New Library World: Volume 109 Issue 1/2
Table of contents
User experience in the library: a case study
Tamar SadehThe purpose of this article is to describe the need for and realization of a new kind of interface for searching and obtaining library materials, an interface designed around user…
Heuristic evaluation applied to library web services
Marjo‐Riitta Aitta, Saana Kaleva, Terttu KortelainenThe purpose of the paper is to present usability heuristics for the evaluation of public library web services.
Guerrilla marketing for information services?
Guido Baltes, Isabell Leibing“Guerrilla marketing” describes unconventional marketing strategies with which to achieve significant effects – with a fraction of the budget of “traditional” marketing campaigns…
Digital reading groups: renewing the librarian image
Gitte Balling, Lise Alsted Henrichsen, Laura SkouvigThe purpose of this article is to discuss the stereotype of the librarian and to point to the fact that changing the public view of the librarian requires more than just talking…
Citation impact of Open Access journals
Nana TurkThis literature review aims to provide a synthesis of available key information about the citation impact of Open Access journals in LIS and science in general. Citation impact is…
Mentoring in the millennium: new views, climate and actions
Alanna Aiko Moore, Michael J. Miller, Veronda J. Pitchford, Ling Hwey JengPurpose – The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview of mentoring and its benefits and to discuss informal mentoring, mentoring for librarians of color, and…
Social entrepreneur improves literacy in the developing world
Elisa F. TopperThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the work of the non profit organization, Room to Read.
Competencies and curriculum for IL: Round Table at the Conference “Biblioteche & Formazione. Dalla IL alle nuove sfide della società dell'apprendimento”, Milan, Palazzo delle Stelline, March 16, 2007
Elena CorradiniThe purpose of this paper is to provide a flavour of the content of International Round Table at the Conference on Competencies and Curriculum for IL held in Milan, Italy in March…