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A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (309-337). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch008

Information technology (IT) deeply influences the way we live, our assumptions, aspirations, expectations, habits -- our very life-and-world-views (LWVs). It has become an environment in which we live and work, a kind of ecology in which modern life... Read More about A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology.

Measuring up (2008)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2008). Measuring up. Knitting international, 114(1360), 40-41

Until the mid 80s each weft knitting technology (flatbed, straight bar frame and circular) dominated a distinct area of knitwear. Circular knitting had the benefit of speed, producing continuous lengths of cut and sew jersey (amongst other structures... Read More about Measuring up.

Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library (2008)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2008). Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000108

This article looks at the project to build a new academic Law Library at the University of Salford. It examines the tasks involved, resource planning and communication as well as highlighting successes and issues raised during the construction and de... Read More about Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library.

Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians? (2008)
Journal Article
Wakefield, N. (2008). Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000042

Nicola Wakefield and Emily Allbon are academic law librarians. They offer their thoughts on the future that all academic law librarians may face as we move further into the 21st Century. They look at the key issues and examine possibilities for the f... Read More about Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?.

A framework for understanding information systems development (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding information systems development. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (224-264). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch006

Chapter 6: This chapter explores how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy might help us understand the challenges and issues in ISD as they are seen from an everyday perspective. The information system that is developed includes both the technical artefact or sy... Read More about A framework for understanding information systems development.

A framework for understanding human use of computers (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding human use of computers. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (120-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch004

Chapter 4: This chapter seeks to open it up further and explore how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy can be used to understand human use of computers (HUC) by exposing some of the challenges and issues therein and enable us to formulate a framework for unders... Read More about A framework for understanding human use of computers.

Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (62-118). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch003

Chapter 3: This chapter explains some portions of Dooyeweerd’s positive philosophy which author has found useful in understanding IS. It covers Dooyeweerd’s theory of modal spheres (aspects), his theory of things, his theory of knowing, experience an... Read More about Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy.

Computer aided mammography (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Computer aided mammography. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC’08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

This research investigated the state of art of computer aided detection systems for digital mammograms, and evaluated the related techniques in image pre-processing, feature extraction and classification of digital mammograms. Furthermore, this paper... Read More about Computer aided mammography.

Framework to design new model of E-journals (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Abubaker, A., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Framework to design new model of E-journals. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC'08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

Scientific journals are offered in many forms, some available in both print \& electronic form \& some in electronic forms only. E-journal have had opportunity to provide new features by taking advantages from the online environment. These features s... Read More about Framework to design new model of E-journals.

Recent development in XML-IR (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rashid, B., Alwan, R., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2008, January). Recent development in XML-IR. Presented at Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008: CEARC'08, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield

The Web is characterized by a huge amount of heterogeneous data sources, which have different media support and format representation. Because XML can represent files of different formats, it can play an important role in IR since it is becoming a st... Read More about Recent development in XML-IR.