...Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan; Fasola Petunola Abifarin; Georgina Uchey Oyedum; Jibril Attahiru Alhassan Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand the research data management practices of chemistry researchers in the five specialized federal universities of technology in Nigeria...

...Plato Smith II; Tanu Malik; Gary Berg-Cross Purpose The EarthCube Technology and Architecture Committee working groups needed current information on the development of existing EarthCube-funded projects (e.g. building blocks, conceptual designs, and research coordination networks) to fulfill...

...Robert Fox Purpose This column seeks to examine the relationship between the modern digital library and academic research entities; and to explore briefly the services that can be provided by information professionals on behalf of investigative teams. Design/methodology/approach: A literature...

...Editor; Norm Medeiros Purpose This article seeks to describe the challenge of providing impactful research assistance to college students. Design/methodology/approach The article discusses student perceptions of librarians, and the lack of awareness students have about the reference...

...Norm Medeiros Purpose This paper seeks to describe undergraduate research habits, as identified through a study at Saint Mary's College of California. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on Summon, a new federated search tool produced by Serials Solutions. Findings The paper...

... describes the main European initiatives and collaborations in the area of open access that have been university‐driven so far. Findings The strength of many universities is in leading many national European initiatives, and collaborations by universities that aim to provide open access to research...

... of scholarly information through a model of grant support and partnerships with other institutions, including many international institutes and foundations and the University of Toronto. Originality/value BI success is provides an unusual and successful model for strong support for OA to scholarly research...

...Claudia Koltzenburg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss phenomena in publishing that usually escape recognition. The aim of the research is to address exclusionary practices surrounding digital objects, including those in open access journals. Design/methodology/approach...

...David Groenewegen; Andrew Treloar Purpose To provide an overview of the Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW) project. Design/methodology/approach An retrospective analysis of the first three years of the ARROW project. Findings Provides information about...

...Ann G. Green; Myron P. Gutmann Purpose In developing and debating digital repositories, the digital library world has devoted more attention to their missions and roles in supporting access to and stewardship of academic research output than to discussing discipline, or domain, specific digital...

...Graham Pryor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the workflows and norms of scientific researchers in their use of source and output repositories and to design functional links between them that will enhance the value of research data. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports...

...Linda Cantara Purpose To inform digital humanists about digital preservation metadata requirements and to inform digital librarians about the dynamic, multimedia content of digital humanities research and teaching resources that needs to be addressed by digital preservation initiatives. Design...

... Describes OCLC′s plans and policies with respect to linking with the Internet and the emerging National Research and Education Network(NREN). Includes a consideration of the telecommunications environment for libraries; the prospects of greatly reduced telecommunications costs by means of online...

... materials represented in the catalogue on some subject and to determine what changes would be needed to ensure that future catalogues would allow the user to retrieve more of the better materials. Also provides brief perspective on research, described in the context of the education and research roles...

...Erwin K. Welsch; Abigail Loomis Reviews ′Research Assistant′ software, a computer‐assisted instruction programme written by a librarian in order to help students with their research. The programme is written for the Mac using HyperCard stacks and its content covers the entire process of writing...

...Patricia A. Hooten Examines the notion of using the CAT CD450 system in retrospective conversion and the research carried out by the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority to determine whether this would be of use to a research library. Presents the findings of the research in terms of time...

...David Brunell Looks at the increased use of Local Area Networks (LANs) in conjunction with CD‐ROM databases in order to make these services more productive and cost‐effective. Examines the use of the LANtastic local area network at the Brunel Center for Research in Denver, Colorado– reveals...

... terms; limit the search to particular fields; and search by proximity of terms. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Information services Information systems Online retrieval Research Using the Search CD450 System: John Hudson Bloxwich, Walsall WS3 2NN United Kingdom Hints for Novice Searchers...