...Surendran Cherukodan; Humayoon Kabir S Purpose – India occupies second position among the countries that have adopted DSpace open source software for institutional repositories (IRs)/digital libraries (DLs). The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons for DSpace being preferred over other...

...Georgios Gkoumas; Fotis Lazarinis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate open source software (OSS) for digital libraries and collection management and to propose different utilization scenarios based on the characteristics of the tools. Design/methodology/approach – The tools...

... that investigates co-authorship networks of Indian earth science researchers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 India Digital libraries Social Network Analysis Co-authorship networks Earth science Research collaborations There is an ongoing debate on what really constitutes a research...

...Byung-Won On; Gyu Sang Choi; Soo-Mok Jung Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to collect and understand the nature of real cases of author name variants that have often appeared in bibliographic digital libraries (DLs) as a case study of the name authority control problem in DLs. Design...

...Egbert de Smet Purpose – Although the new J-ISIS software from UNESCO, based on Berkeley DB and Lucene technology, complies with some of the technical requirements as seen necessary for digital library applications, an easy way of building collections so far was not available. The purpose...

...Tanja Merčun Edited by G.G.   Chowdhury and Schubert   Foo . Digital Libraries and Information Access: Research Perspectives . London : Facet Publishing   2012 . 235 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐821‐7   £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Digital...

...Jan Pisanski Edited by Milena   Dobreva , Andy   O'Dwyer and Pierluigi   Feliciati . User Studies for Digital Library Development . London : Facet Publishing   2012 . 272 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐765‐4   £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013...

... in their article extend to failure to situate library automation within the strategic goals of the University and also to position library automation in the broader context of learning, teaching and research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Botswana University libraries Digital libraries E...

... existing research, this paper focuses on the utilisation and requirements of local community users and also finds the contributions of citation information to be significant and critical. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Digital libraries Journal recommendation Local impact factor...

...Faranak Mohsenzadeh; Alireza Isfandyari‐Moghaddam Purpose The present research aims to identify the difficulties and obstacles for developing digital libraries in the seven regional branches of Islamic Azad University (IAU), Iran, and to study the status of librarians' skills and education...

... access to digital contents. Originality/value The project details and use of different software in this project may be useful for others carrying out digitisation projects. Digital libraries are organizations that provide the resources, including the specialised staff, to select, structure, offer...

...Linda Peh Sarah   Pedersen . Why Blog? Motivations for Blogging . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2010 . 152 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐583‐1   US$70 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Library operations and services Digital libraries Blogs Blogging...

...Catherine Xu Edited by Mel   Collier . Business Planning for Digital Libraries . Leuven : Leuven University Press   2010 . 238 pp. , ISBN: 978‐90‐5867‐837‐9   £54.50 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Library operations and services Digital libraries...

... Group Publishing Limited 2011 Digital libraries Digital storage Universities Research organizations Communications India Open access is a growing international movement that uses the internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted...

...A.M. Cox Edited by D.   Baker and W.   Evans . Digital Library Economics: An Academic Perspective . Oxford : Chandos   2009 . 315 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐403‐2   £49.50 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> The foreword is by Dame Lynne Brindley...

... in libraries are divided into two main application areas: digital library (DL), including agent‐based DL projects, multi‐agent architecture for DLs, intelligent agents for distributed heterogeneous information retrieval and agent support to information search process in DLs; and services in traditional...

...Long Xiao Purpose The paper aims to provide an overall methodology and case study for the innovation and extension of a digital library, especially the service system. Design/methodology/approach Based on the three‐dimensional structure theory of the information service industry, this paper...

...Mirosław Górny; John Catlow; Rafał Lewandowski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the state of development of Polish digital libraries. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the establishment of the first digital library in Poland, the creation of the Wielkopolska...

...Ana Kovacevic; Vladan Devedzic; Viktor Pocajt Purpose This paper aims to address the problem of enhancing the selection of titles offered by a digital library, by analysing the differences in these titles when they are cited by local authors in their publications and when they are listed...

... Intellectual property law Digital libraries I eagerly awaited my copy of Graham P. Cornish's Copyright book, now on its fifth edition. The fourth edition has helped me to answer sticky copyright queries on numerous occasions and I have found it an essential book in my day‐to‐day job. Had I...