Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 35 Issue 2

Developments in networked moving images for UK higher education

Jeremy Atkinson

The paper provides an overview of recent developments in the provision of networked moving image and sound resources for UK higher and further education, initiated by JISC (Joint…

Internet perception and use: a gender perspective

Rosie Heimrath, Anne Goulding

This paper reports êndings of a study undertaken in late 1999 which aimed to identify and analyse the differences in use, by gender, of the Internet. A review of the literature of…

Cross‐sectoral collaboration in the choice and implementation of a library management system: the experience of the University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland

Sheila Cannell, Fred Guy

This paper discusses cross‐sectoral collaboration in procuring and implementing a new library management system. After a historical review of collaboration in this area in the UK…

The development of information professionals’ needs for Internet and IT skills: experiences at the University of Birmingham

Richard Biddiscombe

This paper seeks to illustrate the Internet and IT skills that are required by information professionals in their support for learning, teaching and research within the changing…

Experiences in developing and maintaining the Virtual Reference Library at Toronto Public Library

Kathleen Scardellato

The Virtual Reference Library (VRL) is a web‐based reference and research library produced by the Toronto Public Library, in the province of Ontario, Canada and is primarily aimed…