Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 39 Issue 1

Editorial

Anna Maria Tammaro, Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo

Understanding the information culture for self-management support of people living with diabetes in Ghana

Eric Boamah, Andrews Adjei Druye

The purpose of this study is to explore the information culture of people living with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and how that impacts their self-management practices in Ghana. The…

Exploring electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) at a R1 institution in the Southeast USA

Plato L. Smith II

This study aims to build a better understanding of researcher needs regarding support for data that you create, store, and/or manage using an electronic lab notebook (ELN), also…

Services personalization in digital academic libraries: a Delphi study

Samaneh Khavidaki, Saeed Rezaei Sharifabadi, Amir Ghaebi

This paper aims to explore the realm of literature about personalization of digital library services. This paper focuses on users’ unique needs and will identify different types…

Content, tools, and surrogates: assessing K-12 teachers’ criteria for interactively searching for digital video

Dan Albertson, Melissa P. Johnston

Digital video is regularly used to supplement instruction in K-12 education. However, more research is needed on how teachers interactively search for video to support their…

Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

Usman Ahmed Adam, Kiran Kaur

This study aims to validate a proposed conceptual model for the implementation of sustainable institutional repositories (IRs) in Nigeria.

A literature review on digital content management: trends and future challenges

Md. Habibur Rahman, Azree Ahmad, Sohaimi Zakaria

The purpose of this study is to review the literature on digital content management (DCM) published between 2001 and 2021, as well as to provide insights and research directions…

Marketing of library resources and its impact on the library usage of distance-learning students

Diana Atuase, Jan Maluleka

Access to learning resources in higher education is a prerequisite for effective learning. The purpose of this study is to investigate how marketing of library resources can…

Libraries as third place and digital space: interview with Knut Skansen

Knut Skansen, Anna Maria Tammaro