Library Hi Tech: Volume 25 Issue 4

Ten years after

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on progress over the last ten years in the field of digital preservation for cultural heritage institutions.

Introduction: accessibility of electronic information resources for all

The purpose of this article is to introduce the themed section, “Accessibility”, of this special Library Hi Tech issue.

Web accessibility trends in university libraries and library schools

Only properly designed web sites are accessible to people with print disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to follow up on earlier investigations of this kind by looking at…

Web accessibility at Kentucky's academic libraries

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on the implementation of web accessibility guidelines at Kentucky academic library web sites.

Web accessibility at academic libraries: standards, legislation, and enforcement

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the standards, guidelines, and laws which affect web accessibility for academic library web sites in the USA as well as an explanation of…

Accessibility of web‐based library databases: the vendors' perspectives in 2007

Web‐based research databases are common in today's libraries, but most librarians lack the ability to evaluate them for accessibility for persons with disabilities. Consequently…

Leadership at the American Library Association and accessibility: a critical view

The purpose of this paper is to take a critical view at leadership of the American Library Association (ALA) and discuss the extent to which its policies promote, or fail to…

Heuristic evaluation of interface usability for a web‐based OPAC

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability of a web‐based OPAC (WebPAC) user interface at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). It also looks at the…

Utility of a faceted catalog for scholarly research

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether a faceted OPAC interface offers improvements to information discovery in scholarly research.

Changing markets, changing relationships: How libraries and vendors respond to the “next generation” challenge

Dissatisfaction with the online public access catalog (in particular) and the integrated library system (in general) have prompted a variety of responses from libraries and…

Contextual metadata: faceted schemas in virtual library communities

The purpose of this paper is to explore the information needs of one user group, public library fiction readers, in order to reveal a design of an online community at the local…

A primer on radio frequency identification for libraries

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a location determination technology that has been receiving a lot of commercial attention in recent times, especially in the areas of…

Anthropologists in the library: a review of Studying Students

The purpose of this paper is to review the book Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester edited by Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons.

Ethical Decision Making for Digital Libraries

Preservation Management for Libraries, Archives and Museums

Electronic Journal Management Systems: Experiences from the Field

Enabling End‐Users: Information Skills Training

Globalisation, Information and Libraries: The Implications of the World Trade Organisation's GATS and TRIPS Agreements

Licensing in Libraries: Practical and Ethical Aspects

Metadata: A Cataloger's Primer

Computers in Libraries: An Introduction for Library Technicians

How LIS Professionals Can Use Alerting Services