...Faten Hamad; Ahmed Shehata Purpose This study aims to explore the factors that will affect the behavior of university students to take action for climate change mitigation, focusing on the library services and opportunities to access to information at Sultan Qaboos University ( SQU ) in Oman...

... that also may be utilized to guide the work of librarians. Africa S. Hands can be contacted at: handsa19@ecu.edu 05 04 2020 06 05 2020 14 05 2020 15 05 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Library services...

... library services. This study surveyed the perceptions and usage patterns of students, faculty members and academic librarians at Kuwait University with regard to mobile library apps. It is anticipated that the findings will contribute a deeper understanding of potential library app usage...

... working with digital reference services. The study further found that a lack of ability to fully demonstrate to users how to access various library services was one of the major problems that the librarians experienced. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to two academic libraries...

... Through the use of a mixed methods research, this paper highlights library service offerings considered as distinctive signifiers of excellence within the American literature and also within the UWI Mona Library – that will distinguish a library. Findings This paper reveals services incorporating...

...Diane Dallis Purpose – This case study aims to describe the renovations and intended functions for rooms; explain the different design approaches implemented for the different end-user populations; provide an overview of traditional, new and non-library services for which spaces were designed...

... immigrants want and their perception of public libraries along with their literacy and general education needs. Gathering appropriate demographic data is essential if library services are to be targeted and evaluated effectively. The author deals well with such important issues as resource planning...

... guide other libraries with similarly diverse populations and modern budgetary constraints. Harloe and Williams' (2009) definition of the learning commons fit the library's goals well: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Action research Academic libraries Library services Learning...

... 2009 --> Virtual organizations Library services The aim of Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries is to help librarians and educators recognise the potential of multi‐user virtual environments (MUVEs), specifically Second Life, and consider ways to get involved as they proliferate...

..., organised by The Centre for Research in Library and Information Management (CERLIM), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Library services Another sound, well organised book for practitioners emanating from the reputable stable of CILIP...

... --> Libraries Digital libraries Library users Library services Libraries and information science The first edition of The Library in the Twenty‐first Century was published in 2000, so, given the changes that have taken place already this century, an updated edition is clearly welcome...

...Linda Ashcroft; Paul Catherall Public ownership Economics Law Ethics Trade Library services Furthermore, Rikowski points out that European Union states are represented at the WTO as a single body, with the prospect that should the European Commission commit any public sector...

... 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 across all sectors. It has been a mammoth...

... portal from Ex Libris is used to provide examples where relevant. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Libraries Library services Information retrieval Computer software Portals The number of information resources in the scholarly environment is growing, and with it the need...

... one system, MetaLib – the library portal solution from Ex Libris – addresses these issues. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Libraries Library services Information technology Internet The scholarly information arena offers researchers an ever‐increasing array of resources. Researchers...

... conducted in this region since the mid‐ 1990s. This research was conducted among the librarians and library users and non‐users, with the aim to obtain insight into opinions that the members of our profession and those outside it – the public – have of libraries, library services and librarians...

...Alan A. Flores This paper discusses the development and operation of a new and unique public library service in Gosford, Australia. It explains that although the library had been thriving for 50 years, a mixture of causes was creating the effect of reducing loans. Details are provided...

.... Demonstrates how these different solutions, and the underlying standards, interact to meet library needs. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Libraries Library services Links Electronic data Electronic journals Standards Priscilla Caplan’s (2001) article “A lesson in linking” has been one...

... Biography Librarians Library users Library services This book is a celebration of 50 years contribution to the field of librarianship and information science by the American professor Pauline Atherton Cochrane. It is a collection of papers exploring various elements of subject access. The volume...

...Don Revill Stephen   Drodge . Support for Adult Learners in Libraries . London : Career Development Group of the Library Association   2000 . xiii + 96 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 1901 353 079   £25 Public libraries Library services Adult education Drodge draws on his...