Economic trends might change how libraries and archives evolve. However, [RLG 01] draws primarily on the experience and methodology of professional librarians, making little use of recent progress in engineering and other disciplines. Your draft report overlooks trends that can be exploited for more costeffective solutions and more satisfactory roles for librarians—focusing on knowledge search ...

Librarians, through their professional associations, have long been committed to the social justice principle of free access to information. External censorship challenges to library collections threaten this principle overtly. However, censorship can also occur in libraries in various covert and often unconcious ways. This discussion paper raises concerns about current librarian practices and ...

Access to Internet resources and communications has rapidly become a necessity in many hospitals nationally. The results of a Pacific Northwest pilot Intenet connections project provides important evidence of the value of librarians in establishing such connections in their institutions The pilot project has resulted in a wealth of information regarding approaches to promoting the utility of th...

Bring home now the book enPDFd using google earth in libraries a practical guide for librarians practical guides for librarians to be your sources when going to read. It can be your new collection to not only display in your racks but also be the one that can help you fining the best sources. As in common, book is the window to get in the world and you can open the world easily. These wise word...

lections and Services,” edited by Ciara Healy), pp. 391–401 © 2010 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract This article articulates the findings of two research studies. The first, a national survey, explores the educational background and current job responsibilities of media librarians. The second, a web analysis, assesses media-related curriculum components of accredited libra...

abstract: objective: the present paper examines the status and station of librarian during the saffavid era. to better illustrate it explores the life and works of one of these librarians, mirza mohammad moghim-e-ketabdar, who lived under shah abbas the great. method: a descriptive analysis of library materials was performed. findings: in past librarians enjoyed a high station and reputation du...

During recent years, bibliometric studies have become increasingly important in evaluating individual scientists, institutes, and entire observatories. In astronomy, often librarians are involved in maintaining publication databases and compiling statistics for their institutions. In this paper, we present a look behind the scenes to understand who is interested in bibliometric statistics, whic...

The organizational environment of the library deserves greater attention by librarians and Ubrary administrators concerned with internal changes taking place within their organizations. Few systematic approaches to the impact of the environment upon the functioning of the individual library have been offered. This paper examines four approaches to assessing library I environmental impacts and i...

Debra Lucas-Alfieri’s Marketing the 21st Century Library: The Time is Now can serve as a guide for librarians to develop their own marketing plans. The author frames the marketing of modern libraries in the context of the common-held belief that libraries and librarians are vanishing. She argues that unless we properly market and advocate for our professions and institutions, they could go the ...