The Electronic Library: Volume 33 Issue 3

The prevalence of web browser extensions use in library services: an exploratory study

The paper aims to present an outline how libraries are harnessing browser extensions to provide an easy and convenient access to library resources and services. Investigating the…

Mining library and university data to understand library use patterns

Library data are often hard to analyze because these data come from unconnected sources, and the data sets can be very large. Furthermore, the desire to protect user privacy has…

LocalContent: a personal scientific document retrieval system

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel personal scientific document retrieval system. The most common approach taken for the storage of personal documents is to…

User perceptions of social questions and answer websites for library reference services: A content analysis

– This paper aims to understand Social Questions & Answers (SQA) users’ perceptions of library reference services.

Trust evaluation for inter-organization knowledge sharing via the e-learning community

– The purpose of this study is to design a trust-based knowledge-sharing framework based on the characteristics of the e-learning community.

Investigation and analysis of research data services in university libraries

This paper aims to find the current situation of research data services by academic libraries and summarize some strategies for university libraries to reference. Recent years…

TMTpedia: a case of extended Wikipedia for the military-based application in Taiwan

This paper aims to collect the terminologies from the Ministry of National Defense military dictionary and to design a military-based wiki system, TMTpedia, to serve as a…

The effects of online service quality of e-commerce Websites on user satisfaction

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate service quality of e-commerce Websites in online platform and their contribution on e-business promotion.

Information literacy of students as a correlate of their use of electronic resources in university libraries in Nigeria

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship existing between undergraduate students’ information literacy skills and their use of electronic resources (ERs) located…

ICT skills acquisition and competencies of librarians: Implications for digital and electronic environment in Nigerian universities libraries

The purpose of this paper is an audit of information technology (IT) skills set of librarians in some Nigerian university libraries with the aim of examining their relevance and…

The use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) by the faculty members of the School of Library & Information Science, PAAET, Kuwait

The purpose of this study is to describe the usage of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) by the faculty members of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), at the College…

Multiple h-index: a new scientometric indicator

This paper aims to evaluate some of the known scientific indexes by using virtual data and proposes a new index, named multiple h-index (mh-index), for removing the limits of…

Website usability: the case of Kuwaiti middle school students

– The purpose of this paper is to add to the knowledge about how to design websites that are stress-free, easy to navigate and relevant to children’s learning needs.

An investigation into the use of LibGuides for electronic resources troubleshooting in academic libraries

The purpose of this paper is to seek to ascertain how many electronic resource troubleshooting LibGuides are in use and what level of support they tend to provide. LibGuides have…

An assessment of the usability of the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica) Main Library’s website

The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the usability of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Main Library’s Web site by Master of Arts students of the…

Career Q&A: A Librarian’s Real-Life, Practical Guide to Managing a Successful Career

Personal Archiving: Preserving our Digital Heritage

Exploring Digital Libraries: Foundations, Practice, Prospects

Google Search Secrets

Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums: How to Clean, Link and Publish your Metadata

The Next Digital Scholar: A Fresh Approach to the Common Core State Standards in Research and Writing