...Madhusudhan Margam; Parbati Pandey; R. Eloni Koren Purpose Artificial intelligence ( AI ) stands out as one of today’s most influential technologies, with the potential to revolutionize the access and management of information in library services. This paper seeks to explore the application of AI...

... Licensed re-use rights only Artificial intelligence Strategic analysis Intelligent libraries Library services Smart libraries User-centric Library technologies Artificial intelligence (AI) is a subfield of computer science, which is one of the top emerging and trending technologies...

...Murtaza Ashiq; Shafiq Ur Rehman; Dilnaz Muneeb; Shakil Ahmad Purpose This study aims to examine the publishing and citation trends on library service quality (LSQ) in the past five decades (1972–2020). Additionally, this bibliometric study investigates the top authors, countries, organizations...

... Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Libraries Library services Library users Health Health services Library materials Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic During the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic upended the world. Its shocking spread...

...Faten Hamad; Suleiman Farajat; Amani Hamarsha Purpose Mobile technologies (MT) have been attracting the attention of academic library stakeholders for some time, as it is considered a strong communication channel that can offer advanced library services. Furthermore, MT can offer a number...

...Feng-Ru Sheu; Roman S. Panchyshyn Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness that a social function, an international student reception, has on making international students comfortable with library services and resources in an American academic library at Kent State...

...). In Sacramento, California, the library also lends high school prom dresses and is purchasing a bike repair station. Recently attention has focused on that institution’s plan to lend sewing machines. An article in the local media explained the rationale: Library services Public libraries Library users...

..., in fact, had a greater knowledge of library resources than international students. They used library services more, and the majority of international students were receiving library instruction from someone other than a librarian, usually a friend. Lafon consequently determined that: […] foreign...

... re-use rights only Databases Library management User studies Higher education Library services Subject specialists The transformation from print resources to electronic resources means more reliance on vendors and publishers. So far, publishers and libraries were main information...

... Kao (2001) divided library services into the following sub-categories (Figure 1). RQ2. What is the difference of services provision between library and information science professionals and non-professionals? Figure 1. The author devised two broad dimensions of library...

... in the country. However, this also applies to most countries of the world, and responsible use of Internet programmes gradually filters into academic institutions. Libraries Librarianship Library services South Africa Information services Information literacy The term “literacy...

... the provision of library and information services for these prisoners. Also, improved funding of the prisons and prison libraries, services and resource sharing with other libraries, NGOs and other information providers were all seen as strategies to enhance adequate library and information services provision...

.... Varnum Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know: A LITA Guide London Facet Publishing 2014 131 pp. 9781783300334 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 --> Technology Trends Academic libraries Library services This book examines...

...Lynn Allardyce Irvine G.G. Chowdhury Sustainability of Scholarly Information London Facet Publishing 2014 ISBN9781856049566 £59.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 --> Library services Economic sustainability Social sustainability...

.... Library services Public libraries Age of austerity Income generation Library funding Public libraries face a variety of challenges: changing user needs, rising user expectations, an increasingly digital information world and doubts over the role of public libraries in society. The continuing...

... management Library services Facet have recently partnered with ALA publishing to offer joint publications of their titles. This title originated with ALA Press and the edition under review is the one published recently by Facet in London, UK. The starting point for the book is the global...

... --> Collaboration Innovation Library services Academic libraries The academic library needs to ensure that its facilities and services are aligned to the changing needs of the community it serves; otherwise it risks becoming irrelevant or even obsolete. To avoid this happening, libraries must marry...

... programs to meet the local needs. Developing Community‐led Public Libraries: Evidence from the UK and Canada is a new work that helps to summarize clearly the theory of a needs‐based library service model, and outlines the steps required to implement a programme in a public library. The book...

... --> Academic libraries Libraries Buildings Library management Library services Librarians have been reinventing themselves and their buildings for the last 20 years. Digital resources and services have moved many of the so‐called core activities into offices, homes and more recently into pockets...

... Set No. 16) . London : Facet Publishing   2012 . 130 pp.   £34.95 (soft cover) , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐849‐1 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Library services Social media Web technologies ...