...Jon Purday Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the construction of the prototype of Europeana.eu, the cross‐domain cultural heritage portal funded by the European Commission, to look at the political vision behind the project, and examine the user scenarios that informed the build...

...Zenia Barnard; Chris Rensleigh Purpose The core purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which web portal technology and online communities could be successfully applied by the alumni offices of higher education institutions in South Africa (using the University of Johannesburg...

...Ron Davies Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of developing a library portal to provide integrated access to research information at the same time as an institutional or enterprise information portal was being implemented. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...Jane Cho Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that the dependency on search portals as a gateway for internet navigation is increasing. This phenomenon is also occurring in the academic information resource market of Korea. As a result, it is necessary to positively review linking library...

... to state or public libraries over a given period is likely to identify car repair information as an enduring source of popular interest. The Garage web portal was developed in response to the very large number of requests – received over many years from both individuals and public libraries around...

...Philip Barker Overall, I think this is quite an interesting book that unpicks a number of problems and issues relating to the successful institutional use of portals – especially within library systems. Naturally, there are many problems still to be overcome in this particular area. Indeed...

...Jill Cousins Purpose The purpose of this article is to present an overview of The European Library as a portal and discuss the issues of usability this gives in delivery of multicultural, multilingual access to the cultural heritage in Europe's National Libraries. Design/methodology/approach...

...Frank Parry Edited by Sarah C.   Michalak . Portals and Libraries . Binghampton, NY : Haworth Information Press   2005 . xv+228 pp.   $29.95 (paperback) , ISBN: ‐13 9780789029324; ‐10: 0789029324 (paperback) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Portals...

...Pieter van Brakel Intranets and portals are supposed to provide an infrastructure through which end‐users can gain effective access to information sources needed to assist in daily tasks such as effective decision making, planning and research. This paper discusses the current lack of clarity...