...Saleeq Ahmad Dar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the mobile pervasiveness among different categories of student’s gender-wise vis-a-vis to investigate user perception to access library content in innovative ways. The study tries to understand the potential demand...

... in Metrorail and how travel time is being used “productively” as study time and what resources are the students accessing from their mobile devices. In total, 820 students from different colleges in Delhi were randomly chosen for the survey. Using the survey method, the paper explores how students use travel...

... manager. It allows one to manage calendars, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords. It restores the backup data with ease onto existing or any other Android device. Originality/value The paper discusses the best information manager with their features and one that is useful to librarians, students...

... Service for Children has multiple blog entries on Pokémon, including a nice explanation as to why Pokémon Go and libraries are the “perfect partnership”[ 8 ]. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Students Mobile app Educators...

...S.M. Zabed Ahmed Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a survey conducted in two specialized public universities in Bangladesh to assess students' electronic information resources use and their satisfaction with university subscribed resources. Design/methodology...

...Alice B. Ruleman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of some of the similarities or differences in use of social media and technology between faculty and students on a state university campus. Design/methodology/approach A web‐based quantitative survey format...

... percent for study. Twenty‐eight percent use e‐journals for publishing articles and books. Only 10 percent of the students noted using the e‐journals for preparing for the UGC‐National Eligibility Test, which is an essential qualification for appointment of assistant professors and librarians in Indian...

...John Walsh Purpose This study examines the effect of information literacy orientations on usage statistics in an academic library. The aim of the study is to show that library orientations increase student usage of the library. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes student usage...

... that can be used in the classroom and in distance education programs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Learning Learning Methods E‐learning Students If it is true that the way to a graduate student's heart is through his or her stomach, then those who organized the continental...

...Jim Gaston Purpose The higher education community is facing a new generation of students – the “Digital Natives”. They are the first generation born into a world of pervasive digital technology. They think and learn differently than the “Digital Immigrants” who are teaching them and educators...

...Julia Gelfand Purpose This piece aims to demonstrate what undergraduate students consider when they think of the academic library and their personal and academic needs. It also begins to speculate about the library of the future on a growing campus. Design/methodology/approach The piece...

...Ireneus Luambano; Julita Nawe This paper is based on a Master’s dissertation whose objective was to determine the purpose for which students of the University of Dar es Salaam use the Internet (see www.udsm.ac.tz/ ). It was to determine if students were using the Internet for academic purposes...