Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 42 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: Web 2.0 and social networking in libraries
Social software and libraries: a literature review from the LASSIE project
Jane SeckerThis paper aims to provide an overview of the published literature and current use of social software by libraries primarily in the UK and USA.
Second Life: the seventh face of the library?
Lyn ParkerThe purpose of this paper is to give a brief introduction to Second Life, and to provide an outline of how one academic librarian has got involved with using it and reviews the…
New generation of catalogues for the new generation of users: A comparison of six library catalogues
Tanja Merčun, Maja ŽumerThe purpose of this paper is to describe some of the problems and issues faced by online library catalogues. It aims to establish how libraries have undertaken the mission of…
Use of Web 2.0 technologies in LIS education: experiences at Tallinn University, Estonia
Sirje VirkusThe purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of the Institute of Information Studies of Tallinn University in introducing ICT, including Web 2.0 technologies, in…
The use of AJAX in searching a bibliographic database: A case study of the Italian Biblioteche oggi database
Piero CavaleriThe purpose of this paper is to describe the use of AJAX for searching the Biblioteche Oggi database of bibliographic records.
Digital libraries and repositories in India: an evaluative study
Rekha Mittal, G. MaheshThe purpose of this research is to identify and evaluate the collections within digital libraries and repositories in India available in the public domain.
Implementation of an open source library management system: Experiences with Koha 3.0 at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
Gerhard BisselsThe purpose of this paper is to describe the selection process and criteria that led to the implementation of the Koha 3.0 library management system (LMS) at the Complementary and…