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Responsive Library Website Design and Adoption of Federated Search Tools for Library Services in Developing Countries

Responsive Library Website Design and Adoption of Federated Search Tools for Library Services in Developing Countries

Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun, Nwanne Mary Nwokocha, Victoria Itsekor, Oyeronke Adebayo
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 33
ISBN13: 9781799824633|ISBN10: 1799824632|EISBN13: 9781799824640
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch015
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Fagbohun, Michael Opeoluwa, et al. "Responsive Library Website Design and Adoption of Federated Search Tools for Library Services in Developing Countries." Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 227-259. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch015

APA

Fagbohun, M. O., Nwokocha, N. M., Itsekor, V., & Adebayo, O. (2020). Responsive Library Website Design and Adoption of Federated Search Tools for Library Services in Developing Countries. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 227-259). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch015

Chicago

Fagbohun, Michael Opeoluwa, et al. "Responsive Library Website Design and Adoption of Federated Search Tools for Library Services in Developing Countries." In Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 227-259. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2463-3.ch015

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Abstract

Library attention has been shifted away from only physical services, since much of its operations are now going virtual, and almost everything about library activities now compete for online attention. Librarians have no choice than to conform to the trend since the major concern of library is to meet the need of its clienteles at all cost. Moreover, the paradigm shift in information ecosystem is now e-discovery tools. Responsive website design and federated search tools are part of the tools adopted to meet and satisfy information needs of library users in this era of information exploration. This chapter looks at the concept of responsive website design and federated search, components of responsive websites design, need for adoption of responsive website design for libraries in developing countries, federated search products and vendors, benefits of federated search technology, dichotomy between open search and federated search, adoption of federated search tools in developing countries, issues to consider with the federated search tool.

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