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Direct linkXi, Qingkui; Zhang, Yong; Li, Xinquan; Wu, Weiming – Education for Information, 2017
This study is aimed at describing and analyzing WeChat services at the libraries of the top 50 universities in China. It first describes the services offered by WeChat and then provides an analysis of the WeChat services through three pathways--menu service, real-time reference, and message sending--and provides suggestions for improvement,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Synchronous Communication
Cho, Allan – Computers in Libraries, 2011
Through the power of easily accessible and engaging new digital media technologies, family and oral histories can give voice to the unknown and overlooked stories of immigrants and their families--stories that often never make it beyond the children or the grandchildren. The academic library can be a natural focal point for this interaction and…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, School Community Relationship, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Liu, Ziming; Luo, Lili – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This study explores the extent to which undergraduate and graduate students in China differ in their digital library use. Unlike the factors promoting digital library use, non-use factors, perceived influences, and degree of satisfaction are quite different between undergraduate and graduate students due to their differing emphases and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Use Studies, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Zhang, Liyi; Ye, Pinghao; Liu, Qihua – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on users' information behaviour in China, a topic which has not been researched extensively. The aim is to help producers and providers collect and develop more electronic resources. Design/methodology/approach: The study investigates users' information behaviour at seven "211 Project"…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Academic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Publications
Download full textWang, Chih – 1993
The purpose of this, the first international library conference held in China and sponsored by a Chinese institution, was to enhance the development of library and information science, promote the status of library and information professionals, and exchange ideas of research and practices in the field. In addition to ceremonial speeches, 134…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Conferences, Foreign Countries
Liao, Jing – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004
The low prioritizing of user service is a longstanding problem in Chinese academic libraries. While acknowledging various external and internal obstacles for this problem, this article argues that traditional library culture, as demonstrated throughout the article, constitutes the root cause for the underdevelopment of user services on information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services, User Needs (Information)
Peer reviewedMaier, John H. – Special Libraries, 1987
This discussion of possible future applications of machine translation of Asian language materials by library information systems focuses on the current technology, potential users, the necessary standardization of equipment and language representations, an existing information network that provides a database of Asian materials, and available…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Software, Databases, Equipment Standards
