The Electronic Library: Volume 15 Issue 4
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
The information crisis that flattens social barriers
Tim OwenWill we ever truly have an information society? Superficially the answer seems to be ‘Yes’. Information has a higher profile in the media than ever before. It's almost impossible…
News
Every library has run into the problem of exactly what constitutes fair use of copyrighted materials, and working in a digital environment only means that the problem raises its…
Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network
Elisabeth Davenport, Rob Procter, Ana GoldenbergWhat is the nature of reference work in the digital library? What is the role of the reference librarian where many users serve themselves by means of BIDS and other…
EEVL: Past, present and future
Roddy MacLeod, Linda KerrThe Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) is a project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), which has developed a free gateway to Internet resources…
The many‐headed Hydra: Information networking at LAA
Arthur P. WinzenriedModern information provision is making increasingly unique demands on existing providers. At Lilydale Adventist Academy, a small and conservative secondary college near Melbourne…
The Genoa University Library Network
Sonia MinettoGenoa University is a significant presence in the Liguria area and is influential in many fields: cultural promotion, research support and industrial development. It has 42 584…
The Manchester Community Information Network
The Electronic Library spoke to Alec Gallimore, who is Central Library Manager of Manchester Public Libraries. In Manchester the public library has joined with the Citizens Advice…
Library networking: A year on
Last year we spoke to Alexander Plemnek of the St Petersburg State Technical University (http://www.unilib.neva.ru), Jennifer Treherne of the University of Surrey (…
The changing role of a professional society library
Nigel LeesThe Library and Information Centre (LIC) of the Royal Society of Chemistry has undergone much change in the past three years. This paper is based on the experiences of that period…
How the Web is changing the business of business information
Dennis J. CraneMuch is being written about the change introduced by the Internet and World Wide Web. The Web has changed the business information business; the Web can save the business…
High speed connection to the Internet
Howard FalkIf you have used a personal computer to try to retrieve information from the Internet, you know that the process can be slow and frustrating. One of the main reasons for delay is…
New on the net
4000 Years of Women in Science. This site lists over 125 names from our scientific and technical past. They are all women! … This includes inventors, scholars and writers as well…
The information society
The Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a high‐level symposium in May to strengthen private and…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle