Exploring trust in online health information: a study of user experiences of patients.co.uk

This feature has been co‐authored by Anna Cunningham and her supervisor Frances Johnson. It is based on the research Anna conducted for her dissertation, which she completed as part of her MA in Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. The study explored how people assess the trustworthiness of online health information, and the participants were asked to talk aloud whilst viewing information on the consumer health information website patients.co.uk. The study confirmed that their assessment was based on the information usefulness and credibility as well as identifying the factors relating to information quality and website design that helped to form these judgements. A. M.     

《地平线报告(2014图书馆版)》全球中文首发仪式

正2014年10月25日,北京开放大学远程教育与开放学习研究院与美国新媒体联盟、北京大学图书馆、清华大学图书馆、现代教育技术杂志社联合举办了《地平线报告(2014图书馆版)》全球中文首发仪式。这是首次以图书馆为主题的地平线报告发布,为大学图书馆适应信息化发展趋势提供了及时、前瞻的指引。     

Managing university technology development using organizational control theory

How can the development and commercialization of university-based technology be managed more effectively? In approaching this question, the paper utilizes organizational control theory (OCT) to analyze the effects of organizational controls on performance at each stage of a generic university-industry technology transfer (UITT) process. The paper contributes to the literature by providing a conceptual framework that is useful for explaining major issues found in the largely empirical literature on UITT. The analysis also elucidates the most effective controls, which vary across stages. As such, the paper also contributes to the literature by taking a longitudinal perspective on OCT in the UITT process. Managers and researchers of UITT may benefit from utilizing an organizational controls perspective when managing and studying the UITT phenomenon. Managerial and research implications are discussed in order to improve UITT management and drive future conceptually-grounded research in the area.