Library Hi Tech: Volume 34 Issue 4

Using Primo for undergraduate research: a usability study

Greta Kliewer, Amalia Monroe-Gulick, Stephanie Gamble, Erik Radio

The purpose of this paper is to observe how undergraduate students approach open-ended searching for a research assignment, specifically as it affected their use of the discovery…

Eye tracking in library and information science: a literature review

Haakon Lund

The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic literature review of the application of eye-tracking technology within the field of library and information science…

The application of social media in outreach of academic libraries’ resources and services: A case study on WeChat

Qiandong Zhu

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the implementation of the official WeChat account, the most popular mobile social media site in China, to share Jinan University Library…

A survey of WeChat application in Chinese public libraries

Chunmei Gan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the current characteristics and status of WeChat application in Chinese public libraries.

Chinese students’ behavior intention to use mobile library apps and effects of education level and discipline

Jiming Hu, Yin Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to examine behavior intention of Chinese university students toward mobile library (m-library) applications (apps) and to explore the determinants of…

The Liquid Galaxy in the library: A study of use and users of interactive digital display technology at UNC-CH

Amanda Tickner

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability and user perceptions of the display technology in the library to evaluate the utility of the Liquid Galaxy (LG…

Advancing PubMed? A comparison of third-party PubMed/Medline tools

Lorna Elizabeth Wildgaard, Haakon Lund

Systematic reviews of biomedical literature are used to inform patient treatment. Yet the acquisition of relevant literature is proving increasingly challenging due to the large…

THC-DAT helps in reading a multi-topic document: Results from a user-centered evaluation of a within-document analysis tool

Jing Chen, Dan Wang, Quan Lu, Zeyuan Xu

With a mass of electronic multi-topic documents available, there is an increasing need for evaluating emerging analysis tools to help users and digital libraries analyze these…

Construction of the structural definition-based terminology ontology system and semantic search evaluation

Young Man Ko, Min Sun Song, Seung Jun Lee

The purpose of this paper is to construct a structural definition-based terminology ontology system that defines the meanings of academic terms on the basis of properties and…

Digital preservation: The conduit through which open data, electronic government and the right to information are implemented

Kofi Koranteng Adu, Luyande Dube, Emmanuel Adjei

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which digital preservation facilitate the implementation of electronic government, open data and the right to information.

Preserving the digital heritage of public institutions in Ghana in the wake of electronic government

Kofi Koranteng Adu, Patrick Ngulube

The purpose of this paper is to examine digital preservation of e-government in Ghana under the research question: what are the current digital preservation strategies being…

Historical insights for ebook design

HyunSeung Koh, Susan C. Herring

The purpose of this paper is to provide ebook designers and researchers with design insights by promoting historical knowledge about books and reading as sources of ideas to…

Online library tutorials in Mexican universities: presence and characteristics

Andrés Fernández-Ramos

The purpose of this paper is to assess the presence of online library tutorials in the library websites of public universities in Mexico and to analyze the main characteristics of…