Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 37 Issue 2

Editorial

Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo, Anna Maria Tammaro

Perceptions and use of cloud services: an empirical study on the students of a public university in Bangladesh

Md. Atikuzzaman, Md. Anwarul Islam

The purpose of this study is to measure the perceptions and use of cloud services by the students of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The specific objective of this study is…

An evaluation of digital library education in library and information science curriculum in Nigerian universities

Chukwuma Clement Okeji, Okeoghene Mayowa-Adebara

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the library school’s curriculum in Nigeria with the aim of comparing it with international and national library and information science…

Creativity-related traits and the scientific production of professors from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Claudia C. Delgado-Carreón, Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo, José Refugio Romo-González, Josmel Pacheco-Mendoza

This work studied the influence of creativity-related traits in university professors’ scientific productivity.

Assessing large-scale digitization using Web analytics

Emily Lapworth

The purpose of this study is to assess the use of digital collections created via the large-scale digitization of archival collections. The large-scale digitization method…

Learning styles in the digital library and their application in academic communities in the biomedical and health areas

Silvia Méndez-Govea, Celia Mireles-Cárdenas, Javier Tarango

This paper aims to confirm the importance of developing knowledge, skills and attitudes in the permanent use of digital scientific information, which complements the training of…

On fake news, gatekeepers and LIS professionals: the finger or the moon?

Matilde Fontanin

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the meaning of fake news in the digital age and on the debate on disinformation in scholarly literature, in the light of the ethics of…

The wrong side of the spreadsheets: a life in the digital humanities

Janet Anderson

The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to reflect on both the technological and the humanities aspects of working in the digital humanities.