OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 26 Issue 3

Training ground: the role of interim library director

Norm Medeiros

The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenges presented by interim leadership in academic libraries.

Reference redivivus

Robert Fox

The purpose of this paper is to explore recommendations for cutting edge reference services in the information age.

An overview of virtual and cloud computing

H. Frank Cervone

The purpose of this paper is to define and describe virtualization of servers and cloud computing. Understanding the differences and similarities between the two technology models…

Digitization and researcher demand: Digital imaging workflows at the University of Maryland Libraries

Elizabeth A. Novara

The purpose of this paper is to address the challenges that special collections repositories face when creating digital surrogates driven by researcher demand, to link these…

Applying best practices in web site redesign: the Queens College Libraries experience

James T. Mellone, David J. Williams

The purpose of this paper is to examine the best practices in web site redesign the authors established for its two interconnected parts, the web development process and web…

Developing an institutional repository at a private university in Bangladesh

Zahid Hossain Shoeb

The purpose of this paper is to describe the procedure of setting up an institutional repository (IR) at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), using open source software…

A survey of digital library education in library schools in Africa

Emmanuel E. Baro

The main purpose of this paper is to bring to light the state of education in digital libraries (DLs) in library schools in Africa, and the readiness of library schools to produce…