The Electronic Library: Volume 35 Issue 2

Understanding Chinese users’ switching behaviour of cloud storage services

Fang Xu, Meng Tian, Guohu Xu, Brenda Reyes Ayala, Wen Shen

This paper aims to explore the switching intention and behaviour of cloud storage services (CSS) individual users in China by integrating the variables of switching cost and habit…

Information seeking behaviour of ordinary and elite saffron farmers in Iran

Iraj Radad, Hassan Behzadi, Somayeh Zadehrahim

The present research aims to compare information-seeking behaviour of ordinary and elite saffron farmers in Iran.

Adolescents’ social reading: motivation, behaviour, and their relationship

Wu Li, Yuehua Wu

Using the case of social reading via WeChat in China, this paper aims to explore adolescents’ social reading motivation and behaviour. It also examines how the specific dimensions…

Empowering academic librarians for effective e-services: An assessment of Web 2.0 competency levels

Lilian Ingutia Oyieke, Archie L. Dick

The purpose of this paper was to assess the Web 2.0 competencies’ levels of academic librarians in selected libraries from two library consortia KLISC in Kenya and GAELIC in South…

Global research on information literacy: a bibliometric analysis from 2005 to 2014

Shankar Reddy Kolle

The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature published on information literacy (IL) from 2005 to 2014 and reveal the key aspects of IL publication trends.

Authorship of Iranian chemistry articles: an actuarial approach

Mahsa Nikzad, Nadjla Hariri, Fahimeh Babalhavaeji, Fatemeh Nooshinfard

This study aims to apply some concepts of actuarial statistics to the authorship of Iranian ISI papers in the field of chemistry based on Price’s model. The study determines…

Digital preservation policies of the institutional repositories at Brazilian Federal Universities

Laerte Pereira da Silva Júnior, Maria Manuel Borges

This paper aims to verify the implementation of digital preservation policies at the institutional repositories (IRs) of Brazilian Federal Universities.

Student reading lists: evaluating the student experience at the University of Huddersfield

Kate McGuinn, Graham Stone, Alison Sharman, Emily Davison

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the bespoke resource list management system (MyReading) at the University of Huddersfield.

A cyclical learning model to promote children’s online and on-site museum learning

Tien-Yu Hsu, Hsin-Yi Liang

This paper aims to propose an online and on-site cyclical learning model (OOCLM). It considers how combining digital applications can promote a museum’s virtuous learning cycle…

We should be just a number and we should embrace it

Graham Kendall, Angelina Yee, Steven Hardy

The purpose of this paper is to support the use of unique identifiers for the authors of scientific publications. This, the authors believe, aligns with the views of many others…

Dynamic e-book guidance system for English reading with learning portfolio analysis

Tien-Wen Sung, Ting-Ting Wu

Learners were provided with personalized and adaptive articles in a dynamic real-time manner. This study aims to improve learners’ interest in learning English and motivate them…

Library performance evaluation in a dynamic environment using patron satisfaction

Yahia Zare Mehrjerdi

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new model for studying the patron’s satisfaction level over time for library systems. For this purpose, it is necessary to identify the…

Big Data, Little Data: Scholarship in the Networked World

Philip Calvert

The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries. Volume 2: Research, User Applications, and Networking

Soodabeh Omidkhah

Control: Digitality as Cultural Logic

Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam