This session will provide an introduction to the Public Knowledge Project and an overview of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) online publication management software (http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs). It will include an examination of the publishing process, peer review and editorial workflow, web site management, and tips for increasing journal visibility. This half-day, hands-on workshop is aimed at edito...

Most, if not all, academic librarians are by now familiar with the term “predatory publishing.” Beall in 2012 defined predatory publishers as “those that unprofessionally exploit the gold open-access model for their own profit,” often taking advantage of junior faculty and graduate students [1]. This problem has grown at an almost exponential rate. Whereas Beall identified 23 suspected predator...

knowledge management is a process of using a source of strategic knowledge in organizations in order to find key information and organize and transfer it. many organizations adopted knowledge management systems to maintain their stability and usefulness. since there is occupational similarity between informatics experts and librarians, librarians can change to knowledge managers by being inform...

purpose: this survey examines the view points of the librarians in the central libraries of the state universities of tehran on the necessity of continuing education (ce) courses. methodology: a questionnaire survey was conducted (76.7% response rate) to assess the requirement of continuing education (ce) courses. findings: the results showed that about 98% of the librarians believe that it nec...

purpose: the current research aims to investigate the status of knowledge sharing amongst librarians in lis, ala and alia discussion groups. methodology: through purposive sampling, librarians from three discussion groups (ala, alia & lis-iranian discussion list) who announced their intention to participate in the research (460 people) were asked to complete the questionnaire between 2010/10/23...

purpose:the purpose of the present study is to determine the level of knowledge sharing and creativity and the relationship between them. among libraries’ librarians tarbiat modares university in 1392. methodology : the methodology applied for the present study is descriptive-correlation .  the study population included 50 librarians and libraries of humanities, engineering and the central libr...

purpose: the present study aims to investigate the academic librarians’ cognitive, affective, and the behavioral attitudes to the organizational change in the library. methodology: the current research is conducted using survey method. the attitude toward change questionnaire which was developed and validated by dunham and his collaborators was utilized for data gathering. the population of thi...

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. ...