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Sawant, Sarika – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the experience, contribution and opinions of users of respective institutional repositories (IRs) developed in India. Design/methodology/approach: The survey method was used. The data collection tool was a web questionnaire, which was created with the help of software provided by surveymonkey.com…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Indians, Surveys
Tedd, Lucy A. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The People's Collection Wales aims to collect, interpret, distribute and discuss Wales' cultural heritage in an online environment. Individual users or local history societies are able to create their own digital collections, contribute relevant content, as well as access digital resources from heritage institutions. This paper aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Museums, Archives
Krishnamurthy, M.; Kemparaju, T. D. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the institutional repositories (IRs) in use in Indian universities and research institutes. Design/methodology/approach: Repositories in various institutions in India were accessed and described in a standardised way. Findings: The 20 repositories studied covered collections of diverse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries
Skarstein, Vigdis Moe – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the challenges faced in digitising copyright-protected books and other materials within the National Library of Norway. Design/methodology/approach: Following a description of Bokhylla, or The Bookshelf, the paper outlines the strategies adopted within the National Library of Norway…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Copyrights, Access to Information, Media Adaptation
Oduwole, Adebambo Adewale; Oyewumi, Olatundun – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This study aims to examine the accessibility and use of web-based electronic databases on the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) portal by physicians in the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro--a psychiatry health institution in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Collection of data was through the use of a three-part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Psychiatric Hospitals, Access to Information
Wang, Hei-Chia; Chou, Ya-lin; Guo, Jiunn-Liang – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The paper's aim is to propose a core journal decision method, called the local impact factor (LIF), which can evaluate the requirements of the local user community by combining both the access rate and the weighted impact factor, and by tracking citation information on the local users' articles. Design/methodology/approach: Many…
Descriptors: Internet, Access to Information, Weighted Scores, Models
Liu, Jiazhen; Du, Peng – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper to describe the research work on the long-term preservation of Chinese digital information funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) since 2001. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides an overview, in text and figures, of ways in which e-documents originating in China, in now obsolete…
Descriptors: Information Management, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Electronic Publishing
Krishnamurthy, M. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the open access and open source movement in the digital library world. Design/methodology/approach: A review of key developments in the open access and open source movement is provided. Findings: Open source software and open access to research findings are of great use to scholars in developing…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Software, Academic Libraries
Petrelli, Daniela; Auld, Daniel – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an initial understanding of the constraints that historical video collections pose to video retrieval technology and the potential that online access offers to both archive and users. Design/methodology/approach: A small and unique collection of videos on customs and folklore was used as a case study. Multiple…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Access to Information, Archives, Information Retrieval
Chand, Prem; Arora, Jagdish – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the initiative of the University Grants Commission of India in setting up the Infonet Digital Library Consortium (The Information and Library Network) in order to provide access to scholarly communication to the academic community in India. Design/methodology/approach: The context of higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Libraries, Library Networks
Stigter, Fleur – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of The Bridging Worlds Conference which was held in October 2008 in Singapore. Design/methodology/approach: One of the main topics the National Library Board of Singapore, the organising party, wished to address was the roles cultural institutions, such as libraries, may play in…
Descriptors: Cultural Centers, Marketing, Cultural Differences, Electronic Libraries
Fenton, Candida – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the Images for All digitisation project at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and lessons learned from it. Design/methodology/approach: This paper describes the background to the project and collections held. It focuses on the development of the project web site, the digitisation of 100…
Descriptors: Archives, Access to Information, Geography, Web Sites
Simpson, Pauline; Hey, Jessie – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: To provide an overview of how open access (OA) repositories have grown to take a premier place in the e-research knowledge cycle and offer Southampton's route from project to sustainable institutional repository. Design/methodology/approach: The evolution of institutional repositories and OA is outlined raising questions of multiplicity…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Archives, Universities, Case Studies
Spence, Jaqueline – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: This paper aims to examine how technology presents both problems and opportunities for the historian, the researcher, small organisations, and cultural heritage institutions. Ways of safeguarding historical material in digital form are suggested, and the role of cultural heritage bodies as managers of sustainable digital collections is…
Descriptors: Preservation, Cultural Centers, Electronic Libraries, Cultural Background
Chang, Naicheng – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To help to clarify the role of XML tools and standards in supporting transition and migration towards a fully XML-based environment for managing access to information. Design/methodology/approach: The Ching Digital Image Library, built on a three-tier architecture, is used as a source of examples to illustrate a number of methods of data…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Visual Aids, Classification, Programming Languages
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