The Electronic Library: Volume 36 Issue 2

Editorial

Jiangping Chen, Marie Bloechle, Beth Thomsett-Scott, Eileen Breen

E-readiness assessment of academic libraries: a case study in Iran

Hossein Motahari-Nezhad, Maryam Shekofteh, Maryam Kazerani

The purpose of this study is to assess the e-readiness status of libraries in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in terms of four dimensions – human…

Are electronic theses and dissertations (still) grey literature in the digital age? A FAIR debate

Joachim Schopfel, Behrooz Rasuli

While distribution channels of theses and dissertations have changed significantly in the digital age, they are generally still considered grey literature. This paper aims…

Considering social information in constructing research topic maps

Hei Chia Wang, Yu Hung Chiang, Yen Tzu Huang

In academic work, it is important to identify a specific domain of research. Many researchers may look to conference issues to determine interesting or new topics…

Instructor and peer influence on college student use and perceptions of Wikipedia

John C. Garrison

This study aims to investigate how undergraduate students are influenced by instructors and peers in the ways that they use and think about Wikipedia for academic work. It…

An infodemiology study on breast cancer in Iran: Health information supply versus health information demand in PubMed and Google Trends

Shohreh SeyyedHosseini, Asefeh Asemi, Ahmad Shabani, Mozafar CheshmehSohrabi

According to the studies conducted in Iran, the breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer among women. This study aimed to explore the state of health information…

Measurement and analysis of collaboration ability: The collaborative rate, collaborative breadth and collaborative depth

Rongying Zhao, Xuqiu Wei

Collaboration is an important way for scientific research. It attracts a large number of researchers, and forms a series of measurement evaluation indicators. The purpose…

Use of hashtags to retrieve information on the web

Hanadi Buarki, Bashaer Alkhateeb

This paper aims to find out how people use hashtags as a medium of information retrieval and dissemination, and how they are used in social media tools, such as Instagram.

Networking women translators in Spain (1868-1936) and their presence in the Mnemosyne digital library

Dolores Romero López, José Luis Bueren Gómez-Acebo

Studies of Spanish literature during the late nineteenth century and the first one-third of the twentieth century are evolving from research on canonical writers to the…

An author co-citation analysis of 37 years of iMetrics

Ali Akbar Khasseh, Faramarz Soheili, Afshin Mousavi Chelak

This research aims to examine the intellectual structure of iMetrics through author co-citation analysis.

Self-reliance of the Koha acquisition module for managing procurement of printed books: An academic library perspective

Amrutraj Ravi Benahal

The automation of library acquisition is a balancing act which involves dealing with institutional procurement policies, administration, vendors, finance, books, internal…

Analysis and optimization of PDF-to-EPUB in the digital publishing process

Qian Pu, Xiaomin Zhu, Donghua Chen, Runtong Zhang

This paper aims to provide an optimization method of workflow for publishing houses and electronic book (e-book) studies in the field of digital publishing.

Research on the application of SNS in university libraries: A case study of microblogs in Chinese “211 project” universities

Liqiong Liu, Liyi Zhang, Pinghao Ye

This study aims to analyse the basic status of application of social networking sites (SNSs) in Chinese university libraries and explore the relationship between microblog…

Access to Scientific Research: Challenges Facing Communication in STM

Iman Tahamtan