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The Electronic Library: Volume 27 Issue 4

Digital information organization and use

Category:

Library and Information Studies

Table Of Contents

Status of information technology applications in Pakistani libraries

Muhammad Ramzan, Diljit Singh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and determine the levels of information technology (IT) in Pakistani libraries. More specifically, the paper focuses on the…

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The university library: incubation center of research innovation literacy

Xiaoling Li, Yufang Wang, Liping Fu, Meirong Xu

The purpose of this paper is to explore why the university library should become the incubation center of research innovation literacy (RIL) competency. It states how the…

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Issues and lessons learned in open source software adoption in Pakistani libraries

Muhammad Rafiq, Kanwal Ameen

The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss key issues related to the adoption of open source software (OSS) in Pakistani libraries.

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Use and impact of electronic journals in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Baljinder Kaur, Rama Verma

This paper aims to describe the use of electronic resources and services provided at the central library of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The paper is focused to…

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Ubiquitous library usability test for the improvement of information access for the blind

Seung‐Jin Kwak, Kyung‐Jae Bae

Usability tests to improve information accessibility for the blind have rarely been carried out. Recently, the LG Digital Talking Book (LG DTB) Library has developed a…

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An automated syllabus digital library system for higher education in Ireland

Arash Joorabchi, Abdulhussain E. Mahdi

With the significant growth in electronic education materials such as syllabus documents and lecture notes, available on the internet and intranets, there is a need for…

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Information literacy among undergraduate students in Niger Delta University

E. Emmanuel Baro, Biokuromoye Fyneman

Research is carried out in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to…

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Digital content creation and copyright issues

G. Mahesh, Rekha Mittal

The purpose of this paper is to identify the modes of digital content creation for digital libraries and discuss the associated copyright issues with the types of digital content.

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Information literacy online tutorials: An introduction to rationale and technological tools in tutorial creation

Sharon Yang

The purpose of this paper is to provide the findings of a survey of current technologies used in creating information literacy online tutorials in academic libraries. It…

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Ontology and semantic rules in document dispatching

Yu‐Liang Chi, Hsiao‐Chi Chen

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the semantic rules in conjunction with ontology can be applied for inferring new facts to dispatch news into corresponding…

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Use of e‐journals by research scholars at Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University

Abdul Mannan Khan, Naved Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to find out the level of awareness and use of e‐journals by the researchers of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the Banaras Hindu…

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Factors influencing use of the internet: A questionnaire survey of the students of University of Ibadan, Nigeria

E. Williams Nwagwu, Janet Adekannbi, Olayiwola Bello

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing use of the internet by students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and to establish the variation of…

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Narrative‐based Practice

Gillian Oliver

E‐journals Access and Management

Ina Fourie

Digital Images for the Information Professional

Philip Calvert

Finding the Concept, Not Just the Word: A Librarian's Guide to Ontologies and Semantics

Su Cleyle

Library Partnerships: Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries

Philip Calvert

Making Library Web Sites Usable: A LITA Guide

Frank Parry

The Virtual Representation of the Past

Kay Sanderson

The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology

Madely du Preez

Library Management China

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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