Library Hi Tech: Volume 33 Issue 1

Leveraging apps for research and learning: a survey of Canadian academic libraries

Robin Canuel, Chad Crichton

The purpose of this paper is to assess the response of Canadian academic libraries to the rapid proliferation of mobile application (apps), many of which are useful for research…

The design and implementation of a Mobile Library APP system

Ying-Hung Pu, Po-Sheng Chiu, Tzung-Shi Chen, Yueh-Min Huang

The purpose of this paper is to increase usage rate of libraries in universities and colleges, this study developed a Mobile Library APP System and analyzed users’ usage and level…

Research and discovery functions in mobile academic libraries: Are university libraries serving mobile researchers?

Catharine Bomhold

The purpose of this paper is to describe the availability of discovery functions on mobile devices at academic research libraries in order to determine if research libraries are…

Comparing flow experience in using digital libraries: Web and mobile context

Xianjin Zha, Jinchao Zhang, Yalan Yan, Wentao Wang

Flow experience is conceptualized as an optimal experience about an activity, characterized by a match between perceived challenges and perceived skills. The purpose of this paper…

The use of digital talking books by people with print disabilities: a literature review

Anna Hampson Lundh, Genevieve Marie Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to analyse empirical studies regarding the use of digital talking books (Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) books) as well as the…

Ease of use and usefulness as measures of student experience in a multi-platform e-textbook pilot

David James Johnston, Selinda Adelle Berg, Karen Pillon, Mita Williams

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of how students accept and use e-textbooks in higher education by assessing their experiences with e-textbooks from…

The role of memory in document re-finding

Xiao Xie, Diane H. Sonnenwald, Crystal Fulton

The purpose of this paper is to explore graduate students’ behaviour and perspectives regarding personal digital document management, as well as insights into the connections…

Assessing the accuracy of vendor-supplied accessibility documentation

Laura DeLancey

In an effort to ensure vendor compliance with Section 508, some libraries have begun requesting Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) or other documentation of…

Investigating factors affecting the acceptance of self-service technology in libraries: The moderating effect of gender

Chun-Hua Hsiao, Kai-Yu Tang

The self-service technology (SST) launched outside libraries has received great attention in Taiwan. This automatic book stop (ABS), FastBook, has raised some interesting issues…

Conceptualizing the integration of digital humanities in instructional services: Possibilities to enhance digital literacy in the 21st century

Raymond Pun

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize how digital humanities (DH) projects can be integrated into instructional services programs in libraries. The paper draws on three…

European Union information in an acceding country: An investigation of information needs and seeking behavior

Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, Ivana Faletar Horvatic, Boris Badurina

The purpose of this paper is to present the exploratory study whose aim was to investigate the information needs and information-seeking behavior of post-secondary students…