... of digitization and special collections: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Qualitative methods Digital libraries Evaluation Narrative analysis Association of research libraries Digital library federation Digitization not only provides access to a library’s holdings, but also enables...

... on the institutional context whether quantitative or qualitative methods should be prioritised. Economic and social value and impact studies are time consuming, technical and resource intensive. As indicated above, there are plenty of previous studies to guide libraries considering their own studies but they need...

... university libraries in Bulgaria and lays down the prospects to them under the conditions of the so‐called “information age”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 University libraries Internet Qualitative methods Quantitative methods Bulgaria Modern libraries and their associated...

..., and similar concepts, will help librarians to appreciate the enormous challenge of becoming an accepted member of each user community. Findings In order to assess performance in this changing environment, much greater emphasis will need to be placed on qualitative methods, including ethnographic...