The Electronic Library: Volume 22 Issue 5
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
Weblogs – are you serious?
Laurel A. ClydeWeblogs are a relatively recent Internet phenomenon, dating from the late 1990s. However, while Weblogs may be a natural for librarians (or for some librarians, at least), they…
The utilisation of an intranet as a knowledge management tool in academic libraries
Hamilton Mphidi, Retha SnymanThe intranet has emerged as one of today's most effective tools for knowledge management. This article reports on the extent to which three South African academic libraries…
Digital libraries, digital containers, “library patrons”, and visions for the future
Wallace KoehlerVisions of user‐centered approaches to digital library futures are uncertain. One can best understand what those futures portent by briefly exploring one's roots and traditions…
The e‐learning library: only a warehouse of learning resources?
Mei‐Yu Wang, Ming‐Jiu HwangThe potentialities of information technology, together with economic concerns, have been forcing various organizations to go electronic in order to reposition themselves toward a…
Freedom of access: ethical dilemmas for Internet librarians
Irina TrushinaLibraries depend on ethical principles more than any other institution because library services are essentially human‐oriented. Most national ethical principles for librarians are…
Unicode as a multilingual standard with reference to Indian languages
Rajesh ChandrakarIndia is a country rich in diversity in languages, cultures, customs and religions. Records of this complete culture, secret manuscripts and related documents of the respective…
An applied ethnographic method for evaluating retrieval features
Roslina OthmanThis paper reports on a study conducted to develop a framework for evaluating the retrieval features using an applied ethnographic method. Direct observation, interviews, analysis…
E‐journals: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library experience
Sue RockliffIn South Australia, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) was the first health library to commit itself to e‐journals in a significant way. The experience of becoming an electronic…
Effects of IT utilization and knowledge on librarians’ IT attitudes
Muhammad RamzanThe paper presents the extent of information technology (IT) utilization in libraries in Pakistan together with librarians’ level of knowledge in IT and their attitudes toward IT…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle