The paper details a research project undertaken in a higher education institute (HEI) in the UK. The research adopted a case study approach and gathered data through 15 semi-structured interviews. Four key findings are discussed. Major differences in how responsibility…

As guest editors for this special issue entitled 'Exploring the meaning of responsibility', the authors use the final paper to extend the critical conversation that has run through this journal about the meaning and practice of responsibility. It draws together…

The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com, In 2007 the University Health Sciences Librarians Group (UHSL) merged with the University Medical Schools Librarians Group (UMSLG) to form the University Health and Medical Librarians Group (UHMLG). This paper traces the course…

In an attempt to provide a better understanding of the tension between conformance and performance in the governance context, this study develops a conceptual model for enterprise governance (EG) from the contingency theory perspective. The study argues that the value-based…

Attempts to recognize ‘information’ as an asset have led to an increased awareness of why and how this invisible valuable resource does not appear in the financial statements. This paper aims to develop a model based on three-circled sets of…

This study seeks to investigate the differences in three aspects of job satisfaction – total pay, promotion prospects, and respect received from one's supervisor – between male heterosexual and gay employees in Athens, Greece.

To determine whether a…

AIM: To present an overview of the concepts of marketing and to examine ways in which they can be applied to health libraries.
METHODS: A review was carried out of literature relating to health libraries using LISA, CINAHL, BNI and…

Even though the importance of Key Account Management (KAM) in building long term buyer-seller relationships is widely recognized in literature this long term perspective of KAM lacks appropriate empirical examination. The purpose of this study is to propose a conceptualization…

Colette Paul's story explores, in a humorous way, how the stuff of `real life' is transformed by the writer into `material' for fiction. It also address some anxieties about teaching Creative Writing. However, while these concerns frame `Real life' as…

A low-intervention approach to restoration that also allows restoration outcomes to be framed as trajectories of ecosystem change can be described as ‘open-ended’ restoration. It is an approach that recognizes that long-term ecosystem behavior involves continual change at small and…