introduction: nowadays and with the increasing role of the worldwide web as one of the most important sources of information on the one hand, and the enhancement of its usability on the other, it is necessary for the web designers and developers to be familiar with the criteria that make a web portal usable. therefore, the present study aimed to provide knowledge about the criteria of usability...

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...

The Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact is the single academic reference work to provide comprehensive coverage of digital libraries. Through predictions of future trends, examinations of techniques and technologies, and focuses on users, interactions, and experiences, this in-depth collection provides developers and scholars with an extensive collection o...

In 2006, MIRACLE Project investigators censused library directors at all U.S. academic institutions about their activities planning, pilot testing, and implementing the institutional repositories on their campuses. Out of 446 respondents, 289 (64.8 percent) were from master’s and baccalaureate institutions (M&BIs) where few operational institutional repositories (IRs) were in place but where in...

Maria Anna Jankowska is Social Sciences Librarian in the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA; e-mail: [email protected]. James W. Marcum is University Librarian at Fairleigh Dickinson University; e-mail: [email protected]. ©Maria Anna Jankowska and James W. Marcum There is growing concern that a variety of factors threaten the sustainability of academic libraries: developing an...