...Shabahat Husain; Mohammad Nazim Purpose – This paper aims to present an exploration of the potential utilisation of different information and communication technologies (ICT) in Indian academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – A survey method was used for the collection of data...

... to their patrons by using these same services”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Africa University libraries Web 2.0 Social networks Communication technologies Information gap In the information environment, the paradigm shift or transition from the industrial age to the knowledge...

... Limited 2011 --> Information literacy Digital literacy Communication technologies Information studies This new work on a topic that is of great interest to many, offers some very practical and accessible views. The old world of print materials is being seriously challenged by the growth...

... particularly those in the rural areas (Grand et al., 2010). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Communication technologies Information facilities Public libraries Botswana The world over, information and communications technologies (ICTs) are transforming the way people...

... --> Open access Publishers Copyright law Communication technologies Comprising a collection of individually written chapters, Digital Information: Order or Anarchy? boasts an impressive list of prolific contributors, representing a wide range of perspectives and an international scope...

... Communication technologies Worldwide web Developing countries Sub‐Saharan Africa The appearance of the World Wide Web (WWW) has seen the world confronted with a phenomenon called web site. Web sites act as connection and communication points for the users with electronic information. Consequently...

... engines Communication technologies This new publication from Chandos explores the impact of Google's domination as both gateway and guide to the online information landscape. The author, Elad Segev, situates this discussion within the context of the digital divide, a primary theoretical framework...

... niggles need not detract from the fact that this is a welcome, timely and useful collection of resources, opinions and accepted best practice, assiduously gathered, soundly organised, and elegantly stitched together. Information management Records management Communication technologies Digital...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Education Communication technologies Libraries Worldwide web Literacy A number of writers in recent times have started up a debate about the harmful impact of digital technologies on our cognitive capacities (Bauerlein, 2008). This debate...

... --> Digital libraries Strategic evaluation Quality Information operations Communication technologies Modern digital libraries have to address multiple diverging requirements and expectations of users and at the same time accommodate the rapidly changing technological novelties. The concepts of value...

... its basic capabilities, Web 2.0 Knowledge Technologies and the Enterprise is a recommended to read. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Communication technologies Internet Business enterprise A lot of books have been written recently about the wonders...

... associated with the creation of particular information in the first instance, in an IB context Shenton and Hay‐Gibson understand the process to be essentially one of deliberate duplication. Youth Communication technologies Information retrieval Information transfer Even when attention...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Communication technologies Libraries World Wide Web Social networks This paper is the last of a series which attempt to give an overview of some apparently transformational areas of digital library technology. The aim has been to try and assess how much real...

... popular in the USA) – particularly the possibility of questions being often trivial and institution‐specific. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Academic libraries Virtual works Communication technologies United Kingdom An early adopter for obvious reasons, as the only university...

... services Library users Communication technologies If you thought that a mobile library was an articulated vehicle that brought printed material to rural and suburban areas, then think again. In this book's context, a mobile library is an M‐library which can “deliver information and learning...

... term used in this paper to describe social networking websites. Social networks Communication technologies Internet Social interaction Social websites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter offer a variety of features to facilitate socialization on the internet. Users share public musings...

...Arthur Winzenried Lili   Li . Emerging Technologies for Academic Libraries in the Digital Age . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2008 . 284 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 1843343207   £39.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Academic libraries Communication...

... the world of social networking services when the technology had matured. Communication technologies University libraries Worldwide web Another problematic issue that arose in Strathclyde's experiment with social networking was that of authentication and intellectual property. I have written...

... such as laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cell‐phones and software including really simple syndication (RSS), wikis and weblogs. Academic libraries Communication technologies Library users Internet © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Edited by Joe M.   Williams...

... technology Communication technologies Information theory Telecommunications Telephony Information society Readers come to books on information technology (IT) (and information generally) from many directions, some wanting description and analysis of the technology, others more the social impacts...