...Fredrick Ishengoma; Deo Shao Purpose This study evaluates the applicability of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 3 (UTAUT3) in understanding user adoption behaviours related to Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) in libraries. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Zoe Dickinson; Michael Smit Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges presented by search engine visibility for public libraries. The paper outlines the results of a pilot study investigating search engine visibility in two Canadian public libraries. Design/methodology...

... web Academic libraries Libraries Library catalogues Information organization Digital information Web 2.0 In New Directions in Information Organization the editors Jung-Ran Park and Lynne C. Howarth compiled 11 contributions providing potential answers to the challenges...

...' instrument. Second, this study checked the viability of aggregating the responses of the librarians to library-level constructs. Third, this study adapted hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to examine the research hypotheses. HLM could be utilized to explain the nested data and simultaneously estimate...

... for LIS schools. Hence there are studies in the literature that research digitization education in LIS schools. For instance, in a study carried out within the scope of the Bologna Process on integration of digitization into disciplines within the curricula of Library and Information Science in European...

...Fahimeh Ahmadian Yazdi; N.J. Deshpande Purpose The aim of the study reported in this paper is to evaluate 71 library association web sites using 15 selected Webometric criteria. Design/methodology/approach The study uses Webometric analysis and ranking based on a scaling method and comparative...

...Graeme Brown; David McMenemy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the way that Scottish public library authorities are implementing filtering software as a public access internet management tool. The aim of the study is to determine the extent to which filtering systems are used...

...Francis Osae Otopah; Perpetua Dadzie Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate the personal information management (PIM) practices of students and its implications for library services at the University of Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This was a survey research, and questionnaires...

..., and to view indigenous knowledge as valuable and as a way of addressing the view of Africa as a consumer of knowledge rather than a generator and contributor of knowledge. However, whilst there have been some initiatives in academia and in libraries to integrate indigenous knowledge into their activities...

...Shirley Lim; Chern Li Liew Purpose This study aims to explore how metadata have been applied in GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) institutions in New Zealand (NZ) and to analyse its overall quality with the interoperability of the metadata element set especially in mind. Design...

.... Electronic articles now account for the majority of readings, though most readings are still printed on paper for final reading. Scientists report reading a higher proportion of older articles from a wider range of journal titles and more articles from library e‐collections. Articles are read for many...

... specifically cited the fact that e‐books can be accessed from a distance and that the user does not have to travel to the library in order to use them. Indeed, many respondents actually mentioned their happiness at not needing to make a trip to the library for this purpose. Unsurprisingly, this feature...

... that investigated: use of e‐books in general (methods of obtaining e‐books, reasons for using, viewing/reading behaviour in connection with e‐books); use of e‐books provided by the library; use of JISC collection texts (use and awareness); use of the library and print material in general. Design/methodology...

...David Bawden; Ahmad Khudair; David Bawden Purpose The paper aims to gain a detailed understanding of the current health library/information environment in Saudi Arabia, to identify problems, issues, and areas for improvement, to make recommendations for improvement, and to instantiate...

...Lucy A. Tedd; David Ellis; Lucy A. Tedd Purpose The purpose of this research is to report on research undertaken into the use made of library and information science (LIS) journals in dissertations written by students undertaking the Master's course in Information and Library Studies...

...@aber.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Gender Information society Communication technologies Libraries Perception Attitudes The term “information society” is very widely used in the field of information studies and beyond, and this concept has been explored from a variety...

... Programme Director, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London, London, UK. He is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: andrew.dawson@ucl.ac.uk David Brown is the Head, Publisher Relations, The British Library, London, UK. © Emerald Group Publishing...

... and communication technology, incentives, concepts of membership, services and leadership were all factors in the slow coalescing of the group as an active self‐sustaining network. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Virtual organization Knowledge management Libraries Librarians Knowledge management (KM...

...Andrew Cox; Robin Yeates This article reviews a significant range of new products developed by library management system (LMS) suppliers, which will be referred to for convenience as library portal solutions (LPS) and whose purpose is to manage access to e‐content in an integrated way with books...

...David Nicholas; Paul Huntington; Anthony Watkinson Evaluates, through deep log analysis, the impact of “Big Deal” agreements on the online searching behaviour of users of the Emerald digital library Web site, which provides access to more than 150 journals in the fields of business and information...