Ferran i Ferrer, Núria (Date of defense: 2010-02-09)
To better understand information behaviour and how to make information delivery systems more usable, this dissertation endeavours to investigate how people search, manage and use information resources. ...
Dehdarirad, Tahereh (Date of defense: 2016-11-08)
The main objective of this thesis work is to assess and map international research concerning gender in science and higher education. To do this, two different studies were designed: first, to examine ...
Locher, Anita E. (Date of defense: 2017-09-13)
Institutions that recognize the value of digital geographic legacy data for future use develop the motivation to preserve the data for the long term. International standards on preservation, such as for ...
Splendiani, Bruno (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
This thesis investigates the problem of how to provide accessible images in academic articles in the research fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and in particular in ...
Batlle i Montserrat, Joan (Date of defense: 2016-01-21)
E-government is generally described as the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in government processes. The potential of ICT to transform governmental organizations into more efficient, ...
Calvo Flores, Luz (Date of defense: 2023-03-24)
[eng] Maps are one of the most versatile visual representations, and a common metaphor present in magazines, reports, digital media, print and television. Their familiarity and popularity often make ...
Navas, Miguel (Date of defense: 2016-12-14)
This doctoral thesis focuses on active Spanish scholarly journals which follow internationally‐recognized quality standards, in order to analyze their main features, study the adoption of Open Access, ...