.... Design/methodology/approach A mixed method approach was adopted to investigate and conceptualise the notion of social search. A review of literature on social search was carried out to identify the key trends and topics. A model of online collaboration was adopted to delineate the types and categories...

... Libraries Design User interfaces Carole A. George's User‐centred Library Web Sites: Usability Evaluation Methods, covers an aspect of the development of user‐centred library web sites from the end‐users' perspectives, and provides an elementary foundation on usability evaluation methods...

...S.I. Humbert; E.A. Tilley Purpose The paper aims to provide advice, suggestions and encouragement for small budget‐restricted libraries contemplating the need for web site redesign where an underlying goal for improving users' information literacy is a key factor. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ian Anderson; Lucy A. Tedd; Sian Everitt Purpose To review a small specialist repository's strategic and opportunistic approach to utilising collaborative regional and national digital initiatives to increase access. The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) Archives activity is evaluated...

...Jan Pisanski; Maja Žumer Purpose An overview of the contents and design of web pages of the European national libraries. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical part features the concepts, problems and guidelines for design related to web sites of national libraries. Based...

... libraries Teachers Skills Portals Design The purpose of this book, according to the introduction, is threefold. Firstly, to provide a guide to the Internet and information skills for teachers and school librarians both practical and theoretical; secondly, to update teachers’ and school librarians...

... is proposed. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Internet Databases Design Program, Vol. 31, No. 2, April 1997 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, no part of this publication may...