Portals : people, processes, and technology / / edited by Andrew Cox

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Facet, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.04
• Soggetto topico: Web portals; Internet
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CoxAndrew <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Contents; Introductory preface; Section 1 Core themes; 1 Definitions and debates; Definitions; Related concepts; People and portals; References; 2 Portals or filters? Identifying quality on the internet; Introduction; A change of role; Affordances; Old literacies; An abundance of broadcasts; Lowering of barriers; Searching for quality; Interacting with information; Communities both virtual and real; Summary and conclusion; References; 3 Portal architectures; Introduction; What is a portal?; Portal architectures; Single (or simplified) sign-on; Integration of systems ; Integration solutionsService-based solutions; Issues; Portal developments in UK higher education; Actions to take now; Bibliography; Notes; 4 Personalization initiatives in the public and academic domains; Introduction; Levels and forms of personalization; Examples of personalization; Corporate environment; Academic environment; Information literacy; Health sector; The personalization effects; Some underlying technologies; Standards; The future; References; 5 User needs analysis and evaluation of portals; Introduction; Knowledge elicitation and usability/accessibility evaluation theory ; Incremental usability and accessibility evaluation frameworkMethods of HCI knowledge elicitation practices; Case study; Conclusion; References; 6 Managing portal services; Introduction; Management themes; Issues; Conclusions; Bibliography; Section 2 The library and the portal; 7 Ready to use: consumer,subject and other public portals; Introduction; Consumer portals; Subject and other portals; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8 Portals and university libraries; The promise of libraries; The arrival of portals; University library portals: historical development; Customizable portals ; Integration and portalsConclusion; Notes; 9 Library portals; Introduction; Services offered by a library portal; Development of library portals; Challenges and outcomes of implementing portals; Future developments; Conclusion; References; Section 3 The portal in the corporate sector; 10 Information at your fingertips: B2E portal as a strategic tool for today's workforce; Introduction; Portal market; B2E portal characteristics; Benefits and drawbacks; Trends in B2E portals; Concluding remarks; References; 11 Enterprise information portals; Introduction ; Integrating structured and unstructured informationThe birthday of EIP; EIP functionality; EIP standards; EIP vendors; All that glistens is not gold; Making the business case for an EIP; Implementation; In conclusion; Resources; Section 4 Portals in the public sector; 12 Community portals and the e-Confluence Zone: where bottom-up meets top-down; Introduction; Community portals; Factors affecting portal development; People, technology and purpose; Civic portal and civil portal; An e-Confluence Zone; Conclusion; References ; 13 Portal implementation in UK higher education institutions: a comparative analysis
• Sommario/riassunto: First applied to internet gateways such as Yahoo, the concept of the ""portal"" has evolved in a number of directions. How can information services best take advantage of internet portals to improve access to resources? This collection seeks answers to such questions, providing an overview of how portals are being used.
• Titolo autorizzato: Portals
• ISBN: 1-85604-983-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511368603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II