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Editorial objective
Library Hi Tech focuses upon computing and technology for the library community. It is international in scope and defines technology in the broadest possible terms to include the full range of tools employed by librarians and their customers. The majority of journal issues are themed, thus allowing for extensive in-depth coverage and analysis of key areas.
Coverage
- Integrated library systems
- Networking
- Strategic planning
- Policy implementation across entire institutions
- Security
- Automation systems
- The role of consortia
- Resource access initiatives
- Architecture and technology
- Electronic publishing
- Library technology in specific countries
- User perspectives on technology
- How technology can help disabled library users
- Library-related web sites
Key benefits
As a subscriber to Library Hi Tech you will be able to:
- Advance your understanding of the potential of new and existing technologies
- Explore the implications of technological changes
- Find out how to utilize current and emerging technologies
- Stay informed of the latest developments and trends
Key journal audiences
- Senior management
- Practising librarians and information professionals
- Library and information researchers and lecturers
- Academics and students
Library Hi Tech is indexed and abstracted in:
- Book Review Index
- Computer Science Index
- Current Awareness Abstracts
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences.
- Current Index to Journals in Education
- Education Research Complete
- Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- (The) Informed Librarian
- INSPEC (Electrical and Electronics Abstracts)
- Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
- Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
- Library and Information Science Abstracts
- Library Currents
- Library Literature and Information Science
- Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
- Referativnyi Zhurnal
- Scopus
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Social Scisearch
- zetoc
Library Hi Tech is available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald Library and Information Studies Subject Collection. For more information, please email collections@emeraldinsight.com.

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News
- 17-11-2009: Application period open for RUSA business reference research grant
- 17-07-2009: “Moving In, Moving Up, and Moving On: Strategies for Regenerating the Library & Information Profession”
8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions, 18-20th August 2009, Bologna, Italy
- 02-04-2009: Academic Librarian 2: Singing in the rain
Conference on library change management
- 04-12-2008: Call for applications for the 7th IFLA International Marketing Award
- 17-07-2008: 6th IFLA International Marketing Award - sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
- 29-05-2009: German Library Hi Tech Award presented at Deutscher Bibliothekartag, Erfurt, Germany, 2-6 June 2009
- 23-03-2009: Winner of the 2009 Lita/Library Hi Tech winner announced
- 16-05-2008: Library Hi-Tech Award at the Deutscher Bibliothekartag
Emerald presents first German Library Hi-Tech Award at the Deutscher Bibliothekartag (German Libraries Conference), Mannheim, Germany, 3-6 June 2008
- 24-10-2006: Editor of Library Hi Tech appointed director of Humboldt University's Institute of Library and Information Studies
Sample Articles
- Implementing social software in public libraries: An exploration of the issues confronting public library adopters of social software
Louise L. Rutherford
Volume: 26 Issue: 2; 2008
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- Designing and testing a web-based board game for teaching information literacy skills and concepts
Karen Markey, Fritz Swanson, Andrea Jenkins, Brian J. Jennings, Beth St. Jean, Victor Rosenberg, Xingxing Yao and Robert L. Frost
Volume: 26 Issue: 4; 2008
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