Smith, Helen | 2007
- Author(s): Smith, Helen
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information sources, health information, internet, cameroon, nigeria, tanzania, uganda, gambia
Access to medical literature in developing countries is helped by open access publishing and initiatives to allow free access to subscription only journals. This study describes awareness, reported use and factors influencing use of on-line medical literature via free access initiatives.
Smith, Kerry | 2012-
- Author(s): Smith, Kerry
- Publisher: Curtin university
- Pages: --
- Keywords: libraries, evaluation, bibliography compilation
The bibliography has ten headings: 1) Projects; 2) Bibliographies; 3) General; 4) Impact on Information Literacy; 5) Impact on Academic Success; 6) Social Impact; 7) Impact of Electronic Services; 8) Financial Value of Libraries; 9) Impact of School Libraries; 10) Impact of Special Libraries.
Smith, Kerry | 2009
- Author(s): Smith, Kerry
- Publisher: [Author]
- Pages: 109--117
- Keywords: international librarianship, evaluation, australia, east asia, south east asia
The role of research in LIS in Australia has now been recognised. Nevertheless of the significant international research literature in LIS, few Australian LIS researchers use or contribute to it. Are there similarities in this situation for the East and SE Asian region?
Smith-Yoshimura, Karen | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Smith-Yoshimura, Karen
- Publisher: Online computer library center (OCLC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: internet, technical services (libraries), document preservation
The OCLC Social Metadata Working Group has produced three reports on \"Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums\", from which excerpts have been compiled as an executive summary.
Smith-Yoshimura, Karen | 2011
- Author(s): Smith-Yoshimura, Karen
- Publisher: Online computer library center (OCLC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: internet, technical services (libraries), document preservation
The results from a survey of site managers are analysed. Forty percent of the responses came from outside the USA. The survey focused on the motivations for creating a site, moderation policies, staffing and site management, technologies used, and criteria for assessing success.