The Electronic Library: Volume 38 Issue 4

An evaluation of the library’s educational value based on the perception of public library users and librarians in Korea

Younghee Noh, Sang-Yup Lee

The purpose of this study is to develop an evaluation index. For this, questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the educational value of the library. This study encourages…

Transformation of educational roles of library-supported mobile learning: a literature review from 2009 to 2018

Yun-Fang Tu, Gwo-Jen Hwang

This study aims to explore the transformation of the roles of libraries, application trends and potential research issues of library-supported mobile learning.

The awareness and application of multimedia tools for information literacy instruction at an African university

Dina Mokgadi Mashiyane, Siviwe Bangani, Kirchner Van Deventer

The purpose of this paper is to determine academic librarians’ awareness and application of multimedia content for information literacy (IL) instruction at the North-West…

Time-aware query suggestion diversification for temporally ambiguous queries

Xiaojuan Zhang, Xixi Jiang, Jiewen Qin

The purpose of this study is to generate diversified results for temporally ambiguous queries and the candidate queries are ensured to have a high coverage of subtopics, which are…

A request allocation model for processing data in federated cloud computing

Sahil Kansal, Harish Kumar, Sakshi Kaushal

As the storage and processing requirement of digital information is increasing on the cloud, it is very difficult for the single cloud provider (CP) to meet the resource…

Research on the construction of the semantic model for Chinese ancient architectures based on architectural narratives

Jinju Chen, Shiyan Ou

This paper aims to reorganize the relevant information of Chinese ancient architectures with the use of Semantic Web technologies and thus facilitate its deep discovery and usage.

Ontology for preserving the knowledge base of traditional dances (OTD)

Deepjyoti Kalita, Dipen Deka

Systematic organization of domain knowledge has many advantages in archiving, sharing and retrieval of information. Ontologies provide a cushion for such practices in the semantic…

WhatsApp groups: channel for sharing information among LIS professionals in Nigeria

Obiora Kingsley Udem, Doris U. Aghoghovwia, Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro

The purpose of this study is to determine the type of information Library and Information Science professionals share in the WhatsApp groups in Nigeria.

Exploring multiple diversification strategies for academic citation contexts recommendation

Haihua Chen, Yunhan Yang, Wei Lu, Jiangping Chen

Citation contexts have been found useful in many scenarios. However, existing context-based recommendations ignored the importance of diversity in reducing the redundant issues…

Virtual reality services in academic libraries: deployment experience in Hong Kong

Rosalinda Lok Ting Suen, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Jeff K.T. Tang

Virtual Reality (VR) has become a popular topic recently, and the quality of immersive experience nowadays is beyond our imagination. While VR applications for entertainment are…