The Electronic Library: Volume 12 Issue 6
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
The Electronic Library Manager's guide to systems similarity
David RaittSome two and a half years ago I was transferred internally within my organisation. One day I was a librarian and information scientist, the next I was a system and programmatics…
End‐users searching the online catalogue: the influence of domain and system knowledge on search patterns
Kiestra, M.J.W. Stokmans, J. KamphuisIn order to test the impact of system and domain knowledge on search behaviour in an online catalogue, an experiment was set up in a university library where students from three…
PORIDGE: postmodern rhizomatics in digitally generated environments — do we need a metatheory for W3?
Josef WallmannsbergerThe World Wide Web (W3) has proved to be an important step towards realising truly integrated information ecologies. The radical openness of the Web model of information…
Standardising hypermedia format for literary studies
Chandra Bhushan SharmaThis paper suggests a standard format for creating hypermedia software. Teachers and students of literature have taken up the use of hypermedia technology enthusiastically and so…
Information centre allocation
J. Bar‐Ilan, G. Kortsarz, D. PelegA large number of potential sites are given and we have to choose k sites in order to set up information centres, where each centre is able to serve a limited number of clients…
Information technology in the US library market: what the numbers tell us
Dan ArbourInformation technology is fueling a revolution in US libraries. UMI's market survey shows that the proliferation of CDROM, database licensing and computer networks is allowing…
Networked document imaging software: guidelines to providing widespread access to information
Richard A. QuinnWhat if you went to the public library and you were only allowed to check out books from one shelf — and all the books had to be in the same category? Such limited access would…
Reference Manager Professional Edition for Windows
Denise A. GarofaloReference Manager Professional Edition is designed to collect, format, and store up to 65 000 references. These references can be displayed or printed as bibliographies by…
Modem speeds move higher
Howard FalkIf you think your 9600 bit per second (bps) modem is fast, you should be aware that modems operating at 14 400 bps are now available for under $150, and that vendors are beginning…
News
Details have now been released of the six research efforts, developing new technologies for digital libraries, which are being funded for four years by the US government. The…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle