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Two-way communication, participation in creating and sharing content on the Internet and complete human experience enabled in cyberspace or social media affected the emergence of a new form of culture – real virtuality. Social power transforms and moves to cyberspace. The internet became the most democratic medium and a framework for updating information on various […]

Dealing with research data as the basis of academic research is a new field for libraries. Their role and scope in this new field is still being discussed and gains importance within the changing reality of the digital academic research setting. In Anglo-American countries, the concept of information literacy has been broadened and now includes […]

The master thesis presents an analysis of the research literature about radio-frequency identification (RFID). It consists of a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part explains the technology behind RFID and shows the existing application spectrum of this diverse and prominent technology. It also discusses the norms and standards in this area. Furthermore […]

The first objective of this study was to identify the economic intelligence requirements of two organizations providing support to start-ups in Western Switzerland (Genilem and Fongit) and to define recommendations to address their key issues. The second objective was to identify needs common to the two institutions and to suggest a set of measures that […]

Research Question: How can the driver’s workload be estimated in order to adapt information and entertainment systems? Approach: Smartphone sensor data, situational factors and basic user characteristics are collected. This data is tested whether it significantly influences workload and can be used to estimate it. Method: Workload is measured with a smartphone-based representation of the […]

The master thesis presents the user interface Blended Shelf, which provides a shelf browsing experience beyond the physical location of the library. Shelf browsing offers numerous advantages and users apply it as a research strategy in libraries. Little usable and proven applications exist to provide shelf browsing in the digital domain, which would allow time […]

This master thesis focused on reading interest and information behavior of prisoners as a socially excluded group that faces complex and varied obstacles when accessing information and reading material. The study conducted as a part of the thesis sought to answer the following research questions: What are the information needs of prisoners? How do prisoners […]