Table of contents - Special Issue: Showcasing Postgraduate Research
Three views of the “musical work”: bibliographical control in the music domain
Monika Pietras, Lyn RobinsonThe purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of the “musical work”, and its consequences for library/information provision.
Early modern Oxford bindings in twenty‐first century markup
Elizabeth McCarthy, Anne Welsh, Sarah WhealeThe Bodleian Binders Book contains nearly 150 pages of seventeenth century library records, revealing information about the binders used by the library and the thousands of…
Oriental manuscripts in India: a literature survey
S.M. Shafi, Mohammad Ishaq LoneThe purpose of this paper is to review the literature about oriental manuscript collections in India and provide an overview of the area.
Bibliometric and webometric methods for assessing research collaboration
Sharunizam Shari, Gaby Haddow, Paul GenoniThe purpose of this paper is to describe the methods and findings of a pilot study which applied bibliometrics and webometrics to examine collaboration in Malaysian biotechnology.
Accessibility of web search engines: Towards a deeper understanding of barriers for people with disabilities
Friederike Kerkmann, Dirk LewandowskiThe purpose of this paper is to describe the aspects to be considered when evaluating web search engines' accessibility for people with disabilities. The authors provide an…
Baby boomers, their elders and the public library
Mary F. Cavanagh, Wendy RobbinsCanada's aging population is expected to have an impact on all public institutions; for public libraries, the emergence of a large, multi‐generational user group of older adults…
Public libraries in the recession: the librarian's axiom
Reetu Child, Anne GouldingThis paper outlines the results of research analysing the impact of the recession of 2008‐2009 on public libraries in the Midlands region of the UK. Specifically, it explores the…