...Minsoo Park; Tae‐seok Lee Purpose This study seeks to provide insight into user interaction with a web‐based information system of science and technology, as extending the large‐scale research of search queries. Ultimately, this study aims to gain knowledge of user behavior in order to improve...

...Dan Wu; Daqing He; Xiaomei Xu Purpose With the vast amount of multilingual information available online, it becomes increasingly critical for libraries to use various multilingual information access techniques in order to effectively support patrons' online information requests. However...

...Ina Fourie Purpose When using information communication technology (ICT) devices it is easy to be trapped by purely the purpose of their design, how they are marketed, product reviews and noting, or even copying, the behaviour of the younger, Net Generation. The purpose of this column is to argue...

...Michael Seadle Purpose The purpose of this article is an ethnographic description of a particular slice of the digital archiving scholarship. The point is to get a sense of where the library and information science profession is today in dealing with the issues of long‐term digital archiving...

...Jörgen Skågeby Purpose This paper seeks to propose that the current social media surge gives rise to what can be called social information behaviour. Social information behaviour is characterised, at least partly, by a tension between serendipity and disruption. While serendipity is a promoted...

...Ina Fourie Purpose This paper aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. The contribution focuses on collaboration: the issues that need to be addressed in planning, the human component in collaborative information seeking, and issues...

...Karen Markey; Chris Leeder; Soo Young Rieh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of students' library‐research difficulties, especially difficulties rooted in technology, to describe how the BiblioBouts information literacy game helps students overcome these difficulties...

...Ina Fourie Purpose This column aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. It focuses on combining the use of PIM and reference management software with mind maps to stimulate the creative and innovative use of information collected Design...

...Ina Fourie Purpose This column aims to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management. It seeks to focus on how librarians can stay alert on new developments regarding PIM and related issues such as plagiarism, reference techniques, information literacy...

...Ina Fourie Purpose This column seeks to explore the potential of personal information management (PIM) and reference management to offer more than easy citation of information sources and the creation of bibliographies. The emphasis is on the role librarians and information professionals...

... and terminology, the concise glossary is sure to clear up any confusion. At the back of the book, the reader will find useful appendices, including a: Adrian   Brown . Archiving Websites: A Practical Guide for Information Management Professionals . London : Facet Publishing   2008 . 238 pp...

..., Supplement 1) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Reference service Library network Internet Worldwide web Computer software Information Given the growing interest in the use of social networking technologies, library and information services, including medical and health...

... turning points, methodologies and techniques for progressive knowledge domain visualization and differentiation of conflicting opinions, and information integration models to achieve coherent transitions between different conceptual scales. Findings Structural holes and turning points are detected...

...Bradford Lee Eden; Linn Marks Collins; Jeremy A.T. Hussell; Robert K. Hettinga; James E. Powell; Ketan K. Mane; Mark L.B. Martinez Purpose To describe how information visualization can be used in the design of interface tools for large‐scale repositories. Design/methodology/approach One...

..., but are sometimes either partially or completely unreadable to the visually impaired using assistive technology. Creating “accessible” PDF files poses more challenges than creating “accessible” HTML files. Several options are suggested to help solve this problem. Electronic resources Information Access control...

... could in principle use METS too. If you want to know more about METS and other metadata standards, including EAD, consult the official Web site at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/standards/). Libraries Information Data Marketing The latter problem need not occur if people...

...Jennifer Rowley This article analyses the role of information in the marketing processes associated with a digital world. The distinctions between information products and goods and services are explored. The unique characteristics of information products may demand a new approach to marketing...

..., and the Web Maintenance/Digital Projects Unit, is discussed. The Cataloging Department’s strategic vision is examined, along with an extensive description of the redesign of the new Lied Library’s Web site. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Information Access control Management Cataloguing Internet...

...Jennifer Church; Jason Vaughan; Wendy Starkweather; Katherine Rankin Presents the development of the Information Commons in the new Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from conceptualization to realization. Discusses the goals of the facility, including the need to create a space...

... online services at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana‐Champaign: the online version of the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES); and the IRIS suite of funding‐information services. The author discusses the pros and cons of in‐house content...