While mobile technologies are ubiquitous among students and increasingly used in many aspects of libraries, they have yet to gain traction in information literacy instruction. Librarians at Champlain College piloted mobile phone polling in a first-year classroom as a less expensive and more versatile alternative to clickers. By utilizing a technology that virtually all students have in their po...

Changes in the Scandinavian LIS (Library and information science) curriculum during the last decade, interacting with librarianship as well as with society at large, call for a deepened understanding of the social dynamics of librarians’ occupational identities. At least two central themes emerge studying the recent development of librarianship, namely the process of academisation and the imple...

This paper attempts to examine the place of librarians in Catholic institutions of higher learning by providing answers to questions about the ratio of professional to nonprofessional staff, the presence or absence of staff associations, the involvement of professional staffs in library administration through staff meetings, and the librarians' status and salaries. The search is based on a ques...

THEEDUCATIONAL ROLE OF health sciences librarians in both academic centers and in hospitals is expanding due to influences of new educational models and growing use of technology. Innovative health sciences curricula are being applied in undergraduate and continuing education and of ten incorporate new technologies. The health sciences librarians’ educational responsibilities include teaching a...

This paper describes the changing of distance education environment, characteristics of distance students in higher education and their problems in using library resources and services. Information literacy instruction as the key role of distance education librarians is described based on STOU's experience in Thailand as a case study. Change is the key element for the twenty first century that ...

introduction: an important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. the phenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. the purpose of the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of tehran universities. methods: this was a descriptive–correlation study. the data collection tool was the maslach ...

introduction: fungi are biological threatening which exist in all the environments. libraries and archive centers are a suitable environment for the growth of fungi. the aim of this study was to identify fungal life-threatening factors for librarians and users in libraries of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran in 2011. methods: this was a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical stu...

the access to health information for all people is the fundamental goal of the world health organization (who). it comes tr ue when both health professionals and patients as beneficiaries have access to health information. medical librarians play an important role in facilitating access to health information, and this role should be in the context and framework of scientific principles. the pri...

introduction: the scientific, technical, economic and social development of a society is closely connected to the amount of information produced by its managers, researcher and scholars. in this study, the necessity of the librarians and medical informants' cooperation in the approved research plans of iums was investigated. methods and materials: it was a descriptive study in which the partici...

introduction: ergonomics is the science of improvement of the work environment, job and equipment and adapting them to the human capabilities and limitations. observing ergonomic principles of computer application is essential for the computer users. lack of attention to these principles would decrease efficiency and cause irreparable somatic complications. the present study assesses the knowle...