the explosion of information communication technology (ict) since the beginning of the 20 th century has been rendering manual-based library system in academic, research, special and public libraries less relevant. this is because using and implementing information communication technology in the library depend largely on the librarian attitude toward the current digital age. this study examine...

ONEOF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES facing digital library planners is the selection of research collections for digitization. The costs associated with creating digital resources are significant. Planners must develop selection criteria and procedures in order to ensure that limited time and resources are committed to projects to digitize the most significant collections with the highest proba...

As libraries evolve from paper based to digitized collection, traditional measurement activities must change. To demonstrate the growth in library value during this transition period, libraries must be able to describe how library inputs are transformed into the services libraries render. We apply a complex tool, data envelopment analysis (DEA), to evaluate the relative efficiency of major acad...

Presented is the metadata research and development in China. Beginning in the 1980s, the research project aimed at developing Chinese metadata standards, schemes, and specifications was first launched in 1997. Since then, many metadata-related projects have been conducted and completed. This paper summarizes the achievements of these projects, and introduces Chinese metadata standards, schemes,...

This paper analyses the usage made of the journals and books offered by the BT Digital Library, looking in detail at the usage of the 3,500 people at BT’s development site at Adastral Park, near Ipswich, and the impact of this usage on purchase decisions in the library. The Digital Library offers over 800 electronic journals to its user community. Journals are held on the Library server, where ...

purpose: the aim of present study was the comparative evaluation of content and support quality of iranian academic libraries websites’ and provide recommendations to improve them.methodology: this study is an applied research and methodology was comparative survey. data gathering tools were three checklists extracted from relevant studies which compare with 5 foreign library websites, and thei...