A survey was conducted to solicit data related to health professionals image of librarians. Physicians, residents, nurses, medical students, dentists, pharmacists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists were questioned about their experiences with and opinions of librarians, particularly the skills and characteristics needed by helpful, successful librarians. Health sciences librarian...

background: with the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. this study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in isfahan university and isfahan university of medical sciences.   methods: this was an applied survey study...

since early 1980s, many empirical studies were carried out to recognize stress syndrome and occupational burnout in the united states libraries; the results indicated that the librarians in other countries are susceptible to these two conditions, as well. the present paper investigates the rate of occupational burnout in librarians of university of isfahan, and evaluates the educational level, ...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the contextual conditions of creativity based on Oldham Model among the librarians of public libraries of Fars province. Design/methodology/approach: The research uses a survey method. The study population was librarians of public libraries in Fars province. The data collection instrument was questionnaire. For data analysis, univariate T test and covaria...

This qualitative study seeks to determine the nature of the instruction librarians provide to veterinary medical students at all 28 United States veterinary colleges. A secondary goal of the study was to determine in what ways and to what extent librarians participated in other instructional activities at their colleges. Over half of the librarians formally taught in one or more courses, predom...

purpose: this survey examines the view points of the librarians in the central libraries of the state universities of tehran on the necessity of continuing education (ce) courses. methodology: a questionnaire survey was conducted (76.7% response rate) to assess the requirement of continuing education (ce) courses. findings: the results showed that about 98% of the librarians believe that it nec...

PurposeThe paper seeks to investigate the use of internet by librarians in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. Design/Methodology/ApproachThe paper uses a survey research approach to carry out this investigation. FindingsThe investigation reveals that the librarians make optimal use of a few of the numerous information resources on the internet. The librarians’ level of int...

The highly technological environment of 21st-century schools has significantly redefined the role of school librarians by presenting the opportunity to assume leadership through technology integration. Despite the abundance of literature that has suggested the need for and the importance of school librarians to be a proactive leaders in technology integration, this role is one that has been ign...

With social media a normal part of the daily lives of young adults, librarians are using these sites to promote library services. This paper investigates the perceptions and attitudes of librarians towards social media as a tool for libraries; and explores the way librarians utilize social media to portray professional roles and responsibilities to young patrons. This author focuses on the past...

Background: With the recent spread of virtual learning programs in universities, especially in the field of medical sciences, libraries play a crucial role to support these programs. This study aimed at investigating the skills required by librarians to support virtual learning programs in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This was an applied survey study. ...