...Bruce E. Massis Purpose The purpose of this column is to examine the process for the transition of library computer labs into “thinking labs”, where existing library workstation space can be reallocated to provide more flexibility, freedom and creativity for the library patron. Design...

... in 2008” (CDW‐G, 2009, p. 3). It is, then, not much of an outrageous assumption that, perhaps, the percentage of students in the higher education environment who will be using technology everyday in 2010 could reach nearly 100 percent. If that is the scenario, and the computer is, no longer, the primary...

...Martin Zimerman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how malware can harm the library's computers, and how technology can be used to protect them, in a way that can be understood by the non‐technical. Design/methodology/approach The searches encompassed articles and books...

.... Furthermore, there is no guarantee that what they find is considered trustworthy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Libraries Library users Computers Worldwide web Design Since the mid‐1990s, the expectations and behaviour of library users have been undergoing a major change...

... referencing of documents and it also allows us to interweave reading and writing (all of which, of course, can be done on computer screens). This chapter explores the taxonomy of work‐related reading. Paper is quite simply the medium of choice for reading. The role of documentation in how people work...

... important insight for our purposes needs outlining. That is the concept of colonisation. Information technology Higher education Universities Evaluation Computers This paper aims to lay foundations for a critical analysis of information technology (IT) provision in UK universities...

... on ergonomics extends beyond the purely technological to offer insight into the human factor within computing. Thus there is little consistency in the approach to each section, which is holistically confusing and confirms that the text should be dipped into rather than read in any systematic way. Finally...