Library Services to Diverse Communities in Europe

Vignettes: Diverse library staff offering diverse bioinformatics services.

OBJECTIVES The paper gives examples of the bioinformatics services provided in a variety of different libraries by librarians with a broad range of educational background and training. METHODS Two investigators sent an email inquiry to attendees of the "National Center for Biotechnology Information's (NCBI) Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources" or "NCBI Advanced Workshop fo...

Library Automation in Europe

Designing a Model of Public Library Services to the Elderly in Tehran City

Purpose: To design a model of public library services to the elderly and to validate it among the librarians in Tehran City. Method: This is an applied research in terms of purpose using a mixed exploratory design. In the qualitative section of the current research, 19 experts and stakeholders in the field of elderly services were interviewed using a semi-structured in-depth interview techniqu...

Whose Knowledge? Whose Management?: Cognitive Considerations for the Provision of Virtual Library Services to School Communities

Participating in knowledge management requires libraries to understand cognitive aspects of knowledge acquisition and sharing, and the inadequacies of Information Technology driven knowledge management initiatives. Discontinuities in the data-information-knowledge continuum make information fundamentally different from knowledge. There are three knowledge principles critical to successful desig...

reference/ technical services cooperation in library instruction

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