The Electronic Library: Volume 30 Issue 5

Web‐based library services in university libraries in India: an analysis of librarians' perspective

M. Madhusudhan, V. Nagabhushanam

This purpose of this paper is to present the current state and use of the web by university libraries in India and to examine the web‐based library services offered by some…

Evaluating the use of a mobile annotation system for geography education

Dion Hoe‐Lian Goh, Khasfariyati Razikin, Chei Sian Lee, Ee Peng Lim, Kalyani Chatterjea, Chew Hung Chang

Mobile devices used in educational settings are usually employed within a collaborative learning activity in which learning takes place in the form of social interactions between…

IT self‐efficacy and computer competence of LIS students

Afrodite Malliari, Stella Korobili, Aspasia Togia

The purpose of the present study was to expand the knowledge of student computer competencies and IT self‐efficacy in two LIS departments in Greece.

Flexible access control framework for MARC records

Goran Sladić, Branko Milosavljević, Dušan Surla, Zora Konjović

The goal of this paper is to propose a data access control framework that is used for editing MARC‐based bibliographic databases. In cases where the bibliographic record editing…

Cultural data and semantic technologies: Teaching XML annotation through a guided problem‐based learning approach

Fotis Lazarinis

The purpose of this article is to present a problem‐based learning case on the use of XML technologies for semantically describing cultural data. Students of three higher and…

Metacognition and web credibility

Andrew D. Madden, Nigel Ford, Genevieve Gorrell, Barry Eaglestone, Peter Holdridge

The research reported here generated a list of criteria adopted by postgraduate students when evaluating websites. The analysis presented aims to determine whether metacognition…

Factors affecting the use of social software: TAM perspectives

Seonghee Kim

The purpose of this study is to explore the acceptance and use of social software tools; in particular, the paper focuses on how the features of social software determine its use.

From website log to findability

Jiann‐Cherng Shieh

In the digital library era, library websites are recognized as the extension of library services. The usability and findability of library websites are growing more and more…

Semantic annotation and retrieval of documentary media objects

Dimitris Kanellopoulos

This paper aims to propose a system for the semantic annotation of audio‐visual media objects, which are provided in the documentary domain. It presents the system's architecture…

Instructional Design for Librarians and Information Professionals

Alastair Smith

Collection Development in the Digital Age

Ina Fourie

Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty‐First Century (2nd ed.)

Philip Calvert

Drupal in Libraries

Philip Calvert