...Sara P. Robinson; Catherine Westwood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the BOBCATSSS 2010 conference held in Parma, Italy in January 2010. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents an outline of the content of the conference proceedings including a description...

... in the academic environment (Haglund and Olsson, 2008 ; Mansourian and Ford, 2007 ; Sadler and Given, 2007 ; Rowlands and Nicholas, 2008). Academic libraries Doctorates Graduates Students Italy Academic libraries in Italy are increasingly interested in understanding the information...

... and usefulness of the above‐mentioned services and to understand what kind of actions are necessary to improve online access. The University of Calabria, situated in Southern Italy, is a young, medium‐sized University. Its didactic and scientific activities started in the academic year 1972‐1973...

...Elena Corradini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review some considerations about a small scale research study conducted in a small town in Northern Italy between December 2003 and April 2004, that gathered quantitative and qualitative data about adolescents aged 11 to 19 who answered 20...

... of this methodological approach are critically discussed. Design/methodology/approach Action research was adopted for investigating the impact of an IL programme on a homogeneous group of students at the University of Parma (Italy). The project consisted of a cycle of four stages: observing, planning, acting...

... was more important for non‐users (60 per cent rating it as very important) than for users (38.9 per cent). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 User studies Electronic journals Case studies Academic libraries Italy Promotion has been recognised as one of the major factors...

...Wayne Harper; Judith Broady‐Preston; Tim Hayward This paper discusses the pressing need for British Council libraries and information services in Italy to respond positively to British and international forces for change. Social, economic, cultural, and technological developments over the past 20...