bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mobile information services in libraries: a review of current trends in delivering information
Authors: Vassilakaki Evgenia 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– This paper aims to review the literature on mobile information services. It considers only peer-reviewed papers published in English between 2004 and 2014.

Design/methodology/approach
– The method of systematic review was adopted to collect and analyse the relevant literature. The searches were conducted during the last week of July 2014 on different databases, and in total, 76 papers were considered after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Findings
– Seven themes emerged: “introducing mobile libraries”, “reporting on current trends”, “exploring users’ perceptions of libraries’ mobile services”, “presenting libraries’ mobile services”, “presenting mobile technology use in libraries”, “reporting case studies” and “reporting on evaluation of libraries’ mobile services”. It is evident that research on mobile libraries is very recent and focuses mainly on raising the Library and Information Science profession’s awareness of providing mobile information services.

Research limitations
– This literature review focused only on peer-reviewed papers published between 2004 and 2014 in English.

Originality/value
– This paper summarises and critically presents the relevant literature on libraries offering mobile information services. It informs libraries and librarians’ understanding of recent developments in mobile technology for the successful provision of information services.
Collaborative resource sharing between public and school libraries
Authors: Smith Daniella , Shea Misty , Wu Wei-Ning 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this study was to examine youth service librarians’ use of collaborative collection development (CCD) behaviors and interlibrary loan (ILL) to collaborate with school librarians.

Design/methodology
– A quantitative design was implemented with a self-administered survey that was placed online.

Findings
– Public youth services librarians in the USA believe it is important to collaborate with school librarians. However, they are not frequently using collaborative resource sharing strategies. Public youth services librarians that have more experience, understand trends and issues in school libraries and feel they have knowledge of collaborative strategies are more likely to engage in collaborative resource sharing.

Research limitations
– The study was limited to 265 public librarians serving youth in the USA. This study does not present the perspectives of school libraries.

Social implications
– CCD and ILL between public and school libraries are overlooked practices for building relationships between public and school librarians that should be explored. Presenting the benefits of these strategies during training programs may increase the resources that youth can access, thus having an overall impact on the quality of life in communities. Collaborating will also help communities understand the value of libraries as institutions for promoting lifelong learning.

Originality/value
– The results provide evidence that public youth service librarians in the USA believe in the importance of collaborative relationships with school librarians. However, they do not frequently use ILL or engage in CCD behaviors with school librarians. Using ILL and CCD are two strategies that may be used to build stronger relationships.
The causality between returns of interest-based banks and Islamic banks: the case of Turkey
Authors: Hakan Ergec Etem , Gülümser Kaytanci Bengül 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– This study aims to test whether the Islamic bank rate of returns are affected by the deposit rates of the interest-based bank in Turkey and whether they need to develop additional tools to manage it if they face an interest risk.Design/methodology/approach– This study tests the causality between the Islamic bank rate of returns and the time deposit interest rates between 2002 and 2010 in Turkey by use of the Granger Causality method based on monthly data. The same analysis is repeated with respect to the terms before and after 2006.Findings– It is concluded that for each term, the time deposit interest rates are the Granger cause of the Islamic bank rate of returns. This causality relation is more visible for the period after 2006.Originality/value– The results shows that the Islamic banks are sensitive to the interest-based bank interest rates in Turkey. Therefore, this finding suggests that these banks need to remain cautiousvis-à-visthe interest rate risk.
Commitment and trust in achieving financial goals of strategic alliance
Authors: Wahyudi Imam 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to illustrate theoretically and empirically the decision and result of strategic alliance between baitul maal wa tamwil (BMT) and Islamic banks as a relationship based on trust, mutual-trustworthiness and commitment. This paper also identifies the basic criteria for the resilience of a strategic alliance, the challenges and the barriers in a strategic relationship along with managerial and operational implications.Design/methodology/approach– In this study, we have chosen to use the confirmatory approach through a structured questionnaire by means of field survey to 131 BMT spread throughout Central Java and Yogyakarta. From the total sample, 89 BMT fulfilled the sampling criteria, that is: has operated for a minimum of two years and does not experience any financial difficulties during those two years; has done a financing contract with an Islamic bank; channels some of its funds to micro, small and medium enterprises; and is in the form of a cooperative, and not a micro financial institute. Data treatment uses the method of listwise deletion. Data analysis uses equation model with the software LISREL version 8.80. To validate the result of data analysis, we have also run a focus group discussion with Directorate of Syariah Banking, Bank of Indonesia, and in-depth interviews with BMT parent cluster (Inkopsyah).Findings– This research shows that commitment contributes positively in achieving the financial goals of an alliance. Coordination and initial agreement has a positive and significant influence in forming commitment from BMT and trust from Islamic banks. Other than coordination and initial agreement, the trust given by Islamic banks also came from the social capital owned by BMT.Originality/value– The trust and commitment will assist the building of strategic alliance between Islamic banks and BMT. Apart from financial purposes, the alliance between the two will also encourage natural knowledge-sharing.
Spectrum sharing metrics
Authors: Kruys Jan , Anker Peter , Schiphorst Roel 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to propose technology-independent metrics for measuring spectrum utilization efficiency and spectrum sharing which could prove useful in spectrum management. Radio spectrum is considered a scarce resource. The rapid rise in all kinds of wireless devices emphasizes the need for spectrum usage efficiency and spectrum sharing. Notably in license exempt spectrum, the increased density of radio devices requires new methods of evaluating their performance.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors go back to the fundamentals of spectrum utilization and show that under high usage conditions, wireless network performance is interference limited. The impact of interference depends both on the environment and on the type of modulation used. The authors use these factors to derive the above metrics.

Findings
– The main findings of this work are metrics for spectrum utilization and sharing that are technology-independent and therefore widely applicable, notably to license exempt spectrum. These metrics provide increased visibility of receiver performance in determining spectrum use. The authors also find that the capacity of a wireless network is for all practical purposes unlimited – provided the appropriate choices of the technical parameters are made, recognizing the impact of the propagation environment.

Research limitations/implications
– Because the authors proceed from simplifying assumptions, detailed analysis and prediction of spectrum-sharing cases may require additional parameters to be added to the equations given.

Practical implications
– The results of this work have potential application in spectrum management and in the development of regulatory requirements for license exempt spectrum.

Originality/value
– New in this paper is the derivation of spectrum utilization and sharing metrics from first principles that allow different technologies to be compared. The authors also show that, given the right choice of technical parameters, the capacity of wireless networks is practically unlimited.
Anchor product regulation – a new regulatory tool
Authors: Williamson Brian 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new regulatory tool which is intermediate between an ex ante price control and no price control.

Design/methodology/approach
– The approach adopted utilises public sources and first-hand experience in relation to the development and implementation of anchor product regulation.

Findings
– Anchor product regulation is found to be an effective alternative to price control, particularly in the context of copper-fibre transition in access networks. The approach is less demanding in terms of information than a price control to implement, and evidence from the UK suggests that anchor product regulation improved investment incentives.

Research limitations/implications
– The degree of substitution between anchor products and other access products could be investigated where anchor product regulation has been implemented.

Practical implications
– Anchor product regulation is a practical tool which regulators can apply.

Originality/value
– Anchor product regulation is a new concept, and this paper for the first time sets out the motivation for anchor product regulation, its development and experience in terms of implementation.
Over-the-top (OTT) content: implications and best response strategies of traditional telecom operators. Evidence from Latin America
Authors: José Ganuza Juan , Fernanda Viecens María 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to focus on the interplay between the market of contents and telecom operators. Traditional telecom operators are vulnerable to the new markets and services that appear as a consequence of accessibility to the Internet and, in particular, in the face of over-the-top content as Netflix.Design/methodology/approach– The authors build a conceptual framework to analyze the response strategies by telecom operators in the context of an evolving TV technology.Findings– They argue that the technology that enabled bundling of services was the entry door of telecom operators to the content market and that, nowadays, online TV may be their exit door if they do not display innovative strategies to remain in this market.Originality/value– This is the first paper exploring the interplay between the market of contents and telecom operators with a focus in countries from Latin America.
Cointegration, linear and nonlinear causality
Authors: Kumar Soni Tarun 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to study the market efficiency, unbiasedness and the direction of causality among four agricultural commodity futures contracts for a forecasting horizon of 28 days, 56 days and 84 days which are traded at National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd.

Design/methodology/approach
– To analyse the efficiency of futures market in Indian scenario, we focus on maize, chickpea, soybean and wheat which are among the most important agricultural commodities traded in India. In the first step, Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and nonparametric Phillips-Perron approaches have been used to examine the stationarity of all futures and spot price series. After testing the presence of cointegration in futures and spot series using Johansen’s Cointegration approach, the joint restrictions of β
0=0, β
1=1 and β
1=1 on the cointegrating vectors were imposed to test whether the futures price is an unbiased predictor of spot at contract maturity. In the next step, linear Toda and Yamamoto (1995) and the nonparametric Diks and Panchenko (2006) causality tests were applied to examine the direction of causality. Finally, nonlinear test were applied on the vector error correction model (VECM) residuals to investigate whether any remaining causality is strictly nonlinear in nature.

Findings
– The results of cointegration tests between futures and spot prices of the selected agricultural commodities indicated a long term relationship do exist in three out of four futures contracts. However, the Wald tests results on the cointegrating vectors indicate markets as inefficient and biased. Further, analysis of short-term relationship using alternate tests of causality do not give consistent results for same commodity series indicating that results may vary due to alternate measures and specifications. Finally, if we consider the results of Diks-Panchenko test on the filtered VECM-residuals, results provide evidence that if cointegration is taken into account; neither spot nor future leads or lags the other consistently.

Research limitations/implications
– The results are based on the sample of four agricultural futures commodity contracts. The study can be extended to a larger sample of contracts and relative efficiency of each contract can be explored.

Originality/value
– There are very few studies that have explored the efficiency, unbiasedness and direction of causality using both linear and nonlinear techniques for Indian agriculture commodity futures market for different forecasting horizons.
Modernising the regulation of health and social care professionals: the Law Commissions’ final report and draft Bill
Authors: Spencer-Lane Tim 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to summarise the Law Commissions’ final report and draft Bill on the regulation of health and social care professionals.Design/methodology/approach– To summarise the key recommendations that are relevant to adult safeguarding.Findings– The final report concludes that new legislation is needed to govern the UK regulators of health and social care professionals.Originality/value– The paper sets out the recommended new legal framework.
Self-perceived assessment competencies and practices among university lecturers
Authors: Matovu Musa , Madziah Zubairi Ainol 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the lecturers’ self-perceived competencies and practices in assessing students.Design/methodology/approach– An Assessment Practices Inventory Modified was administered to a sample of 329 randomly selected lecturers from six universities in Uganda. Factor analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to address the research questions.Findings– The results of factor analysis yielded a factor structure of four variables; design, administration, interpretation, and application. The MANOVA multivariate test results highlighted differences in assessment competencies and practices among lecturers in the different academic levels (Wilks’λ=0.732,F(16, 313)=5.624,p<0.05,η2=0.075), and in the interaction between type of university, specialisations, and academic levels (Roy's largest root=0.073,F(8, 313)=2.543,p<0.05,η2=0.068). The Tukey HSDpost hoctest results revealed that lecturers in the specialisation of education were different from their counterparts in other specialisations, in interpreting assessment results. Academic levels differences existed in all the dependent variables (design, administration, interpretation, and application). No differences existed in assessment competencies and practices between lecturers in the different types of universities.Originality/value– Lecturers have been found to differ in their assessment competencies and practices, according to their specialisations and academic levels. It has been recommended in this study, that, assessment training programmes be made mandatory to all lecturers in universities, in order to bridge the gap their competencies and practices in assessing students.
Flights of two female academics’ entry into the profession
Authors: Lemon Narelle , Garvis Susanne 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to illustrate what can be learnt about early career researchers through a narrative self-reflection of two academics’ moving towards the end of the early career into middle career stage.

Design/methodology/approach
– The two academics’ share their experiences as self- study reflective inquiries, specifically as a want and need for “more” through this respective involvement in critically thinking about and planning their career trajectory. Using Schwab's (1969) flights from the field as an interpretative tool, this event is the trigger used to story and re-story the personal experience of the academics through a reflective inquiry approach.

Findings
– Looking across the reflective self-studies, the final analysis reveals similarities, differences and tensions of the lived experiences of early career researchers’.

Originality/value
– Through listening to the voices of early career academics insights are gained that highlight the need for active agency in the academy while learning from others to focus on building research profiles.
Pilot project for peer tutoring: a case study in a Portuguese university
Authors: Sofia Coelho Cristina , Pereira Faria Catarina , Oliveira Filipa , Vale Lucas Carla , Vasconcelos Sónia , Soares Luísa 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– Tutoring or mentoring is a form of mutual and informal learning which has distant origins. This is a way of sharing knowledge and experience which has been proved to be extremely useful in educational settings, particularly where there is a peer that plays the role of tutor. Despite its informal characteristic, tutoring should be a structured process, with defined goals and clear roles for both: tutors and tutees, those who benefit from tutoring. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– As this paper aims to explore a pilot project, it was used as a reflexive and practical methodology, in a case study, analyzing the number of participants attending the project as well as the contents of the training course.

Findings
– In this first project in a Portuguese university, 35 students attended as candidates to tutor, participating in the training course, showing interest in helping their colleagues.

Originality/value
– This proposal for a tutoring program in a public higher institution aims to train college students to help other colleagues, giving academic support, helping in the adaptation to academic context, promoting autonomy in learning, sharing effective strategies and helping in maintenance of positive interpersonal relationships. These aspects are very important to promote academic success in higher education.
The life cycle approach as an innovative methodology for the recovery and restoration of cultural heritage
Authors: Settembre Blundo Davide , Ferrari Anna Maria , Pini Martina , Riccardi Maria Pia , García José Francisco , Fernández del Hoyo Alfonso Pedro 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– In this paper, of exploratory character, the purpose of this paper is to propose the analysis of the life cycle for assessing the environmental, economic, and social impact in the activity of recovery, restoration, and valorization of Cultural Heritage.

Design/methodology/approach
– The analysis protocol is applied to the case of recovery and restoration processes and then outlining the salient features of what may become a model of Cultural Heritage Life Cycle Management (CH-LCM).

Findings
– The authors propose the approach of the life cycle, normally used to assess the impact of materials, processes or products, to the management of cultural heritage as an innovative methodology with great potential.

Originality/value
– The methodology for this sector is highly innovative, especially in its interdisciplinary approach, through the use of different technical, historical, and economic skills which can provide the tools for the preparation of a management plan according to the logic of the life cycle.
Aligning agendas for sustainable development in the post 2015 world
Authors: Van Oers Ron , Pereira Roders Ana 
Published: November 2014

Purpose
– This paper is an editorial to JCHMSD's Volume 4 Issue 2 and its selection of papers.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper presents some of the ongoing discussions at the international level on the establishment of new United Nations global objectives for development, known as the Sustainable Development Goals, which should guide progress in the world for the next 15 years. Two agendas for wise heritage management are discussed, one for the protection of nature and the other for better use of culture, which taken together could make a significant difference in stewarding the world's precious resources.

Findings
– While the previous Millennium Development Goals, established in 2000 as a set of eight goals with 19 targets, have been criticised as too broad, the current proposed Sustainable Development Goals, containing 17 goals and 169 targets to measure progress, are perhaps too many and too detailed and thereby risk failure of implementation. It also illustrates the ambition and the challenges of a pluralistic world with widely divergent priorities, reinforcing the idea of context-specificity of heritage conservation and resources management.

Originality/value
– This editorial further extends on the discussion that was started in the inaugural Editorial, of 2011, which stated that “the international debate is expected to intensify as regards a re-orientation of the concept of sustainability and to re-emphasise its meaning in clear and unambiguous terms” (JCHMSD, 1.1:9).
Lease accounting trouble looms for corporate real estate management
Authors: Baltussen Sjuul , Schelle Tim , Appel-Meulenbroek Rianne , van Egmond Berend , Hesselink Matthijs , van Leersum Leon 
Published: November 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate what impact International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) lease accounting changes might have on corporate real estate (CRE) strategies, and what the consequences for future corporate real estate portfolio decisions might be.Design/methodology/approach– A macro-analysis based on the constructive capitalization method of Imhoffet al.(1991) is used to determine the potential impact of IFRS lease accounting changes on Amsterdam Exchange Index (AEX) listed corporations. In addition, a series of interviews were held with CRE executives to discuss this impact and with CRE and IFRS experts for general insight.Findings– The impact of IFRS lease accounting seems less severe than expected. Notwithstanding, it could form a serious bottleneck for CRE departments that do not operate on a strategic level. Therefore, IFRS lease accounting changes might act as a catalyst for the professionalization of corporate real estate management departments.Practical implications– The paper provides CRE managers with a manageable insight to alter CRE decision-making processes in relation to IFRS lease accounting. The sample size was too small to make a distinction between different industries.Originality/value– Past research showed that accounting is a potential variable in CRE decision-making, but did not yet clarify the possible impact of IFRS lease accounting on CRE strategies and the relating CRE operating decisions. Besides that, this paper also provides insight for options to cope with the (possibly severe) implications.