The Wild-Card Academic Library in 2013

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

The Importance of “Wild Card” Scenarios

Taming The Wild Card for Mobile Payment

Mobile wallets promise to allow people to easily manage their accounts and to carry less cards. However, the slow adoption of contactless point of sales (POS) terminals by merchants limits the potential of Near-Field Communication (NFC) based payment devices. In this paper, we discuss Wild Card, a secure and backward compatible way to make mobile payment through conventional magnetic stripe bas...

Evolving academic library specialties

Quality assessment of academic library performance: the case of an Iranian academic library

The present research aims to assess the performance of libraries at the Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Branch (IAUSRB) through gap analysis. To do this, a researcher-developed questionnaire which is based on available standards and quality assessment tools including ACRL standards, LibQUAL and ISO 11620, and some criteria included in the related literature was designed and distr...