The Electronic Library: Volume 14 Issue 4
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
Electronic publishing and publishing
Arnoud de KempThe first journals appeared in 1665: Le Journal des Scavans in Paris and Philosophical Transactions in London. They were the first publications with quality control, introducing…
News
Personal Bibliographic Software (PBS) is no more, its assets having been acquired by Research Information Systems (RIS), a subsidiary of ISI. RIS has assumed full responsibility…
Internet‐based reference services and community libraries: A need for new models and strategies
Sean Devine, Daniel WoodsThe explosive growth in client/server technology, and the availability and popularity of Internet‐based navigational tools and access services, present today's reference library…
RUSLANet — A new generation library system project in Russia
Alexander Plemnek, Natalia SokolovaThis paper is about advanced library information systems in Russia. The urgent need is obvious in Russia for library systems based on open standards and Internet technology, and…
Imagine the possibilities: Library networking in Australia
Arthur WinzenriedAustralia is set outside the usually perceived information technology development areas of Europe and North America. Despite this its technology needs are the same as in any other…
An automated method of transmitting article requests
Giovanna Alloro, Donatella UgoliniThe rapid retrieval of citations on a demand basis followed by instant availability of the full documents are high priority procedures for biomedical researchers. This paper…
Scientific information supply — Building networked information systems
Lorcan Dempsey, Maria HeijneMaterials for teaching, learning and research are moving into the digital sphere. This move is affecting scholarly communication, teaching and learning in the academic community…
Library networking
How do libraries network nowadays? What systems are used? What role do the Internet and World Wide Web play in all this? Giving their answers from the perspectives of their own…
The connection between library use and use of campus computer applications
Patricia Vander Meer, Howard Poole, Thomas Van ValeyIn the last decade, the academic library has been transformed into an environment which is heavily reliant on computers. At the same time, usage of academic computer applications…
Consumer health information provision in the Trent region
Caroline A. Stevens, Anne Morris, Janet RolinsonThis paper reports the findings of a part of a larger study investigating the sources of consumer health information (CHI) available to the public, with particular emphasis on the…
Echo across the Web: A local newspaper on the Internet
G. SargentThe Internet, and in particular the World Wide Web, is growing at a remarkable rate. It is already a significant channel for information distribution and looks set to become a…
Computer‐based vertical files
Howard FalkSuppose you had a vertical file and wanted to convert it to a computer‐based file. What would you need? In a computer‐based vertical file system, documents such as pages of text…
Make way for the unwashed and unworthy
Robert A. DuffyThe Los Angeles Dodgers have a World Wide Web site. On its face, this news may not strike you as particularly significant, especially if you're not a fan of the predominantly New…
Moderation in all things?
Peter KrugerNot a brave new interactive age Interactive systems become difficult when everyone starts joining in — this is a major problem as the whole point of interaction is participation…
The information society
The Coalition Government and the online industry. Following Australia's recent General Election the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, last month…
New on the net
This site will conduct research in response to e‐mail questions concerning President Abraham Lincoln's life and accomplishments.
ISSN:
0264-0473Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle