The Electronic Library: Volume 37 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Chia-Chen Chen, Carmen Cámara, Kuo-Lun Hsiao, Tien-Yu Hsu, Arun Kumar Sangaiah

Smart libraries: an emerging and innovative technological habitat of 21st century

Sumeer Gul, Shohar Bano

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the emerging and innovative technologies which integrate together to form smart libraries. Smart libraries are the new generation…

A technology roadmap study on omni-channel library

Hueiju Yu, Yu-Ting Chang, Chih-Ying Chu

The purpose of the paper is to: check both of the product and technical items and propose a technology classification framework with a roadmap for omni-channel library;…

A blockchain-based trusted security zone architecture

Jeong Hoon Jo, Shailendra Rathore, Vincenzo Loia, Jong Hyuk Park

The purpose of this paper is to propose a trusted security zone architecture that uses a blockchain technology to provide secure sharing of data in the security zone while…

Construction of higher education knowledge map in university libraries based on MOOC

Yazhong Deng

The purpose of this study was to establish a massive online open course (MOOC)-based map of higher education knowledge and apply it to university libraries. It hoped to…

Effect of synchronous web-based teaching combined with visually creative teaching under the background of information science

Ruan Li

The paper aims to study the effects of the combination of synchronous Web-based teaching with visually creative teaching on art students’ creativity. The twenty-first…

Effects of digital flipped classroom teaching method integrated cooperative learning model on learning motivation and outcome

Qiang Jian

This paper aims to study the effects of digital flipped classroom teaching method integrated cooperative learning model on learning motivation and outcome. From the…

Effects of environmental education on environmental ethics and literacy based on virtual reality technology

Qiong Liu, Zhongming Cheng, Min Chen

This study aims to propose the corresponding ways and methods to strengthen the environmental moral education based on scientific research methods, rigorous scientific…

Surveying the music playback experience of museum audiences based on perceived quality and perceived value

Xuan Chen

The improvement of museum service quality and efficiency is a hot issue in recent years. This paper aims to explore the influencing factors of museum audience satisfaction…

Continued use intention of lifestyle mobile applications: the Starbucks app in Taiwan

Kuo-Lun Hsiao, Kuan-Yu Lin, Yi-Ting Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lee, Zhe-Ming Zhang

In recent years, the ongoing development and rapid popularization of mobile devices, not only has brought new forms of lifestyle but also has boomed a wide array of…

Investigation on human rights ethics in artificial intelligence researches with library literature analysis method

Zeyi Miao

The purpose of this paper was to identify whether artificial intelligence (AI) products can possess human rights, how to define their rights and obligations and what…