... for enhanced sharing and dissemination of research information for innovation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Open access Library service Repositories Open systems Information services Institutional repositories United Arab Emirates The term open access (OA) has earned...

... technologies Academic libraries Information services User studies Canada Smartphones Mobile library services University students Students Mobile access is in greater demand than ever by library patrons. Smartphones and other mobile devices are becoming the preferred way to access almost any...

... Short Message Service Mobile library applications Mobile SDI services Information services University libraries India For a very long time, Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) played a crucial role in providing current awareness and content alerts to the library patrons...

...John van de Pas Purpose The aim of this paper is to define a framework for public information services in the twenty‐first century, as a means to address some arguments that are put forward in the debate on the obsoleteness of public information services in the age of the internet. Design...

... and informative for librarians and academic institutions at the international level. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Data Impact assessment Data analysis Information services Libraries Conferences The 9th Annual AMICAL Conference was held at the American University of Sharjah...

... (and loosely) co‐located with other local authority services. Not surprisingly, usability issues were identified, particularly with regard to navigation and terminology, with the paper calling for significant research into the best ways of providing information services to users, and in particular, public...

... on academic libraries. Wanda V. Dole can be contacted at: wvdole@ualr.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Academic libraries Information services Fundraising United States of America Like many academic libraries in North American public universities, the Ottenheimer Library...

...Sarah McNicol David   McMenemy . The Public Library . London : Facet Publishing 219 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85304‐616‐9   £39.50 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Public libraries United Kingdom Information services As the author explains...

... library: Public libraries Library management Information services Information media In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger (2007) compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical as to whether climate change was a real...

...). Academic libraries Library buildings Information services Visual perception Business planning United States of America The Dean provided a charge to the group which was characterized by four main themes: 1. user services; 2. physical and virtual space; 3. information technology...

... Information media User studies Information science Information services United States of America In the Science and Engineering Library at the Ohio State University, statistics show an interesting dichotomy: a rising gate count yet falling rates of in‐house material use, photocopying, and check...

... consultants working within libraries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 United States of America Libraries Students Information services When entering an academic setting, many students find themselves unequipped with the skills necessary to navigate smoothly through the assignments...

... and discuss suitability of this marketing approach for information services. Design/methodology/approach Whether guerrilla marketing strategies may be suitable for introducing information services and the necessary prerequisites for that are explored based on applying cross‐case analysis findings from...

... Customer satisfaction Worldwide web Information services Finland Public libraries offer through the internet services and collections that are aimed at a heterogeneous group of library users with varying needs for information (Battleson et al., 2001 , p. 198) and computer‐usage skills...

... behaviour, security, risk management and sustainability. This area of management is a developing one for library and information services. Being accountable and transparent in business practice demands a need for measurement, monitoring and performance, which is addressed briefly. Though, more reading...

... Information services Public Libraries in the 21st Century is the result of a study based on information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders from the public library community, including senior practitioners, policy makers and researchers...

...Katherine Ott; Sueling Chhiu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on Florida State University Libraries' program designed to bring information services directly to patrons in the Strozier Library without requiring them to physically come to a service desk. Design/methodology/approach...

...Valéria Martin Valls; Waldomiro de Castro Santos Vergueiro Purpose This paper focuses on the use of ISO 9000 standards for the introduction of quality management in information services, with a special emphasis on the Brazilian experience, aiming to provide support to information services managers...

...Mike Freeman © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Library services Information services Malta This timely and far ranging report from the nation's primary LIS professional body is the first truly comprehensive and up‐to‐date survey of Malta's total library provision...

... definition of library, thinking about it as a place where to find up‐to‐date information and develop personal interests (22 per cent of answers compared with 13 per cent of the 11‐14‐year‐olds). Offering library and information services involves taking care in developing quality and promotion...