... disseminate and process reviews on online sites. This study explores whether Google Maps is being used by users of public libraries in the city of Barcelona (Spain) to share their views on libraries' facilities and services and what perception of the library they transmit. Design/methodology/approach...

...Soohyung Joo; Kun Lu; Taehun Lee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore topics of Facebook posts created by public libraries using the bi-term topic model, and examine the relationships between types of topics and user engagement. The authors further investigated the effects of three...

... selected New Zealand public libraries' web sites, and interviews with staff were conducted. Chi‐square (χ²) tests were used to test the research hypotheses in association with the research questions. Findings CIN users come from various backgrounds in terms of education, ethnicity...

... among state and public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. The number of households connected to the Internet in New Zealand and Australia is rising continually, and over half of these are households with children (Statistics New Zealand, 2004). Young people are enthusiastic users of information...

...Gobinda Chowdhury; Alan Poulter; David McMenemy Purpose This article seeks to propose a new vision for public libraries in the digital age. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is based on an understanding of the recent developments in ICT, internet and digital libraries; and also...

... for practical advice on making decisions with regard to technology – and who prefer a brief, to‐the‐point discussion. Diane   Mayo . Technology for Results: Developing Service‐Based Plans . Chicago, IL : Public Library Association   2005 . 164 pp.   US$50.00 soft cover , ISBN: 0838935508...

...Michael P. Cullen David   McMenemy and Alan   Poulter . Delivering Digital Services: A Handbook for Public Libraries and Learning Centres . London : Facet Publishing   2005 . £39.95 (hard cover) , ISBN: ISBN 1856045102 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005...

...Ian Hildebrand iNet is a collaborative project of the South Australian Public Library Network in partnership with the Council of Library Administrators of South Australia (CLASA) and PLAIN Central Services (PCS). It is a customisable information Web site which consists of a core element...

...Lan Anh Tran The remaining six parts of this book explore the ways that public libraries have integrated Internet technologies to provide digitised community information to their communities and their involvement in community information networks. Part 2 describes the differences between...

... . London : Facet Publishing   2002 . 240 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 1856044254   £34.95 (hardback) Internet Public libraries The immediate popularity of public access Internet terminals in libraries is one of the success stories of the late 1990s. Most of us are directly involved with, or have...

... practical advice in the area of Internet‐based library services. Sally Criddle, resource coordinator, and Sarah Ormes, Public Library Networking Focus, both work in the UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN) at the University of Bath. Alison McNab is academic services manager, Pilkington...