...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...

... 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...

...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...

... changing library language. However, this may not be a feasible approach in a public library environment. Public libraries Library users New Zealand Language Websites Signage Bilingual = Sentences, phrases or terms that are repeated in two languages; High context = Meaning...

.... Such mental state heightens their desire to use library services optimally, learn and contribute to new knowledge. Originality/value Few attempts have been made to study the impact of mentoring and pedagogy on mitigation of library stress undergraduate students. Students Library users Pedagogy...

...). 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...

... research and reports indicate […] It is possible that the problems encountered by foreign students in the library might not be any different from those experienced by domestic students. Academic libraries Library users Library services Surveys Saudi Arabia International students...

...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...

... 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...

...Rick Anderson Edited by David A.   Swords . Patron‐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...

... it is based on another literary source, e.g. a movie (Wikipedia, 2011d). Categories then develop as a Wikipedia grows and as contributors find it necessary or useful. Indexing Cataloguing Readers Tagging Library users Fiction The subject description of fiction in Slovenian...

... to provide enriched access to older materials. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Kenya Public libraries Library users User perceptions Information resources Kenya National Library Service […] appropriate levels of customer care and that information given to users is useful...

... at: sgoodwin@tamu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Academic libraries Library users User studies E‐books E‐readers Kindles User satisfaction E‐book readers emerged as mainstream consumer products in 2007 with the release of the Amazon Kindle...

.... For some, escapism through reading was particularly essential because they were actually physically restricted, due to health issues or other impairments. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Public libraries Library users Information services Leisure reading Escapism Readers' advisory...

... of division between differing needs is in the professional or amateur use of information and that these needs have to be met by offering IL and DL, which are differential in accordance with user needs. To achieve this, traditional differences between the needs of public library users and those of academic...

... will be a wonderful companion for LIS professionals seeking to undertake audits, understand users and develop services. 1. CIBER (2008) , Quoted in Pantry and Griffiths, How to Give Your Users the LIS Services They Want, p. 5. Information services Servicing Library users...

... is not relevant to their needs[1]. Library users Graduates Academic libraries Information science Kuwait Serials Information professionals have always tried to identify the factors that are relevant in encouraging a person to search for information. Today, a particular focus of inquiry has been...

..., technological collection proposals, training models and ideas and, importantly, tackling space issues. The guide is handy, succinct, relevant, timely and packed full of accessible and achievable ideas. Library services Library users Youth Public libraries © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010...