...Şahika Eroğlu; Tolga Çakmak Purpose This study aims to investigate the evolving roles and functions of academic libraries in research universities in Türkiye, with a particular emphasis on their contributions to innovation. This study also explores the awareness of library directors with regard...

...Hazel Hall Purpose This paper seeks to challenge how librarians conceive a number of relationships – between themselves, social media tools, and end‐users, and to argue that this determines the boundaries of service innovation. Design/methodology/approach The paper develops themes and ideas...

... Innovation According to the editors, Greg Hearn and David Rooney, the intention with Knowledge Policy is to illustrate how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the twenty‐first century market place is characterized by the ability...

...Xiaoling Li; Yufang Wang; Liping Fu; Meirong Xu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore why the university library should become the incubation center of research innovation literacy (RIL) competency. It states how the library develops RIL instruction and how the library impels university...

...Jin Chen; Jing Guo; Lu Xiaobin; Guo Jing Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward a completely new academic library service mode called “Innovation community” in light of current information environment, social background and user demands. “Innovation community” is a mode especially...