... Type of Library Academic 61 96 Research Library 2 4 Job title Research Librarian 10 16 Scholarly Communication 6 10 Reference Librarian 13 20 Digital Curator Librarian 4 6 Subject/Faculty Librarian 12 19 Academic librarian 4 6 University Librarian 6 8...

...Elisha R.T. Chiware Purpose The paper presents a literature review on research data management services in African academic and research libraries on the backdrop of the advancing open science and open research data infrastructures. It provides areas of focus for library to support open research...

...Reza Rajabali Beglou; Somaye Sadat Akhshik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define the need to a center for improving and extending university and research libraries in Iran, and identifying capabilities and position of Iranian Research Institute for Science and Technology (Irandoc...

... and their corresponding impact in the effective delivery of academic and research library services in Kenya and South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study applied a survey research technique to garner the opinions of the librarians about the leadership styles of their leaders. Primary data were collected...

...Simone Fuehles-Ubach Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the different positions and roles that German research libraries may have in their funding organizations: center or periphery, making a change with respect to the overall strategy or having just a strategy of their own; having...

... examples of best practices in the relevant fields are presented. Design/methodology/approach A literature-based overview of actual insights on tasks and roles that academic and research libraries have to fulfil in order to react to the developments generated by the appearance and growing importance...

... archiving”. Bernard F. Reilly can be contacted at: reilly@crl.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Big Data Library Research libraries Division of labour Library management Preservation of knowledge The characteristics of Big Data were famously characterized in 2001...

...Paul Gabriele Weston; Giuseppina Vullo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the sustainability of cooperation models within research libraries networks in the humanities. Design/methodology/approach – Changing research...

... Group Publishing Limited 2014 Finland University libraries Research libraries Collection management Resource sharing Policy making Finland had a legislation-based centralized collection policy until the mid-1990s. The main components were national resource libraries (selected...

...Jane Lamothe Purpose This article aims to overview research undertaken through the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) to identify themes and issues of interest to library leaders in Canadian research libraries. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses the context...

...Bernard F. Reilly, Jr Purpose The history of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) during the last decade is one of adaptation and innovation, driven by the need to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. CRL is a cooperative collection development enterprise, created in the age of print. Today...

... possibilities to develop services, novel ways to support new user groups and innovations to generally improve the value and appreciation of collections. University libraries Research libraries Collections management Finland The National Repository Library was founded by the Ministry...

...Vicki Williamson Purpose The paper aims to provide an overview of the background and context of the decision by a Canadian research library to invest in developing and implementing its own in‐house library leadership development program (LLDP). Design/methodology/approach This paper is a case...

... libraries and institutions to consult primary research materials. Karen T. Wei can be contacted at: kwei@illinois.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Information services Resource sharing Research libraries China Western interest in China can be traced back...

..., it will be easier to understand the direction in which America's largest research libraries are heading as they move into the twenty‐first century, what challenges they will face and what opportunities they may encounter. Design/methodology/approaches Proceeding to examine the current state of East Asian...

... . Providing Effective Library Services for Research . London : Facet   2007 . 278 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐589‐6 Information services Research libraries Having just moved into a role where I am responsible for library services to researchers I found this book well written, well structured...

...Vicki Williamson Purpose This paper aims to overview the professional context for Canadian research libraries (as outlined in the 8Rs Canadian Library Human Resources Study by Ingles et al.) and to examine the approach and response to dynamic human resources challenges and opportunities...

... of as the research activity to hand dictates. It is a welcome addition to my shelf. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Library and information research Research libraries Research is a core competency for the information professions, and yet the word “research” is one we information...

...Stephen O'Connor; Bernard F. Reilly, Jr Purpose Aims to provide a background to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)'s Preserving America's Print Resources (PAPR) initiative. Design/methodology/approach Describes the CRL conference and planning event, entitled “Preserving America's print...

... Research libraries Australia Many forms of government have been tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time...