Essays about: "Open-access Resources"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Open-access Resources.

  1. 1. Legal professionals and open access : An investigation of print and electronic resources utilised by legal professionals in England and Wales with a focus on open access legal databases

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Susan Pollock; [2022]
    Keywords : open access; information seeking; information behaviour; legal profession; information literacy; legal research;

    Abstract : The thesis addresses lawyers’ information seeking in England and Wales. It aims to gain an understanding of lawyers’ information needs and use of resources relating to case law, statute and commentary, both hardcopy and electronic, with an interest in open access resources in particular. READ MORE

  3. 2. Open for whose benefit? Exploring assumptions, power relations and development paradigms framing the GIZ Open Resources Incubator (ORI) pilot for open voice data in Rwanda

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Daniel Brumund; [2020]
    Keywords : Big data; Open development; Datafication; Crowdsourcing; Rwanda;

    Abstract : Since February 2019, the Kigali-based start-up Digital Umuganda has been coordinating the crowdsourcing of the first openly available voice dataset for Rwanda’s official language Kinyarwanda. This process originated from a pilot project of the Open Resources Incubator (ORI), an emergent service designed by GIZ staff and the author as consultant. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Danger of Defending the Environment in Developing Countries : A structured focused comparison study of Honduras and El Salvador

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Denny Edvinsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Environmentalists; Developing Countries; Deadly Violence; Limited Access Orders; Structured Focused Comparision;

    Abstract : The environment is taking a larger part of the debate resulting in the creation of UN declarations, domestic and regional laws, public pressure on companies and politicians to take responsibility, and a greater awareness on our increasingly exploited planet. However, the people who are affected the most, poor and often indigenous people, find themselves in an increasingly dangerous position when they try to defend the planet. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Open Source Energy Model Base for the European Union (OSEMBE)

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : HAUKE THOR JONATHAN HENKE; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the Open Source Energy Model Base (OSEMBE) for the European Union was developed. Thus far the model covers seven countries around the Baltic sea, though preparatory work was done for adding the other countries of the union soon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Collective Governance of the Urban Commons: the Case of Parkovy Ozera Residential Complex in Kyiv, Ukraine

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Iegor Vlasenko; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The problem of governing resources used by many individuals in common has been long discussed in economics and environmental studies literature. Depending on the type of common resource, attributes of the group of users and property regime, collective action can either preserve the commons or deplete it. READ MORE