11 articles in this issue
Ken Varnum
Emily Morton-Owens
LITA President's message reflecting on the Core vote and COVID-19 related changes in libraries.
Kevin M Ford
Ontologies and vocabularies are common when working with RDF (Resource Description Framework). Well-known “vocabularies” include FOAF and SKOS. Well-known “ontologies,” specific to the library community, are Bibframe and FRBR. Interestingly, even though F... see more
Chuck McAndrew
Describes the state of the LibraryVPN project. This is an IMLS funded project (LG-36-19-0071-19) to develop VPN software that libraries can host for their patrons. This will allow patrons to secure their internet traffic from wherever they are using their... see more
Melody Friedenthal
The Worcester Public Library (WPL) offers several Digital Learning courses to our adult patrons, and among them is “Intro to Coding Using Python”. This 6-session class teaches basic programming concepts and the vocabulary of software development. It prepa... see more
Dr. Sandra Valenti, Brady Lund, Ting Wang
Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a popular technology for gaming and learning, with its uses for teaching presently being investigated in a variety of educational settings. However, one area where the effect of this technology on students has not been ... see more
Jennifer L. Murray, Daniel E. Feinberg
The University of North Florida (UNF) transitioned to Canvas as its Learning Management System (LMS) in summer 2017. This implementation brought on opportunities that allowed for a more user-friendly learning environment for students. Working with student... see more
Elena Azadbakht, Teresa Schultz
A number of browser extension tools have emerged in the past decade aimed at helping information seekers find open versions of scholarly articles when they hit a paywall, including Open Access Button, Lazy Scholar, Kopernio, and Unpaywall. While librarian... see more
Ángel Borrego
This study aimed to measure the impact of digital heritage collections by analysing the citations received in scholarly outputs. Google Scholar was used to retrieve the scholarly outputs citing Memòria Digital de Catalunya (MDC), a cooperative, open-acces... see more
Wenfan Yang, Bin Zhao, Yan Quan Liu, Arlene Bielefield
As a doorway for users seeking information, library websites should be accessible to all, including those who are visually or physically impaired and those with reading or learning disabilities. In conjunction with an earlier study, this paper presents a ... see more
Neeraj Kumar Singh
Libraries are the central agencies for the dissemination of knowledge. Every library aspires to provide maximum opportunities to its users and ensure optimum utilization of available resources. Hence, libraries have been seeking technological aids to impr... see more