... findings firmly in the context of previous literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 OPAC Web scale discovery User studies Next generation OPAC Web 2.0 It has been suggested in the literature that the current generation of library customers favour using internet search...

... environment Information behaviour User studies The first paragraph of introduction to the book contains a simple assertion that users should be at the centre of information services. This sets the tone for the rest of the text. The authors, G.G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury, set out to write a book...

... throughout the whole research process, contributing both their subject expertise and information organization skills (Gold, 2007, 2010 ; Garritano and Carlson, 2009 ; Soehner et al., 2010). User studies in terms of researchers' data curation and management needs (Bennett, 2010 ; Borgman, 2010...

... Sciences; 3. Microbiology; 4. Plant Science and Applied Zoology; 5. Mathematical Sciences; and 6. Physics. Internet Scientists Use pattern User studies Universities Nigeria Oyelaran‐Oyeyinka and Adeya (2004) found that 64 percent of Nigerian academics accessed...

... Kehinde Fasae can be contacted at: kennyfash2000@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Cybercafé Internet access Use Search engines User studies Academic libraries Nigeria The polytechnic system in Nigeria was established for goals as contained in Decree No. 16...

... 2012 Information and communication technologies Academic staff Students Use Mzuzu University User studies Malawi Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are defined as the integration of computers with telecommunications with the view to processing and disseminating...

... (Stephenson, 1967). the evaluation results of the Greek online newspapers generated from Alexa; and the evaluation results of the Greek online newspapers generated from the online survey. Newspapers Evaluation Worldwide web User studies Greece The internet serves billions...

... for designing a user friendly OPAC that entails simplistic search strategies for university libraries of India and other developing countries. Shiv Kumar can be contacted at: shiv1977@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 OPAC Search engines User studies University library...

... User satisfaction Slovenia User studies In recent years we have seen intensive debates over the changes in scholarly practice caused by increased accessibility of digital resources and tools. These tools have a strong impact on the information behaviour of researchers. We are faced...

... the time of saturation in the S‐curve of each of the universities in the region. At different stages of this work the simple logistical model was used to get the relevant S‐curves. Figure 1 shows a standard S‐curve. Communication technologies Internet User studies Electronic journals India...

...‐square test was used for the comparison of categorical values. Liyi Zhang can be contacted at: lyzhang@whu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Electronic media Consumer behaviour User studies Academic libraries China Electronic resources, particularly journal...

... university libraries. Originality/value User surveys play an important role in the library's service quality enhancement. The paper provides a useful overview and practical experience of the topic. China University libraries User studies Information services Tsinghua University...

... and staff. Ray Lonsdale can be contacted at: rel@aber.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Electronic books Promotional methods Academic libraries User studies United Kingdom Since the late 1990s, e‐books have been available and subscribed to by university libraries...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Electronic journals User studies Print media Academic libraries India Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is an affiliated and teaching university established by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India in 1998. The University...

... information services. Originality/value The PRS system is designed and implemented to work efficiently in the large‐scale multimedia user environment. It can also be applied to small and medium‐scale environments or mobile platforms. Digital libraries South Korea Information services User studies...

... and the existing approaches dominating design and evaluation of IR systems and to describe briefly the new design and evaluation methods in which considerable attention is dedicated to the information behaviour of users. Information retrieval Information systems Information science User studies...

... a questionnaire method. K.T. Anuradha can be contacted at: anu@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in or anu_ncsi@yahoo.co.in © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Electronic books Academic libraries User studies Case studies India Ardito (2000) describes how Andries Van Dam, a professor...

... Limited 2004 India University libraries User studies Information management Information personnel As librarians and information professionals become more involved in providing information sources in electronic form it is even more necessary to review the training needs and development...

... in Table IV . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Internet User studies Botswana Internet connectivity and access are limited in Botswana. Internet connections are to be found in some schools for use by teachers and students, in some government departments for employees...

...‐55570‐436‐0   £45.95 (paperback) © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> User studies Virtual libraries Internet Ten library professionals have written this guide for libraries to meet the “urgent challenges posed by the expectations of today’s information seekers”. From the point of view...