PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the current state of digitisation
initiatives by cultural institutions in Malaysia. Evidently no research has been
conducted to investigate the state of digitisation initiatives by cultural
institutions in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts an
exploratory survey, to explore the state of cultural heritage digitisation. A
total of 60 ... hiện toàn bộ
In some ways the popularity of John Fowles is surprising. His two best‐sellers,
The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman, exemplify strengths and weaknesses
unusual in so widely‐read a writer. His virtues shade into his faults. His
uncompromising determination to write the kind of novel that interests him,
regardless of the expectations of his readership, has made each of his books
excitingly d... hiện toàn bộ
IS THERE such a creature as an average author? Decidedly not, I fancy. Whatever
other qualities authors may or may not possess they retain a dogged
individuality, with the very sensible exception of their united support for
their professional association, the Society of Authors. On the other hand, one
hears so much of the extravagant lives of some of the comparatively few
bestseller authors—the on... hiện toàn bộ
DAVID HERBERT (1830–99), classical tutor, journalist and aficionado of
eighteenth‐century literature and history, was born on 15 April 1830 in Glasgow,
at the home of his parents on Castle Street. He spent his early life in Glasgow
where his father, James Herbert, worked in a shop.
The aim of this paper is to summarize the developments taking place in the
scholarly communication system by reviewing the published literature on journal
subscriptions, electronic publishing, electronic journals, Internet and changing
information needs of researchers. It examines the role of different players in
the scholarly communication process such as authors, commercial publishers,
libraries... hiện toàn bộ