<p> Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing career fields, with the demand for qualified professionals growing at a rate 3.5 times faster than traditional information technology or computing-related jobs and 12 times faster than the overall job market. Women are largely underrepresented in the field, comprising a mere 11% of the global workforce. This qualitative study uses a modified grounded-theory methodology to explore factors influencing women&rsquo;s perceptions of the field of cybersecurity. Interviews were conducted to gain an understanding of how female college students perceive the existing gender gap and to identify motivators or barriers of entry to the field. This study resulted in the development of a substantive theory depicting the core concept of finding her way and how women take action by seeking to relate, seeking reassurance, and seeking return. Findings from this research will be used to inform efforts to attract, train, and retain future generations of women in the cybersecurity profession and to aid in meeting the growing workforce needs. </p><p>

M.Inf. / The information society is placing new demands on the LIS profession which could soon be facing an identity crisis. Certain issues need to be addressed to make the traditional LIS more viable and active today. One of these issues is the suitable education of potential employees of the LIS. The purpose of this study was to establish, by means of empirical research, to what extent the IT education offered by Departments of Information Science (DIS) at South African universities are preparing graduates for an electronic information service (EIS). A literature survey was undertaken to establish the nature of an EIS. Three major categories of information technologies which make up an EIS were identified, viz network technologies, communications technologies and retrieval technologies. A second literatyre survey was then undertaken to ascertain the state of IT education in DIS both in developed and developing countries. The motivation for distinguishing between these two nation types was based on the fact that South Africa comprises both developed and developing nations. Based on the information gleaned from the two literature surveys, a questionnaire was compiled and posted to all heads of DIS at South African universities. The purpose of the questionnaire was to establish the extent to which those technologies that comprise an EIS have been incorporated into the curriculum of South African DIS, as well as the attitudes of DIS heads towards the role and significance of IT education in their curricula. The main finding was that although the importance of an IT component in the curriculum is recognised by all DIS, the majority are not placing sufficient emphasis on IT in their curricula. There is a general willingness and a positive attitude towards the incorporation of more IT into the curricula but various constraining factors inhibit this willingness. Problems faced by all DIS is finding the space in their curricula to allocate to IT training and maintaining a healthy balance between theory and practice. Some DIS have the added burden of a lack of facilities as well as catering for students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.

O objetivo geral deste trabalho é compreender os processos de mediação e de apropriação social da informação pública por meio de dispositivos de educação fiscal. Como metodologia, além de pesquisa bibliográfica e de pesquisa histórica, foi utilizada a pesquisa participativa, que se efetivou por meio de tutoria de curso a distância, reuniões e encontros com os atores da pesquisa. Foi hipótese deste trabalho que os programas de educação fiscal do país, mais especificamente os do estado de São Paulo, tomados como dispositivos pedagógicos que visam colocar Estado e sociedade em relação, estariam mais centrados na prescrição de condutas a serem assimiladas do que na apropriação afirmativa de informações fiscais pelos cidadãos e no privilégio de \"deveres fiscais\" em detrimento dos direitos dos cidadãos em relação a questões tributárias. Percebemos que mais do que reflexivos, os cursos de educação fiscal são normativos, e as lógicas educacionais implícitas neles obedecem a lógicas instrucionais. Concluímos que há necessidade de mediação entre sociedade e Estado para questões relacionadas a informação e comunicação do setor público, com a finalidade de estabelecer fluxo dialógico que viabilize a negociação de significados entre as partes envolvidas. / The aim of this study is to understand the processes of mediation and social appropriation of public information through tax education devices. The methodology, as well as literature and historical research, it was used participatory research, which was accomplished through ongoing mentoring the distance and meetings with actors of the research. It was hypothesis that the tax education programs in the country, specifically the state of São Paulo, taken as teaching devices designed to bring state and society in relation, would be more focused on prescribing behaviors to be assimilated to the statement of ownership tax information by citizens and on the privilege of tax duties to the detriment of citizens rights in relation to tax matters. We realize that more than reflective, the tax education courses are normative, and the implicit educational logical them obey instructional logic. We conclude that there is need for mediation between society and the state on issues related to information and communication in the public sector, in order to establish dialogical flow that enables the negotiation of meanings between the parties involved.

O objetivo geral deste trabalho é compreender os processos de mediação e de apropriação social da informação pública por meio de dispositivos de educação fiscal. Como metodologia, além de pesquisa bibliográfica e de pesquisa histórica, foi utilizada a pesquisa participativa, que se efetivou por meio de tutoria de curso a distância, reuniões e encontros com os atores da pesquisa. Foi hipótese deste trabalho que os programas de educação fiscal do país, mais especificamente os do estado de São Paulo, tomados como dispositivos pedagógicos que visam colocar Estado e sociedade em relação, estariam mais centrados na prescrição de condutas a serem assimiladas do que na apropriação afirmativa de informações fiscais pelos cidadãos e no privilégio de \"deveres fiscais\" em detrimento dos direitos dos cidadãos em relação a questões tributárias. Percebemos que mais do que reflexivos, os cursos de educação fiscal são normativos, e as lógicas educacionais implícitas neles obedecem a lógicas instrucionais. Concluímos que há necessidade de mediação entre sociedade e Estado para questões relacionadas a informação e comunicação do setor público, com a finalidade de estabelecer fluxo dialógico que viabilize a negociação de significados entre as partes envolvidas. / The aim of this study is to understand the processes of mediation and social appropriation of public information through tax education devices. The methodology, as well as literature and historical research, it was used participatory research, which was accomplished through ongoing mentoring the distance and meetings with actors of the research. It was hypothesis that the tax education programs in the country, specifically the state of São Paulo, taken as teaching devices designed to bring state and society in relation, would be more focused on prescribing behaviors to be assimilated to the statement of ownership tax information by citizens and on the privilege of tax duties to the detriment of citizens rights in relation to tax matters. We realize that more than reflective, the tax education courses are normative, and the implicit educational logical them obey instructional logic. We conclude that there is need for mediation between society and the state on issues related to information and communication in the public sector, in order to establish dialogical flow that enables the negotiation of meanings between the parties involved.

In this paper we elaborate on a framework, a set of guidelines, for teachers when designing project based courses. The emergent framework presented in this paper will focus on six themes: (1) overall course design, (2) project task, (3) project group, (4) examination, (5) feedback and (6) course evaluation and improvement and is initially grounded in theory and practice. The framework elaborated in this paper should support teachers' development of a professional autonomy within the norms of a professional group and an active curriculum.

Running scholarly presses as profit centers is becoming increasingly unsustainable as many are barely able to stay solvent in todayâ s market economy. Under increasing financial pressures university presses are creating a bottleneck for the publishing of scholarly articles, making less of it available more slowly. By restricting access and limiting outlets for publication, todayâ s commercially structured scholarly publishing system runs counter to the aims of scholarly publishingâ to circulate discourse and research findings through academic institutions and into the world. The open access movement is one response to a general failure of the for-profit scholarly publishing system. This paper looks at what it would mean to reconfigure scholarly publishing away from commerce and toward an open access model, and the potential role of libraries within an open access publishing system.

This is an ALISE juried paper presented on Thursday, January 13, 2005 in Session 5.3, LIS Course Content & Instructional Issues (Juried Papers), of the 2005 ALISE Conference, Boston, MA. The goal of this study was to gain an understanding of the literature used in generalist search education in LIS programs.

I would like to publish this original research work for public domain / INTRODUCTION : The study was conducted at Pramukhswami Medical College in Karamsad from November-August 2007 to assess the Computer and Internet usage amongst health care professionals. OBJECTIVE: To identify the knowledge of Computer and Internet of health care professionals of Pramukhswami Medical College and to understand the information-seeking behavior. We have observed the search habits of Internet users at PSMC. Efforts are on to find the search requirements related to the use of the Internet information. METHODS: They were given a questionnaire to collect the data. RESULTS: Results show that all the respondents are using the Internet frequently because. They use the Internet in different ways, such as accessing to online journals, downloading text, chatting, discussion, E-mail services and for finding related references. It is revealed that the professionals of PSMC are getting quality information through the Internet. It is observed that the Google and Yahoo search engines are more widely use compared to other search engines. CONCLUSION: The study revealed that high computer usage among health care professionals in an institution with good computer facilities. The majority expressed their willingness to undergo further training.

This is a preprint published in Journal of Documentation 62 (4): 462-481. Purpose: This paper examines William Stetson Merrill, the compiler of A Code for Classifiers and a Newberry Library employee (1889-1930) in an attempt to glean lessons for modern information studies from an early librarianâ s career. Methodology/Approach: Merrillâ s career at the Newberry Library and three editions of the Code are examined using historical, bibliographic, and conceptual methods. Primary and secondary sources in archives and libraries are reviewed to provide insight into Merrillâ s life at the Newberry and his attempts to develop or modify tools to solve the knowledge organization problems he faced. The concept of bricolage, developed by Levi-Strauss to explain modalities of thinking, is applied to Merrillâ s career. Excerpts from his works and reminisces are used to explain Merrill as a bricoleur and highlight the characteristics of bricolage. Research Implications and Limitations: Findings show that Merrill worked collaboratively to collocate and integrate a variety of ideas from a diverse group of librarians such as Cutter, Pettee, Poole, Kelley, Rudolph, and Fellows. Bliss and Ranganathan were aware of the Code but the extent to which they were influenced by it remains to be explored. Although this is an anachronistic evaluation, Merrill serves as an example of the archetypal information scientist who improvises and integrates methods from bibliography, cataloging, classification, and indexing to solve problems of information retrieval and design usable information products and services for human consumption. Originality/Value of Paper: Bricolage offers great potential to information practitioners and researchers today as we continue to try and find user-centered solutions to the problems of digital information organization and services. Paper Type: Research paper

In the paper the need to understand cultural differences is discussed. The authors show how cultural differences can be analyzed. They also describe how cultural information was exchanged and analyzed during the library and information studies course that was taught via the Internet simultanously in Finland and North Carolina. In addition, the authors discuss how libraries could use experiences of the common class when they act in a multicultural environment. In the paper, culture is defined to be a framework to our lives, something which affects our values, attitudes and behavior. In analyzing and understanding cultural differences it is important to pay attention to how members of various cultures see i) the nature of people, ii) a person's relationship to the external enviroment, iii) the person's relationship to other people, iv) the primary mode of the activity, v) people's orientation to space, and vi) the person's temporal orientation. These dimension will be explained in the paper. In addition, the authors pay attention to language and communication styles as a dimension of cultural differences. The paper describes differences in cultures of Finns, Sami People, North Carolians and Cherokee Indians. Sami People and Cherokee Indians were chosen to represent minor cultures in Finland and North Carolina. An interesting similarities can be found on the one hand between major cultures (Finland and North Carolina), and on the other hand between minor cultures (Sami and Cherokees). The authors propose that there are a few lessons learnt in the common class which can be useful also for libraries and librarians serving multicultural populations. They are i) to undertand people's behavior as a reflection of their cultural background, ii) to understand of differences in language and communication styles between cultures, iii) to understand that collaboration across cultural boundaries and sharing cultural informations occur together, and iv) to take advantage from the Internet in crossing cultural boundaries but not to forget that people have various attitudes toward the Internet and therefore some clients continue to prefer books and face-to-face interaction with library professionals. The authors emphasize that cross-cultural communication and collaboration does not occur effectively without understanding other cultures.