Volume 5 Number 2 April 2013


Indices of Job Stress and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Information Professionals in Selected Federal Universities in South West Nigeria

Ogunlana, E. K., Okunlaya, R. O. A.

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Abstract Information Professionals around the world like other professionals experience stress caused by different factors highlighted in the study. The study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among a population of 87 Information Professionals. Descriptive survey research method was used. Job stress levels were assessed using the Job Stress Scale (JSS) adapted from Stress Indicators Scale (2007) and... Read More


Personalized Web Documents Filtering by Analyzing User Browsing Behaviors

Essam Natsheh

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Abstract This paper describes a method for information filtering in web browsing to learn user’s preferences. The purposed method observes user’s reactions to the filtered documents and learns from them the profiles for the individual users. Reinforcement learning is used to adapt the most significant terms that best represent user’s interests. In contrast to conventional relevance feedback methods which require explicit... Read More


An Exploratory Study of Gender Imbalances and Stereotypes in Computer Science

Nigel McKelvey, Katrina Lloyd, Sarah Miller

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Abstract Computer Science Education (CSE) is often considered to be a difficult degree to attain with many misconceptions about academic pre-requisites. These perceived pre-requisites are having a negative impact on those studying these courses by alienating the students because of stereotypes and as a result are resulting in a gender imbalance within Computer Science. This paper investigates six hypotheses through quantitative... Read More


Indices of Job Stress and Job Satisfaction Among Academic Information Professionals in Selected Federal Universities in South West Nigeria

Ogunlana, E. K., Okunlaya, R. O. A.

https://doi.org/

Abstract Information Professionals around the world like other professionals experience stress caused by different factors highlighted in the study. The study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among a population of 87 Information Professionals. Descriptive survey research method was used. Job stress levels were assessed using the Job Stress Scale (JSS) adapted from Stress Indicators Scale (2007) and job satisfaction levels... Read More


Personalized Web Documents Filtering by Analyzing User Browsing Behaviors

Essam Natsheh

https://doi.org/

Abstract This paper describes a method for information filtering in web browsing to learn user’s preferences. The purposed method observes user’s reactions to the filtered documents and learns from them the profiles for the individual users. Reinforcement learning is used to adapt the most significant terms that best represent user’s interests. In contrast to conventional relevance feedback methods which require explicit user feedbacks, our... Read More


An Exploratory Study of Gender Imbalances and Stereotypes in Computer Science

Nigel McKelvey

https://doi.org/

Abstract Computer Science Education (CSE) is often considered to be a difficult degree to attain with many misconceptions about academic pre-requisites. These perceived pre-requisites are having a negative impact on those studying these courses by alienating the students because of stereotypes and as a result are resulting in a gender imbalance within Computer Science. This paper investigates six hypotheses through quantitative research methods based... Read More


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