With the introduction of NSDL 2.0, the National Science Digital Library project has created a platform that supports the collaborative creation and dissemination of context around the high quality resources in the library. This paper describes how we are extending and modifying standard, open-source Web 2.0 social networking and collaboration tools, such as wikis and blogs, to allow library use...

For a one year period, visitors to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida St. Petersburg were observed regarding how they negotiated through the first floor and interacted with the library resources and educational displays. Pedestrian choice research was applied to the library to better understand visitor movement and facilitate greater interaction and engagement. To ...

Nowadays, Academic exchanges evolve with the development of information technology. Researchers pay more and more attention on Open resources including FREE Resources and Open Access Resources. In China, open resources and Open Conference and Resources (OCR) are also attracted great attention. National Science Library of Chinese Academic Science (NSLCAS) attempted to do some researches on openi...

Received On: 02.12.12; Revised On: 3.06.13; Accepted On: 05.09.13 This study aims to obtain perception and feedback of LIS marketing professionals regarding marketing activities, searching and finding internet resources on marketing of library services area through online questionnaire. The results of this study revealed that in "Marketing Library Service", Google and Yahoo emerged as most effe...

The use of metadata for indexing digitized and non-digitized resources for resource discovery in a networked environment is being increasingly implemented all over the world. Greater precision is achieved using metadata than relying on universal search engines and furthermore, metadata can be used as filtering mechanisms for search results. An overview of various metadata sets is given, followe...

human advancements in science and technology have also developed to libraries leading to the emergence of the phenomenon of the digital libraries. therefore, authors decided to open the new view in the development of science and technology by examining both the copyright and digital library. it seems that in the digital library we must distinguish between two types of public and private librari...

This article considers both the physical and online spaces that together comprise the university library and study environment for many of today’s students. It looks at some of the evidence which can be used to inform decision-making in terms of space optimization, eliminating barriers to online access, maximizing collection development budgets both in terms of targeting acquisitions and ensuri...

This study investigated the relationship between an institution’s academic library performance measures and undergraduates’ library use and educational outcomes. The sample consisted of 7,958 undergraduates attending 36 colleges and universities representing four institutional types. Regression analyses determined the relationship between academic library performance measures and library use an...