...Mousin Omarsaib; Lancelord Siphamandla Mncube; Sara Bibi Mitha; Ghulam Masudh Mohamed Purpose The purpose of this systematic review is to explore the implementation, adoption and challenges of Internet of Things (IoT) in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach Following the application...

... at: m.tavosi@khu.ac.ir 25 06 2024 01 10 2024 06 12 2024 05 01 2025 05 01 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Aesthetics Academic libraries User experience Search engine optimisation Complexity...

...Malik Asif Jilani; Arslan Sheikh; Faiz Ali Shah; Syed Muhammad Saqlain Purpose This study aims to systematically review the published literature on the topic of academic library website usability evaluation. It determines the most significant subattributes in the usability evaluation of academic...

...LiLi Li; Kay Coates Purpose This study aims to explore the capabilities, limitations and potential of ChatGPT applicable to online reference services in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach This study used the method of qualitative content analytics to assess the general...

...Clement Ola Adekoya; Joseph Kehinde Fasae; Adesola Victoria Alade Purpose Education is a strong pillar to national development. It is vital to ensure sustainable higher education development (SHED) in a bid to facilitate global development. This study aims to investigate academic libraries...

...Mazhar Iqbal; Muhammad Kabir Khan; Arslan Sheikh Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the use of software for the automation of academic libraries in Sialkot. This study consisted of three objectives, including recognizing the reasons to adopt the software for library automation...

...Adesola Victoria Alade; Alexis Isioma Ureki; Clement Ola Adekoya Purpose Year 2020 recorded an unprecedented bewilderment of the world with novel COVID-19, thereby threatening global food security. As such, there is need for academic libraries in Nigeria to provide information regarding food...

... and dissertations and/or specific articles. Search engine optimization Web visibility Lighthouse Academic libraries USA Accessibility In the age of global interconnectivity, search engines help us to find data on the Web rapidly (Manek et al, 2017). According to the Google SEO Help page...

... be of use to future researchers interested in developing a framework for data work in academic libraries. The results of the Jisc survey in the UK echoed these findings (Johnson et al., 2016). Noted challenges included low use of data management plans, limited data sharing practices for various...

...Mohammad Aslam Purpose This paper aims to discover the key challenges and identifies reasons for the changing behavior of academic libraries and the role of library professionals, and how can they manage those challenges in a time of change. The paper reveals the most important competencies...

...Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita; Ukwoma Scholastica Chizoma Purpose Academic libraries’ response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might be an opportunity to reassert and reemphasise their roles in the national disaster management matrix. The purpose of this study is to review...

...Lee E. Allen; Deborah M. Taylor Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) usage with mobile technologies and e-learning in academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach Selection of appropriate resources using the Communication and Mass...

... rights only Academic libraries Open access Service development Research data Open science Scientific information The best way to predict your future is to create it. (Abraham Lincoln) The recent conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of the European Union established the roadmap...

.... Mike McGrath can be contacted at: mike@mikemcgrath.org.uk 04 09 2016 05 09 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Document delivery Copyright law Open access Higher education Big...

...@mikemcgrath.org.uk 10 09 2016 12 09 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Document delivery Interlibrary loan Open access Journal publishing Scholarly communications This is surely...

...Robert A. Seal Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate that academic library cooperation is not only limited to work with other institutions but also includes partnerships with related campus units. The primary goal of interdepartmental collaboration is to enhance student success, a common...

.... Findings A single-point of intake for interlibrary loan requests for a group of academic libraries can be implemented successfully with few drawbacks, providing benefits to all the participants. An article delivery service to an institution that provides no interlibrary loan services provides value...

... 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Higher education Information services Customer service Delivery services University libraries As in most West African countries, Benin with currently...

..., technology and medicine. Originality/value The DDS project in this study offers a useful example of collaboration between the government and academic libraries to provide research communities with foreign scholarly journals. The ten centers currently subscribe to a total of 34,587 foreign journal...

... are assessing how we can bring these records together without also merging in records for similar, but unrelated materials. Shirley Cousins can be contacted at: Shirley.Cousins@jisc.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Academic libraries Collection development Collaborative...