The Electronic Library: Volume 24 Issue 6

Back to basics: A‐literacy, the Boolean gene, convergence and the long tail

Based on a paper given at the Fiesole Retreat held in Lund in July 2006. This article seeks to explore issues on the future relevance of libraries in a world dominated by…

Scholarly communities, e‐research literacy and the academic librarian

The paper aims to explore the way in which the internet and e‐research are changing the nature of scholarly communities and the relationship between researchers and…

Current status and needs of Chinese e‐government users

This article seeks to investigate unequal access of Chinese citizens to Chinese e‐government. The study promotes wide access to declassified and uncensored Chinese…

Virtual reference services in China: helping the information‐poor

The purpose of this study is to explore the construction pattern and the difficulties for China to develop virtual reference services (VRS).

An online font library: evaluation by graphic design students

This study aims to investigate an online font library, Identifont, which presents a series of questions to interact with users and assists them in finding fonts. This…

Internet use by the faculty members of Kuwait University

This study is designed to investigate the patterns of internet use by the faculty including purposes for use, its impact on teaching and research, internet resources that…

How the presentation of electronic gateway pages affects research behavior

The paper aims to provide details of a study conducted at Hunter College Libraries in fall 2005, the focus of which was how presentation of initial digital resource pages…

Introducing e‐journal services: an experience

This case study seeks to discuss the author's experience of providing e‐journal services to the scientists at the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute – a centre…

Developing and evaluating an IT specification extraction system

This paper seeks to establish an extraction system for an information technology (IT) product specification named ITSIES which combines the natural language process (NLP…

Managing information and technology: critical roles for librarians in developing countries

The paper sets out to provide a critical overview of the contribution of information technology to the current shift from information to knowledge processing. It situates…

Comparative Perspectives on E‐government: Serving Today and Building for Tomorrow

Managing Change: A How‐to‐Do‐it Manual for Librarians (revised ed.)

Essential Thesaurus Construction

Improving Internet Reference Services to Distance Learners

Knowledge Management and Higher Education: A Critical Analysis

Scenarios and Information Design: A User‐oriented Practical Guide

Negotiating Licences for Digital Resources