...Kaitano Simwaka; Ellen Chifuniro; Robert Chalochiwawa; Tina Mutalama Kabwilo; Sandram Chimutu Purpose The study aims to unpack the role of Malawi Library Association (MALA) in developing librarianship in Malawi. It also explores an array of opportunities and challenges that are present for MALA...

... capacity-building practices contributes to effective service delivery by enhancing various library services. Results also show that there are challenges confronting learning capacity-building practices which include inadequate funding. For these libraries to perform to their highest potentials...

...Nana Tuhufo Quagraine; Baffour Ohene Agyekum Purpose The lack of a country-wide data on the extent to which academic librarians in Ghana publish combined with perceived publishing challenges as indicated by a number of scholars including Opoku (2012) leaves much to be desired. Therefore...

...Abdoulaye Kaba Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the library employment in UAE and explore the perceptions of academic librarians toward job satisfaction, employment opportunities, employment challenges, and future actions needed to improve employment opportunities for librarians...

...Hoan Anh Thi Tran Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reveal a practical situation at a public library as General Sciences Library (GSL). Design/methodology/approach – The effects of the digital information environment to activities of public library how to deal with this challenging...

... institutions, however, differed in terms of the other collection development activities they undertook, and magnitude of the challenges they faced, something that was attributed to slight difference in terms of funding they got from parent institutions. Practical implications – The study sheds light...

... and effective in the changing era; and lay out the challenges middle managers are facing to further discussions. Design/methodology/approach Both authors have been middle managers for many years and are experiencing the change from the traditional roles. As the new roles are emerging, the authors have done...