introduction: the reference section is one of the most important parts in every library. moreover, reference services represent all the attempts performed in a library. since libraries primarily aim to satisfy users' information needs, knowing that the effects of information technologies (it) on their services seems essential. therefore, this study manly tried to assess the effects of it on ref...

Knowledge management is a process that has been recently generated as an activity which is very important in the dynamic environment, and in the competitive scene. We believe that KM is a process which its organizational knowledge is created from the individual knowledge of the members of the organization. The relevant studies have indicated that organizing based on work teams could be consider...

Librarians could improve the safety of medical care through greater participation in patient safety initiatives. A librarian's expertise in accessing the evidence base could enhance the safety and appropriateness of care in a clinical environment. In addition, librarians could apply specific technical knowledge management skills to medicine. To realize improvements from these skill sets, health...

OBJECTIVE The research studied the status of hospital librarians and library services to better inform the Medical Library Association's advocacy activities. METHODS The Vital Pathways Survey Subcommittee of the Task Force on Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians distributed a web-based survey to hospital librarians and academic health sciences library directors. The survey results were comp...

various view points of the library planners about the future’s library buildings have been explained in this paper. with the advances in information technology, some librarians believe that modern and well planned library buildings are not so necessary in the future. on the other hand, many others believe that more modern and well technologically equipped library buildings should be built to fu...