Collection development of electronic information resources in Turkish university libraries☆

The effects of electronic access to scientific literature in the consortium of Turkish university libraries

Purpose: To provide some insight to the sharp increase in the scientific publications originating from Turkish academic and research institutions in the last few years. The underlying reasons, widespread access to literature through electronic databases being the most important, are also investigated. Design/methodology/approach: Although it is difficult to gauge national scientific productivit...

Information-Seeking Process of Shahid Chamran University Graduate Students and Their Use of Electronic, Print, and Human Information Resources

Background and Aim: This study attempted to investigate the information-seeking process of Shahid Chamran University postgraduate students, and how they use various information sources. The research also investigated he role of demographic characteristics in students' information-seeking process, as well as the problems and barriers they encounter in the process. Method: The population of the s...

Information Technology & Social Role of Users in Collection Development of Library and Information Centers

The process of collection development, collection generating and obtaining information is of basic debates in libraries and information centers which a lot of articles have been written about the methods of collection development of information as well as the application of information technology, accordingly, to this day. This article, as opposed to other articles, which are about the prevaili...

" Libraries , metadata and preservation of electronic resources "

a suitable pattern for collection development based on a comparison between collection development processes in the libraries of isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences

introduction: collection development is a process to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the collection of a library based on the needs of the users which plays an important role in the of information systems management. the present research aimed to compare the process of collection development in the libraries of isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences to recognize ...