Purpose: This editorial aims to introduce a special issue of Library Hi Tech on "Virtual research environments: issues and opportunities for librarians". It defines the concept of the virtual research environment (VRE), ...
Virtual Research Environments (VREs) will increasingly change the face of research and librarians have a crucial role to play in their development and use. In the future, VREs should be as fundamentally integrated into the ...
This article describes a study to determine whether there exists a need for a custom-built Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for academic and independent researchers who study Irish-based music composition. It assesses ...
Wusteman, Judith(Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2013-04)
This article describes a recently introduced module at University
College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies (SILS),
entitled Information Architecture: Designing the Web. The module
provides students ...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study of the development, features and evaluation of a rich internet application for libraries. It aims to demonstrate best practice in the use of software standards, ...
Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the OJAX++ virtual research environment (VRE) and illustrate how it can enable researchers to organise and collaborate on their research in one place while using their own choice of ...
Purpose – This study aims to discover the research practices of biology researchers and to assess the suitability of the OJAX++ Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for these researchers.
Design/methodology/approach – ...
Purpose: To highlight the potential of web services for libraries. Design/methodology/approach: A brief description of web services is followed by a discussion of the importance of web service standards and the role of ...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the process and implications of usability testing a prototype version of the Letters of 1916 Digital Edition. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents the testing, ...
The use of Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript + XML, can result in Web applications that demonstrate the flexibility, responsiveness, and usability traditionally found only in desktop software. To illustrate this, a repository ...
Some information architects can merely propose information architectures, but the most useful information architects have skills that enable them to be actively involved in Web development. What Web skills does a good ...
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