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Censorship is an issue which has been present throughout recorded history. From the beginning, it has been used by individuals and groups to prevent and control the creation, access and dissemination of ideas and information. It has taken many different forms and occurred for many different reasons. The relationship between librarians and censorship is, and has been, a troubled one. The difficu...

THISSTUDY FOCUSES on defining the role of the one-person library director in public, academic, and special libraries. Some literature exists on the management of one-person libraries, but little research exists on the directors themselves. A profile survey of sixty-seven such directors reveals the career paths which led these individuals to oneperson librarianship. Additional results provide da...

OBJECTIVE An updated systematic review was carried out of research studies looking at the value and impact of library services on health outcomes for patients and time saved by health professionals. METHODS A comprehensive systematic search was undertaken of the published literature to September 2003 in ERIC, LISA, MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Googl...

This study examined the perceptions of 118 undergraduate information science students enrolled in three different higher education programs in Israel. The classical roles traditionally performed in libraries are still perceived as tasks of the librarian. Tasks related to information itself, such as information retrieval (building, operating, and managing Web sites), information filtering, and m...

This study has two main objectives proposed by the researcher, namely, (1) to analyze causes of disappearance reading culture in library Smp N.1 Atap Tampahan (2) factors lost reappear. Regarding data collection method, researcher used interviews with librarian and one students who happened visit library. The a descriptive qualitative approach. observation, questionnaires, interviews, documenta...

Effi e Louise Power (1873–1969) represented the high standard of collaboration among children’s librarians that characterized the entire development of youth services work. This article examines Power’s role in U.S. library history as a practitioner, library and information science educator, national and regional professional leader, and author. Particular emphasis is given to Power’s place in ...

The transition of traditional library collections to digital or virtual collections presented the librarian with new opportunities. The Internet, Web environment and associated sophisticated tools have given the librarian a new dynamic role to play and serve the new information based society in better ways than hitherto. Because of the powerful features of Web i.e. distributed, heterogeneous, c...

Karen S. Fischer is Collection Analysis Librarian, Michael Wright is Interim Associate University Librarian, Collections and Scholarly Communication, Hope Barton is Associate University Librarian, Main Library Services, and Edward Shreeves is Associate University Librarian, Collections and Scholarly Communication (Retired) in Main Library at University of Iowa. Kathleen Clatanoff is Collection ...