The Electronic Library: Volume 39 Issue 5

A study of non-users of digital libraries: the case of the Capes digital library in Brazil

Wesley Rodrigo Fernandes, Beatriz Valadares Cendón

The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons that hinder the use of digital libraries.

Construction of metadata database structured by conceptual elements of text structure and semantic search evaluation of Korean studies

Young Man Ko, Min Sun Song, Seung Jun Lee

This study aims to develop metadata of conceptual elements based on the text structure of research articles on Korean studies, to propose a search algorithm that reflects the…

An empirical examination of open source software adoption in US public libraries

Namjoo Choi

Similarly to Choi and Pruett (2019), which addressed open source software (OSS) adoption in the academic library context, this study aims to examine barriers and drivers to OSS…

Public library Twitter use during the early period of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United States

Youngok Choi, Sung Un Kim

The purpose of this study is to explore the Twitter use of public libraries during the early period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic to evaluate the focus of Twitter…

Research on influencing factors of information diffusion in online social networks under different themes

Ling Zhang, De Li, Robert J. Boncella

This paper aims to study the factors influencing online social network (OSN) information diffusion under different themes helps to understand information diffusion in general.

Towards better library services: an investigation of factors affecting tourists’ satisfaction with “library + cultural tourism”

Ying Pan, Lia H. Sun, Heqing Yang, Jianming Zheng

“Library + cultural tourism” (LCT) is a new direction for the sustainable development of libraries, but few scholars have researched it from a tourist perspective. The purpose of…

Application of gamification to library services: awareness, perception, and readiness of academic librarians in Nigeria

Ismail Olatunji Adeyemi, Adedoyin Oluwatosin Esan, Abdulmalik Aleem

Gamification is a growing field of study that has not been touched by Nigerian academic librarians. This study aims to explore the awareness, perception and readiness of academic…

Determining the types of internet plus government platform usage behaviour in selected cities of China

Ge Wang, Qiang Chen, Shenghua Xie

Although internet plus government platforms (IPGPs) are being increasingly used by citizens around the world, questions emerge regarding the public adoption, utilization and use…