The Electronic Library: Volume 41 Issue 5

An overview of applications and trends in the use of extended reality for teaching effectiveness: an umbrella review based on 20 meta-analysis studies

Wei Dong, Meimei Zhou, Meiyan Zhou, Bihan Jiang, Jijian Lu

The purpose of this paper is to study the application ways of extended reality (XR) in teaching, the specific teaching effects and how to implement teaching integration.

Development of a mobile Web library application for an institutional repository and investigation of its influences on learning

Hien Thi Thanh Nguyen, Wu-Yuin Hwang, Thao Pham, Tuyen Thi Thanh Truong, Hsin-Wei Chang

This study aims to examine the effects of the proposed mobile Web library application (MWLA) on the search experience and its impact on learners’ engagement, interaction and…

Assessing the impact of knowledge management factors on digital resources acceptance: a survey of postgraduate students of public sector universities of Punjab

Marya Ahmad, Khurshid Ahmad, Rubina Bhatti

This study aims to measure the acceptance of digital resources by integrating knowledge management (KM) factors (i.e. acquisition, sharing, application and protection) into the…

System and content factors associated with college students’ adoption of YouTube for learning purposes

Lindsey M. Harper, Elizabeth D. James, Soohyung Joo, Youngseek Kim

Today’s undergraduate students have spent a significant portion of their lives using YouTube for various reasons, whether for entertainment, personal development or academic…

Advanced intelligent health advice with informative summaries to facilitate treatment decision-making

Yi-Hung Liu, Sheng-Fong Chen

Whether automatically generated summaries of health social media can assist users in appropriately managing their diseases and ensuring better communication with health…

Virtual and augmented reality as predictors of users’ intention to use Lagos State Public Library, Lagos State, Nigeria

Ismail Olatunji Adeyemi, Kabir Alabi Sulaiman, Zaidat Motolani Abdulsalam, Abdulwahab Olanrewaju Issa

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are a significant part of smart libraries in the information age. Hence, their adoption is inevitable in the technological age…

An investigation of linked data catalogue features in libraries, archives, and museums: a checklist approach

Ya-Ning Chen

In this study, the distinctive functional features of linked data (LD) catalogues were investigated to contrast with existing online public access catalogues (OPACs) and discovery…

Constructing a spatiotemporal situational awareness framework to sense the dynamic evolution of online public opinion on social media

Qingqing Li, Ziming Zeng, Shouqiang Sun, Chen Cheng, Yingqi Zeng

The paper aims to construct a spatiotemporal situational awareness framework to sense the evolutionary situation of public opinion in social media, thus assisting relevant…