The Electronic Library: Volume 20 Issue 1

The promise of digital libraries in developing countries

Ian H. Witten, Michel Loots, Maria F. Trujillo, David Bainbridge

Digital libraries are a key technology for developing countries. They can assist human development by providing a non‐commercial mechanism for distributing humanitarian…

The changing information needs of users in electronic information environments

Gashaw Kebede

Focuses on the information needs of users that are changing as a result of changes in the availability of information content in electronic form. In the course of the discussion…

Reference anytime anywhere: towards virtual reference services at Penn State

Lesley M. Moyo

Discusses how technological developments in libraries have led to the emergence of new service paradigms. Reference services are receiving prime attention as librarians…

InfoSkills: a holistic approach to on‐line user education

Lynne Rutter, Marian Matthews

Creating successful learning environments depends on many factors. When developing “InfoSkills”, Bournemouth University’s Web‐based library tutorial, the aim was to create not…

How Web browsers shape users’ understanding of networks

Louise Sheeran, M. Angela Sasse, Jon Rimmer, Ian Wakeman

What happens when users encounter breakdown situations when browsing the Web? Reports a study in which 35 participants were asked to think aloud whilst following a trail through a…

Cooperative digital imaging projects: the Greater Cincinnati Memory Project

Laura Tull

In June 2000, the Greater Cincinnati Memory Project became available on the World Wide Web (http://memory.gclc‐lib.org). The Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium (GCLC) sponsored…

Turning search into knowledge management

David Kaufman

Creating a high quality search algorithm is more of an art than a science. It is a balancing act, and as any tightrope walker will tell you, it takes years to master. But when the…

The Internet and the Changing Information Environment

Ina Fourie

The Invisible Web: Searching the Hidden Parts of the Web

David Mason

Sorting Out The Web: Approaches to Subject Access

Gobinda G. Chowdhury

The Internet: Its Impact and Evaluation: Proceedings of an International Forum Held at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park, 16‐18 July 1999

Nongyao Premkamolnetr

Using the Internet as a Reference Tool: A How‐to‐Do‐It Manual for Librarians

Deborah A. Cronau

Strategic Warfare in Cyberspace

Philip Calvert