...Cebile Ncamsile Majola Purpose Remote learning opportunities increased in higher education institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study analyzed the remote learning modes used by selected library and information science (LIS) schools in KwaZulu-Natal during the pandemic...

...Essam Mansour Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the potential for research collaboration amongst Egyptian library and information science (LIS) faculty members. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was used, which ran from the beginning of June to the middle of July...

...Stanislaus L. Agava; Peter G. Underwood Purpose This study aims to assess the information and communications technology (ICT) proficiency of library and information science (LIS) professionals working in Tangaza University College (TUC) Library, Kenya. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative...

...Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha Purpose The purpose of this paper is to map and visualise collaboration patterns and citation impact of the library and information science research in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2016. Design/methodology/approach Data were extracted from the Thomson Reuters...

..., the practical side of it among Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals is not yet notable or evident. Design/methodology/approach Taxonomy building and Delphi method were two means of research deployed to achieve the declared purpose. Findings It was possible to achieve several steps...

...Valentini Moniarou-Papaconstantinou; Evgenia Vassilakaki; Anna Tsatsaroni Purpose – Library and Information Science (LIS) has for a long time tried to gain legitimacy. In an ever changing environment due to technological and economic developments, the motivations behind choice of LIS are still...

...Anthi Katsirikou Laura Townsend Kane Working in the Virtual Stacks: The New Library and Information Science Chicago, IL American Library Association 2011 978-08389-1103-7 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Library and information science...

...: Library and information science Modern librarianship Academic libraries Bibliometrics Bibliometric services Scientometrics Information science University libraries Vienna Austria The first bibliometric analyses ever have been carried out by librarians (Cole and Eales, 1917 ; Gross...

...Chengzhi Wang Purpose No scholarly publications have systematically studied the evolution and growth of China's scientific papers of library and information science published in the English language and covered by ISI during the reform era starting in 1979. It is intended that this paper should...