The Electronic Library: Volume 30 Issue 1

Why and how can “sleeping beauties” be awakened?

“Sleeping beauties” are very common in science, so this paper aims to uncover the reasons and formulation mechanism of information awakening on a more general level. Based…

Availability and persistence of web citations in Indian LIS literature

The worldwide web is growing at an enormous speed and web citations are becoming very common in scholarly publications. However the major problem of web citation is its…

Design and performance evaluation of mobile web services in libraries: A case study of the Oriental Institute of Technology Library

This research aims to use the Oriental Institute of Technology Library (the OIT Library) in Taiwan as a case to introduce some of the mobile web services which can be…

Virtual references services: defining the criteria and indicators to evaluate them

This paper aims to analyse the common features of the virtual reference services provided by European and American libraries in order to evaluate the service from the…

Viable or vital? Evaluation of IM services from patrons' perspectives

The goal of this study is to gather information from library patrons to answer the questions of whether real‐time reference services (instant messaging, IM) are beneficial…

E‐government portals: a knowledge management study

In view of their significance as well as influence, this article aims to examine knowledge management (KM) mechanisms in 20 Iranian e‐government portals used to provide…

Scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003‐2009: a bibliometric study

The study aims to divulge the patterns of scholarly communication of The Electronic Library from 2003 to 2009 and to measure the coverage and quality of contributions of…

An exhibition guiding system with enhanced interactive functions

This study aims to develop a highly interactive exhibition guiding system which enables both authors and visitors to interact with one another on an exhibition site.

OJAX++: demonstrating the next generation of virtual research environments

This paper aims to introduce the OJAX++ virtual research environment (VRE) and illustrate how it can enable researchers to organise and collaborate on their research in…

University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments

Improving Students' Web Use and Information Literacy: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Librarians

The Atlas of New Librarianship

Visual Interface Design for Digital Cultural Heritage: A Guide to Rich‐prospect Browsing

Doing Social Media so It Matters: A Librarian's Guide

Using Web 2.0 for Health Information

2011 Awards for Excellence