Mary K. Van Ullen is the Bibliographer for Business, Economics, and Geography, University at Albany, University Library, LI-328, Albany, New York 12222 [email protected] ; and Carol Anne Germain is the Networked Resources Education Librarian, University at Albany, University Library, LI-128, Albany, New York 12222 [email protected] . S teve Coffman proposed that libraries emulate Amazon.com, t...

objective: the aim of this study is to determine and identify the components of the strategic plan of academic libraries so that the academic libraries can take steps to better track the progress of their goals. methods: using descriptive method and reviewing the literature related to the strategic planning and the strategic plans of 65 international academic libraries, the common components of...

introduction: communication is described as the most important feature for workers of all types. librarianship, in particular, requires complete communication skills. perhaps, the critical lesson the students must learn about users' expectations is how to play an appropriate role in interactions with the society. such interactions would result in job satisfaction and desirable servicing to user...

the present study mainly aims to demonstrate the weaknesses and strengths of using marketing principles in academic libraries and finally presenting some important suggestions in order to improve their marketing. this study proceeds through expressing the current marketing situation of studied academic libraries from the view point of 4p model. in this regard, the current situation is analyzed ...

Catherine Sassen is Principal Catalog Librarian and Diane Wahl is User Experience Librarian at University of North Texas Libraries; e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]. © 2014 Catherine Sassen and Diane Wahl, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC. This study concerns administrative support provided to encourage the research and ...

the aim of this paper is to determine the use of lean management components in the libraries of medical sciences universities in the north provinces of iran. the methodology is a cross-sectional survey in which the viewpoints of 105 managers and employees in different units of libraries of medical sciences universities are evaluated in mazandaran, golestan, and gilan to determine the applicatio...

This article discusses the potential consequences of implementing bibliometrics as an institutionalized practice in academic libraries. Results are reported from a survey distributed among academic libraries in Sweden with organized bibliometric activities. Incorporating bibliometric activities is seen as a way of redefining and widening of the role of the library. Implementation of bibliometri...

Introduction Demonstrating the value of libraries in an academic setting has long been a topic of research and comment among librarians. Libraries are in a sustained state of proving their contributions to the academic missions of universities which do not necessarily recognize the broader value of libraries. This trend will most likely continue because of budget decreases and changing perspect...