Information Discovery and Delivery: Volume 49 Issue 2

Openness, resource sharing and digitalization – an examination of the current trends in Finland

Jarmo Saarti, Kimmo Tuominen

Although resource sharing between scholars is evolving rapidly, This paper uses paper-based interlibrary lending (ILL) procedures in the service repertoire of academic libraries…

Rethinking academic library space amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: preparing for the future

Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, Ukwoma Scholastica Chizoma

Academic libraries’ response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might be an opportunity to reassert and reemphasise their roles in the national disaster management…

Please call my contact person: mobile devices for a rescue mission during an emergency

Sunday Adewale Olaleye, Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi, Richard Osei Agjei, Frank Adusei-Mensah

Drivers, travellers/tourists, pedestrians, paramedical officers, road safety officers, police officers and other security agencies in emergency times in developing countries are…

Data-driven approaches in FinTech: a survey

Xin Tian, Jing Selena He, Meng Han

This paper aims to explore the latest study of the emerging data-driven approach in the area of FinTech. This paper attempts to provide comprehensive comparisons, including the…

The effects of social media usage on loneliness and well-being: analysing friendship connections of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Shaoyu Ye, Kevin K.W. Ho, Andre Zerbe

This study aims to clarify the effects of different patterns of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram usage on user loneliness and well-being in Japan.

Temporal evolution of tagging subnetwork features and motif under different activity levels – take the Q&A community Zhihu as an example

Xin Feng, Liangxuan Li, Jiapei Li, Meiru Cui, Liming Sun, Ye Wu

This paper aims to study the characteristics and evolution rules of tagging knowledge network for users with different activity levels in question-and-answer (Q&A) community…

How do network attributes impact information virality in social networks?

Nimish Joseph, Arpan Kumar Kar, P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan

Social media platforms play a key role in information propagation and there is a need to study the same. This study aims to explore the impact of the number of close communities…

Learning preference: development in smart learning environments

Lizhao Zhang, Xu Du, Jui-Long Hung, Hao Li

The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review to understand state-of-art research related to learning preferences from the aspects of impacts, influential factors…