... an important medium for many aspects of social life, and libraries are surely part of it. Ivana Hebrang Grgic can be contacted at: ihgrgic@ffzg.hr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Facebook Croatia School librarian School library Social networking sites Libraries...

...) in eastern Croatia (Osijek‐Baranya county); in particular in relation to the information and reading material in their native languages. Design/methodology/approach Owing to spatial limitations this paper focuses on the Serbian national minority. Data were gathered with the help of quantitative...

.... Scientists are already experiencing changes in the ways they create, find, share, process, store and use scientific information. The aim of this paper is to present results from the research among scientists and teaching staff at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb (Croatia), regarding...

... of Croatian public libraries followed by the presentation of the findings of the same research. An online survey consisting of 19 closed questions was used as a method of research. An e‐mail invitation to participate in the research was sent to all public libraries in Croatia. Practical implications...

... and its consequences, and awareness of the privacy (anonymity) of the library users that was carried out simultaneously in The Netherlands and Croatia in the autumn of 2007. Design/methodology/approach The research was a continuation of an ongoing cooperation between The Netherlands Public Library...

... an introduction followed by information about the actual promotional activities in public libraries. The third part of the paper was based on a user survey in five major public libraries in Zagreb, Croatia. Findings The predominant way of acquiring information about public libraries and their activities...

...Aleksandra Horvat Prior to the recent establishment of the Training Centre for Continuing Education of Librarians, training of librarians in Croatia had been organized sporadically by several organizations in the field. For the majority of librarians, however, professional education could have...

...Kornelija Petr Croatia is a multinational and multicultural country. According to the 1991 census there are 21.9 per cent various ethnic and cultural minorities in Croatia. Osijek‐Baranya county (Eastern Croatia) is the third in number of Roma people in Croatia. The Romany minority...

...Aleksandra Horvat An overview of the Library and Information Science (LIS) education in Croatia is provided. It is argued that the changes brought about by the new information and communication technology have a great impact on LIS education that requires more than habitual updating...

...Kornelija Petr; Tatjana Aparac‐Jelusic Every profession has the urge to question and investigate its own identity as well as its reception by the society. This paper presents the findings of the study conducted in Croatia at the end of 2001, but also gives an overview of the similar studies...