...Patrick Mapulanga Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the impact of strategic plans in the planning of information services and systems in the University of Malawi libraries. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was used as the research design. Both qualitative...

... Library automation Libraries Information services In recent years it has become increasingly more common to hear about the virtues and benefits of the so‐called “cloud” for the use of corporate software. Although the use of the cloud in the business environment has already transformed the concept...

... of his 1977 multi‐platinum album Running on Empty, I believe it is an appropriate title for a column whose central theme will focus on the challenges and travails of providing valuable information services and resources in an increasingly technical world with limited financial and human capital...

... at: James.lund@ci.red‐wing.mn.us © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Carnegie Service Reference Circulation Desk Information services Reference services As a symbol of enlightenment and community pride, the Carnegie library was a certain success. As a stage to deliver library...

... prove difficult to navigate, it certainly should not hamper the innovations and services that make libraries a critical part of their user communities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Academic libraries Public libraries Information services Value added Organizational planning...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Libraries Information services Budgets Communication technologies Many ARL libraries have dedicated library IT departments to handle enterprise‐level systems, hardware and maintenance, and other projects more closely related to new user services (such as application...

... has a disconcerting hold on me. The transference of my affection to the city of Escondido negates many of my rational irritants with barking dogs, disheveled housing, no sidewalks, and clogged residential streets. Its value is sentimental. Libraries Information services Customer services...

... service offerings, thereby positively affecting its entire Framework of Stakeholders. The library made the choice to offer: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 University libraries Budgets Information services When recently asked by a direct report, “Why exactly are we doing...

... in data management can greatly increase the efficiency of technical services. Originality/value The paper highlights how continued revision should keep technical services' workflows and procedures fresh and relevant. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Information services Technical...

... documents, web pages, whiteboards and microphones to collaborate on educational projects. Librarians Worldwide web Information services ...

.../ourassociation/governingdocs/policymanual/servicespoor.htm . Glen E. Holt is Former Director, St Louis Public Library, St Louis, Missouri, USA, and Editor, Public Library Quarterly. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Public libraries Information services Library users...

..., USA Public libraries Youth Fundraising Information services Partnership Internet In 2004, the Wallace Foundation awarded two million dollars over two years to each of the three large public library systems in New York City (Queens Library, Brooklyn Public Library and The New York...

... libraries Information services Travel Income Costs Except for a brief dip following 9/11, the number of passports issued annually in the USA has steadily increased; over 10 million were issued in 2005. Beginning December 31, 2006, all Americans will require a passport to travel by air or sea...

... media Internet Information services As anyone who has ever tried to bet on sporting events knows, predicting the future is a challenge that is both fun and frustrating. Not only are there so many variables of which we are aware, there are even more we cannot foresee. Yet pro sports betting...

... opinion, financial plans should be prepared for projects costing $100 million or more. I do not believe our project will fall into that category. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Academic libraries Higher education Document management Information services During the peak...

... they are at the library. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Internet Public libraries Information services Education Youth United States of America As Dr Anne Woodsworth offered in a recent article (Woodsworth, 2005), we are pleased to describe The New York Public Library's (NYPL) year...

... be calculated according to the number of PCs in the department. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Cost accounting Budgetary control Libraries Information services Libraries today are experiencing growing problems when organizing their work and offering their services within given...

... benefits Google's digitization effort may hold for information professionals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Libraries Information services Electronic publishing Internet Intellectual property In Gorman's piece, he alludes to a supposed comparison by the founders of Google...

... Effects of price increase of internet services on the cybercafés Table IV Reasons for reduction in prices of services Internet Information services Developing countries Information centres Nigeria Over the past decade, the internet has become such an intrinsic part...

... 2005 Public libraries Information services Library management Resource management Myths old and new pervade thinking about public libraries. Some of this folklore is harmless: The ghost who makes books fall from stack shelves through the night; the man who took off all his clothes...