Purpose – The study aims to investigate the level of awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in university libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was used to collect data from 176 librarians in 49 university libraries in Nigeria. Findings – It emerged that the librarians were more familiar with social networking sites, instant messaging, media sharing sites...

The purpose of this study was to assess the comparative determinants of job satisfaction among male and female librarians in public university libraries in Edo state. The descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The study population was made up of female and male librarians. A sample of twenty (20) female and twenty (20) male academic librarians was selected for the study, using ...

This article outlines the common duties and responsibilities of systems librarians, and describes how library school students and others interested in entering the field can take advantage of freely available tools to gain relevant experience. It discusses attitudes and traits of systems librarians and their importance to potential and practicing systems librarians. It also lists and describes ...

this study aims to determine the relationship between innovation climate and the librarians' innovative behavior in organization of libraries, museums and documentation center of astan quds razavi, as the largest public library of iran. the methodology for this study is based on a survey research. to this purpose, the innovative behavior questionnaire and ekvall's (1996) innovation climate, dev...

purpose: the main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between techno-stress and the organizational commitment of librarians in libraries of governmental universities of tabriz.methodology: the analytical survey has been used in this study and the population includes all librarians in governmental universities of tabriz. questionnaires of techno-stress designed by ragu-nathan e...

OBJECTIVE In early 2016, the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) officially adopted a conceptual Framework for Information Literacy (Framework) that was a significant shift away from the previous standards-based approach. This study sought to determine (1) if health sciences librarians are aware of the recent Framework for Information Literacy; (2) if they have used the Framework...

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...

BACKGROUND In 2007 the University Health Sciences Librarians Group (UHSL) merged with the University Medical Schools Librarians Group (UMSLG) to form the University Health and Medical Librarians Group (UHMLG). This paper traces the course of health librarianship in the UK which led to this event, from the perspective of the UHSL. METHODS The narrative has been developed from the Executive Com...

BACKGROUND Information literacy has evolved with changes in lifelong learning. Can Brazilian health researchers search for and use updated scientific information? OBJECTIVES To describe researchers' information literacy based on their perceptions of their abilities to search for and use scientific information and on their interactions with libraries. METHODS Semi-structured interviews and f...