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Best‐Seller: a Canadian library automation system
Shirley Kieran, Normand CardellaBest‐Seller Inc. has been a developer of standards‐based library automation systems since 1986. Its products have evolved to meet unique challenges worldwide but more specifically…
Digitization for preservation and access: a case study
Marilyn BergerThis article describes the process whereby digitization of a journal is used to preserve and provide access to the contents on the World Wide Web. The journal chosen, The Canadian…
The National Library of Canada’s digital library initiatives
Doug Hodges, Carrol D. LunauThe National Library of Canada (NLC) is involved in a range of digital library (DL) initiatives which contribute to the fulfillment of its mandate and support the growing range of…
The COPPUL virtual library resource sharing software
Lynn Copeland Kristina Long, Todd MundleIn order to build the COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries) virtual library, Simon Fraser University Library (SFU) has co‐developed modular integratable…
Saskatchewan digital library collections ‐ enhancing access to the province’s information
Darlene FichterSaskatchewan school, special, public and academic libraries have created digital collections to serve their user communities better. The digital projects cover a wide range of…
Past into future: capturing library expertise in a virtual library
Wayne Daniels, Kathy ScardellatoThe authors report on an initiative being carried out by the Toronto Public Library to create the Virtual Reference Library, in this way conserving and extending existing library…
Library services to Canadian college students with print disabilities
Mary Anne EppPost‐secondary students with print disabilities (blindness, visual impairments, learning disabilities, physical handicaps) need information access to learning resources in…
Online catalogue research and the verbal protocol method
Heather G. MorrisonThe verbal protocol method is used extensively in computer usability studies. This study was designed to test the feasibility of using the verbal protocol method as a means of…
New patrons: new challenges
Norman CoombsThe information age has brought libraries an entire new group of potential patrons, the so‐called “print disabled”. For many librarians, retooling to keep up with the invasion of…
Why a column on research techniques?
Joseph JanesThis column begins a series on topics in research methodology, statistics and data analysis techniques for the library and information sciences. The process of research is…
E‐mail attachments
Michael SeadleMany practices that are legal or at least clearly “fair use” in the paper world encounter serious complications in digital form. This is partly because the statutes and case law…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho