The March 2024 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) was published on Monday, March 18. Peer-reviewed items in this issue are:
Overview of Library Automation System in South Sulawesi Libraries / Taufiq Mathar and Ismaya
This article provides an analysis of no- and low-cost ILS tools in Indonesia.
Exploring the Impact of the Gamified Metaverse on Knowledge Acquisition and Library Anxiety in Academic Libraries / Pradorn Sureephong, Suepphong Chernbumroong, Supicha Niemsup, Pipitton Homla, Kannikar Intawong, and Kitti Puritat
This article compares the effectiveness of a traditional library program with a Metaverse-based library program in terms of knowledge acquisition and library anxiety.
Hidden Inequities of Access: Document Accessibility in an Aggregated Database / Amanda Hovious and Congwen Wang
An exploration of the important topic of the accessibility of HTML and PDF content in selected journal publishing platforms. The authors note that while the entire sample of PDF articles failed to meet the minimum standard of PDF Universal Accessibility of containing a tagged structure, all PDF articles in the sample passed accessibility permissions tests, so could be made accessible retroactively by a third party.
Recommended by Librarians: A Computational Citation Analysis Methodology for Identifying and Examining Books Promoted in LibGuides / Carmen Orth-Alfie and Erin Wolfe
The authors present a novel model for comprehensively gathering data about a specific genre of books from individual LibGuide pages and applying computational methods to explore the resultant data.
Knowledge Graph Visualization Interface for Digital Heritage Collections: Design Issues and Recommendations / Christopher S. G. Khoo, Eleanor A. L. Tan, Siam-Gek Ng, Chwee-Fong Chan, Michael Stanley-Baker, and Wei-Ning Cheng
This paper proposes a knowledge graph system and visualization interface as a promising solution for digital heritage systems to support users in browsing related items, understanding the relationships between items, and synthesizing a narrative on an issue.
Supporting Information Visualization Research in an Academic Library: Lessons Learned from an Analysis of the Literature / Michael Groenendyk and Tomasz Neugebauer
This article summarizes librarian research on information visualization as well as general trends in the broader field, and identifies opportunities for libraries to improve their information visualization support services.
In addition to the peer-reviewed content, we also publish a contributed column in our Public Libraries Leading the Way series: Reorienting Collection Analysis: Cost Effective Item Level Analysis and Machine Learning in Public Libraries by Joshua Smith at the New Orleans Public Library. The column outlines how libraries can add value to their both their digital offerings and programming while providing local music artists with a curated, low-barrier entrance into streaming media. Library-hosted digital music collections give up-and-coming artists increased exposure and credibility to listeners and open a wealth of opportunities to engage with their communities.
Contributing to the Journal
We invite all readers to contribute to the journal. If you are involved in any aspect of libraries—we consider this an inclusive scope, including cultural memory institutions such as museums, archives, and more—we welcome submissions for peer-reviewed articles or communications. Information Technology and Libraries is proud to be diamond open access — that is, it is free to read for all, charges no article processing fees to authors or their institutions, and content is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Want to know more? See our Call for Submissions. If you have questions or wish to bounce ideas off the editor and assistant editor, please contact either of us at the email addresses below.
Ken Varnum, Editor varnum@umich.edu
Marisha Kelly, Assistant Editor marisha.librarian@gmail.com
