introduction: with the advent of new technology and creating virtual training centers, e-learning and training have achieved a specific place in training centers. this article has been studied the feasibility of distance learning via internet for librarians working in central libraries of the ministry of health and medical education in tehran, iran. methods: in this descriptive survey data from...

Purpose: Originally a keynote speech to the 9 th International Bielefeld Conference exploring the shifts in roles evident in the research library community, with illustrative case studies from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Design/methodology/approach: A review of environmental forces that are fueling changes in research methodologies and scholar behavior. Changes in research library ro...

The Internet has been covered by legal deposit legislation in France since 2006, making web archiving one of the missions of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Access to the web archives has been provided in the library on an experimental basis since 2008. In the context of increasing interest in many countries in web archiving and how it may best serve the needs of researchers, especi...

The presented work is based mainly on the results of “Survey of Information Specialists Labour Market in the Baltic States”, a research project which was undertaken by the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University and the Department of Information Studies at the Tallinn University of Educational Sciences. The objective of the research was to establish the main tendencies in the labour mark...

Executive Summary For academic librarians seeking to demonstrate the value of their libraries to their parent institutions, it is important to understand not only the current climate. We must also know what will be valued in the future so that we can begin to take appropriate action now. This document presents 26 possible scenarios based on an implications assessment of current trends, which ma...

Purpose – The specific goal of this research study is to point out the utilization, integration and exploitation of the Internet among libraries in Greece. Design/methodology/approach – A survey consisting of 44 questions was distributed to librarians in Greece to collect the data for the study. Findings – The study reveals that the Internet is an essential and rigorous tool for librarians in G...

For applications requiring a large dynamic, real numbers may be represented either in floating-point, or in the logarithm number system (LNS). Which system is best for a given application is difficult to know in advance, because the cost and performance of LNS operators depend on the target accuracy in a highly non linear way. Therefore, a comparison of the pros and cons of both number systems ...