...Mohammad Haris; Anam Jamal Ansari; Basharat Ahmad Malik; Brady D. Lund; Naushad Ali Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a survey-based study that explores the perceptions of academic library users regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries. Design/methodology...

... 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...

...Wei Xia Lin; Eric Boamah Purpose The purpose of this research is to explore how immigrant library users view Auckland Libraries as a multicultural bridge in New Zealand. The research explored the various factors keeping different cultures apart in the New Zealand socio cultural systems and to find...

... 13 05 2017 08 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Public libraries Library users New Zealand Language Websites Signage Bilingual = Sentences, phrases or terms that are repeated in two languages...

... at: hm.alazemi@paaet.edu.kw 12 02 2017 16 05 2017 09 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Students Library users Pedagogy Faculty role Library Library stress Researchers like Anderson and Krathwohl (2001...

... 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 Customer orientation Information society Librarianship For the past...

...Ivana Hebrang Grgic Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present results of a survey of Croatian academic libraries’ user education about open access (OA)-related issues. The concept of OA literacy will be explained, and the term will be put in the context of information literacy (IL...

.... Academic libraries Library users Library services Surveys Saudi Arabia International students The great influx of international students studying on American university campuses is undoubtedly one of the most significant developments to have taken place in higher education since the turn...

... Architecture Design and development Library users The recurring, critical point that Watson and other practitioners emphasize, is the need for diversity and flexibility with particular attention paid to facilitating an intuitive flow of users through spaces according to their perceived needs...

.... Moreover, the survey finding showed there are links between the stage of the process where people happen to be and their uses of the library. Originality/value This is the first French study directed toward homeless library users. It shows that although a public library welcomes everyone, social...

..., scope and geography. The direct voices of the elders could not practically be incorporated into this study and should be considered in future research. Originality/value This study offers an alternate framework to library‐as‐place studies based on a specific profile of “older adult” library users...

...‐Driven Acquisitions: History and Best Practices . Berlin : De Gruyter   2011 . £66.45 206 pp. (Hardback) 9783110253016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Collection development Libraries Library users Acquisition and mergers This edited collection of essays...

..., e.g. a movie (Wikipedia, 2011d). Categories then develop as a Wikipedia grows and as contributors find it necessary or useful. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Indexing Cataloguing Readers Tagging Library users Fiction The subject description...

...: […] appropriate levels of customer care and that information given to users is useful and at the right level […] library users are likely to have a very clear perception of their expectations of the quality of services they require from the Library. However, Burke (2011) states that “today's end‐users...

.... This study is likely to be of practical interest to academic librarians who are in the process of developing similar lending programs. Susan Goodwin can be contacted at: sgoodwin@tamu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Academic libraries Library users User...

... component of its overall appeal, regardless of specific appeal elements defined by Saricks (2005) . Public libraries Library users Information services Leisure reading Escapism Readers' advisory People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful! (Margaret...

... Information literacy Web 2.0 Library users Academic libraries Public libraries Special libraries With the sweeping popularity of Web 2.0, the need of enabling a wider acceptance of libraries' educational role has become especially explicit. This underlines the importance of approaching literacies...

... services Servicing Library users In How to Give Your Users the LIS Services They Want, Sheila Pantry and Peter Griffiths remind us why understanding (and as far as is possible, accommodating) user expectations and needs is intrinsically linked to the success of any library...

... of original papers. Samir N. Hamade can be contacted at: samhamade@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Library users Graduates Academic libraries Information science Kuwait Serials Information professionals have always tried to identify the factors...

... Limited 2010 --> Library services Library users Youth Public libraries Urban teenagers are a socially conscious group, technologically aware, highly diverse and apparently uncontrolled. These urban teenagers need access to libraries and library services for homework help, study...