...Khurshid Ahmad; Zheng JianMing; Muhammad Rafi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the views and capabilities of librarians for the implementation of Big Data analytics in academic libraries of Pakistan. The study also sets out to check the relationship between the required skills...

.... The response rate was 88.7 percent whereas the response rate for the completed questionnaires was 78.6 percent. Lime survey was also used to analyze the data because it provided the necessary tools. Academic libraries Information professionals Mobile technology Smart phones Online learning Library...

... that also reported producing smaller data sets. It is important to note that a given faculty member may employ different data storage options at different times, so the use of one method does not entirely preclude the utilization of others. Research data services Data management Academic libraries...

...-resources Library services Academic libraries Somewhat surprisingly, it is only mid-way through this work the reader will find that basic statement of fact “marketing your E-resources can change your library”. So true is this that waiting until page 68 isn’t so much nerve-jangling suspense as all...

...Alireza Isfandyari-Moghaddam; Mansoureh Hosseini-Shoar Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to identify factors affecting the adoption of Web 2.0 tools by librarians of academic libraries located in Hamedan, Iran. Design/methodology/approach – Methodologically, this survey is applied...

...A.M. Cox Andrew Walsh Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services: A Handbook London Facet Publishing 2012 192 pp. 978-1-85604-809-4 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Mobile technology Academic libraries Library...

... – This research provides evidence on the actual use of mobile devices by students for library administrators and educators interested in developing integrated mobile academic library applications. The literature that projects the need for library mobile services has been plentiful. Farkas (2010) , Krishnan...

... for an academic library (Bennett, 2010). Geraci, Humphrey, and Jacobs categorized data services into three major levels. Data reference services can be understood as an analogy of general library reference services that include data identification and retrieval assistance and instruction. Data collection...

... Use Search engines User studies Academic libraries Nigeria © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Joseph Kehinde Fasae can be contacted at: kennyfash2000@yahoo.com The issues discussed in this paper were divided into seven (7) Sections where Section (1) deliberates...

...Khalid Mahmood; John V. Richardson, Jr Purpose This paper aims to survey the web sites of the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) regarding the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach The websites of 100 member academic libraries...

... Web‐based OPAC Evaluation IIT libraries India Academic libraries Online catalogues 1. the traditional public catalogue converted into a web interface; and 2. a catalogue that incorporates the Z39.50 protocol, which is a powerful communication tool based on the client‐server...

... that the suggestions made by the participants will be considered and implemented, based on the digital library (DL) developments in academic libraries in different countries. Practical implications It is expected that with improved library management, and the solving of the problems highlighted, through suitable...

... Academic libraries Digital information access If any book can encourage you to shout “Hooray for MARC Field 856”, this will be it. What was probably a speculative glint in the eye of the American Library Association in the late 1990s has more than proved its worth over the years and this publication...

..., and that only abstracts are accessible and not full‐text articles. This may be due to lack of training in using INFONET journals of various publishers, or due to the IP addresses of various computers not being up‐to‐date. Electronic journals Electronic media Information retrieval Academic libraries...

... to use the available technology to reach students (Brophy, 2005 ; Secker, 2004). MacColl (2001) and Markland (2003) describe the negative impact of VLEs when academic tutors do not collaborate with librarians and resources become locked away in password‐protected “silos”. Academic libraries E...

... at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It was shown that the users' expectations of the library are rising and new needs are emerging. Electronic media Consumer behaviour User studies Academic libraries China Electronic resources, particularly journal literature have become a major element...

... chapter is clear as a discrete entity, and many offer very readable and authoritative summaries of current thinking. The focus is explicitly on academic libraries, not other library sectors. The voices are primarily of university librarians, though there is a reasonable representation of publishers...

...Colin Higgins © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Academic libraries Library management Information services Internet Library systems Social networks The first line of the first essay in this book states: “Cavafy's famous poem describes the paralysis induced when...

...Sarah Crofts L.   Pressley . Wikis for Libraries . London : Facet Publishing   2010 . 100 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐725‐8   £34.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Internet Academic Libraries Information literacy Communication technologies...

... criteria and implementation process of 360 Counter, and detailed learned lessons as well. Future directions for usage statistics are also explored. It is believed that the deployment experience should be instructive when carrying out similar projects. United States of America Academic libraries...