Library publishing is a hot topic. We compiled the results of interviews with librarians and editors who are currently publishing journals with the Digital Commons platform. While the research and illustrations in this paper originate from Digital Commons subscriber interviews, we think the lessons and trends we’ve identified can serve as a roadmap for all librarians looking to provide successf...

The Proceedings of a one-day Workshop are described, in which publishers, publishing service providers, librarians, editors and authors met under the auspices of the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) to survey new developments in interactive scholarly publishing, and to begin to identify the necessary infrastructure for including such interactive content wit...

services that are traditional to public libraries, the book will be of less interest to most academic librarians. Public librarians and library school students are the principal audience. As a result, overall, this book serves as a valuable source for public librarians who want to reevaluate and reexamine their instructional services .—Ning Han, Mississippi State University. Librarians have lon...

The stratification among journals constituting the formal communication system for MIS research is described and analyzed on the basis of MIS experts' opinions, published MIS articles, and citation frequency. Implications of the research results are discussed for authors seeking suitable publication outlets, for academic administrators making promotion decisions, for editors wishing to establis...

If you're looking for a comprehensive and thorough book about the complicated world of library research instruction and undergraduate research papers, this is the book for you. The editors of The New Digital Scholar have collected papers written by librarians, writing instructors, and higher education administrators to give interdisciplinary insight on what they have termed " NextGen Students. ...

since early 1980s, many empirical studies were carried out to recognize stress syndrome and occupational burnout in the united states libraries; the results indicated that the librarians in other countries are susceptible to these two conditions, as well. the present paper investigates the rate of occupational burnout in librarians of university of isfahan, and evaluates the educational level, ...

background: with the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. this study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences.   methods: this was an applied survey study...

ing experiences of critical library instructors within various institutional settings, such as community colleges, service-learning programs, and high schools. Topics presented in this section include the importance of collaboration between librarians and departmental faculty, and the overlap between service-learning and information literacy. Section four discusses the use of un-conventional te...