Digital Library Perspectives: Volume 39 Issue 3

Editorial

Anna Maria Tammaro, Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo

Cyber security in university libraries and implication for library and information science education in Nigeria

Magnus Osahon Igbinovia, Bolanle Clifford Ishola

Technological expansion and adoption in university libraries have precipitated cybercrimes and the need to equip library personnel with the required knowledge to combat this…

Leveraging socio-technical processes to support researchers

Plato L. Smith II

The purpose of this project was to develop research support services that address local and external research data management (RDM) support drivers within the existing…

Future libraries’ blockchain opportunities and challenges: a systematic literature review and research agenda

Faiza Bashir, Nosheen Fatima Warraich

The purpose of this study is to look into the concept of blockchain technology which stores data in a distributed, tamper-resistant setting and how this technology may affect the…

Digital humanities practice in university libraries of Bangladesh

Md. Habibur Rahman, Azree Ahmad, Sohaimi Zakaria

Digital humanities (DH) is a scholarly lens through which computing methods and technological tools are used for the research of humanistic disciplines. The purpose of this study…

Investigating gamification services of university libraries in China

Lei Zhou, Yanni Yang

This study aims to analyze the construction of gamification service in university libraries in China and to help university libraries improve service and user experience.

Faculty participation in open access repositories (OARs) based on their individual traits

Ahmet Meti Tmava, Sara Ryza

The number of open access repositories (OARs) has been growing globally, but faculty members have been reluctant to embrace OAR and submit their work. While there are studies that…

Factors contributing to the successful development and use of mobile digital libraries: a systematic literature review

Musawenkosi Phumelela Khomo, Nalindren Naicker, Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, Mogiveny Rajkoomar

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on factors that contribute to the successful development and use of the mobile digital library (DL). This aim will be…

Open access initiatives in European countries: analysis of trends and policies

Mohammad Nazim, Raj Kumar Bhardwaj

This paper aims to analyze open access (OA) scholarly publishing patterns as well as OA policies and mandates across European countries.

Identifying research fronts in NLP applications in library and information science using meta-analysis approaches

Debasis Majhi, Bhaskar Mukherjee

The purpose of this study is to identify the research fronts by analysing highly cited core papers adjusted with the age of a paper in library and information science (LIS) where…

A partnership between the library and the digital humanities scholars: interview with Plamen Miltenoff

Plamen Miltenoff, Anna Maria Tammaro