Table of contents
Strategic approaches to digital libraries and virtual learning environments (VLEs)
Nicholas JointArgues that the successful introduction of digital libraries in the 1990s has important lessons for the successful implementation of e‐learning strategies.
The nature of information in the twenty‐first century: Conundrums for the informatics community?
George MacgregorWith the proliferation of electronic information via the web a further distension of the unique characteristics of information has been witnessed. With seismic developments…
It's a mystery: Mystery shopping in New Zealand's public libraries
Philip CalvertTo explore and evaluate the evidence about the effectiveness of “mystery shopping” as a technique for service evaluation in the public library system of one country.
E‐learning for information literacy: A case study
Véronique HadengueTo describe a Swiss Virtual Campus project in which an internet‐based computer‐assisted learning (CAL) package for students in economics and in dentistry was developed.
Library instruction goes online: An inevitable trend
Hua YiTo demonstrate how there is an irreversible momentum towards the adoption of online modes of delivery for library instruction, a process which will have distinctive benefits in…
The library of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC): An evaluation of a decade of the collection development
Mohd. Zain Abd. RahmanTo describe and evaluate the collection of the library of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC).