...Anita Helen Purpose The main purpose of this study is to explore the existing information and communication technologies (ICTs) scenario in public and private university libraries in Bangladesh. The aim of the study was to determine the use and extent of ICT implementation for collection...

...Susmita Saha; Md. Roknuzzaman Purpose The major objectives of this study are to explore the perceptions of library practitioners towards IoT and to suggest directions for its proper application in university libraries of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The study conducted an online...

...Mir Bahader Purpose This study aimed to examine the relationship between customer relationship management (CRM)-based library services and head librarians' personal and academic variables. The status of CRM-based library services in the university libraries of Pakistan was also assessed...

... libraries. The article provides further insights on the following areas: •What are the levels of readiness of university libraries in Nigeria towards robotic technologies in terms of digital infrastructure, policy framework and human development for the adoption and use of robotics in the libraries? •What...

...Sania Awais; Kanwal Ameen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the salient factors in adoption of innovations in university libraries of Pakistan. The topic is important because academic libraries need to be innovative for meeting the new vision/mission of higher education. A previous...

... of one university library which has successful embedded workplace learning as a regular and accepted part of staff routines. Make room for staff to construct their own learning path about topics that are important to them, Find ways to allow different learning styles and ways to share learning...

... Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Developing countries University libraries Digital literacy Digital divide Libraries and COVID Pandemic Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been going through an unprecedented turbulence in all walks of life...

...Kwame Kodua-Ntim; Madeleine C. Fombad Purpose This article suggests strategies for the usage of open access institutional repositories (OAIR) at university libraries in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Pragmatism paradigm, mixed methods research approach and convergent parallel mixed method...

... was conducted in three main stages and its substeps were done as follows: University libraries Research libraries National Information System Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (Irandoc) Iran Improving libraries Academic libraries are considered among the most...

... with legislation. However, the few studies undertaken to date clearly show that university libraries do not have the same degree of transparency on their websites, or have not made the same effort as their parent organisations to reach this level. The general aim of this study was to analyse the level...

...Okeoghene Mayowa-Adebara; Rosaline Oluremi Opeke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of leadership style (LS) on employee commitment (EC) in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a survey research design...

...Sania Awais; Kanwal Ameen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status of innovations in the university libraries of Pakistan because desire for reshaping the university libraries is now the necessity for full filling the mission of higher education, i.e. to be competitive...

...Rebecca Mgunda Majinge; Stephen Mudogo Mutula Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implication of copyright on access to electronic and print information resources by people with visual impairments in university libraries. The paper examines the extent to which electronic and print...

...Priyanka Pradeep Wadekar; Shubhada Prashant Nagarkar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to know-how the university libraries are managing online databases, especially from the Maharashtra state of India. The focus is to study the difficulties and challenges faced by the university librarians...

... 2017 16 11 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The university libraries are members of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA), which is the national body for persons and institutions interested in library...

...Maryam Nakhoda; Samaneh Tajik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the factors influencing the resistance of the employees of Tehran University libraries to technological changes. Through achieving this aim, it attempts to provide a suitable understanding of these factors for the managers...

.... However, for further research, investigating more specific information about such or related topics, other methods/approaches should be used to investigate the potential role of the university library, as well as the other kinds of libraries, such as public and special libraries to combat terrorism...

... of university librarians and their level of skills? 16 03 2016 21 03 2016 14 06 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pakistan University libraries Academic libraries Competencies Competence Skills...

... 22 10 2016 05 11 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Unlearning University libraries Change management Knowledge stickiness Planned change Resistance to change Organizational change is a dynamic...

...Roberta Moraes de Bem; Christianne Coelho de Souza Reinisch Coelho; Gertrudes Aparecida Dandolini Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a knowledge management framework for university libraries (named GC@BU). The framework consists of three modules: knowledge management coordination...