Libraries selling withdrawn books on TradeMe
Purpose – Some public libraries have experimented with selling withdrawn books via online auction sites, but there has been little exchange of information about the benefits of this and whether it is a practice other libraries could follow. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approach – Original data are collected through interviews with six practitioners.Findings – All libraries were using TradeMe for opportunistic reasons. They had withdrawn books to sell and hoped that a national market would realise better prices than in‐house sales. Although prices were usually better, not all books sold and the staff costs were often higher than the revenues brought in.Research limitations/implications – The research is limited to six public libraries in New Zealand.Practical implications – Library managers learn from experience that they can generate some revenue by selling withdrawn books through online auction sites, but only if staff costs are kept down. Partnerships with dealers or interest...
E-commerce Adoption Strategy for E-Library Development in Indonesia
The concept of e-commerce adoption has appeared in libraries for decades, but its adoption is slow and partial. In Indonesia, e-commerce is growing rapidly and has the potential to be adopted in various business processes including e-library. The purpose of this study is to develop e-commerce adoption strategies for e-library development in Indonesia. The Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was chosen as the main research method to meet the objective. One of the SLR phases is synthesis, which was conduted using the SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat ) analysis. Then SWOT matrix was validated by expert librarians. The findings of this study are summarized as recommendations to enhance mobile-based services, to develop e-commerce business centers, as well as to integrate library loan and payment systems. e-Commerce system in e-library is better developed by professional software vendors to overcome limited software engineers in most libraries. Collaboration with banks is also needed for legal payment. Besides, optimization of library resource subscription and open access collection can be achieved by consortium of several libraries. Promotion of e-commerce adoption in e-library is also important to increase its sustainability. Validation by experts from academic, national, and research librarians refines the SLR results to meet libraries' vision and mission.
Computer Simulation Modeling
Computer simulation as a research methodology is presented as the intersection of modeling, simulation, and computer analysis. Five component parts of simulation models are identified: input variables, output variables, assumptions, algorithms, and parameters. Computer simulation (CSM) has two primary uses for those interested in the study of organizations or who work within them: theory development and policy planning. The advantages and disadvantages of CSM for each of these purposes are examined and recent examples for each are explored.