Introduction to the JGLR special issue on standardization, patents and competition issues: global developments and perspectives

Introduction to the special issue on homeland and global security

The development, deployment and coordination of pervasive and mobile computing has been studied for a number of years, and much of this research is beginning to transition into real solutions for a variety of domains. One domain that is ripe for research and development in this area is homeland and global security. Much of the security mission involves the monitoring of various environments (e....

Introduction to the special issue: perspectives on research libraries

Purpose – The aim of this article is to introduce the special issue of Journal of Documentation focusing on perspectives on research libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines the theme of the issue and its underlying problems. Findings – The traditional services of research libraries may diffuse to other kinds of institutions. There is, however, a need for information speciali...

Perspectives on working memory: introduction to the special issue.

More than 40 years ago, Baddeley and Hitch (1974) published an article with a wealth of experimentation and theorization on working memory, the small amount of information held in mind and often used within cognitive processes such as language comprehension and production, reasoning, and problem solving. We honor this seminal accomplishment in the present special issue, and take this opportunit...

Perspectives on Dialogue: Introduction to this Special Issue

We briefly summarize the papers in this volume, draw attention to the variety of perspectives that they bring to the subject of dialogue, identify a number of common themes, and conclude with a discussion of directions for further research.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Scalable Video Coding-Standardization and Beyond