Law reports, publications containing reports of cases heard in the courts, are one of the major sources of English law. However, the historical development and present day characteristics of this conmiunication of information system have never been comprehensively studied. Interleaved with the appraisal of contemporary comment on the system are the results of a bibliometric analysis of law reports published between 1511 and 1985, covering external influences acting on the system, the characteristics of reporters and publishing firms, reasons stated for publishing new titles, variations in format, frequency, delay, indexing standards, subject content and court coverage, with, in addition, detailed analysis of variations in the format of individual case reports. Comparison is made with investigations in the United States and Canada and two English enquiries into the law reporting system; unpublished evidence submitted to and transcripts of meetings of the Lord Chancellor's Law Reporting Committee, 19381940, are presented and evaluated for the first time. The law reports published in 1985 are subjected to very detailed analysis to determine coverage of cases by jurisdiction, courts and subjects, the extent of additional material provided by reporters (such as catchwords and headnotes), the length of judgements, delay in publication and duplication of coverage. The results of a citation analysis of all materials cited in law reports published in 1985 are presented to ascertain variations in the citation of sources from different jurisdictions, citation patterns by different courts and in different subject areas, and determine the use of unreported cases and the ageing of authority. Based on the results of all the analyses recommendations are made for the improvement of the information system with suggestions as to how they might be implemented; areas for further research are also highlighted.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 197-211).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-145).

Thesis--University of California, Berkeley. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-250).

Thesis (M.A. (Information Science))--University of Pretoria, 2001. / Summaries in Afrikaans and English.

This creative project examined the feasibility and need for a sports information system within the confines of a women's athletic department. It was then used to establish a system at Ball State 'University. This study attempted to establish a set of guidelines that could be followed in the development of a women's information system.The Directory of Professional Preparation Institutions, prepared by the American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, was used to prepare a mailing list for a questionnaire to establish the need. A compilation of the data showed not only a definite need, but also a readiness by women for an information system.Using the questionnaires as a basis, the groundwork for the system began with the development of an athletic information sheet.The sheets were for the athletes to fill out and for the sports information director to gather material for his releases. As the sheets were completed, the second part of the system became a reality with the formation of the file. With these two steps functioning, the writing of news articles for the newspapers started.As the actual information system was being implemented at Ball State, sports information directors were contacted around the country to collect their ideas and suggestions on the important ingredients to develop a sports information system. These were compiled and used throughout the development of the women's system.The conclusions of the project brought about the formation of a women's sports information system with the necessary guidelines for continuation of the organization. The conclusion of the survey established the need for the information system for women and the desire by women's departments to have such a system.

An information service is one in which information is the primary value exchanged between two parties. The research object of the current study is information service provided online (termed as online information service, OIS) which is also the core service product in the service offerings of Internet content providers (ICPs). The OIS industry is the highest growth area in the current service revolution (Santos 2003). However, the many efforts so far in the industry for developing innovative OISs have largely failed to attract audiences and frustrated the attempts to generate revenue from subscriptions and advertising (Alves 2001; Sullivan 2006). Researchers face great challenge in applying conventional wisdom from information system (IS) research to analyse OISs. Bobbitt and Dabholkar (2001) and Santos (2003) argued that there is no comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding or predicting consumers' online adoption behaviour. Research to gain greater understanding of factors that contribute to online adoption behaviour is therefore of high priority. / The aim of the study is to identify the key factors contributing to the adoption of OISs, enhance the understanding of the adoption process of online innovation, and thereby confirm, or add to the general understanding of the innovation adoption process. For comprehensively exploring the factors, in addition to an extensive review of literature, a series of in-depth interviews with industry experts were conducted to potentially gather new and important insights not yet appearing in the literature. For facilitating the current research in a real business context and among typical OIS users, a new commercial OIS and a Web-based survey system co-designed by the researcher were launched by industry partners during study, and the survey respondents were then invited to answer questions online after sampling the new OIS. The current study uses multivariate analysis and also structural equation modeling (SEM) as the statistical analysis technique. / A conceptual model mainly developed from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for understanding the adoption of OIS is proposed and tested in the real business context. The extended model employed additional constructs drawn from Uses and Gratification Theory, among others, and demonstrated improved prediction capacity (55%). The inter-relations between constructs were also investigated. This study successfully identifies online users' key preference that influences the OIS adoption, and provides new and empirically-based insights into several important debates in the academic and industry literature. The conclusions and implications include that OIS adoption may not be enhanced by online interactivities among users (or termed as C2C online interactivities, such as on-site Blogs) and services that add values to the core service (or termed as “supplementary services”). These are contrary to what many experts expected. Also, the popular assumption of behaviour intention (BI) having a direct positive effect on actual adoption behaviour (B) is not supported by the data of the current research. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2007.

Thesis ( M. Phil (Informatics)) -- University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes summary. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78 - 87).

Thesis--University of California, Berkeley. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-250).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Loughborough University of Technology, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-235).