eParticipation requires some form of authentication. Most of Web 2.0 services are based on virtual identities. As social networks and reputation-based systems for products and services are increasingly complementing people's real world life with new web-based relations and experiences, the referred virtual identities are evolving towards more genuine and less ambiguous references to social iden...

lectronic banking has emerged as the most lucrative and cost effective service in electronic commerce. While the movement of the major banks and financial service providers towards the digital channels, the future scope of online presence appears highly optimistic. Besides offering major banking services through this mode, the banks and financial service providers get platform to maintain direc...

following the introduction of technology and information technology into the fields of industry, commerce and services, providing various services can be considered as one of the most important parts of the impact of this technology in order to provide part of the accepted financial services. lack of customers' necessity to attend the bank in person as well as offering so many internet ser...

Electronic discussion forum has increasingly being utilized to complement the conventional ways of teaching by encouraging the students to take a more proactive approach towards learning. Despite the widespread application, antecedent evidence indicates that the forum may not be utilized to its full potential due to lower than expected student participation. Furthermore, little research has bee...

The development of the Internet during the past four decades has had a profound impact on society in general, and on the field of library and information science in particular. This technology has involved processes, functions, services, media and information resources: the library as a whole (Melchionda, 2007). Its use has changed the fundamental roles, paradigms, and organizational culture of...