E-book or print book: parents' current view in Hong Kong

YYC Sung, DKW Chiu - Library Hi Tech, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the perception and preference of parents for their
children using mobile devices to read. The pros and cons of electronic books and print …

The Privilege to Select: Global Research System, European Academic Library Collections, and Decolonisation

N Schmidt - 2020 - portal.research.lu.se
A large part of the literature published in the 'Global South'is barely covered by bibliographic
databases. Institutional policies increasingly require researchers globally to publish in …

The abandonment of the assignment of subject headings and classification codes in University Libraries due to the massive emergence of electronic books

I Gil-Leiva, MSL Fujita, PD Ortuño… - KO KNOWLEDGE …, 2021 - nomos-elibrary.de
The massive and unstoppable emergence of electronic books in libraries has altered their
organization. This disruptive technology has led to structural changes. Currently, an e-book …

Scope and limitations of library metrics for the assessment of ebook usage: COUNTER R5 and link resolver

M Echeverria, Y Bustamante - Quantitative Science Studies, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Data are at the heart of electronic resource management in academic libraries. Assessing
the usage data of electronic resources has become a prevalent approach to demonstrate the …

Repurposed collection marketing and visibility: using LibGuide gallery boxes as virtual library bookshelves

DM Mashiyane, TA Makhurupetsi - Library Hi Tech News, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to provide a reflection on innovating and repurposing collection
development and marketing strategy, particularly for eBooks in libraries …

Methods for in-sourcing authority control with MarcEdit, SQL, and regular expressions

M Monaco - Journal of Library Metadata, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This is a report on a developing method to automate authority control in-house (that is,
without an outside vendor), especially for batch-loaded bibliographic records for electronic …

Experimental Approaches to Transforming Academic Library Print Collections

S Laster, L McAllister, E Pattni… - Library Resources & …, 2025 - journals.ala.org
As academic libraries renovate their facilities, often seeking to reduce print collection
footprints within public-facing service areas, there is an opportunity to develop new design …

Librarians Matter: A New Materialist Perspective on the Professional Expertise of Liaison Librarians

BA Melles - 2023 - bridges.monash.edu
This thesis employs a new materialist approach to explore liaison librarians' professional
expertise. It examines the role of liaison librarians teaching students and researchers how to …

Showing Our Resolve

M Fernandez, RE Scott - Library Resources & Technical Services, 2025 - journals.ala.org
New Year's resolutions tend to be ephemeral things, conceived in the waking fog of the early
morning (or afternoon, no judgment) on January 1 and usually abandoned before the first …

Lying eyes: The (misleading) perception of collections

M Buckley - College & Research Libraries News, 2022 - crln.acrl.org
Abstract “Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them.” Obi-wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
tells this to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in one of my favorite films, Star Wars: A New Hope …