The Electronic Library: Volume 31 Issue 4

Survival avenues for Pakistani libraries in the era of emerging technologies: Adoption of Library 2.0 and Library 3‐D

The purpose of this paper is to explore the concepts of Library 2.0 and Library 3‐D and provide a proposal for taking advantage of the new opportunities prevailing in the adoption…

Library automation to resource discovery: a review of emerging challenges

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the paradigm shift of library automation to resource discovery by exploring the applications of resource discovery. The present status of…

Academic style with substance: A collaborative screencasting project to support referencing skills

This paper seeks to report the initial phase of a cross‐institutional screencasting project designed to provide digital, multimedia support for referencing skills. Use of…

A CERIF‐based schema for recording research impact

The need for a more structured methodology than currently exists for describing the impact of academic research is widely acknowledged. The most widely used research information…

Digital preservation policy in National Information Centres in Nigeria

The study aims to examine availability, coverage of digital preservation policy and the structures put in place by National Information Centres in Nigeria to preserve digital…

Electronic theses and dissertations in Nigeria university libraries: Status, challenges and strategies

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current status of electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) projects in Nigerian university libraries.

Impact of Web 2.0 technologies on academic libraries: a survey of ARL libraries

The paper aims to present the results of a survey of academic libraries about the adoption and perceived impact of Web 2.0 technologies.

Public library blogs and elders' self‐learning: a content analysis

The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory analysis of the blog sites built by older adults and public libraries in Taiwan in order to explore what improvements public…

Facets of Knowledge Organization: Proceedings of the ISKO UK Second Biennial Conference, 4‐5 July, 2011, London

Building Mobile Library Applications

Getting Started with GIS: A LITA Guide

Advanced Digital Preservation

Building and Managing E‐Book Collections

Information 2.0: New Models of Information Production, Distribution and Consumption