Library Hi Tech News: Volume 33 Issue 2

“Through the looking glass: envisioning new library technologies” social media trends that inform emerging technologies

Peter Fernandez

The purpose of this paper is to explore recent developments in a number of relatively well-established social media platforms – Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Yik Yak –to…

Librarians prepare to help patrons overcome the digital divide in Northeast Florida

Jennifer O’Neill

The purpose of this innovative, highly replicable paper is to teach library staff learn to use mobile apps to lead and assist patrons and effectively market library services.

Embedded librarianship: questions and answers from librarians in the trenches

Cassandra Kvenild, Beth E. Tumbleson, John J. Burke, Kaijsa Calkins

This paper aims to share the current state of embedded librarianship in learning management systems as reported by academic librarians. The paper highlights the best practices, as…

SCOPUS reflected study of selected research and higher education institutions (HEIs) of Chandigarh: a city of education and research

Rupak Chakravarty, Deepti Madaan

The purpose of this paper is to cite the statistical data reflecting the trends and tendencies in research activity undertaken by Chandigarh city affiliations. The period under…

What’s trending in libraries from the internet cybersphere – digital clutter

Adetoun A. Oyelude

This is the first edition of the column for 2016.

Implementation of information literacy programmes in public libraries

George Kingori, Dorothy Njiraine, Stephen Maina

The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of information literacy programmes in the public libraries in Kenya as demonstrated through a case study of the major…