This article investigates how Information Systems researchers apply institutional theoretical frameworks. Our aim is to explore the operationalization of meta-theoretical frameworks for empirical research which can often present difficulties in IS research. We include theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects to explore modalities of use. After an overview of institutional concepts, we ...

Screenshots of the visualization interface are shown in the left. The visualization system places images according to their similarities computed by the hierarchical SOM. Different colored borders were used to indicate which images share the same parent neuron in the higher layer. Images which do not share the same parent neuron with nearby images are circled in red. As shown in this figure, th...

A bstr act: As the amount of information stored on and accessed by computer has increased over the past twenty years, the tools available for organizing and retrieving such information have become outdated. T he folder paradigm has dominated existing user interfaces as the primary mechanism for organizing information for day-to-day use. T his paradigm encourages many-to-one placement of documen...

the aim of this research is to do an internal evaluation of the academic library based on the views of experts to identify the current situation. it also aims to present a method for library evaluation and to help the planners and managers of such centers to understand and improve the condition of university libraries and information centers. the methodology of this case study is based on inter...