Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 49 Issue 3

Evaluation and usage scenarios of open source digital library and collection management tools

Georgios Gkoumas, Fotis Lazarinis

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate open source software (OSS) for digital libraries and collection management and to propose different utilization scenarios based on the…

An application profile for research collaboration and information management

Chariya Nonthakarn, Vilas Wuwongse

The purpose of this paper is to design an application profile that will enable interoperability among research management systems, support research collaboration, and facilitate…

Epistemological and ontological spirals: From individual experience in educational innovation to the organisational knowledge in the university sector

Ángel Fidalgo-Blanco, María Luisa Sein-Echaluce, Francisco García-Peñalvo

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the development of a knowledge management system. It allows the creation of new knowledge, its consolidation, distribution and…

The effect of network externality on mobile social network site continuance

Tao Zhou

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of network externality on users’ continuance of mobile social network sites (SNS).

A structural model of information privacy concerns toward hospital websites

Kuang-Ming Kuo, Paul C. Talley, Chen-Chung Ma

The purpose of this paper is to propose and empirically test a theoretical model that considers the predictors of an individual’s perceptions of information privacy, and also how…

Mass collaborative knowledge management: Towards the next generation of knowledge management studies

Chaolemen Borjigen

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the underlying principles of knowledge processing in a new era of mass collaboration and provide an integrated guideline for organizational…

Library Facebook practices for creating and promoting a professional profile

Evgenia Vassilakaki, Emmanouel Garoufallou

The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth insight on librarians’ use of the social networking site Facebook as a way to connect and promote interaction with library…