Sources: Being a Teen Library Services Advocate

Team Physicians Must Advocate for Lifelong Musculoskeletal Well-being.

Library Anxiety of Residents in Use of Information Sources and Electronic Services Based on Localized Bostick Scale

Background and aim: A Library is a safe place to research and study for some students, but it creates anxiety for others. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the library anxiety among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences(KUMS) residents in using information sources and electronic services based on five factors of Bostick scale. Materials and Methods: The study was a cross-...

Gamifying the library services: A new concept in interacting with users

Background and Aim: Gamification refers to the use of game elements in non-game contexts to motivate engagement. This definition is the most comprehensive one presented so far. The term was proposed first in 2002 but it has been prolonged 8 years to attract individuals’’ attention. Gamification has been applied in various contexts according to its capabilities. The current study aims to investi...

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...

Being real and being realistic: chemical abuse prevention, teen counselors, and an ethic of care.

Despite the national goal of "drug-free" schools, recent data suggest that chemical abuse among school-aged children remains a concern. This qualitative case study presents a "unique case" within one school's substance abuse prevention program. In this program, pioneered in 1973, pairs of teen counselors "adopt" a middle school classroom and make regularly scheduled visits to conduct chemical a...