purpose – this paper aims to describe the role of public libraries in bridging the digital divide. the paper firstly reviews the existing literature body in this area and then suggests a number of practical solutions. digital divide is a concept which appears in the area of information and communication technology (ict) since 1990 and refers to the existing inequality in accessing to ict among ...

the present research endeavors to discover similarities and differences among digital libraries in iran and to clarify the extent of their consistency in terms of main library requisites. using a qualitative -quantitative method, i.e. a survey research method using content analysis, it identifies iranian digital libraries (idls) and explores their characteristics. reviewing the literature, we i...

success of an organization, more than anything else, depends on the human resources. behavioral science emphasizes that organizational success mainly depends on efficient use of human resources. it is especially true in organizations such as libraries. to promote “positive thinking” ” among the staff of libraries and information centers, training courses should be arranged. to improve librarian...

In this paper we consider stationary pure exchange overlapping generations models with n goods in each period. ¥e argue that for a model with non-zero stock of nominal debt there is potentially an n 1 dimensional indeterminacy. Thus relative prices within a period can be indeterminate. Although our results agree with those previously known for the case where there is one good in every period, t...

background: in-service training courses are one of the most available programs that are used to improve the quantity and quality level of the staff services in various organizations, including libraries and information centers. with the advent of new technologies in the field of education, the problems and shortcomings of traditional in-service training courses were replaced with virtual ones. ...