... feeling a lack of clear information and poor access to accurate health and official information at the outset of the COVID-19 crisis in Israel. Third, participants in the authors’ study noted that most of the information to which they were exposed about the virus came to them through communal connections...

...); and to what extent do differences in gender, age, workplace, role, and smart phone use explain librarians' perceptions of m‐services? Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted in Israel during the first semester of the 2012 academic year. It encompassed three groups of Israeli librarians...

.../approach Different questionnaires were distributed to 140 LIS students in a prominent LIS department in Israel. Findings The present research revealed that personality characteristics as well as gender, level of education and age influence both LIS students' patterns of Facebook use...