... Information services Innovation Libraries Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) is a collective name for technologies focused around providing the ability to operate electronic equipment via using brain waves. At the core of BCI development are studies on the brain's electrical activity and the development...

...Ali Saif Said Al-Aufi; Nabhan Al-Harrasi; Azhar Al-Abri Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify the status of using crowdsourcing to develop information services through the Twitter platform and to determine the factors affecting such usage. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative...

... Limited 2016 Academic libraries Higher education Information services Mobile learning Attitude surveys Information need Prior research in the adoption of e-learning systems (e.g. Ho, 2014) has shown that the academic background of students would have an impact on their adoption...

... libraries Academic libraries Information services In order to handle the amount and variety of information in life, categorization is adopted to recognize, differentiate and understand a new object on the basis of its similarities or dissimilarities with the corresponding old one. In other words...

..., portals, search engines and the users of these systems. This contribution seeks to pursue the issues by asking how information service providers can target their users. The emphasis is on making a difference, and to move beyond merely targeting researchers, postgraduate students and professionals...

... engines; and the users of these systems. This contribution aims to pursue the need to consider affect and an affective paradigm more prominently in the design, evaluation, promotion and use of IRS and library and information services (LIS). Design/methodology/approach – The contribution is written...

..., portals, search engines and the users of these systems. Whose needs are served: the real users' with contemporary needs or the perceived users and their research tasks whom we intensely studied in the early years of databases and computerised information services? Design/methodology/approach...

... to the integration of both personalized information service and personalized knowledge subject service. This implies that librarians and DL software agents should place emphasis on integrated service development to attract the attention of their users. Towards this goal, they could explain that personalized services...

... communication systems Information services Mobile library services One of the findings of M‐Libraries, a report on a survey conducted early in 2009 was “Mobile phones are still viewed by the majority of people as devices for making phone calls and sending text messages, so they often do not associate...

... vary among EBM owners based on a number of factors. Originality/value Other academic institutions considering the purchase of an EBM may benefit from an in‐depth report of the University of Michigan's experience. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Information services Academic...

... libraries Lending services Information services Multimedia In their 2004 article, “Born with the chip”, Abram and Luther wrote that incoming college students “will profoundly impact both library service and culture”. They remarked that the new generation of college students entering academia have...

...Ina Fourie Edited by Peter   Hernon and Ronald R.   Powell . Convergence and Collaboration of Campus Information Services . Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited   2008 . 240 pp. , ISBN: 9781591586036   £27.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010...

... as the project manager. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Data handling Information management United States of America Information services Academic libraries Research Recognizing that the nature of research and scholarly communication is changing rapidly, the Purdue...

... libraries and information service providers to continue striving to provide quality services to all its users and the mobile segment of the overall user group will only continue to become more important. Figure 1 Athabasca University Table I General demographics...

..., with functional responsibility for Information Services and Solutions. This means that all of the following are concentrated and budgeted for within IR: the strategy, planning and supervision of all activities connected with the licensing of online resources; content syndication when publishing to the company...

...Marietjie Schutte Marcia   Lei Zeng and Jian   Qin . Metadata . London : Facet Publishing   2008 . 365 pp. , ISBN: 9781856046558   £39.95 (Soft cover) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Information services Data handling This publication...

... Limited 2009 --> Strategic planning Libraries Public libraries Information services Library management Strategic Planning for Results is one of those rare publications I could not wait to tell people about. I think it is a must‐have publication for every public library...

...) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Information services Libraries Digital libraries Information science In addition to the before‐mentioned themes, Transforming Library Service through Information Commons: Case Studies for the Digital Age shares practical...

... June 2008 are introduced with an analysis and suggestions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Virtual work Information services Virtual reality has entered the mainstream through videogames and virtual worlds. Just as video games impacted education and learning...

...Judith Wusteman; Brad Eden; Alan Masson Purpose The aim of this paper is to look at the changes to library services that arose from the institutional adoption of virtual learning environments and discusses how these may influence the development of user facing information services for researchers...