Overview

Portals are enhancing the ability of end users to discover information simply and effectively compared with previous methods, and a favourite portal on the web is becoming a first port of call for many when searching. Whilst portals are clearly a benefit, the term has also become almost synonymous with any point of access to information on the web. Many different types of service call themselves a portal and it is difficult for end users to differentiate between these and understand what functionality is available. The library world has a particular concern in addressing this problem. For information professionals it is important that good advice is given to end users on which services on the web are of most benefit and what they can offer. Information services can also make use of portals themselves to enhance access to information and resources. Making effective use of them can be difficult. How are such decisions made, and what is needed to take best advantage of portals? This book aims to answer some of these questions and to provide the library and information community with a clear overview of what portals can do, and how they can be and are being used. It will look at what a portal can offer and stake a claim for what it should be in terms of its functionality. It will seek to assist decision-making when implementing a portal application, and assist with offering clear advice to end users on portal services available on the web. Readers will benefit from this book by learning about portals in a wide context, within and beyond the library and information world. They will increase their knowledge of what portals can offer and be able to make informed decisions when using and/or implementing portals.

Full Product Details

Author:   Andrew Cox
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781856045469

ISBN 10:   1856045463
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 June 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: CORE THEMES 1. Definitions and debates - Andrew Cox 2. Portals or filters? Identifying quality on the internet - Andrew Madden 3. Portal architectures - Tom Franklin 4. Personalization initiatives in the public and academic domains - Mark Hepworth, Steve Probets, Fadi Qutaishat and Geoff Walton 5. User needs analysis and evaluation of portals - Panayiotis Zaphiris, Aspasia Dellaporta and Dean Mohamedally 6. Managing portal services - Stephen Emmott SECTION 2: THE LIBRARY AND THE PORTAL 7. Ready to use: consumer, subject and other public portals - Ian Winship 8. Portals and university libraries - John A. MacColl 9. Library portals - Ron Davies SECTION 3: THE PORTAL IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR 10. Information at your fingertips: B2E portal as a strategic tool for today’s workforce - Ly Fie Sugianto and Dewi Rooslani Tojib 11. Enterprise information portals - Martin White SECTION 4: PORTALS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 12. Community portals and the e-Confluence Zone: where bottom-up meets top-down - Stephen Musgrave 13. Portal implementation in UK higher education institutions: a comparative analysis - Yvonne Klein 14. MyUU: a case study of the Utrecht University portal - Peter Schelleman SECTION 5: THE FUTURE 15. The future of portals? - Balviar Notay 16. Managing web-based information in an arts and humanities research environment - Jared Bryson 17. Portals and Web 2.0 - Chris Awre.

Reviews

"""Overall, I think this is quite an interesting book that unpicks a number of problems and issues relating to the successful institutional use of portals - especially within library systems."" -- The Electronic Library"

Overall, I think this is quite an interesting book that unpicks a number of problems and issues relating to the successful institutional use of portals - especially within library systems. - The Electronic Library

Overall, I think this is quite an interesting book that unpicks a number of problems and issues relating to the successful institutional use of portals - especially within library systems. -- The Electronic Library

Author Information

Dr Andrew Cox is a Lecturer in Information Management atthe Department of Information Studies, Sheffield University.

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