Librarians and archivists are intimately involved in scholarly communication systems, both as information providers and instructors. However, very little is known regarding their activities as scholars. This study seeks to examine the scholarly communication practices of librarians and archivists, the role that tenure plays in scholarly communication practices, and the degree to which instituti...

An Examination of Digitization Capacity and Skills of Academic Librarians in Nigeria Akinniyi A. Adeleke E-resources Management Unit, RUN Library Redeemer’s University, Nigeria Email address: [email protected]; [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------------Increasing number of Niger...

introduction: in the age of information, in order for offering integrated library services to the users, librarians need to be knowledgable about new web technologies and their applications in library services, especially in medical areas.  this study investigates the level of knowledge and and usage of world wide web in library services among medical librarians in tehran. methods: the present ...

In recent years, scholarly publishing has been faced with many distractive phenomena. Generally, most researchers are unaware of fraudulent practices now common to scholarly publishing and are at risk of becoming a victim of them. Editors also need to have sufficient knowledge about these practices. There are papers that try to increase awareness of authors about fraud in scholarly publishing, ...

introduction: the most important variable in success of every organization is attention to ethics. since library and information sciences naturally involve service provision to users, commitment to professional ethics is necessary. the purpose of this research was to determine the attention rate of librarians in isfahan university of medical sciences and isfahan university to professional ethic...

Future researchers may want to study in greater depth the positions of individuals writing as librarians in health sciences journals. It may also be interesting to determine what motivates health sciences librarians to write articles for biomedical journals. Health sciences librarians' motivation (or lack of motivation) in doing research and publishing their findings should also be further exam...

OBJECTIVE The research sought to identify the general use of medical librarians in pediatric residency training, to define the role of medical librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) to pediatric residents, and to describe strategies and curricula for teaching EBM used in pediatric residency training programs. METHODS We sent a 13-question web-based survey through the Association...