Afterword: Special Collections in the Twenty-first Century

Introduction: Special Collections in the Twenty-first Century

The Value of Intellectual Freedom in Twenty-First-Century China: Changes, Challenges, and Progress

The American Library Association's (ALA) " Core Values of Librari-anship " (2004) serves as an important vehicle in introducing and creating cross-cultural dialogues on values such as intellectual freedom with countries where there are starkly different political views and cultural ideas. This paper positions the Core Value of Intellectual Freedom within the historical context of China. How has...

From Bottled Babies to Biobanks: Medical Collections in the Twenty-First Century

The Eight Managerial Competencies: Essential Competencies for Twenty First Century Managers

The objective of the present study was to identify managerial competencies. This study reviewed existing managerial competencies in a cultural context resulting in the development of a broad based psychometrically sound leadership questionnaire. The unit of analysis of the research was a theoretical and experimental research related to managerial competencies, provided from seventeen Iranian an...

Political archaeology and the Growth of nationalism in historiography of Iran in early twenty century: the Case of Pirniya’s Ancient History

It is argued that whenever the political situation provides a favourable environment, the archaeological activities have been encouraged to provoke nationalism, and historians in various capacities have used archaeological data and historical records to advocate nationalist agendas.  Owing to its rich archaeological and historical past and its contemporary socio-cultural diversity, Iran is, par...