Library Hi Tech: Volume 28 Issue 3

Challenges of serials text encoding in the spirit of scholarly communication

The paper aims to describe an electronic text project involving a scholarly history journal, and to share findings related to the encoding of serials using the text encoding…

Turned loose in the OPAC: URL selection, addition, and management process

The paper aims to cover the institutional decision‐making processes behind the decision to add machine readable cataloging records to the library catalog that link to hundreds of…

The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

The purpose of this paper is to implement and enhance the citation linker that enables users to search articles, journals, and books with minimal but sufficient citation metadata.

Improving the search experience: federated search and the library gateway

The aim of this paper is to review the evolving nature of the library web site with a focus on improving the usability of the access points to licensed and unlicensed research…

European digital libraries: web security vulnerabilities

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the web vulnerability challenges at European library web sites and how these issues can affect the data protection of their patrons.

An investigation of digital scholarship and disciplinary culture in Oman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate disciplinary differences in the use of networked information for research and scholarly communication at Sultan Qaboos University…

International scientific collaboration among Iranian researchers during 1998‐2007

The paper aims to investigate the rate of Iranian researchers collaboration with their colleagues in other countries in science citation index (SCI). In addition, it seeks to…

Snapshots of laptop use in an academic library

The purpose of this paper is to quantify recent changes in students' use of laptops in one academic library and to consider the potential role of new high‐tech library spaces on…

The emergence of electronic books publishing in Spain

In Spain, recent experiences by publishing houses are related to the new market of electronic books and they will change the current publishing scene in no time. The paper aims to…

Bloggership, or is publishing a blog scholarship? A survey of academic librarians

The aim of this paper is to gauge how academic libraries treat publishing a blog.

Exploring copyright solutions to online‐sharing of scientific literature

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effective mechanisms to balance the “sharing online” and the “copyright protection” of scientific literature in the digital…

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