Library Hi Tech: Volume 31 Issue 2

Smart space technology innovations

Mu‐Yen Chen, Edwin David Lughofer

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theme issue on “Smart space technology innovations”.

Moving a repository of scholarly content to a cloud

A.N. Zainab, C.Y. Chong, L.T. Chaw

This paper aims to describe the problems faced by MyAIS, an open access repository of scholarly content, the reasons for moving to a cloud infrastructure and the design of the…

Android smartphone adoption and intention to pay for mobile internet: Perspectives from software, hardware, design, and value

Kuo‐Lun Hsiao

The research goal of this study is to explore the factors influencing the adoption of Android smartphones and the intention to pay for mobile internet services.

A study on next‐generation digital library using context‐awareness technology

Younghee Noh

This study seeks to examine the concepts of context, context‐awareness, and context‐awareness technology needed for applying context‐awareness technology to the next‐generation of…

Libraries as coworking spaces: Understanding user motivations and perceived barriers to social learning

Mark Bilandzic, Marcus Foth

This paper aims to inform design strategies for smart space technology to enhance libraries as environments for coworking and informal social learning. The focus is on…

A multi‐strategy machine learning student modeling for intelligent tutoring systems: Based on blackboard approach

Mu‐Jung Huang, Heien‐Kun Chiang, Pei‐Fen Wu, Yu‐Jung Hsieh

This study aims to propose a blackboard approach using multistrategy machine learning student modeling techniques to learn the properties of students' inconsistent behaviors…

Facial emotion recognition towards affective computing‐based learning

Kuan Cheng Lin, Tien‐Chi Huang, Jason C. Hung, Neil Y. Yen, Szu Ju Chen

This study aims to introduce an affective computing‐based method of identifying student understanding throughout a distance learning course.

Facets of digital data dissemination: value addition through “imprints collection”

B.M. Meera, M. Manjunath, Manjunath Kaddipujar

Facets of digital data dissemination, namely RRI Digital repository and Imprints collection, are two methods in which science communication can happen in the digital world. The…

Local contents and the development of open access institutional repositories in Nigeria University libraries: Challenges, strategies and scholarly implications

Ifeanyi J. Ezema

This study seeks to examine the management of local content materials for open access institutional repositories in Nigeria.

Conceptual foundations for representing robotics history in a non‐linear digital archive

Staša Milojević, Selma Šabanović

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the conceptual foundations and motivation for creating a digital archive to display the developments in the field of robotics over the…

Retrocomputing as preservation and remix

Yuri Takhteyev, Quinn DuPont

The paper's aim is to describe the world of retrocomputing, a constellation of largely non‐professional practices involving old computing technology. It seeks to show how…

Cooperative visualization: a design case

Nathan Prestopnik

In this design case, a participatory approach to visualizing a complex computational pipeline was adopted, with the goal of exploring what benefits might be derived when groups of…

Getting it done on time

Ina Fourie, Herman Fourie

The purpose of this contribution is to focus on an essential issue in all workplace settings where the emphasis is on productivity, time management and creativity: getting…