...Ishfaq Ahmad Palla; Arslan Sheikh; Abdul Baquee Purpose Open access is a new scholarly publishing model that has appeared in place of the commercial publishing model. The aim of this study was to investigate the level of awareness, use and attitudes of the Indian students in higher educational...

...Mark Aaron Polger; Dan Sich Purpose The purpose of this paper is the exploration of students’ preferred social media (SM) tools for receiving information about their academic library. The authors administered a questionnaire at their prospective institutions: the College of Staten Island (CSI...

...Margy MacMillan; Allison MacKenzie Purpose The article aims to describe challenges undergraduate students face in using scholarly articles and a workshop on reading designed to address those challenges. It seeks to present a study of senior public relations students' use, attitudes and confidence...

...Silas Marques de Oliveira Purpose This study aims at identifying Andrews University's students' perceptions, behavior, use, and attitudes towards e‐textbook and e‐books in general. Design/methodology/approach In the Fall semester of 2001‐2012, Andrews University's bookstore offered 74 e...

...Christopher Chan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of using online advertising on the social networking site Facebook in encouraging university students to connect with their library's Facebook page. Design/methodology/approach A two‐month paid Facebook...

...Gillian Hallam Edited by Margaret   Weaver . Transformative Learning Support Models for Higher Education: Educating the Whole Student . London : Facet Publishing   2008 . A high‐level examination of the issues that are central to the key themes at an international level...

... that was designed to give students experience in the corporate sector. Findings The interns assist with a range of ad‐hoc and ongoing projects, allowing experienced staff to deliver more value‐added customer services, such as research and content‐development. Interns also question established practices...

...Christina Banou; Petros A. Kostagiolas; Anna‐Maria Olenoglou Purpose Changing times call for a reading policy which should be high on the list of priorities of academic libraries. This paper aims to probe the reading behavioural patterns and perception of the students of the Ionian University...

... Library and to leverage the importance of “peer relationship” so evident in today's university student. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a descriptive analysis of the program. Findings This unique marketing program seeks to increase the awareness of Texas A&M University business...

...Michael Robinson Purpose The so‐called “digital native” – the first generation of students and learners who have been born and raised in a world of digital technologies – is now in our universities and, hopefully, using library services. This paper aims to survey recent debate about the delivery...

... percent, along with talks with colleagues and conferences. Almost 80 percent use the internet for specialized information and to keep up with the latest progress in their field. Although different survey methods make it impossible to equate all of the recent studies in student information seeking, use...

...Xuejing Li Purpose This purpose of this paper is to describe the course of information literacy given by the Chongqing University library to cultivate university students' information awareness. Up‐to‐date information retrieval skills, comprehensive document skills and innovative thinking...

...Tünde Varga‐Atkins; Linda Ashcroft Summarises the results of a study aimed at measuring the information skills of UK and international students pursuing an undergraduate course in business studies. Investigates the hypothesis that international students studying in the UK might be disadvantaged...

...Joseph Muema Kavulya The ability to access, evaluate and use information is a prerequisite for lifelong learning, and a basic requirement for the information society. At the university level, students are expected to contact independent exploration in diverse disciplines and topics and therefore...

...Mike Heery States that academic libraries need to adapt to the changing profile of students in higher education. Indicates the differences between traditional and non‐traditional students and suggests strategies for dealing with the latter. Divides non‐traditional students into four categories...