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Faizan Irfana; Muhammad Rafiq; Khalid Mahmood – Education for Information, 2024
The primary goal of this study was to identify gaps in curriculum coverage and required skills for research support services (RSS) in university libraries in the Punjab province of Pakistan. A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used to meet its objective. To collect data for the quantitative strand, across-sectional survey with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development
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Azeem Akbar; Abdul Jabbar; Qurat UI Ain Saleem; Murtaza Ashiq – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has considerably increased among students, including students with vision impairment (SVI). There has been limited work on the information and digital needs of people with disabilities, particularly SVI who were studying for their masters or MPhil and were involved in research activities…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Access to Information, Students with Disabilities
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Mansoor, Faiqa; Arshad, Alia; Usmani, Muhammad Haroon – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
An unfair division of resources and biased treatment favoring the ruling elites have perpetuated social discrimination in the postcolonial societies in developing countries. Pakistan, one of these countries, has struggled to emerge from the legacies of colonialism. The situation demands strong support of equality, social justice, and the rule of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Social Justice, Universities
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Iqal, Sohail; Idrees, Haroon – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the current practices of information literacy instruction in the libraries of universities in Pakistan. The research method consisted of a quantitative approach using a structured questionnaire for empirical data collection, which was sent to the universities and degree awarding institutions recognised by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
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Shoaib, Muhammad; Rasool, Shamshad; Anwar, Behzad; Ali, Rustum – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2023
This article intends to examine academic library resources and research support services for English teachers at higher education institutions. A sample of 318 English teachers from the public sector universities has been selected through the proportionate random sampling technique. A cross-sectional survey has been conducted to collect data using…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Library Materials, English (Second Language)
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Nawazish, Mehwish; Batool, Syeda Hina – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2022
Modern and fast ways of information reproduction affect the social norms and moral responsibilities of citizens. Nowadays libraries are continuously facing the problem of maintaining the balance between providing information access and whilst also protecting authors' rights. The recent and emerging phenomenon of misinformation and disinformation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Information Scientists
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Arshad, Alia; Mansoor, Faiqa; Mahmood, Khalid – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
This study investigated students' use of the central library of the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, including the effect of various demographic and academic characteristics on the utilization of library services. The study also examined library users' methods of finding information sources and their perceived importance of the…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Graduate Students
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Muhammad Tufail Khan; Muhammad Rafiq; Muhammad Arif – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Purpose: The research on social media adoption and use is on the rise in Pakistan. However, researchers did not focus on investigating the risks associated with social media use for library services. So, this study examines perceived risks of library services through social media in the university libraries of Pakistan. Also, suggest possible…
Descriptors: Risk, Social Media, Academic Libraries, Colleges
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Ullah, Hazir; Shoaib, Muhammad; Ali, Nusrat; Ullah, Raza – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2022
This article attempted to evaluate digital research support services in the context of higher education institutions in Pakistan during COVID-19. Researchers opted quantitative study design to conduct an online survey. A well-structured questionnaire was sent to 6200 university students through an email address. A total of 3122 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Ashiq, Murtaza; Rehman, Shafiq Ur; Rafiq, Sadaf; Tariq, Muhammad – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Women library professionals are greatly underrepresented in key leadership positions, especially in the developing countries. This study explored the women academic library leadership in Pakistan and investigated the major challenges faced by women leaders during their ascending to the top, the key indicator of their success, as well as the…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Leadership
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Qayyum Ch., Abdul; Hina, Quratul Ain; Abid, Uzma – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2017
The study was aimed to explore the problems and issues faced by the students of University of the Punjab, regarding library usage. A survey research method and random sampling technique was used to collect data from the students. The instrument consisted of twenty closed ended questions containing three factors, i.e., i) Library staff services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, College Students, Library Services
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Qurat Ul Ain Saleem; Kanwal Ameen – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of female employees regarding workplace empowerment. The study also emphasized the alleged advantages of employee empowerment in the workplace and pinpointed the barriers to empowerment. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on qualitative data collected, through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Employee Attitudes, Academic Libraries
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Rahoo, Liaquat Ali; Nagar, Muhammad Ali Khan; Bhutto, Arabella – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The research examined the use of Information Retrieval Tools (IRTs) by the post graduate students of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. The research used descriptive survey and was carried out over a period of six months between August 2016 and January, 2017. The sample size comprise of 2,000 postgraduate students which were randomly…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Bashir, Rukhsana; Fatima, Ghulam; Malik, Misbah; Younus, Muhammad; Ali, Irfan – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2017
The main objective of this study was to identify the library resources available for persons with special needs in the libraries of public and private sector universities of Lahore, Punjab province. The sample of the study included 23 librarians working in the libraries of different departments which were selected through simple random sampling…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Khan, Amjid; Ahmed, Shamshad; Masrek, Mohamad Noorman – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2014
The study aims to explore the researchers' satisfaction with digital library resources and services and how they improved the research culture in Pakistani universities. A descriptive survey method was employed to achieve objectives of this study. Using stratified random sampling, for this survey we selected 14 public sector universities of Khyber…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Information Sources, Researchers
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