Library Hi Tech News: Volume 34 Issue 4

Virtual and augmented reality in libraries and the education sector

Adetoun A. Oyelude

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are technologies gaining more ground, and their uses in libraries and for educational purposes are expanding.

Virtual reference librarians (Chatbots)

Joseph Vincze

This paper aims to explore integrating chatbot applications into libraries to improve reference services.

Drupal, TEI and XML: How to prototype a digital humanities tool?

Lauren Di Monte, Mike Serafin

This paper aims to take seriously the import accorded to the interface within the digital humanities. It will probe some of the possibilities and limits of the computer interface…

Bridging the gap: integrating the library into Moodle learning management system a study

Raj Kishor Kampa

This paper aims to study how a library can be best integrated into eLearning platform, thereby making it easier for both the instructors and students to search the library…

Emerging information standards and technologies: cataloging and metadata professionals’ perspectives

Jung ran Park, Yuji Tosaka

This paper aims to report on the survey results relating to the current experience of cataloging and metadata professionals with emerging information standards and technologies…