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Exploring the common factors affecting the strategic plans in Iranian academic libraries
Sirous Panahi, Hossein Ghalavand, Shahram Sedghi, Abdolahad Nabiolahi, Sedigheh KhaniOne of the important processes for success or failure of strategic plans in academic libraries is identifying different dimensions and factors affecting library activities and…
Improving and extending activities of university and research libraries in Iran: the role of Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (Irandoc)
Reza Rajabali Beglou, Somaye Sadat AkhshikThe purpose of this paper is to define the need to a center for improving and extending university and research libraries in Iran, and identifying capabilities and position of…
Estimation of GDP from public library usage: Turkey sample
Semanur Öztemiz, Mustafa Agah TekindalPublic libraries are institutions that provide information services to all citizens in a country and support the development of lifelong learning, awareness and creativity. All…
Reducing system toil in a university library
Emily E. Boss, Nathan GerthThe purpose of this paper is to expand the information technology concept of toil by applying it to system analysis for academic libraries. System mapping and toil definitions are…
Targeted awareness: promoting niche resources using confirmation emails
Brian Rennick, Leticia Camacho, Andy SpackmanThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of a targeted email advertising method that informs university students about library resources relevant to their major.
Nurturing customer service culture in an experience economy: employees' assessment of the UWI, Mona Library service model
Sasekea Harris, Cheryl Folkes, Karen Tyrell, David BrownIn an experience economy, the alternative options for higher education are varied; resulting in competition and a deliberate focus on student experience to create competitive…
Library leadership: opinions and attributes about Nigerian women academic librarians breaking the glass ceiling
Clement Ola AdekoyaThe purpose of this study is to investigate the opinions and attributes about Nigerian women librarians breaking the glass ceiling that prevents them from reaching management…
Exploiting the Marrakesh treaty to obviate copyright-related challenges on access to information by visually impaired people in academic libraries
Samuel Macharia, Japheth Otike, Emily K. BosireThe purpose of this paper is to explore the copyright law in relation to access to information by persons with visual impairments. It assesses the barriers placed by the copyright…
US academic libraries' staffing and expenditure trends (1996–2016)
Starr Hoffman, Samantha GodbeyThis paper explores trends over time in library staffing and staffing expenditures among two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States.
The approaches used to make change decisions and the influencing determinants
Zhixian YiThis study aimed for the examination of the change decision-making approaches utilised by academic library directors and the identification and explanation of the determinants of…
Environmental education in libraries – theoretical foundations and practical implementation
Małgorzata Fedorowicz-KruszewskaThe purpose of this paper is to explain the concepts related to environmental education in the context of sustainable development, to indicate the links between them as well as to…
Knowledge sharing practices among cataloguers in Nigeria's academic libraries
Wole Olatokun, Tobechukwu Mary-Ann NjideakaThe imperative role of cataloguing in libraries as the bedrock of information/knowledge organization, the need to manage and retain knowledge for strategic planning and better…
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