The Electronic Library: Volume 13 Issue 6
Digital information organization and use
Category:
Library and Information StudiesTable Of Contents
Altruistic authoring or containing criticism?
David RaittIn two conferences recently with which I have been involved, a similar thing has happened and I can't decide whether it is clever marketing practice, a blatant attempt to…
News
The journal publisher Academic Press has decided to take action ‘to jump out of the subscription spiral where library funding goes down and consequently our prices go up…
Electronic document management systems: how to select and implement the right documentation management system for your organisation
Rob KnowlesAspects covered in this paper include the reasons for adopting electronic document management systems (EDMS) and the benefits to be derived from using this technology…
The precarious position between content and technology: libraries seeking their future
Wouter van GilsI would like to discuss a number of points which deal with changes in the acquisition and provision of scientific journal literature. My paper is composed of the following parts:
Delivery of library services to distance education students: The BIBDEL Research Project at Dublin City University Library
Monica Brinkley, Jack OFarrellThe BIBDEL: Libraries Without Walls Research Project is described. Details are given of two experiments carried out by researchers at Dublin City University Library as…
Information superhighways: library & information services and the Internet
Library AssociationThe term ‘information superhighways’ has vastly increased in currency in the last 12 months. Like many such terms, it may have been used by politicians and the media to…
Digital library projects: Where they are now — Part one
Ben JeapesA year ago, six digital library projects were announced in the US which were to receive $24.4m of federal funding over the coming four years. The projects were ‘to…
Monarch: software with many library applications
Paul SheehanLibrary management systems are generally poor in analysing and reporting the data they contain. In a library context, such analyses are most easily managed in a PC…
Bulgarian National Conference: Telecommunication Nets and Systems Development
Nina StoyanovaThe Bulgarian national conference Telecommunication Nets and Systems Development — TELECOM'95 was held with foreign participation from 10–12 October 1995 in the…
Information and Communications Services — International Forum: Sofia '95
Nina StoyanovaThe Information and Communications Services International Forum (Sofia '95) was held on 17–20 October in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Forum was…
The Information Society
Canada's Information Highway Advisory Council, set up in April 1994 to examine 15 policy issues set out in a government discussion paper on the Canadian Information…
New on the Net
The National Agricultural Library has debuted its Directory of Agriculture‐Related Databases, Datasets, and Information Systems, otherwise known as AgDB. AgDB presents a…
The death of linear narrative — and other fairy tales (Are you surfing comfortably?)
Peter KrugerLiving happily ever after was a key part of our childhood, which was a time when the world was a vast and incomprehensible place. In those days coping with what might or…
E‐books and e‐zines
Howard FalkLet us think of an electronic book (e‐book) as a set of textual and related materials that can be accessed through a computer. Like conventional books, e‐books are written…
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0264-0473Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditors:
- Assoc. Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Dr Jiangping Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle