The Electronic Library: Volume 15 Issue 5
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
Librarians in projects
Gunnel StjernvallLibrarians get involved. During a Spring conference in Sweden, organised by TLS, the Swedish equivalent of the Special Library Association, one conclusion everybody seemed to…
News
An agreement has been announced between UMI and Dow Interactive Publishing by which UMI gains exclusive world‐wide rights to distribute Dow Jones publications online to academic…
The role of Learning Support in the development and implementation of a key skills programme and an intranet to support it
Bob HunterThe Effective Learning Programme (ELP) and the intranet to support it have been in development since 1993. Key to these developments have been the Department of Learning Support…
Conceptual models for network literacy
Brendan DevlinCognitive science indicates that users of any system create internal representations of it to enable them to structure knowledge. Conceptual models which include appropriate…
A look at the Open University Library
Nicky Whitsed is Director of Library Services at the Open University's Jennie Lee Library. The Open University is one of the world's largest suppliers of distance education; it…
An international professional association for Lifelong Learning
ELLI (European Lifelong Learning Initiative) (http://www.noesis.se:443/ll/elli/elli.html) was established in 1992 to help propagate ideas and actions in Lifelong Learning in…
New directions in teaching online search techniques
Pieter van Brakel became a Professor of Information Science in 1985 and transferred from the University of Pretoria to the Department of Information Studies at the Rand Afrikaans…
The database, the network and the digital community: The new dynamics of information processing
David R. WorlockAs we stand on the threshold of a new millennium, it is tempting to speculate wildly about the impact of information technology on our information processing society. These…
Diffusion of innovation theories and their relevance to understanding the role of librarians when introducing users to networked information
Matt HollandThis review aims to provide an overview of the ideas, theories and research relating to the diffusion of innovations. It seeks to place the relationship between librarians and the…
New ways of delivering information
Mark TrasensterKnowledge is power, but access to the right information at the right time is what empowers the individual. This paper is about the emerging ways that news and business…
Scientific preprints online: An overview
Enrique CanessaThis paper briefly focuses on the implementation of the ICTP Scientific Preprints Repository Online and on the recent Web service for a One‐Shot World Wide Preprints Search…
Building local networks with hubs
Howard FalkLibraries typically use multiple personal computers. There may be a computer for accessing the Internet, a computer for playing CD‐ROMs, several computers (or workstations) to…
New on the net
Abuse/Incest Support site offers a weekly feature about survivors or issues of interest to survivors, their family and friends or professionals. Also has a listing of resources…
The information society
A European/Australian alliance has been announced for the protection and trading of digital intellectual property on the Internet. Europe's IMPRIMATUR and Australia's PROPAGATE…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle