The Electronic Library: Volume 32 Issue 1

Towards dynamic and evolving digital libraries

Chern Li Liew

The overarching aim of this paper is to initiate a new conceptualisation of digital cultural heritage libraries' design and development that emphasises a holistic understanding of…

Using networked narratives to understand internet book reviews in online communities

Yun Kuei Huang, Wen I. Yang

The aim of this paper was to investigate word-of-mouth communication behavior and other interactions between bloggers writing book testimonials and their community of readers in…

An intellectual structure of activity-based costing: a co-citation analysis

Hsiu-Kuei Kuo, Chyan Yang

The purpose of this paper is to show that by exploring the intellectual structure of activity-based costing (ABC) based on the citation database of Google Scholar, one can…

Issues and strategy of institutional repositories (IR) in Bangladesh: a paradigm shift

Md Mukhlesur Rahman, Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam

The aim of this paper was to identify various institutional repository (IR) initiatives taken by Bangladeshi institutions, including identifying prospects, exploring strategies…

Metadata quality in learning object repositories: a case study

Nikolaos Palavitsinis, Nikos Manouselis, Salvador Sanchez-Alonso

This paper aims to address the issue of poor quality of metadata records describing educational content in Learning Object Repositories (LORs). Through this, it aims to improve…

An evaluation model for digital libraries' user interfaces using fuzzy AHP

Chin-Feng Lai, Po-Sheng Chiu, Yueh-Min Huang, Tzung-Shi Chen, Tien-Chi Huang

The aim of this paper is to improve the service quality of digital libraries (DLs) through an evaluation model for DLs' user interfaces. This evaluation model can provide a useful…

Exploring the value and innovative pricing strategy of digital archives

Ping Wang, In-Lin Hu, Chen-Chi Chang

The research issues of digital preservation have apparently moved from how to set up the digital archives to on-going business models. The aim of this paper is to investigate the…

Relationship of OPAC users' satisfaction with their demographic characteristics, computer skills, user education, user assistance and user-friendly OPAC

Shiv Kumar

The main aim of this paper is to identify whether user demographic characteristics, computer skills, user education, user assistance and user-friendly OPAC (online public access…

Managing Electronic Resources: A LITA Guide

Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam

Leading the Reference Renaissance: Today's Ideas for Tomorrow's Cutting-Edge Services

Deborah Price-Ewen

Learning from Libraries That Use WordPress: Content Management System Best Practices and Case Studies

Philip Calvert

Global Resource Sharing

Ina Fourie

Developing Community-Led Public Libraries: Evidence from the UK and Canada

Anne Goulding

Understanding Information and Computation: From Einstein to Web Science

David Mason

2013 Awards for Excellence