...‐networked environment. Under the “network economy” the network of relationships is more important than the ownership of assets. This paper concentrates on how librarians become knowledge workers and support other knowledge workers' communities. The new roles and skills (particularly communication...

...Leo Waaijers As a consequence of digitization, universities have to investigate their scholarly communication process. In fact, this is a quest for values that goes beyond the issues of the day. Once found, these values operate as criteria for assessing competencies, roles and instruments...

...Siriginidi Subba Rao Highlights the networking scenario in India by listing the general communication networks, viz. INDONET, NICNET, GPSS, RABMN, I‐NET, and specialized information networks, viz. ERNET, INFLIBNET, BTISNET, DELNET, SIRNET, CALIBNET, MALIBNET, MYLIBNET, etc. Concludes that India has...

... in the country, including paying more attention to the information needs of the user community and the communication process among each group of the user community. Offers information experts in the country a challenge to conduct qualitative user studies research which would lead to the design of improved...

...Jacqueline M. Roberts A lack of knowledge among university faculty members of the services their university libraries provide is a growing concern in university librarianship. Poor communication and inadequate interaction between the faculty and the library, and the library′s failure to apply...