First-year undergraduate students frequently encounter navigation problems in locating
known items in the library. This study follows students through the library collection after they …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore library research that uses geographic
information systems (GIS) as a tool to evaluate library services and resources to ascertain …

Despite the recent advances in mobile tourism systems, most of the wayfinding applications
have still to deal with some problems: a huge amount of tourist information to manage …

Understanding book‐locating behavior in libraries is important and leads to more effective
services that support patrons throughout the book‐locating process. This study adopted a …

This study conducted a systematic sample of every 70th reference transaction from over a
three-year period and analyzed 1,852 reference transactions asked at an academic library …

Technology was once believed to be a barrier to international students in using library
services in the USA. This paper seeks to investigate mobile device ownership among …

Mobile applications and mobile websites (MAMW) represent information systems that are
increasingly being developed by libraries to better serve their patrons. Due to a lack of in …

Objective–Often people enter libraries focused on their primary information needs and
haven't considered their need for spatial information to find their way to what they need. This …

This research presents the results of a project that investigated how students use a library
developed mobile app to locate books in the library. The study employed a methodology of …

Libraries often lack the in-house information technology (IT) expertise required to (1)
implement mobile applications and related technologies (MAT);(2) attain maximum return on …