... Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information technology Library users Librarians Individual behavior Academic libraries Digital Darwinism The concept of Digital Darwinism applies Charles Darwin’s principle of “survival of the fittest” [1...

..., researchers employed the concept of code-switching to better understand the linguistic divide that members of the LGBTQ+ community face when formulating subject searches in the library catalog. Design/methodology/approach Through a set of 15 interviews with adult library users identifying as LGBTQ...

...-use rights only Newspapers Library users Behaviour Digital libraries Case studies Searching Archives Log analysis is an unobtrusive technique for macro-analysis of user behavior in digital search systems (Hollink et al., 2011 ; Spink and Jansen, 2004). It contributes...

... on the philosophical aspects of libraries and library science is scarce. Through this review we try to kindle a discussion that involves the basic mission statement of the modern library. Librarians Politics Library users Value analysis Philosophy Educational institutions Epistemology Information industry...

... on public libraries. User studies Library users Public libraries Sweden Critical discourse analysis Self-service libraries The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of self-service at public libraries from the perspective of their users. The implementation of self...

... Korea and the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The data were based on representative samples of Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Korean and American adult library users. In Finland a mail survey was used and in other countries web surveys were used for data collection. The distribution...

...Muhamed Fajkovic; Lennart Björneborn Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate readers’ annotations in library books and attitudes towards marginalia among library users. In particular, the study discusses how marginalia function as reader-to-reader communication. Design...

...@e.ntu.edu.sg © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Libraries Library users Singapore Communities Library history So far there has been little research on the library's role in a community. The research that has been done shows that some libraries fail to serve the needs...

... library planning documents produced by the Government of Ontario, Canada from the 1950s. Findings An interpretation of the evolution of the identity of the library user from patron to customer to information producer‐consumer is proposed at the intersection of the neoliberal state's austerity...

... and semi‐structured interviews with ten senior librarians, managers, and 40 members of the public were conducted. Observation was also conducted of library users and of their usage at the computer terminals in the library. Findings Findings from the study throw up very different definitions of what...

... Libraries Librarians Librarianship history Information services Library users As said on the cover, the book is intended for students of librarianship and new entrants to the profession. We also read an ambitious statement that it gives a complete overview of all aspects of professional...

...Maja Žumer © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Libraries Library users Worldwide Web Interent Carole A.   George . User‐Centred Library Web sites. Usability Evaluation Methods . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2008 . 244 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐84334‐359‐2...

...' reference questions and information needs. Lynn Westbrook can be contacted at: lynnwest@ischool.utexas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Library users Internet Reference services The context of ever‐morphing social and technological norms in human‐computer interaction...

...” for those with information needs. Originality/value A comparison of OPAC features in 2000 and 2007, even if subjective, can provide a panoramic view of the development of the field. Online catalogues Internet Library users Librarians In 2000, we suggested that librarians have...

... management Library users This new edition of Peter Brophy's well known text, which first appeared in 2000, is much to be welcomed. In reviewing the first edition (for a different journal), I commented that the book deserved to be read by anyone with an interest in the future of libraries...

... with the unique technical environment of the internet. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Internet Trust User studies Library users Information science R. David Lankes can be contacted at: rdlankes@iis.syr.edu What accounts for this drive to social sites? The author argues...

... Europeans or Eurasians, was firmly entrenched. Brendan Luyt can be contacted at: brendan@ntu.edu.sg © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Singapore Libraries Library users History Recent studies have shown how the operation of British colonialism depended on the creation...

... Visual media Information retrieval Services Library users Communities Falmouth School of Art, now University College Falmouth, founded in 1902 near the western tip of Cornwall, had no library until 1967, when Derek Toyne was hired to create one and serve as its librarian. Toyne's gut impulse...

... this study. Information retrieval User interfaces Library users Information searches Controlled languages The subject approach in general and the use of thesauri in particular has been recognised as a method of enhancing the search term selection process. Traditionally, thesauri were used...

...Rita Marcella Edited by Barbara I.   Dewey . Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships . Lanham, MD and London : Scarecrow Press   2001 . 252 pp. , ISBN: 0 810 83897 4   $55 © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Library users Education...