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Library Hi Tech and information science
Michael SeadleThis article aims to look at the relationship between Library Hi Tech and the academic field of information science.
Leveraging quantitative data to improve a device‐lending program
Joyce Chapman, David WoodburyThe purpose of this paper is to encourage administrators of device‐lending programs to leverage existing quantitative data for management purposes by integrating analysis of…
Keeping students engaged with web‐based polling in the library instruction session
Jared HoppenfeldThis research was performed with the aim of determining the potential benefit(s) of including web‐based polling in the library instruction classroom.
“Discovering” what's changed: a revisit of the OPACs of 260 academic libraries
Melissa A. Hofmann, Sharon Q. YangThis paper aims to determine the current usage of next generation online public access catalogs (OPACs) and discovery tools in academic libraries in the USA and Canada.
Supporting virtual communities through disciplinary repository development
Rebecca Reznik‐Zellen, Jessica AdamickThis article aims to discuss the implementation of social networking tools onto existing disciplinary repository platforms – both commercial and open source – with the purpose of…
Digital image description: a review of best practices in cultural institutions
Elaine Ménard, Margaret SmithglassThis paper aims to present the results of the first phase of a research project aiming to develop a bilingual taxonomy for the description of digital images. The objectives of…
Old wine in new wine skin: marketing library services through SMS‐based alert service
John Paul Anbu K., Makana R. MavusoShort Message Service (SMS) is an application which is widely used in mobile telephony. SMS messaging through mobile phones is very popular among young and old. This study aims to…
The irony of serendipity: disruptions in social information behaviour
Jörgen SkågebyThis paper seeks to propose that the current social media surge gives rise to what can be called social information behaviour. Social information behaviour is characterised, at…
Towards an understanding of the participatory library
Linh Cuong Nguyen, Helen Partridge, Sylvia L. EdwardsThe purpose of this paper is to debate the evolving relationship between libraries and users, and to justify the idea of participatory library and the use of the “participatory…
Does faceted display in a library catalog increase use of subject headings?
Kathleen Bauer, Alice Peterson‐HartThis research aimed to explore whether subject facets would increase patron use of subject headings in a faceted (Yufind) versus a non‐faceted (Orbis) catalog interface at Yale…
Understanding and exploiting idiosyncrasy in the use of ICT devices such as tablets: Setting the background
Ina FourieWhen using information communication technology (ICT) devices it is easy to be trapped by purely the purpose of their design, how they are marketed, product reviews and noting, or…
Archiving in the digital world: the scholarly literature
Michael SeadleThe purpose of this article is an ethnographic description of a particular slice of the digital archiving scholarship. The point is to get a sense of where the library and…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho