounter challenges and obstacles in searching for information, retrieving relevant results and have difficulty interpreting results within various information environments. However, a recent paradigm shift points to the changed information...

New directions in information organization, co-edited by Dr. Jung-ran Park and Dr. Lynne Howarth seeks to provide an overview and understanding of the future directions, leading edge theories and models for research and practice in information organization.

Developing people's information capabilities : fostering information literacy in educational, workplace and community contexts is Vol 8 of the well regarded Library and Information Science Series. This book hones in on accessible issues across different work and educational contexts and is of...

This book brings together a range of chapters about the trends in education and research in the field of library and information science (LIS) in the Asia-Oceania region of the world. Why a book about LIS in the Asia-Oceania region? One key reason for a book on the topic is the huge growth of...

"Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Europe", co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinstrom provides an understanding of the new directions in library and information science/management, education and research in Europe. The volume focuses on new research...

Information we receive from and create together with our social networks is becoming increasingly important. Social information has a great impact on our information behaviour and there are many possible angles and layers in studying social aspects in information science. This book presents some...

New Research in Information Behavior, co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinström provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in information behavior. Information behavior is conceptualized as complex human information related processes...

Web Search Engine Research, edited by Dirk Lewandowski, provides an understanding of Web search engines from the unique perspective of Library and Information Science. The book explores a range of topics including retrieval effectiveness, user satisfaction, the evaluation of search interfaces,...

Basic theory of Lotkaian informetrics / Leo Egghe -- Three-dimensional Lotkaian informetrics / Leo Egghe -- Lotkaian concentration theory / Leo Egghe -- Lotkaian fractal complexity theory / Leo Egghe -- Lotkaian informetrics of systems in which items can have multiple sources / Leo Egghe --...