... to examine how these platforms assist in the home-buying process and influence buyer behaviour in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach was adopted, combining quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to gather comprehensive data on user experiences and preferences...

...Tien-Chi Huang Purpose – This paper aims to review the four elements of Library 2.0, which represents a major innovation, and adopts several pedagogical concepts to investigate other innovations libraries in Taiwan could implement to become ideal libraries. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mei‐Yu Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory analysis of the blog sites built by older adults and public libraries in Taiwan in order to explore what improvements public library blogs can make to support self‐learning for older adults. Design/methodology/approach...

...Chyan Yang; Tsui‐Chuan Hsieh Purpose The aim of this paper is to show that online learning behaviors are dictated by both personal characteristics and regional differences. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 16,133 users in 25 regions of Taiwan. The paper examined usage...

...Chih‐Ming Chen; Yong‐Ting Chen; Chin‐Ming Hong; Chin‐Wen Liao; Chia‐Meng Huang Purpose This work seeks to present a reading annotation and knowledge sharing tool, which can annotate a web page with HTML format archived by the Taiwan libraries' history digital library based on Web 2.0 technologies...

...Chun‐Yi Wang; Hao‐Ren Ke; Wen‐Chen Lu Purpose This research aims to use the Oriental Institute of Technology Library (the OIT Library) in Taiwan as a case to introduce some of the mobile web services which can be provided by a library, as well as to investigate and discuss the first two mobile web...

...). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Books Academic libraries Taiwan User studies Electronic books In a computer‐media environment, based on users' information‐seeking behaviour, library digitization initiatives and vendors' product offerings, academic libraries have...

...) system offers a friendly user interface and provides several personalized services. Research limitations/implications This system is only implemented and tested in the Library of National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. Originality/value The paper demonstrates a good methodology to offer...

... downloading by software (as in question 3), transmitting items to friends in other schools (as in question 4), and future use of digital resources after graduation (as in question 9) are acceptable or not. Digital libraries Resources Copyright law Colleges Students Taiwan With the prevalence...

...Chih‐Ming Chen; Chia‐Chi Chen Purpose This paper seeks to assess the differences between learning performance and the satisfaction of learners who use digital resources in the Taiwan Libraries' History Digital Library (organized digital resources) and the Google search engine (unorganized digital...

... has become more established in Taiwan, and the use of self‐issue and return systems to discharge and reclaim library books is gaining popularity. Because user attitudes toward technologies and related factors play a role in determining whether patrons will actually use new technology, this study seeks...

... systematically. Additionally, relationships between the news attributes and the organizational structure need to be identified and linked. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Document delivery Document management Classification Semantics Taiwan Ontology provides an explicit...

... service management Information systems Taiwan Digital libraries As the rapid growth of information in libraries, personalized recommender systems have become a very important service for library patrons. Many university libraries have built customizable, user‐centric tools to provide...

...Fang‐Ming Hsu; Tser‐Yieth Chen; Shuwen Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the efficiency and satisfaction of electronic records management systems (ERMS), which has been of interest to archivists and records managers, in electronic government (e‐government) agencies in Taiwan...

... of this construct reflects that the Internet is perceived to be a powerful tool for users seeking information in general. A total of 250 undergraduate and graduate students from a university in Northern Taiwan participated in the survey. Questionnaires were distributed inside the campus' library and canteens...

...Jin Chen; Jing Guo; Kuang‐hua Chen; Jieh Hsiang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the practical and unique approach to construct an institutional repository (IR) at the National Taiwan University (NTU). Design/methodology/approach In general, IR systems are used to preserve...

... on a user survey, the paper provides a guiding system using RFID with blog platform for further interaction. An example of this technology was built into a gallery at a college in Taiwan. Findings This guiding system is defined as pull type because users actively pull the relevant information using RFID...

... countries not included. Edited by Jingfeng   Xia . Scholarly Communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan . Oxford : Chandos   2008 . 171 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐843340322‐6   £59.95 (hard cover) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> China Japan Hong...

... The paper describes a very practical and useful learning system for the museum digital collection. This database can be developed as a system for the museum's technological artifacts resource, and thus become a precious digital asset of technological artifacts in Taiwan. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

... undergraduate and graduate students in two Taiwan universities answered the questionnaire. Most of the constructs in the model were measured using existing scales, while some measurement items were created specifically for this research. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the fit of the data...