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The application of RFIDs in libraries : an assessment of technological, management and professional issues

Gibb, Forbes ; Thornley, Clare V. ; Ferguson, Stuart ; Weckert, John (Elsevier, 2011-06)

This paper starts by outlining the technologies involved in RFIDs and reviews the issues raised by their general application. It then identifies their potential application areas within the library sector based on a generic ...
A dialectical approach to information retrieval

Thornley, Clare V. ; Gibb, Forbes (Emerald, 2007)

Purpose:The paper explores the question of whether the often paradoxical and conceptually contradictory discipline of information retrieval (IR) can be understood more clearly when it is analysed from a dialectical ...
Do RFIDs (radio frequency identifier devices) provide new ethical dilemmas for librarians and information professionals?

Thornley, Clare V. ; Gibb, Forbes ; Ferguson, Stuart ; Weckert, John (Elsevier, 2011-12)

Abstract: This paper provides an analysis of the current and potential ethical implications of RFID technology for the library and information professions. These issues are analysed as a series of ethical dilemmas, or ...
Meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR)

Thornley, Clare V. ; Gibb, Forbes (Emerald, 2009)

Purpose -The paper explores the question of whether the differences between meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR) have implications for the use of philosophy in supporting research in IR. Desig ...