The Electronic Library: Volume 26 Issue 6

A metadata manager's role in collaborative projects: The Rutgers University Libraries experience

This paper seeks to discuss the roles and responsibilities of a metadata manager in collaborative digital projects.

Twenty‐three steps to learning Web 2.0 technologies in an academic library

This paper aims to report on the adoption and evaluation of a Learning 2.0 program in a pilot program at the Edith Cowan University Library during 2007.

Collaborative design: a learner‐centered library planning approach

Information commons were introduced into libraries in the early 1990s. Now universities are building library learning commons and campus learning spaces. This paper sets out to…

Trends in information categories on costume and textile collection web sites

The purpose of this research is to assess trends in information categories featured on costume and textile collection web sites, and to assess differences in the online…

Elementary schoolteachers' use of instructional materials on the web

Studies have shown that schoolteachers are familiar with instructional materials on the web and integrate them into classroom teaching. In Taiwan, there are a number of online…

Digital libraries in the mirror of the literature: issues and considerations

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature of digital libraries (DLs), explore some issues and indicate some considerations. The paper also demonstrates the current…

Usability study of digital institutional repositories

The purpose of this study is to provide suggestions that could be adapted to improve the usability of institutional repository systems, and to establish a usability evaluation…

Alert services as an approach to satisfy researchers' current awareness needs: The case of Sultan Qaboos University

As the internet has become the biggest virtual library of digital libraries and publishers have become the e‐agents of online knowledge, large integrated online databases have…

Measuring e‐CRM service quality in the library context: a preliminary study

Customer relationship management (CRM) indicates a comprehensive strategy and an interactive process intended to achieve an optimum balance between corporate investment and the…

Total quality management in library and information sectors

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of total quality management (TQM) in the library and information sectors.

Integrating Geographic Information Systems into Library Services: A Guide for Academic Libraries

Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

Metadata for Digital Resources: Implementation, Systems Design and Interoperability

Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

Intr@nets for Info Pros

Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment

A Handbook for Media Librarians

Developing Open Access Journals: A Practical Guide

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