Academic Libraries and Innovation Innovation is an important component of the academic library. In an environment where new technologies and resources are clouding the information world, it is essential for libraries to continue to be at the forefront of innovations impacting the information world. Robin Bergart and M.J. D’Elia project that “if you take a look at your library’s mission or visio...

Automation process in Nigerian libraries has been the subject of discussion. this paper discussed the automation process in Nigerian academic libraries in regards to information and communication technologies in libraries, benefits of library automation, automation in library, need of library automation, areas of library automation, scope of system integration, choice of hardware, constraints a...

this paper aims to investigate the current status of management development in academic libraries and it identifies the deterrent factors in administering management development programs. in order to fulfill the aim of the study, 268 managers from 73 academic libraries answered the questions on their need to management development and the current performance of their organizations. they also pr...

as the numbers of university students are increasing, common use of academic & public libraries can have very useful function in responding the students' information needs. therefore the connection of such libraries can decrease the costs and increase the productivity of library resources, software's, equipments, and staff. in the present paper, referring to some successful relevant p...

Academic digital libraries are getting more benefit from the Web possibilities to help with teaching, learning and research activities. Because of it, more andmore people use the services that they offer. Therefore, it is very important that the academic digital libraries provide a good service in order to satisfy the users’ expectations. The aim of this paper is to present a decision support s...

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Purpose – The paper aims to present the results of a survey of academic libraries about the adoption and perceived impact of Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 67 US academic libraries participated among the members of the Association of Research Libraries. Findings – It was found that each library was using some form of technology, such as RSS, blogs, social network...

Libraries should consider the ways of developing their services around users' workplace in order to reach their users and offer the most appropriate services according to the notion libraries are where users need them. In academic institutions the storage of libraries' resources is not enough and libraries must project them into users' learning environment. In recent academic libraries’ theory ...

In this paper, the authors present the results of research on the use of software tools for data collection and analysis in strategic and current library management. Special attention has been paid to StatuS and Performance Analysis for Polish Research Libraries (AFBN) — the tools most frequently used by Polish academic librarians. StatuS is used by the academic libraries of Krakow Library Grou...