... able to place. This generated a large volume of emails and phone calls between member libraries asking each other to remove holds from certain items, place them onto others, and notify patrons if a suitable replacement could not be found. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computer...

... is entering a time of change. There are several parallel developments interacting which have resulted in the unbalancing of a previously stable market. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Library systems Computer software United Kingdom United States of America This paper, updated...

... using local public libraries (Tennessee State Library and Archives, 2009). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computer software Public libraries United States of America Partnership One example where effective collaborations have been developed to further IT use...

... systems Computer software Purchasing groups This paper, updated and revised, is based on a presentation given at “Breaking the barriers: an European conference on Open source software solutions for libraries.” The conference was held at the RIBA in London on May 18, 2009. On information...

... that as a platform to sell its proprietary applications, like Office. Alan Poulter can be contacted at: alan.poulter@cis.strath.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Library systems Computer software Public domain software This paper introduces the concept of open source in a way...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Library systems Computer software Resource management Likewise, Krishnamurthy (2008) , of the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, released a paper in 2008 which trends the OSS movement in DL environments. Krishnamurthy calls the adoption...

... textually”. In contrast to the above, the Arab world, and Kuwait in particular, lacks research that examines the use of social software by different groups of users. Sultan Al‐Daihani can be contacted at: s_aldaihani@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computer software...

... ideas. Janet   Hope . Biobazar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology . Harvard University Press , 2008 . 428 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 978‐0‐674‐02634‐3   £18.95 hardback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Intellectual property Computer software...

... was to move to the networks, then traditional reference desks would become moribund, as users' information use migrated away from the print collection and onto the web. Academic libraries Digital libraries Reference services Computer software With each successive wave of web innovation...

... property Computer software In The Success of Open Source, Steven Weber sets out to examine why and how the Open Source movement has survived and succeeded in its approach to software creation, ownership, and communal development despite appearing to contradict fundamental principles...

... and software evaluation to create an original perspective on real‐life problems in the sphere of information retrieval technology and educational technology. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Libraries Information services Computer software This paper will attempt to give...

..., software, management software and their future. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Electronic books Computer hardware Computer software There have been many important technological advances since the book industry began, but until the advent of the Internet and electronic...

... what maintenance and support issues a portal might create, so that the production version could be properly resourced. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Portals Libraries Information retrieval Computer software Australia These were the most immediate needs that a portal could address...

... Cataloguing Computer software India The global development of information technolgy (IT) and its application in library and information centres (LICs) has necessitated the re‐examination of technical policies in LICs. This process has generated a number of general changes in patterns of information...

... the BCCInfaq, an NGO, has offered the six library schools a complete computer lab with 11 IBM PCs and other accessories. Following this achievement, we hope for a healthier situation in library schools. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Computers Computer software Databases Libraries Pakistan Training...

..., computer software and the resources of the Internet; and, while we are about it, authorities’ data, community information and classification. Up until a few years ago, we could claim that although certain types of material were not covered by UKMARC those which were covered were handled through a single...

... in 1996 for all new authority headings creation. We plan to load the common authority file into our systems later that year, and to undertake the massive job of bringing our catalogues into line with the AAAF. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Bibliographic standards Computer software Library services...

... in relation to technological innovations. Concludes that MARC remains a valuable means of communicating bibliographical information. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Computer software Libraries Catalogues Machine‐readable cataloguing (MARC) has been shown to be not only a widely used and effective...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1996 Computers Computer software Libraries Library services Universities Alan Jeffreys joined Newcastle University Library as chief cataloguer in 1967, when the library was already beginning to automate and changes in cataloguing practice were being planned...

... and OPACs. Some of this and related research were reported at regular conferences (e.g.[ 7 ]). © MCB UP Limited 1994 Automation Catalogues Computer software Databases History Libraries In terms of the OPAC some of the systems currently on offer incorporate features of what...