Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 34 Issue 1

The use and usefulness of functions in electronic journals: the experience of the SuperJournal Project

Ken Eason, Liangzhi Yu, Susan Harker

This paper examines the general value to users of a range of electronic journal functions and their usefulness in the specific context of the SuperJournal Project. For the…

New perspectives in electronic publishing: an investigation into the publishing of electronic scholarly monographs

R.E. Lonsdale, C.J. Armstrong

The literature on electronic publishing reveals that scant attention has been paid to the area of scholarly monographs. This paper reports on a study into the nature and provision…

Multilingual access to web resources: an overview

Andrew Large, Haidar Moukdad

The World Wide Web offers access to information resources in many languages. Certain developments facilitate multilingual exploitation of these resources. Some search engines, for…

Web‐based user education in UK university libraries – results of a survey

Helen Rhodes, Jacqueline Chelin

A survey carried out during 1998 investigated the use of the World Wide Web for user education in 68 UK university libraries. Almost three‐quarters of the libraries surveyed make…

Development of the interlibrary loans module for Aleph500 at King’s College London

Stephen Prowse

This paper describes the implementation of the Aleph500 system in the libraries of King’s College London, with special emphasis on the interlibrary loans (ILL) module. King’s is a…

Time for change. A personal insight into library systems’ implementation: experiences at Exeter University Library

Martin Myhill

In 1998 over 1,000 library systems were sold worldwide. Many libraries, faced with users’ demands for increased system functionality, are considering purchase of new systems. The…