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Professional development through social media applications: a study of female librarians in Pakistan
Arif Khan, Jia Tina DuThis paper aims to explore the extent of use of social media by Pakistani female librarians for professional development and their perception of its usefulness. The paper also…
Library staff recruitment and retention for managerial positions in Vietnam
Trang Thi HuynhThis paper aims to conduct an exploratory research of recruitment source and professional staff retention for succession planning, as well as suggests some experiences of keeping…
F1000: an overview and evaluation
Ann E. WilliamsThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and evaluation of F1000, a publishing outlet and peer review system for research in the biomedical and life sciences.
Digital inequalities and social media: experiences of young people in Chile
Sarah McNicol, Karine AillerieThis paper aims to report the findings from a survey of secondary school students in Chile by exploring their use of social networking services for information-seeking purposes.
Retrieving vanished Web references in health science journals in East Africa
Alfred Said Sife, Edda Tandi LwogaThis study aims to examine the availability and persistence of universal resource locators (URLs) cited in scholarly articles published in selected health journals based in East…
ICT services to students in the greater Accra region of Ghana: An initiative of the Ghana Library Board (GhLA) towards the development agenda
Patience Emefa DzandzaThis paper aims to describe an information and communication technology (ICT) training programme in the central library in Ghana, to discuss the benefits of the programme and the…
Open Data in Israel, Georgia and Uzbekistan: nature and scope
Stuti SaxenaThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and scope of Open Data in Israel, Georgia and Uzbekistan.
“Usage by stakeholders” as the objective of “transparency-by-design” in open government data: Case study of Sri Lanka’s open data initiative
Stuti SaxenaWhile “transparency-by-design” serves as the antecedent of any Open Government Data (OGD) initiative (Janssen et al., 2017), its logical objective would be the extent to which…
Building resilience and resourcefulness: The evolution of an academic and information literacy strategy for first year social work students
Tricia Jane Bingham, Josie Wirjapranata, Allen BartleyThe purpose of this paper is to outline the evolution of academic and information literacy (AIL) teaching initiatives in a first-year core social work course at the University of…
The business of the library is service
Bruce E. MassisThe purpose of this paper is to suggest that today’s libraries function using business practices in its management of the library to ensure that its service-based mission is…
ISSN:
2398-5348Renamed from:
New Library WorldOnline date, start – end:
2017Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Rebecca Reynolds
- Dr Samuel Chu