Journal articles: 'World libraries'

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Wernstedt, Irene J. "Third World Libraries." Serials Review 18, no. 3 (September 1992): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00987913.1992.10764097.

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Wernstedt, Irene J. "Third World Libraries." Serials Review 18, no. 3 (September 1992): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0098-7913(92)90109-a.

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Klare, Diane, Melissa Behney, and Barbara Ferrer Kenney. "Emotional intelligence in a stupid world." Library Hi Tech News 31, no. 6 (August 4, 2014): 21–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhtn-06-2014-0042.

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Purpose – The purpose of this article is to review the five emotional intelligence (EI) competencies as originally outlined by Daniel Goleman but within the context of academic libraries. EI skills can be more important to have than intellectual ability in creating effective organizations. Academic librarians, particularly those in leadership positions, need to be mindful of EI competencies to avoid miscommunication when working with colleagues. Used skillfully, EI has the ability to build more cohesive and stronger collaborations inside and outside the library. EI is just as important for early career librarians as it is for those in senior management positions. Design/methodology/approach – This article reviews the five EI competencies as originally outlined by Daniel Goleman but within the context of academic libraries. It focuses on empathy to demonstrate how its application in libraries can facilitate teamwork, engender better cooperation and strengthen an organization’s culture. Findings – Most library literature focuses on EI skills as related to senior-level positions. There is a need for researchers to explore the understanding of EI skills throughout the entire library structure, including how to screen for EI during the hiring process and develop EI skills among existing staff. Practical implications – Librarians will learn how hiring for EI competencies at all levels will benefit the work environment within academic libraries, as well as how to develop and improve their own EI skills using complementary techniques. Originality/value – Readers will increase their awareness of how EI can benefit them and their colleagues regardless of whether they have structural (formal) or informal leadership roles in academic libraries, as well as how it leads to professional and personal growth.

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Houston, Anne M. "From the President of RUSA: Revisiting Library as Place: Balancing Space Planning Priorities by Focusing on Core Purpose." Reference & User Services Quarterly 55, no. 2 (December 16, 2015): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.55n2.84.

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My library's new book shelf recently featured a striking new book edited by Manuela Roth, Library architecture + design,1 which includes color photos of new library spaces from around the world. I'm sure that other librarians share my enthusiasm about the design of library buildings and find pleasure in looking at library spaces while analyzing the design choices made in constructing new or reconstructing old libraries. We have a longstanding tradition of library spaces being beautiful as well as utilitarian, as evidenced by many websites featuring "most beautiful libraries in the world" (just Google this phrase for several Internet lists). We want libraries to fill our aesthetic desires perhaps because we spend so much time in them. Libraries are places to come and linger, and so we expect them to have spaces that are nice to look at as well as functional. The grand reading room is one manifestation of this, where users work intently at wood tables in a classically designed space, as is the colorful, happy children's room which conveys to children the joy of reading. In both cases, the design encourages the activity done in the room. For librarians, a successful space combines the beautiful with the functional: we enjoy architectural excellence but also seeing the choices made by architects and other librarians for how space will be utilized to meet user needs and fulfill the library's mission to its community.

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Law, Derek. "The world is our lobster." New Library World 115, no. 5/6 (May 6, 2014): 200–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-05-2014-0054.

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Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore the changing skill sets, operating environments and community engagement activities which can create a robust and valued future for libraries and librarians. It is easy to paint a doom-laden picture of the future of libraries against a background of library cuts, professional deskilling and the relentless advance of ever more powerful digital information systems. However, these self-same threats offer new challenges for information management. Design/methodology/approach – Personal view of the future based on current literature. Findings – It is better to seek forgiveness than permission. Seize the day. Research limitations/implications – Just one point of view among many. Practical implications – Librarians need to act. Social implications – The library can remain core to civilised societies. Originality/value – Others must judge that.

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Nurjanah, Yuni. "MEWUJUDKAN WORLD CLASS PROFESSIONALISM OF LIBRARIANS DI ERA LIBRARY MOBILE." Jurnal Pustaka Ilmiah 1, no. 1 (July 30, 2019): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/jpi.v1i1.33086.

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At the century, library has offered exceptional service via mobile web users. This concept refers to the components of the mobile web - Ellyssa Kroski: users, devices, operating systems, services, content. The device not only machines, including human resources (librarian). Course professional librarians, brave move on, becoming a greater. It leads to the aspect of librarian professionalism - Steers & Porter (1991) that professional librarians are not different from other professions. Its benchmarks 1) the skills, abilities, and knowledge; 2) psychological maturity. The professionalism of this century was also characterized by a global culture which is full of competition and fast-paced change. Not just the usual professionalism, but world-class professionalism that will enable us to dominate the Mobile Library and align us with other professional organizations worldwide. These has become the premise to realize a world class professionalism of librarians in the era of the mobile library. How to? These will be discussed in this article.Keywords: mobile web, web libraries, professional librarian

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De Sarkar, Tanmay. "Library in 3D virtual world: a critical review." VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems 49, no. 2 (May 13, 2019): 213–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/vjikms-07-2018-0059.

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Purpose The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of introducing a 3D environment in the library by reviewing current literature and to provide a good understanding of different purposes of using this immersive environment. Design/methodology/approach The present paper is a narrative account of libraries’ presence in the virtual world in combination with an overview of how libraries respond to the 3D environment. Relevant data for the review paper have been collected from library websites, books, journal articles, interview, etc. Findings The study found purposive involvement of libraries in this immersive environment which indicates that users use this exciting 3D medium to satisfy their information requirement. Research limitations/implications The paper basically considers publications containing observations of broader research community in the relevant field and contents in websites dealing with virtual world and outlines the major features as discussed in available documents. The review study infers that the implementation of 3D project in libraries requires a mindset for the specific approach, from the end of both librarians and users, together with involvement of funds. Therefore, a library may start with a beta project and observe the effectiveness from the users’ perspective before embarking on a full-fledged project. Originality/value With numerous examples, as evident from publications and websites, the current review study makes an attempt to improve the understanding of librarians towards informed selection of projected purposes to be integrated with the virtual world from library perspective. The study also presents different approaches of libraries motivating users in the virtual world that other libraries may follow while considering their 3D library project.

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Popp, Mary Pagliero. "Changing World, Changing Libraries." Reference & User Services Quarterly 52, no. 2 (December 1, 2012): 84–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.52n2.84.

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Gilmore, Alec. "Third World Theological Libraries." Expository Times 105, no. 8 (May 1994): 237–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001452469410500804.

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Friend, Frederick J. "Libraries of One World." Collection Management 24, no. 3-4 (September 1999): 281–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j105v24n03_06.

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Frye, Julie Marie, Sarah Carter, Ashley Hosbach, and Leanne Nay. "Continuing a love affair after a separation: Ways to promote books for World Book and Copyright Day." College & Research Libraries News 81, no. 10 (November 6, 2020): 502. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.10.502.

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Perhaps for the first time since the founding of American libraries, most librarians were divorced from their physical collections as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although college and research libraries are negotiating various service models, including remote, hybrid, and online, librarians continue to serve their communities while access to physical spaces and materials is limited. While some suggest that libraries are better positioned to provide virtual services than ever before, communities continue to ask for physical books.

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Skowronek, Dolores, and Larry Duerr. "The convenience of nonprobability: Survey strategies for small academic libraries." College & Research Libraries News 70, no. 7 (July 1, 2009): 412–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.70.7.8221.

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Recent research on how college students use libraries has raised some interesting questions for academic librarians. Data from the report “College Students’ Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: A Report to the OCLC Membership” illuminates how college students from around the world view libraries and what they want from libraries. Asked to increasingly justify their relevance on campus, academic libraries need to decide what services and resources to offer to students, both in person and virtually. Librarians face choices of providing students with what they want and what librarians and faculty think they need. The OCLC report drives home the . . .

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Tiurkedzhy, N. "Assistive technologies in the library: world research trends." Visnyk of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, no. 59 (July 16, 2021): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31516/2410-5333.059.06.

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Scientific topicality. Use of the digital technologies and devices that are designed and adapted for people with special needs removes physical and mental barriers. This allows them better integrate into society and be more financially independent. National Strategy for Space without Barriers is being developed in Ukraine now. Therefore, the study of global trends in this area is relevant. The purpose of the article is to analyze the latest researches on the implementation of assistive technologies in libraries and identify trends in theoretical and practical achievements in the world. Presentation of main material. After analyzing the articles of leading librarians, the main aspects for research by scientists were highlighted: Development of general requirements, criteria and approaches for government programs for the introduction of assistive technologies and ensuring access without barriers. Studying the activities of university libraries in the process of using assistive technologies. The use of assistive technology in public libraries. Research on assistive technologies in library sites — the extent to which libraries are technically accessible for remote service and user education, including the one for people with special needs. Research on the necessity and effectiveness of the use of assistive technologies among users with special needs in libraries using the method of interviewing. Findings. The analysis of publications shows that the attention of scientists is directed to finding solutions for the availability of libraries through the introduction of assistive technologies. Practical significance. The selection and analysis of foreign publications will help in the selection of techniques, methods and tools for the implementation of assistive technologies in the libraries of our country.

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Robb, George. "Propaganda, Censorship, and Book Drives: The Newark Public Library in World War I." New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 5, no. 1 (January 24, 2019): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.14713/njs.v5i1.150.

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This article examines the activities of the Newark Public Library during World War I as a means of highlighting the significant role American libraries played in promoting the nation’s war effort. During the war public libraries were usually the most important information centers in their communities. They distributed books, pamphlets, and posters in support of a wide range of government initiatives, they organized war-related exhibits and classes, and they collected vast amounts of reading material for libraries at military camps. Newark’s chief librarians, John Cotton Dana and Beatrice Winser, oversaw many such patriotic initiatives, but they also became involved in more controversial campaigns to employ women librarians at military camps and to resist wartime calls for censorship of unpatriotic literature.

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Battles, Matthew, Adrian Alexander, and Paul Moeller. "The Role of Libraries in the World, Role of the World in Libraries." Serials Librarian 48, no. 1-2 (May 23, 2005): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j123v48n01_05.

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Manoharrao, Shinde Mahadu, Madhav Raghunathrao Patil, and Munjewar Subhadra Amrat. "Role of Librarian in Electronic Libraries." Oriental journal of computer science and technology 14, no. 010203 (February 28, 2022): 41–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojcst14.010203.05.

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The term information electronic library it’s need and importance and takes a stock of some notable efforts being made to initiate information electronic library activities in different parts the world. The aim of electronic library is to explorer and to collect useful knowledge over above faster coping. Search and to distribute. So present paper discuses in electronic library services. It’s meaning, feature, feature, roll of librarians, services of e-libraries, advantages, disadvantages, and objective etc..

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Aronson, Yaakov. "Epistle from Israel (2000)." Judaica Librarianship 10, no. 1 (May 1, 2000): 41–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.14263/2330-2976.1152.

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Activities of the Judaica Librarians' Group, the Jewish National aחd Uחiversity Library, and other Judaica libraries in Israel during 1995–1996 are surveyed. Also, lsraeli World Wide Web sites with important information for Judaica librarians, and new Judaica publications of special importance to libraries are described .

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Kyerewaa Barfi, Faustina. "Resource Sharing among Polytechnic Libraries in Ghana." International Journal of Technology and Management Research 1, no. 1 (March 12, 2020): 33–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.47127/ijtmr.v1i1.9.

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The paper presents a synthesis on resource sharing among polytechnic libraries in Ghana. It explores how resource sharing would provide opportunities for the consolidation of strengths and minimize weakness among the polytechnic libraries. The main objective of resource sharing is to maximise the availability of materials and services and to minimize expenses and duplication. The paper further exposed some of the factors which make resource sharing imperative among the polytechnic libraries. These concerns include the proliferation of knowledge on the World Wide Web, issues of distance education, open access and instruction service. It also highlighted some of the resources that could be shared among the polytechnic libraries which include personnel, electronic service, tools, professional activities, policies, etc. Finally techniques that would foster resource sharing activities among the polytechnic libraries were discussed and these include communication, increase in the use of information communication technology, resource mobilisation and capacity building on the part of librarians. Keywords: Co-operation; Information sharing; Consortia formation; Academic libraries networking.

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Babuprasad, K. C. "Impact of library automation services in govt. first grade college libraries in Kolar district: A survey." IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology 6, no. 2 (February 15, 2022): 88–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.ijlsit.2021.019.

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To investigate the impact of Library automation services in Govt. First grade college libraries in kolar district. The investigators used a questionnaire and interviews. They chose samples on the basis of a stratified sampling method and administered the questionnaire according to a random method for collecting the data. In this study revealed that 7 of 8 libraries are completely automated. Seventy per cent of librarians believe that automation has improved their library’s services, while 85 per cent of users believe that an automated library system is better than the traditional manual system. Of the eight libraries, one library has a shortage of general staff to deal with automation services. The investigators could only select all the institutions for his study. Although so many studies of the same kind have already been conducted on library automation services in different areas of world, this paper revealed the current status of library automation services in Govt. First grade college libraries in kolar district.

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Abram, Stephen. "Technoschism: the real world and libraries, librarians and our associations." Library Management 27, no. 1/2 (January 2006): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435120610647910.

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Alabi, Adefunke O., and Stephen M. Mutula. "Digital inclusion for visually impaired students through assistive technologies in academic libraries." Library Hi Tech News 37, no. 2 (February 12, 2020): 14–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhtn-11-2019-0081.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the state-of-the-art assistive technologies (ATs) developed for people living with visual disability and those that are used in academic libraries around the world as a way of proffering solution to the challenges faced by visually impaired students in accessing information. Design/methodology/approach The data used for this paper were derived from website of companies that specialize in ATs for people living with disability and the library website of the top 14 universities in the world based on the 2020 QS world ranking of universities. Findings This study found that foremost academic libraries in the UK and the USA have integrated various ATs into library services as information access mechanism for students living with visual impairment. The study found that the most commonly used screen reader software is the Job Access With Speech (JAWS). The study also found that one of the institutions has a mission statement on their website, clearly stating support for people living with disability. Research limitations/implications This study was conducted using only the 2020 QS world ranking of universities. It would be interesting to see results of academic libraries from Africa based on their ranking. Practical implications The paper provides highlights on trends that may inform academic libraries in the quest to providing ATs for students living with visual impairments. This paper may assist academics libraries who are at the brink of decision-making on use of ATs as information access mechanism to the visually impaired students. Originality/value This paper is the first to provide librarians with ideas and innovations on specific ATs used by leading academic libraries in the world.

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Stanton, Maria. "Libraries in the Majority World." ANZTLA EJournal, no. 23 (December 6, 2019): 79–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.31046/anztla.v0i23.1665.

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Zarifeh, Margaret. "Libraries of the ancient world." ANZTLA EJournal, no. 40 (May 14, 2019): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.31046/anztla.v0i40.1426.

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Pleshkevich, E. "This Amazing World of Libraries." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science] 65, no. 3 (January 1, 2016): 352–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2016-65-3-352-357.

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Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, and Lionel Casson. "Libraries in the Ancient World." Sixteenth Century Journal 33, no. 4 (2002): 1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4144226.

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Pfaff, Richard W. "Libraries in the Ancient World." History: Reviews of New Books 29, no. 4 (January 2001): 181–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2001.10527863.

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Halsey, Katie. "Libraries in the Atlantic World." Early American Literature 49, no. 3 (2014): 835–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/eal.2014.0048.

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Gee, David. "Laying the Foundations for Law Library Co-operation around the world." Legal Information Management 3, no. 3-4 (2003): 201–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1472669600002164.

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In October 2002 I was lucky enough to spend three stimulating days at the New York University Law School Library participating in the annual Legal Information Transfer Network workshop. The Legal Information Transfer Network (ITN) is funded by a generous grant from The Starr Foundation (established in 1955 by insurance entrepreneur Cornelius Van der Starr) and is headed by the dynamic Director of the NYU Law School Library, Professor Kathie Price. ITN aims to establish a global network of prestigious law libraries which ultimately can offer a 24/7 virtual reference service, both to its own partner libraries in the developed world and to academic legal communities in less developed countries. Previous annual workshops in such cities as Lausanne in Switzerland have given senior librarians from ITN partner libraries the opportunity to meet and make progress on issues such as providing a global virtual reference desk, sharing database access across the libraries, developing interactive legal research guides, and creating imaginative training programmes for local law librarians in China and Southern Africa (http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/itn). Between workshops the exchange of ideas is continued by email discussion. Currently the list of law library partners includes New York University, Washington University in Seattle, Toronto University in Canada, IALS Library in the UK, the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Tilburg University in the Netherlands, Konstanz University in Germany, Cape Town University in South Africa, Melbourne University in Australia, Yerevan State University in Armenia, and Tsinghua University in China.

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Matarazzo, James M., and Toby Pearlstein. "Corporate Libraries: Bellwether of Change for the Library World at Large." Biblioteca Universitaria 18, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/dgb.0187750xp.2015.1.82.

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In this article, the authors argue that the lessons learned from the increasing closures of corporate li- braries that began in the 1980s can be applied to the wider library community. These closures have accelerated since the 1990s due to corporate cost cutting measures and the ever increasing availability of internet services that bypass the information professional. Above all, the authors argue that corporate librarians have often failed to align their services to the priorities of the companies they serve. This has resulted in their institutional marginalization and the eventual closure of the library. The authors make the case that, among other types of libraries, the sacrosanct place of the academic library at the center of the university is not guaranteed. The information era with its vast digital resources has and will under- mine the physical assets of traditional libraries as well as the customary role of librarians who staff them. Academic librarians will increasingly be expected to show administrators that their services are aligned to their institution’s strategic priorities and that their libraries are providing added value to its customers, namely, the students, faculty and staff of their college or university. If they do not do so, they very well may face, in the not so distant future, what may now seem unimaginable –the reduction or closure of the academic library in favor of customer-accessed digital information services.

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Nwankwo, Tochukwu Victor, Chika Patricia Ike, and Chinedu Obinna Anozie. "Mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria for improved research and scholarly publications." Library Management 38, no. 8/9 (November 14, 2017): 455–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-11-2016-0083.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria so as to improve their research and scholarly publications. Design/methodology/approach The study confined its scope to 135 librarians in the five different federal universities in South East Nigeria. In all, 100 (80 percent) of the librarians were sampled. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire which contained 30 items derived from the research questions. The descriptive survey research design was used as research method. Librarians were grouped into young librarians (assistant librarian and librarian II) and higher librarians (librarian I, senior librarian, principal librarian, deputy university librarian and university librarian); for a comprehensive analysis of the study. Findings The findings of the study among others reveals that young librarians are a bit knowledgeable and conversant about the term “mentoring” but not equitable when compared to that of other higher librarians in matters of scholarly publication. Also there is evidence of mentoring in place in these libraries for boosting the research prowess of librarians, but in an informal form. The librarians believed that most times the mentee’s inability to open up during interaction, and unconstructive criticisms from mentors to their mentees; are serious challenges to successful mentoring for improved scholarly publications. Originality/value Research studies focusing on mentoring young librarians on research and scholarly publications in Nigeria, are rare. Furthermore, librarians are not conversant with the concept of mentoring and which mentoring practices and programs are currently in place in their libraries to boost their research prowess. Also, adopting a mentor and what to expect from both mentors and mentees concerning research publications are salient areas explored in the work. This study will raise important issues that relate to research publications of both librarians and other academic researchers especially in this research impact-factor driven world of ours.

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Pacey, Philip. "‘A grapevine round the world’: the development, through 25 years, of the international role of ARLIS/UK & Ireland." Art Libraries Journal 19, no. 3 (1994): 55–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200008956.

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Between 1969 and 1979, while it was establishing itself, ARLIS attracted the attention of art librarians in other countries, publicised and encouraged their activities, and in particular developed a close relationship with the new ARLIS/NA (ARLIS/North America). This phase culminated, in 1976, in the launch of the Art Libraries Journal, and in the organisation of an international conference at Brighton which inaugurated a new era of collaboration between art librarians around the world, initial plans for an ‘ARLIS International’ being put aside in favour of working within the framework of IFLA. ARLIS subsequently participated in the activities of the IFLA Round Table of Art Librarians and its successor, the IFLA Section of Art Libraries. More recently, ARLIS responded to the growth of an international community of art librarians by changing its name to ARLIS/UK & Eire (and later to ARLIS/UK & Ireland) and by relaunching the Art Libraries Journal; the winding up of its International Committee, far from representing a decline in the Society’s international activities, was a logical consequence of the fact that an international outlook had come to pervade virtually all of its work. ARLIS/UK & Eire hosted the IFLA Section of Art Libraries Pre-Conference at Brighton in 1987, and the Section’s Fourth European Conference, at Oxford, in 1992. While international activities may sometimes seem remote from the day-to-day work of art libraries, most British art librarians probably do now recognise the value of’a grapevine round the world’; furthermore, by ‘acting locally’ we are all helping to build the larger world of art librarianship.

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Pshenichnaya, E. V. "Spanish libraries in COVID-19 pandemic period." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 3 (September 17, 2020): 90–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2020-3-90-93.

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This article discusses the effective operations of Spanish libraries in association with the Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivist, Librarians, Documentarists and Museologists (FESABID) and the information resources, provided by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) to support libraries around the world during the pandemic. The author highlights the role of Spanish librarians in their struggle with fake news, which constitute a menace for Spanish citizens’ life and safety. The article evaluates the “eBiblio” online loan service’ work experience, launched by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain in collaboration with Spanish libraries in 2002. The article considers the information specialists’ experience in the development of the State Protocol of the Ministry of Health in Spain regarding the libraries reopening after the pandemic. The article considers the IFLA Library Map of the World as the main tool for getting reliable library statistics in pandemic. The author attempts to comprehend the role of a library as an institution of culture in the post-pandemic era.

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Puspita, Fitka Ayu, and Bachrul Ilmi. "Peran Teknologi Informasi dalam Layanan Online Perpustakaan Masa Pandemi Covid-19." Jurnal Pustaka Ilmiah 8, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/jpi.v8i1.57510.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has attacked various levels of society from all parts of the world, including Indonesia. Many of the people affected by Covid-19 have begun to adapt to the new situation in various ways. Libraries as sources of information are required to adapt to the needs of their users. The author uses literature studies or literature reviews in compiling this paper. The role of technology in the pandemic period provides convenience in using the library. Librarians adapt services online: consulting services, digital source tracing services, plagiarism checking services, and building digital libraries. The role of technology in libraries in providing services during the Covid-19 pandemic requires librarian skills in understanding the tools used. Media Zoom, GMeet, WhatsApp, Youtube, Instagram, library websites are indispensable in disseminating information. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the role of information technology, especially from online services in libraries, in order to meet the information needs of users. The results of this paper can be concluded that libraries have an important role in disseminating information through the role of technology during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Adams Jr, Richard Manly. "Overcoming disintermediation: a call for librarians to learn to use web service APIs." Library Hi Tech 36, no. 1 (March 19, 2018): 180–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-03-2017-0056.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that academic librarians must learn to use web service APIs and to introduce APIs to a non-technical audience. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a viewpoint that argues for the importance of APIs by identifying the shifting paradigms of libraries in the digital age. Showing that the primary function of librarians will be to share and curate digital content, the paper shows that APIs empower a librarian to do that. Findings The implementation of web service APIs is within the reach of librarians who are not trained as software developers. Online documentation and free courses offer sufficient training for librarians to learn these new ways of sharing and curating digital content. Research limitations/implications The argument of this paper depends upon an assumption of a shift in the paradigm of libraries away from collections of materials to access points of information. The need for libraries to learn APIs depends upon a new role for librarians that anecdotal evidence supports is rising. Practical implications By learning a few technical skills, librarians can help patrons find relevant information within a world of proliferating information sources. Originality/value The literature on APIs is highly technical and overwhelming for those without training in software development. This paper translates technical language for those who have not programmed before.

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Wilms, Lotte. "Digital Humanities in European Research Libraries." LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries 31, no. 1 (April 26, 2021): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/lq.10351.

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Libraries are increasingly becoming involved in digital humanities research beyond the offering of digital collections. This article examines how libraries in Europe deal with this shift in activities and how they compare with libraries in other parts of the world. This article builds on the results of surveys conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the United States and the United Kingdom, and compares them with a survey conducted in Europe. We found that European libraries are mostly active in research supporting activities, such as digitisation and storage, while US libraries often include analysis in their activities. Funding comes from the library’s main budget and non-structural funding in a variety of forms. Staff working in DH roles has a diverse range of titles, with various forms of librarians being the most used. Analytical staff such as GIS specialists are only found in the US survey. All surveyed libraries agree that the biggest skill gap amongst their staff is in technical skills. When looking towards the future, European libraries see the role of digital humanities (or digital scholarship) within the library grow and are making plans to facilitate this change within their organisation by positioning themselves as an attractive research partner, by opening and increasing their digital collections and by improving the internal workings of the library.

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Kamen, Ruth. "Viewpoint." Art Libraries Journal 26, no. 2 (2001): 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200012104.

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Architecture, the focus of this issue, is held to be the ‘mother of the arts’. It is also referred to as the ‘queen of the decorative arts’. But in the family of art libraries and art librarianship, architecture is often a neglected stepchild. So I welcome the invitation extended in this issue of the Art Libraries Journal to the ‘Cinderella of the arts’, and hope that her appearance at the art ball will extend beyond midnight.Over the past quarter of a century or so that I have been an architectural librarian, I have sometimes wondered why architecture libraries are isolated from their sister libraries in the world of art and design, and why architecture libraries and librarians feel the need to separate themselves from their art and design siblings. Is it because the art community is uncomfortable with architecture? If so, is this because architecture is outside the mainstream of art education or art history teaching? Or is it because architecture libraries are generally part of professional institutes, schools of architecture or architectural firms, whose concerns and affiliations may have more in common with the engineering sciences (civil, structural, materials, environmental), the building and construction industries, urban and landscape design, town and country planning, and estate, project and business management, than with the more scholarly and historical focus of art libraries in museums and universities?

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Schwartz, Cecilia. "Worlding the Library: Language, Nationality and Translation in Two Multilingual Libraries." Comparative Critical Studies 16, no. 1 (February 2019): 31–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2019.0309.

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Drawing on Venkat Mani's concept of bibliomigrancy, and his suggestion to interconnect the study of libraries with the study of world literature, this article analyses two libraries with an explicit multilingual profile: The Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy and the International Library, both located in Stockholm. The primary aim is to examine the agency of these libraries in the construction of world literature, i.e. how foreign works are amassed and arranged with respect to nationality and language. The study begins with a comparison of the two libraries in terms of accessibility, users and acquisition policies. Special attention is then given to the arrangement of their online catalogues of literature from the perspective of nationality, translation and, in particular, language. The most frequent languages of each library's holdings are compared to their linguistic capital both in the global language hierarchy and specifically in Sweden, as well as to their literary capital. These comparisons reveal substantial differences between the libraries and call into question certain assumptions about the impact of location on the construction of world literature.

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Murphy, Sarah Anne. "A non-programmers guide to enhancing and making sense of EZ Proxy logs." Performance Measurement and Metrics 20, no. 3 (November 11, 2019): 186–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pmm-08-2019-0034.

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Purpose Libraries throughout the world use OCLC’s EZproxy software to manage access to e-resources. When cleaned, processed, visualized and enhanced, these logs paint a valuable picture of a library’s impact on researcher’s lives. The purpose of this paper is to share techniques and procedures for enhancing and de-identifying EZproxy logs using Tableau, a data analytics and visualization software, and Tableau Prep, a tool used for cleaning, combining and shaping data for analysis. Design/methodology/approach In February 2018, The Ohio State University Libraries established an automated daily process to extract and clean EZproxy log files. The assessment librarian created a series of procedures in Tableau and Tableau Prep to union, parse and enhance these files by adding information such as user major, user status (faculty, graduate or undergraduate) and the title of the requested resource. She last stripped the data set of identifiers and applied best practices for maintaining confidentiality to visualize the data. Findings The data set is currently 1.5m rows and growing. The visualizations may be filtered by date, user status and user department/major where applicable. Safeguards are in place to limit data presentation when filters might reveal a user’s identity. Originality/value Tableau used in concert with Tableau Prep allows an assessment librarian to clean and combine data from various sources. Once procedures for cleaning and combining data sources are established, the data driving visualizations can be set to refresh on a set schedule. This expedites the ability of librarians to derive actionable insights from EZproxy data and to share the library’s positive impact on researcher’s lives.

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Mulhern, Edith. "Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World, 1066–1272." Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 6, no. 2 (September 1, 2022): 377–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/libraries.6.2.0377.

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Buitrago Ciro, Jairo, and Lynne Bowker. "Investigating academic library responses to predatory publishing in the United States, Canada and Spanish-speaking Latin America." Aslib Journal of Information Management 72, no. 4 (July 6, 2020): 625–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajim-03-2020-0089.

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PurposeThis is a comparative investigation of how university libraries in the United States, Canada and Spanish-speaking Latin America are responding to predatory publishing.Design/methodology/approachThe Times Higher Education World University Rankings was used to identify the top ten universities from each of the US and Canada, as well as the top 20 Spanish-language universities in Latin America. Each university library's website was scrutinized to discover whether the libraries employed scholarly communication librarians, whether they offered scholarly communication workshops, or whether they shared information about scholarly communication on their websites. This information was further examined to determine if it discussed predatory publishing specifically.FindingsMost libraries in the US/Canada sample employ scholarly communication librarians and nearly half offer workshops on predatory publishing. No library in the Latin America sample employed a scholarly communication specialist and just one offered a workshop addressing predatory publishing. The websites of the libraries in the US and Canada addressed predatory publishing both indirectly and directly, with US libraries favoring the former approach and Canadian libraries tending towards the latter. Predatory publishing was rarely addressed directly by the libraries in the Latin America sample; however, all discussed self-archiving and/or Open Access.Research limitations/implicationsBrazilian universities were excluded owing to the researchers' language limitations. Data were collected between September 15 and 30, 2019, so it represents a snapshot of information available at that time. The study was limited to an analysis of library websites using a fixed set of keywords, and it did not investigate whether other campus units were involved or whether other methods of informing researchers about predatory publishing were being used.Originality/valueThe study reveals some best practices leading to recommendations to help academic libraries combat predatory publishing and improve scholarly publishing literacy among researchers.

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Kurzman, Charles, and John D. Martin. "The hidden heritage of Arab libraries: Online catalogs and institutional barriers to discoverability." IFLA Journal 44, no. 4 (July 23, 2018): 300–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035218785189.

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Advances in technology have made access to information about library holdings a seemingly universal feature of interaction with modern libraries. However, this type of access does not exist evenly throughout the world. There is a vast “hidden heritage” contained in Arab libraries without online public access catalogs. This article reports and summarizes findings from research conducted as part of a year-long investigation into international library collaboration in Arab libraries. The research included: (a) a survey of online presence for Arab libraries, (b) a survey of Arab librarians, and (c) focused panel discussions with Arab librarians and library scholars. This study finds that the relatively small online presence of libraries cannot be explained by material factors alone: institutional factors also play an important role in keeping information about library collections offline.

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Harris, Gordon. "Political Instability and the Information World in Uganda." African Research & Documentation 37 (1985): 42–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x0000786x.

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In 1983 I was asked if I would like to assist the Librarian of Bishop Tucker College in Uganda in the classifying of his stock by the Dewey Decimal scheme. I was rather intrigued by the project. I had taught in Uganda in the late 60s and was keen to see the country again. The profound changes effected during the seventies stimulated me to consider research into the effect of such changes on a national information system.Development of Libraries was mooted in various post-war development plans, and some were set up in the late 1940s and 1950s in district commissioners’ offices and community centres under the aegis of the East African Literature Bureau. A systematic national library development plan was formulated by Sidney Hockey in 1960 and in 1964 legislation created a Public Libraries Board to maintain a service.

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Duke, Lynda M., Jean B. MacDonald, and Carrie S. Trimble. "Collaboration between Marketing Students and the Library: An Experiential Learning Project to Promote Reference Services." College & Research Libraries 70, no. 2 (March 1, 2009): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/0700109.

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As with most academic libraries, declining reference transactions has been a concern at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Ames Library. After grappling with the problem unsuccessfully, librarians sought input from students on how to address this issue. Collaborating with a professor in the Business Administration Department, a two-class series focusing on real-world marketing issues took on the challenge of how best to promote reference services to students. Student-generated surveys and marketing ideas proved useful for making changes to the library’s reference services and for publicizing the service, resulting in an increase in reference transactions between students and librarians.

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Born, Christian, Maria Henkel, and Agnes Mainka. "How Public Libraries are Keeping Pace with the Times: Core Services of Libraries in Informational World Cities." Libri 68, no. 3 (September 25, 2018): 181–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libri-2017-0029.

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Abstract In a survey of 31 informational world cities, we investigate the state of the art public library core services. For this study, we applied the core service catalog developed by (Mainka, A., S. Hartmann, L. Orszullok, I. Peters, A. Stallmann, and W. G. Stock. 2013. “Public Libraries in the Knowledge Society: Core Services of Libraries in Informational World Cities.” Libri 63 (4): 295–319. 10.1515/libri-2013-0024), counted the services offered by the libraries and compared findings with the results from 2013, allowing us to calculate a score for each library and rank them accordingly. An overall improvement of the range of services was observed, with North American libraries taking the top three positions in the ranking. To get a clearer picture of the challenges facing libraries today, personal interviews were also conducted with (chief) librarians, especially concerning developments such as maker spaces, increasing demand for information literacy instruction and the changing role of physical library space. The results presented in this paper highlight best practice examples of library services in prototypical cities of the knowledge society.

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Whittaker, Mary Silva. "Hernando Colón’s New World of Books: Toward a Cartography of Knowledge." Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 7, no. 1 (March 2023): 102–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/libraries.7.1.0102.

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Neshcheret, Marina Y. "Development of Libraries of the Future: Bank of Ideas of the IFLA “Global Vision” Project." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 69, no. 4 (November 6, 2020): 409–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2020-69-4-409-415.

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The article presents an overview of the Bank of ideas of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), created in the course of implementation of the “Global Vision” project (2017—2018). The Bank of ideas is designed to host innovative proposals in order to strengthen the influence of libraries around the world. With its help, librarians share their experience and best practices. Everyone can contribute to the formation of collective concept for the development of libraries of the future. Over two years of its existence, more than 30 thousand specialists from 190 countries of the world took part in its formation. The paper emphasizes the importance of this project for the implementation of the IFLA Strategy 2019—2024. The author highlights the priorities of innovative activity of librarians in the following areas: ensuring equal and free access to information and knowledge; supporting of reading and information literacy; meeting the information needs of society; applying digital innovations in libraries; protecting the interests of libraries at the national and regional levels; attracting to decision-making the young professionals who are dedicated to their work and striving for leadership. The author focuses primarily on ideas that may be of practical interest to domestic library specialists. The article marks the role of the Russian library community in the formation of ideas for the development of libraries and implementation of the IFLA “Global Vision” project. The ideas collected through the initiative of librarians around the world should take the form of actions to make the Global Vision a reality. The Bank of ideas is a source of inspiration for strategic and day-to-day librarians’ activities aimed at creating strong and unified library community.

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Scott, Randall W. "Comics and Libraries and Scholarly World." Popular Culture in Libraries 1, no. 1 (December 18, 1992): 81–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j117v01n01_08.

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Nieuwenhuysen, Paul, and Patrick Vanouplines. "Libraries and the World Wide Web." Electronic Library 15, no. 2 (February 1997): 79–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb045538.

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Du Toit, Jaqueline S. "Libraries in the Ancient World (review)." Libraries & the Cultural Record 37, no. 2 (2002): 186–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lac.2002.0022.

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Jones, Plummer Alston. "Libraries in the Ancient World (review)." portal: Libraries and the Academy 2, no. 2 (2002): 337–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pla.2002.0034.

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