The serious leisure perspective is introduced and its relationship to library and information science (LIS) set out. The relationship is twofold: the perspective offers a distinctive approach both to research and to practice in this discipline. That is, the perspective bridges a critical gap that has separated the fields of LIS and leisure studies, manifested in both as scant concern with the c...

Urban leisure venues proffer spatial carriers for citizens’ leisure activities and their functions rely heavily on the spatial configuration, which have largely been ignored. The increasing needs for healthy leisure life and the availability of geospatial open data provide a rising opportunity to fill this gap. To examine the spatial distribution of leisure venues and explore its underlying dom...

Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Delhi, India –110001. Received for publication: April 27, 2004. Reprint request: Dr Lata Kapoor, 128, Jailakshmi Apartments, 59, I.P. Extension, Delhi, India PIN110092 E-mail: [email protected]

The aim is to develop an application which will provide the functionality to manage regular operations of the residential apartments. The main objective of the project is to develop the application software for the different apartments which will be useful for all of them. Working efforts of the members and the managing body of the apartment will be reduced to maintain the society. It mainly su...

Leisure computing has been traditional associated with interactive entertainment media and game playing, yet despite the penetration of computing into the home, this form of engagement only comprises a small part of how we act when we are at leisure. In this paper, we move away from the paradigm of leisure technology as computer-based entertainment consumption towards a broader view of leisure ...

The increasing popularity of computer gaming as a contemporary leisure activity, together with the use of PCs and games consoles as leisure technologies are evidence of the increasing convergence of new technology and leisure practice. The size and popularity of the games industry stands out in contrast to the lack of understanding of computer gaming as a serious leisure activity. Previous rese...