introduction: the healthcare sector is one of the areas affected by information technology (it). due to the importance of it in hospitals and factors affecting its use, the present study was conducted to investigate the human factors affecting the use of it among managers of university hospitals in shiraz, iran. methods: this applied and analytic study was conducted in 2014 in 7 university hosp...

introduction: today, with increasing emphasis on learning organizations, knowledge and learning are considered important factors in organizations and having updated knowledge and information have become an unavoidable necessity to continue the life and stability of these organizations. hence this study was conducted to study  the relationship between learning organization & leadership styles ed...

The purpose of collection assessment is to determine the strengths and weaknesses library collection. This article uncover extent academic in supporting needs programmes. study chose Malaysian Qualifications Agency’s Standards as an guideline. research approach a mixed-method exploratory approach. main finding revealed that information resources seemed be imbalanced its capacity was less incorp...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the tools and strategies that were employed by C/W MARS to successfully develop and implement the Digital Treasures digital repository. Design/methodology/approach – This paper outlines the planning and subsequent technical issues that arise when implementing a digitization project on the scale of the large, multi-type, automated library networ...

University libraries strive to provide information resources in both print and non-print formats. Library managers and administrators need to strike a balance between access and security of the resources. This paper examines a number of published literatures on library security, in particular, the different incidences of theft and mutilation as they relate to print collections in university lib...

Merinda Kaye Hensley is Assistant Professor and Instructional Services Librarian and Scholarly Commons Co-Coordinator in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, e-mail: mhensle1@ illinois.edu; Sarah L. Shreeves is Associate Dean for Digital Strategies at the University of Miami, e-mail: [email protected]; Stephanie Davis-Kahl is Professor and Scholarly Commun...

In 2019, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Library began systematically collecting faculty-authored books (FABs). We envisioned collection as a service—a program to capture and celebrate faculty work ensure that their intellectual contributions were represented in library’s collections. Under leadership our new dean, we crafted communicated jargon-free parameters, collaborated with liaison ...