introduction: one of the software packages designed for libraries and documenting centres is unesco cds/isis mini-micro software package. most libraries in iran have a copy of it. this research was aimed to investigate the degree of its application in central libraries of medical sciences universities in 2004. methods and materials: it is a descriptive study in which a questionnaire was used to...

Information systems research has taken many different directions and a host of different approaches have been used. Different researchers within the multidisciplinary field of IS seem to prefer some approaches to others based on both epistemological and more practical grounds. In this paper we look at the case study approach in IS research and focus on the importance of selecting ‘critical case...

Spatial technologies, i.e. geographic information systems, remote sensing, and global positioning systems, offer an opportunity for rapid assessment of malaria endemic areas. These technologies coupled with prevalence/incidence data can provide reliable estimates of population at risk, predict disease distributions in areas that lack baseline data and provide guidance for intervention strategie...

Die Arbeitspapiere des Lehrstuhls für Wirtschaftsinformatik dienen der Darstellung vorläufiger Ergebnisse, die i. d. R. noch für spätere Veröffentlichungen überarbeitet werden. Die Autoren sind deshalb für kritische Hinweise dankbar. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Insbesondere die der Übersetzung, des Nachdruckes, des Vortrags, der Entnahme von Abbildungen und Tabellen – auch bei nur auszugsweiser Ve...

From August 18–23, 2013, the Dagstuhl Seminar “Verifiably Secure Process-aware Information Systems” was held in Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. During this seminar, participants presented their current research and discussed open problems in the arising field of securing information systems driven by processes. The executive summary and abstracts of the talks given during the...

Toscana-systems have been used in many contexts to visualize information found in relational databases. As opposed to many other approaches this is done based on conceptual structures rather than numerical analysis. While conceptual structures often tend to ease understanding of the data by avoiding too much information reduction, sometimes a particular reduced information gained by using numer...

This paper studies the relationships between the choice of a sourcing mode for information systems, the value of the resources used in systems development activities and the presence of those resources at sufficient level within the firm. The objective is to better understand the factors underlying the decision to keep the development of an information system inside the firm or to entrust it to...

The paper presents an assessment of Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Although the last decade has seen an increase in research on the challenges associated with the integration of IS/IT during the post-merger integration (PMI) phase, substantial gaps in our knowledge exist. Our literature review analyzes IS/IT studies in term...

OBJECTIVES To summarize excellent current research in the field of Health Information Systems. METHOD Creation of a synopsis of the articles selected for the 2014 edition of the IMIA Yearbook. RESULTS Four papers from international peer reviewed journals were selected and are summarized. CONCLUSIONS Selected articles illustrate current research regarding the impact and the evaluation of h...

This article introduces the concept of ‘invisible information systems’, information systems that seamlessly integrate with and support collective work activity especially in routine operational contexts. Systems designed by traditional methods and implemented with traditional computing technology tend to ‘get in the way’ of skilful time-constrained performance in these work domains. We argue th...