... (CC) leverages this change in many ways by offering interactive features in teaching and learning. Wide and shared pool of configurable computing resources, storage facilities and other applications via internet offer agile and innovative features for the students and learners in academia, which make...

.... Findings The study showed that more than half of the clients of Sam Jonah library were moderately satisfied with the library’s automation. Clients mostly access internet/Wi-Fi and reference service. Patronage of the services including photocopying, borrowing of books (circulation), e-resources/academic...

... feeds, podcasts, social bookmarking, were among the least used. The study revealed that librarians use Web 2.0 tools mostly for reference services online, library news/events, training resources, and image and video sharing. Lack of facilities such as computers with internet access, lack of skills...

... be contacted at: wjj8612@uwm.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Mobile web Usability User interfaces Newspaper mobile websites Internet Mobile communication systems While Nielsen (2009) has been defending his position that his guidelines for the desktop views should still apply...

...Shiv Kumar Purpose The purpose of the present study is to take an overview of the use of computers, internet, computer skills and information searching behaviour on the web as well as the OPAC in a university setting among students at the postgraduate level from rural and urban backgrounds...

... by enriching one's own data exposure mechanisms as linked data, and by providing means for patrons to take advantage of the growing volume of linked data available on the internet. Originality/value The paper explores the basic principles of using linked data, and compares and contrasts...

...Marilyn Von Seggern; Alex Merrill; Lihong Zhu Purpose Internet sites about geographical locations attempt to articulate and convey “sense of place”, a concept that relates to the unique identity and meaning attached to place. This paper aims to review the variety of resource types, metadata...

... instruction and service to its users in a resource‐challenged environment. Academic libraries Best Practice Internet This case study examines the best practices the authors developed as a web team to coordinate a library web site redesign project and engineer the web site for optimum usability...

... Internet Search engines What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law (Sheriff Buford T. Justice). The world lost a fabulous entertainer when Jerry Reed passed away in September 2008. The singer, songwriter, and session guitarist was a country music legend before...

... Interlibrary Loan forms. Internet User studies Libraries Locating the “appropriate copy” of an article is often a challenge for students and faculty at any institution. How do they know which periodicals are full‐text online or only available in print or microfiche? Originally, many libraries...

... in a variety of settings. For example, librarians do instruction for their communities in the areas of internet searching, electronic database use, and personal computing skills. Many of their students are adults, including other library staff members, community members, and non‐traditional students...

... library staff member with the help of numerous student assistants. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Academic libraries Digital libraries Internet Staff at the Hekman Library first considered developing a digital archive while investigating options to upgrade the library's...

...Cavan McCarthy; Murilo Bastos da Cunha The Internet came to Brazil early, and was quickly recognized as an exciting new means of communication, highly appropriate for a technologically advanced and recently democratized society. This paper identifies and characterizes the principal Brazilian...

... the catalog cards and store the images in a database. This would provide a solution for the time being, as well as a starting point for future conversion to text via optical character recognition (OCR) or retyping. Archives Data collection Internet Text retrieval Catalogues Library materials...

... concludes with the major advantages, as well as the limitations of CatExpress. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Cataloguing Public libraries Data retrieval Collection management Internet Online retrieval CatExpress was introduced in 1999 as a Web‐based copy cataloging service that allowed...

... from the library community in terms of non‐traditional metadata. Archives Collection management Internet Library services Resources Canada The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) Web portal is a dynamic Web site supported by a number of underlying databases. Currently, two...

... No. 6 , p. 34 ‐ 5. Sullivan , D. (2002), 2001 Search Engine Watch Awards available at: www.searchenginewatch.com/awards/2001‐winners.html (accessed 19 March 2002). Figure 1 Scirus’ basic search screen © MCB UP Limited 2002 Internet Discipline Special...

... an identical value, in order to identify the name of the database in which an e‐journal was covered. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Libraries User studies Internet Records management Dowling College is a small liberal arts college with about 6,000 students located on the banks of the Connetquot...

...). Cataloguing Internet This winter I’m working out every day, throwing against a wall. I’m 11‐0 against the wall (Jim Bouton). According to a report by Cyveillance, a Washington, DC‐based Internet company, the World Wide Web consists of slightly more than two billion pages, and is growing...

... the Special Collections Department created in 1983. Access to this valuable resource has always been a primary goal. Libraries Collection management Internet Long before e‐books became a familiar term and before libraries were thought of as their own publishers, the LSU Libraries in 1990...