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The Electronic Library: Volume 27 Issue 3

Digital information organization and use

Category:

Library and Information Studies

Table Of Contents

Research evaluation and citation analysis: key issues and implications

Nancy K. Herther

Citation and ranking information are becoming key aspects of knowledge management in academic and research institutions. By examining changing user needs and products…

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The evaluation of New Zealand academic library OPACs: a checklist approach

Truong Dai Luong, Chern Li Liew

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability features of online public access catalogues (OPACs) in New Zealand academic libraries. It also makes a comparison…

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SMS‐based library catalogue system: a preliminary investigation of user acceptance

Tiong T. Goh, Chern Li Liew

The purpose of this paper is to investigate potential users' cognitive beliefs and intention to use (IU) a proposed short message service (SMS)‐based library catalogue…

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A user‐centered and evidence‐based approach for digital library projects

Mary M. Somerville, Navjit Brar

Soft systems methodology processes fortified by collaborative evidence‐based librarianship (EBL) principles can guide end‐user involvement in digital library project…

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Digital‐age trends and perspectives in Korean university archives

Heejung Kim, Hyewon Lee

Contrary to the development of digital libraries at Korean universities, which has been due to the progress of information technologies, university archives are in their…

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Dublin Core Metadata Element Set usage in national libraries' web sites

Alireza Saadat Alijani, Abdolrasool Jowkar

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) is a standard metadata schema for describing electronic records, documents and web resources. Librarians have been influenced on…

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Predicting information‐seeking intention in academic digital libraries

Chiao‐Chen Chang, Chia‐Yen Lin, Yu‐Chin Chen, Yang‐Chieh Chin

The purpose of this paper is to examine and predict users' information‐seeking intention regarding academic digital library services, using the theory of reasoned action…

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Efficiency and satisfaction of electronic records management systems in e‐government in Taiwan

Fang‐Ming Hsu, Tser‐Yieth Chen, Shuwen Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency and satisfaction of electronic records management systems (ERMS), which has been of interest to archivists and…

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XML editor for search and retrieval of bibliographic records in the Z39.50 standard

Danijela Boberić, Dušan Surla

The purpose of this paper is modelling and implementation of the XML‐based editor for search and retrieval of bibliographic records. Search and retrieval of bibliographic…

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PORE: a personal ontology recommender system for digital libraries

Shu‐Chuan Liao, Kuo‐Fong Kao, I‐En Liao, Hui‐Lin Chen, Shu‐O Huang

As library collections increase rapidly, personalized recommender systems have become a very important service for library patrons. The purpose of this paper is to design…

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XML editor for UNIMARC and MARC 21 cataloguing

Bojana Dimić, Dušan Surla

The purpose of this paper is to model and implement an extensible markup language (XML)‐based editor for library cataloguing. The editor model should support data input in…

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Digitization of Nigerian university libraries: From technology challenge to effective information delivery

Basil Enemute Iwhiwhu, Elvis Ovietobore Eyekpegha

The purpose of this paper is to examine the present digitization projects in Nigerian university libraries and the challenges they pose to effective information delivery.

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Multipurpose community telecentres in Bangladesh: problems and prospects

Shariful Islam, Nazmul Hasan

The purpose of this paper is to discuss multipurpose community information and knowledge centres (MCTs) and then describes and assesses the telecommunication facilities…

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Business Cases for Info Pros: Here's How, Here's Why

Philip Calvert

Information and Emotion: the Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory

Ina Fourie

The Quality Library: A Guide to Staff‐driven Improvement, Better Efficiency, and Happier Customers

Philip Calvert

User‐centred Library Websites: Usability Evaluation Methods

Philip Barker

Library Project Funding: A Guide to Planning and Writing Proposals

Philip Calvert

Responsible Librarianship: Library Policies for Unreliable System

Ina Fourie

Comparative review

Paul Sturges

ISSN:

0264-0473

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Assoc. Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
  • Dr Jiangping Chen
  • Ms Marie Bloechle

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