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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 ... -
An analysis of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, 2010, Penguin Publishing.
(2013-02-23)The book report examines Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, as published by Penguin Publishing in 2010. Greenberg's offering to ocean governance literature is differentiated from comparable works ... -
And That’s the Way It Is: The Media’s Role in Ending the Vietnam War
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)The Vietnam War, also known as “The Living Room War,” was the first major American conflict to be so honestly documented by the media, as previous war correspondence focused mainly on the positive aspects of the war, to ... -
Application of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development in Institutions of Higher Education
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)Campus sustainability is an increasingly popular notion for universities around the world in light of increasingly serious global environmental problems. Yet the very concept of “sustainability” itself is a complex, or ... -
The Application of Library Outreach Strategies in Archival Settings
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2009)Librarians and archivists in the Halifax Regional Municipality were surveyed using a series of online questionnaires in order to identify library outreach strategies that could potentially be used by archives. Participants ... -
Archives Users in the Digital Era: A Review of Current Research Trends
(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 ... -
Becoming Public: Library Design And The Creation Of Public Space
(2013-02-23)This paper examines the impact of architectural and interior design on communicating the role and philosophy of the public library. It further analyzes the use of public built space to understand the ways in which the ... -
The Breast vs. Bottle Battle: Infant Feeding Mis/Information
(2013-02-23)That “breast is best” is a truism even infant formula manufacturers do not openly dispute, and the choice to breastfeed has increasingly become part of the measure of a good mother in modern Canadian society. Yet the ... -
Breeding Baby Bureaucracies: Essential Factors for the Effective Development of New Organizations
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2010)New government organizations face a range of challenges in establishing themselves during and after their initial creation. Without proper consideration, these challenges can hamper organizational development or even cause ... -
Cinema during the first two decades of the Soviet Union: how censorship of the arts inhibits the dissemination of information
(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 ... -
A Different Kind of Memory: Examining the Effect of Technology through the Ages
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2009)The effect of new technologies on human memory is a subject of interest for educators, technology developers, and information specialists. However, such a preoccupation is not new to contemporary society. The current ... -
Digital Audio Collections
(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 ... -
“Don’t be evil”: Uncovering the implications of Google search
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)Google has taken the world by storm, and, with its fast and seemingly accurate search results, internet users are increasingly using this search engine to obtain the majority of their information. This paper studies the ... -
Downgrading Complexity in the Exxon Valdez Crisis: Using Information as a Risk Mitigation Tool in Complex Adaptive Systems
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2010)In a high-stakes crisis environment, trial and error can be too costly an approach. The Exxon Valdez oil spill provides an example of how complex adaptive systems can have simple, preventable problems and complex, unpredictable ... -
E-government: The Canadian Experience
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2009)The Canadian government was one of the first administrations to adapt to an online service delivery model and was distinguished early on as one of the most innovative in the development of its e-government tool. This article ... -
Editorial: Dalhousie Journal of Information & Management
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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." -
The Effect of Respect, Trust, and Fear in Adversarial Stakeholder Relationships: A Case Study on Water Commodification and Stakeholder Engagement
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)Academic discussion around stakeholder engagement has been focused on the attributes of the various stakeholders rather than on the relationship between the stakeholders. This paper examines the role that intangible variables ... -
Evaluating the uses and realizing the benefits of social media use in politics
(2013-02-17)Social media use in politics is evolving to become significantly more complex. The increased use of social media in a political context presents several challenges. Among these are the impact of social media on the control ... -
Fostering a Balanced Library: How Practicing the Principles of Slow Library Movement Could Lead to a Sustainable Future for Libraries
(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 ...