Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 118 Issue 11/12

Mobile technologies make education a part of everyday life

Ganna Shyshkanova, Tetyana Zaytseva, Oleksandr Frydman

The purpose of this paper is to show the effectiveness of innovative mobile technologies in learning, to develop a new testing system with a mobile application and to investigate…

Bibliometric analysis of “Internet-plus”

Hualing Xie, Shengtao Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Jingjing Wu

The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the current research on Internet-plus.

Designing a model for Web 2.0 technologies application in academic library websites

Shima Moradi, Delbar Tayefeh Bagher, Zohreh Mirhosseini

This study aims to investigate the application of Web 2.0 technologies in the libraries of the top 100 universities in the world to provide a model for Web 2.0 application in…

Library training to promote electronic resource usage: A case study in information literacy assessment

Tove Faber Frandsen, Dativa Tibyampansha, Glory R. Ibrahim, Megan von Isenburg

The purpose of this paper in information literacy assessment is to explore how library training can promote electronic resource usage. Increasing the usage of electronic resources…

The direct library supply of individual textbooks to students: examining the value proposition

Dominic Broadhurst

This paper aims to highlight the value of a library led e-textbook programme at a the UK university.

Journal packing density across subject disciplines at the global level: a study

Ramesh Pandita, Shivendra Singh

The study aims to assess the journal packing density (JPD) of the research journals published across different subject discipline at the global level. The concept of JPD is aimed…

Introducing web components into the LIS graduate curriculum

Judith Wusteman

This paper introduces web components, one of the most exciting and potentially transformative of the technologies that comprise HTML5. Web components provide a standardised method…

Information innovation: it’s all about people

Jo Smedley

This paper discusses the importance of effectively engaging people in sharing information and managing its implementation across organisations as a key part of successful change…

VPNs in the library

Bruce Massis

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of a virtual private network (VPN) as an additional protective strategy for patrons using library computers.