Aslib Proceedings: Volume 65 Issue 4

Distance education on digitization: evaluation of an application in Turkey

Bülent Yılmaz, Özgür Külcü, Yurdagül Ünal, Tolga Çakmak

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a distance education program in the field of digitization which was carried out in Turkey in 2011. In total, 805 people, comprising…

Librarians' attitudes towards mobile services

Noa Aharony

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether librarians are familiar with technological innovations and are ready to accept them. The objectives are: to what extent does the…

Information needs analysis of the aerospace discipline

Weichun Du, Shuang Song

The purpose of this paper is to identify the core literature of aerospace studies and the databases necessary to ensure its coverage in a collection for aerospace scientists. The…

E‐campaigning versus the Public Official Election Act in South Korea: Causes, consequences and implications of cyber‐exile

Yeon‐Ok Lee, Han Woo Park

South Korea imposes more stringent restrictions on political speeches during elections than many other democratic countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the…

A possible solution for digital preservation of e‐government: A centralised repository within a cloud computing framework

Mitja Dečman, Mirko Vintar

Based on a three‐level digital preservation framework, the purpose of this paper is to suggest a solution for long‐term digital preservation for the public administration sector…

Value of academic reading and value of the library in academics' own words

Rachel Volentine, Carol Tenopir

The purpose of this paper is to ask: What is the value and outcome of scholarly reading for academic staff? How do academic library collections support research and teaching…

Contributions of Pakistani authors to foreign library and information science journals: An evaluative study

Zahiruddin Khurshid

In addition to quantitative analysis, the purpose of this paper is to measure the quality of articles published in foreign LIS journals by Pakistani authors based on their Impact…