Library Hi Tech: Volume 24 Issue 4

Re‐defining the library

This article was originally the keynote speech to the Bielefeld Conference. The article aims to explore the challenges facing libraries in the digital age and consider ways in…

Digital libraries of the future – and the role of libraries

The purpose of this article is to introduce the digital libraries of the future, their enabling technologies and their organisational models.

Strategic planning and customer intelligence in academic libraries

The purpose of this paper is to refer to a current discussion on the effectiveness and efficiency of Bielefeld University Library and concentrates on requirements and conditions…

e‐Science and its implications for the library community

The purpose of this article is to explain the nature of the “e‐Science’ revolution in twenty‐first century scientific research and its consequences for the library community.

Exploring the academic invisible web

The purpose of this article is to provide a critical review of Bergman's study on the deep web. In addition, this study brings a new concept into the discussion, the academic…

WSIS, IFLA, UNESCO and GATS: networking for libraries on an international level

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) shows the political dimension of the global information society. The purpose of this article is to consider the state of WSIS…

Impact measures for libraries and information services

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of impact/outcome research in libraries.

Publishing solutions for contemporary scholars: the library as innovator and partner

The purpose of this article is to review the trend in academic libraries toward including scholarly communication, and by extension, electronic publishing, as part of their core…

Data for the future: The German project “Co‐operative development of a long‐term digital information archive” (kopal)

One of the unresolved problems of the global information society is ensuring the long‐term accessibility of digital documents. The project kopal tackles this problem head‐on: in a…

DINI institutional repository certification and beyond

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide an overview on certification of institutional repositories as a means to support open access in Germany and a description of…

ProSeBiCA: development of new library services by means of conjoint analysis

The purpose of this article is to provide a description of the project ProSeBiCA, carried out in order to adapt the marketing research tool conjoint analysis for the development…

The KB e‐Depot digital archiving policy

Electronic journals dominate the field of academic literature, and it is of great importance to the international scientific community that this electronic intellectual output…

Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): An end‐user oriented institutional repository search service

The purpose of this paper is to describe the activities of Bielefeld University Library in establishing OAI based repository servers and in using OAI resources for…

The Nereus international subject‐based repository: Meeting the needs of both libraries and economists

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the essential partnerships needed to better guarantee strong added value institutional repository (IR) service provision…

The 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006

8th International Bielefeld Conference, 7-9 February 2006, Bielefeld, Germany

Guest editorial