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...

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. ...

instruction, and reference services. This well-designed, concisely written, and accessible survey is an essential resource for librarians who work regularly-—or even rarely—with international students. For readers without the time to track down and read the works cited in the bibliography, the introductory essay provides cogent explanations of important issues, along with good guidance. And the...

The research landscape is growing dramatically, and librarians are examining new roles, services, and types of collaborations to support data-intensive research. This column describes curricular enhancements at one School of Library and Information Science in the United States. Several key areas of data management in which health sciences librarians may wish to build or enhance their skills are...

The University of Alberta (UA) web archive collections are managed by a distributed group of subject and specialist librarians across the university. Librarians, faculty, and the public can propose collections; proposals are reviewed by the Collections Development Committee to fit with the overall collection policies of the library. Once approved, individual collections are managed by subject l...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...