Libraries as learning environments: the example of “Libraries for Everyone” Available to Purchase

Umut Al received the PhD Degree in Information Management from Hacettepe University, in 2008. His research interests include information retrieval on the internet, marketing of information services, university libraries and bibliometrics. He has published numerous papers in professional journals (such as Scientometrics, Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Library & Information Science Research, Libri) and he is member of Professional Associations (such as Turkish Librarians’ Association, Association of University and Research Librarians). He also worked as Project Manager and Researcher in several national projects and as a researcher on European Union projects.

Dr Güleda Dogan is Research Assistant at the Department of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Her main research interests include bibliometrics, research methods and scholarly communication. She received the PhD Degree in 2017.

Irem Soydal received the PhD Degree in Information Management from Hacettepe University, in 2008. Her research interests include information retrieval, information use and bibliometrics. She has published numerous papers in professional journals and she is member of Professional Associations. She also worked as Project Manager and Researcher in several national projects.

Dr Zehra Taskin is Research Assistant at the Department of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Turkey. Taskin’s main research interests include bibliometrics, information retrieval and performance evaluations.