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Direct linkCarren Mushi; Kelefa Mwantimwa; Evans Wema – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
This study has examined librarians' possession of information and communication technology (ICT) skills and knowledge that are requisite to practicing embedded librarianship in Tanzanian academic libraries. An exploratory cross-sectional design and qualitative and quantitative approaches have been employed by the study to collect data from 166…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology
Hassan Mallam Ibrahim; Kamsuriah Ahmad; Hasimi Sallehudin – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
As the need for digital content increases almost daily, preserving this content for university libraries, especially in the least developed and developing nations, becomes a challenge, resulting in the loss of this data. Even though most of these libraries are automated and adopt one digital preservation strategy or the other, library users need…
Descriptors: Preservation, Technology Uses in Education, Research Libraries, Internet
Download full textKaviev, Airat F.; Mamontova, Marina S. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the study is due to the intensive introduction of information technology to library activities. Active use of information technology has a significant impact on the professional development of a librarian. It requires a high level of information competence. The purpose of the paper is to present and describe an information…
Descriptors: Competence, Library Personnel, Professional Development, Foreign Countries
Ntui, Aniebiet Inyang; Inyang, Comfort Linus – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study investigated utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources and job effectiveness among library staff in the University of Calabar and Cross River University of Technology, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Automation, Research Libraries
Triumph, Therese F.; Beile, Penny M. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
The primary objective of the study was to describe the number, types and titles, requested qualifications and skills, salary information, and locations of positions advertised in 2011 on the ALA JobLIST and ARL Job Announcements websites and in the print version of the Chronicle of Higher Education for purposes of determining the current state of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Labor Market, Library Personnel, Content Analysis
Schaffner, Jennifer; Erway, Ricky – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2014
The digital humanities (DH) are attracting considerable attention and funding at the same time that this nascent field is striving for an identity. Some research libraries are making significant investments by creating digital humanities centers. However, questions about whether such investments are warranted persist across the cultural heritage…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Humanities, Technology Uses in Education, Librarians
England, Lenore – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2012
Welcome to the new "Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship" column entitled "ERM Ideas and Innovations," which will appear in each issue of JERL for the next 2 years, and possibly more, beginning with this issue. The overall focus of each column will be to introduce and expand ideas, discuss innovations, and ultimately encourage and foster…
Descriptors: Library Science, Innovation, Cooperation, Librarians
Todd, Ross J. – School Library Research, 2012
This paper presents selected key findings of the first phase of a multiphase research study commissioned by the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) in 2009 and undertaken by the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The overall research agenda seeks: (a) to…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Personnel, Technical Support
Impact of Using Information Technology in Central University Libraries in India: Results of a Survey
Peyala, Venkataramana – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the results of a research study conducted to assess the perceptions and opinions of 100 staff working in libraries on the impact of using IT on library housekeeping operations and information services, in eight central university libraries in India. Design/methodology/approach: Data gathering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Library Personnel
Miller, Kim A.; Swan, Deanne W.; Craig, Terri; Dorinski, Suzanne; Freeman, Michael; Isaac, Natasha; O'Shea, Patricia; Schilling, Peter; Scotto, Jennifer – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2011
The Public Libraries Survey (PLS) is a voluntary survey conducted annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS collects these data under the mandate in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 as stated in SEC. 210. The U.S. Census Bureau is the data collection agent for IMLS. The fiscal year (FY) 2009 survey is the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Data Analysis, Internet, Library Services
Shafi-Ullah, Farasat; Qutab, Saima – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to elaborate the library data migration process from LAMP (Library Automation Management Program) to the open source software Koha's (2.2.8 Windows based) Pakistani flavour PakLAG-Koha in six legislative assembly libraries of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: The paper explains different steps of the data migration…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Library Administration
Anwar, Mumtaz A.; Al-Qallaf, Charlene L.; Al-Kandari, Noriah M.; Al-Ansari, Husain A. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
The library environment has drastically changed since 1992 when Bostick's Library Anxiety Scale was developed. This project aimed to develop a scale specifically for undergraduate students. A three-stage study was conducted, using students of Kuwait University. A variety of statistical measures, including factor analysis, were used to process the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Library Personnel, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Williams, Kate – Library Quarterly, 2012
The informatics moment is the moment when a person seeks help in using some digital technology that is new to him or her. This article examines the informatics moment in people's everyday lives as they sought help at a branch public library. Four types of literacy were involved: basic literacy (reading and writing), computer literacy (use of a…
Descriptors: Library Services, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Social Capital
Diaz-Suarez, Damalin Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to determine the status of Puerto Rico's public libraries to new information technologies. Obtaining the views of library staff working in the same, characteristics and attitudes and knowledge in new information technologies needed to serve as information specialists in libraries. To know the opinion of the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Information Technology, Library Personnel, Attitudes
Weible, Cherie L., Ed.; Janke, Karen L., Ed. – ALA Editions, 2011
In their definitive new "Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook", editors Weible and Janke clearly explain the complexities of getting materials from outside the library for patrons. This collection presents a complete view of the interlibrary loan (ILL) process, with contributions from all areas of the technical services community, providing: (1)…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Copyrights, Library Services, Best Practices
