Information seeking behavior and challenges in digital libraries /

• Other Authors: Tella, Adeyinka, 1972- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2016]
• Subjects: Digital libraries.; Digital libraries > Africa.; Information behavior.; Electronic information resource searching.; Information retrieval.; Copyright > Electronic information resources.; Bibliometric approach; Cognitive skills; Copyright; Distance learning; Information-seeking models; Social networking; Trade unionists; Usability
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book addresses the problems of usability and search optimization in digital libraries, with topics addressing all aspects of information seeking activity"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Information seeking behaviour in digital library contexts / Tom Kwanya
• Information-seeking behaviour of users in the digital libraries' environment in Sub-Saharan Africa / E.M. Ondari-Okemwa
• Legal considerations of providing information in support of distance learning by digital libraries in universities in Kenya / Japhet Otike
• Copyright issues in the context of the digital library / Pedro Pina
• Researching information seeking in digital libraries through information-seeking models / Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh [and 3 others]
• Digital libraries and copyright issues / Adeyinka Tella, Saheed Oyeniran, Olubukola James Ojo
• A glimpse of the information seeking behaviour literature on the web: a bibliometric approach / Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
• Indexing and abstracting as tools for information retrieval in digital libraries: a review of literature / Olaronke O. Fagbola
• Demographics, socio-economic and cognitive skills as barriers to information seeking in a digital library environment / Felicia Yusuf [and 5 others]
• Information seeking behaviour of trade unionists: a review of associated challenges in digital era / Joel O. Afolayan
• Usability of digital resources: a study of Francis Sulemanu Idachaba Library University of Agriculture Makurdi / Michael Terver Upev, Kwaghga Beetseh, Joy Asibi Idachaba
• Information need and seeking behavior of farmers in Laduba community of Kwara State, Nigeria / Femi Titus Akande, Akinade Adebowale Adewojo
• Role of social networking for information seeking in a digital library environment / Ganiyu Ojo Adigun, Oluwole Akanmu Odunola, Adewale Joel Sobalaje
• Barriers to information seeking in the digital libraries / Ajayi Ayo Oluwaseun
• Digital libraries as information superhighway / Prakash Dongardive.