The Electronic Library: Volume 32 Issue 2

IDL framework to integrate disparate digital library systems: a case study

Mehdi Alipour-Hafezi

The main purpose of this article is to provide a focal framework with the aim of making integrated digital libraries in technical and content level of syntactic interoperability…

Integrating Semantic Web technologies with XML Schema using role-mapping annotations

I-Ching Hsu, Jang Yang Lee, Der-Chen Huang, Kuan-Yang Lai

XML Schema is used to define schema of XML documents that have become standards for data exchange in various Web-based information applications. The main problem of XML Schema is…

A new interactive guiding system with social networking services at exhibitions

Hsien-Tang Lin, Lawrence W. Lan

The purpose of this paper was to develop a new interactive guiding system allowing people to use their own smart mobile devices, such as smart phones or tablet PCs, to activate…

Integrating Web 2.0 into an academic library in Tanzania

Edda Tandi Lwoga

This paper aims to demonstrate work undertaken by Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Library in an effort to integrate Web 2.0 technologies in its…

Design and implementation of a weighted features model for the evaluation of archival websites: The case of Spain

Cristina Faba Pérez, Isabel María Sanz Caballero

The purpose of the present work was to design a comprehensive weighted features model for the specific evaluation of archival websites, and to apply it in practice to the…

Digitization initiatives and special libraries in India

Shampa Paul, Sashi P. Singh

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the objectives, priorities and criteria of digitization. It also analyses the open access initiatives adopted by the special libraries in…

Success factors of inter-organizational knowledge sharing: a proposed framework

Fatemeh Nooshinfard, Leila Nemati-Anaraki

The dynamism of new economy requires information professionals not only to create knowledge quickly but also to acquire and apply knowledge through knowledge sharing (KS). So…

Adoption of Web 2.0 in academic libraries of top African universities

Kebede H. Wordofa

This study aims to explore the extent of Web 2.0 adoption by libraries of top universities in Africa. It focuses on identifying the extent of utilization, types of Web 2.0…

Introduction to Information Science

Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam

True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, Murder and Mayhem

Frank Parry

The Library Marketing Toolkit

Isabel Schellnack-Kelly

Reference and Information Services: An Introduction (3rd ed.)

Alastair G. Smith

Digital Humanities in Practice

Zinaida Manžuch

Universal Design: a Practical Guide to Creating and Recreating Interiors of Academic Libraries for Teaching, Learning, and Research

Philip Calvert