... 2024 21 04 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information accessibility Information diagnosticity Children Books Cognition Information-searching behaviors Searching Technological and societal changes have...

...Qingqing Zhou; Chengzhi Zhang Purpose As for academic papers, the customary methods for assessing the impact of books are based on citations, which is straightforward but limited to the coverage of databases. Alternative metrics can be used to avoid such limitations, such as blog citations...

...Amrutraj Ravi Benahal Purpose The automation of library acquisition is a balancing act which involves dealing with institutional procurement policies, administration, vendors, finance, books, internal audit, reporting and, above all, tracking. Few studies have dealt with the operational...

...Eunil Park; Jungyeon Sung; Kwangsu Cho Purpose – This paper aims to explore users’ perception of, and then intention toward using, e-book devices as new reading devices, based upon an integrated technology acceptance model (TAM), reading engagement based upon flow theory and readability...

... requirements and reiteration of efforts incurred in the process of book metadata creation and distribution. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the ONIX to KORMARC conversion algorithm currently used in Korea and to propose an advanced mechanism capable of mutually assisting and enhancing...

...Rajendra Kumbhar Purpose This paper aims to review the literature dealing with e‐books to identify trends. Design/methodology/approach The review is based on the literature published during January to December 2010. For this purpose, literature on e‐books was searched and retrieved from LISA...

...Chiun‐Sin Lin; Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng; Yang‐Chieh Chin; Chiao‐Chen Chang Purpose Few library studies have investigated recommendation classifications for e‐book (electronic book) usage, while none have directly compared what recommendation sources (word‐of‐mouth, advertising, and expert recommendation...

...John MacRitchie Miha   Kovac˘ . Never Mind the Web: Here Comes the Book . Oxford : Chandos   2008 . 185 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐405‐6   £39.95 soft cover © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Books Publishing Internet Worldwide web The author...

...Yun Kuei Huang; Wen I. Yang Purpose This paper aims to present an exploratory investigation that was used to understand consumer motives for reading internet book reviews as well as the effects of these reviews on purchasing behavior. Design/methodology/approach First, focus group interviews...

...Monica Landoni; Gillian Hanlon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an experiment in introducing fiction e‐books in two reading groups run by a public library. Design/methodology/approach A user study involving two reading groups run over a period of three months. Electronic...

...Philip Barker Edited by Bill   Cope and Angus   Phillips . The Future of the Book in the Digital Age . Oxford : Chandos   2006 . 226 pp. , ISBN: 1‐84334‐240‐5   £39.95 soft cover © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Books Publishing Digital...

...Philip Barker The book concludes with a short bibliography. As one might expect, this contains a list of web sites and other e‐books that the author has consulted during the research he has undertaken for his own publication. There is a web site associated with the book. This can be found...

... showed that electronic publishing is still a new concept in Africa. Findings Apart from the information source that can be obtained through the internet and downloaded online, the actual acquisition of electronic books is still not possible. At present the libraries and information centres in Africa...

...Christian Kern Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems have been in use in libraries for five years for book identification, for self‐checkout, for anti‐theft control, for inventory control, and for sorting and conveying of library books and AV materials. These applications can lead...

... as exemplified by the literature and research conducted at Loughborough. The latter involved case studies at the following libraries: The self‐return market in the UK has only recently become more established. Arguably, the best return machine would return books to the shelves, a process that is not yet...

... therefore proved to be a valuable tool for designing alternative paradigms when adapting traditional tasks to novel environments. This paper will briefly discuss the link between paper books and their electronic counterparts. It will then focus on the role of metaphors in producing electronic books...