Recently added articles from Library Philosophy and Practice:
Librarians' education in the age of knowledge: consideration of skills, methods, and tools.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Librarians and librarianship have been changed by the development and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The use of these technologies has changed our ideas about access and ownership. It has also changed our ideas about librarians' duties and ...
The effect of information and communications technology (ICT) on teaching library and information science.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Rapid advances in information technology have provided new learning methods and environments. This has been the case for the teaching of librarianship in Iran, which has a 40-year history. More advancement is needed, however, and Iranian LIS programs need more use ...
Chat reference: training and competencies for librarians.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Technology has changed library services. In particular, the use of the Internet has made a significant difference in the way that traditional services are provided. Reference service is a critical service that has been changed by technology. Digital or virtual ...
The role of library and information science education in national development.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Information is a crucial factor in national development, and the ability to use information tools is considered a source of power (Bordbar, n.d.). In the 21st century governments must recognize this need for information use and literacy as a means of development ...
Small group teaching in library and information science.(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Introduction Student learning is one of the primary goals of universities. Suitable student-oriented teaching methods can help motivate students and help them realize their potential. One of these methods is small group teaching. It is student-centered and the tutor plays the ...
RSS applications in libraries and information centres.(really simple syndication)(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has had a profound impact on library and information science. Advances in ICTs have allowed traditional LIS methods to be replaced by the newer, faster, and more accurate ways of transmitting information ....
Online social networking sites and privacy: revisiting ethical considerations for a new generation of technology.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Before libraries can act ethically with regard to social networking sites, they must first have a nuanced understanding of the potential consequences of these sites. Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are ultimately motivated by profit, a goal that ...
Information-seeking behavior: a study of Panjab University, India.(Panjab University Library)(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction According to Wilson (1999, 2000), information-seeking behavior includes "those activities a person may engage in when identifying their own needs for information, searching for such information in any way, and using or transferring that information." Kakai, et al., ...
Databases: from paper-based to web-based.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction In the history of information, humans have moved relatively rapidly from an oral storytelling tradition, to manuscripts, to printed books, to filing systems, to databases. Databases were created to solve problems with file-oriented systems (Sol, 1998). The rapid ...
Academic status and the doctoral degree requirement for promotion of librarians in Nigerian university libraries.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Librarianship is an academic profession. The stock-in-trade is knowledge: the selection, collection, organization, and transmission of knowledge. It has many things in common with the teaching profession. Hence, Dahiru, and Benson (2006) posit that, "to effectively ...
A student profile of Information and Records Management Departments in Turkey.(Survey)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Departments of Information and Records Management seek to produce graduates who can undertake the process of "information management," which includes the compilation, arrangement, access to, and publication of information and information sources. These people must ...
HEC National Digital Library: challenges and opportunities for LIS professionals in Pakistan.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction The notion of a digital library is not new in developed countries, but the HEC National Digital Library Programme is a unique example of a national-level electronic library from the developing world. Pakistan's University Grant Commission (UGC) was reshaped as the ...
Higher education and information literacy: a case study of Tai Solarin University of education.(Case study)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction Universities prepare people for professional careers. This enables individuals to participate with greater understanding in community affairs. The 21st century has brought enormous change in higher education throughout the world as a result of new information and ...
Alive and well: revisiting sable's "Death of Book Selection".(Arnold P. Sable)(Critical essay)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction In his paper, "The Dogma of Book-Selection in University Libraries" Thompson (1960) argued that book selection is "a basic and abiding aspect of the administration of all types of Libraries". For academic Libraries particularly he specified some basic facts which ...
Availability and use of ICTs in collection management in university and special libraries in the Niger-Delta Region, Nigeria.(information and communication technologies)(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction This study investigates the availability and use of Information and communication technologies (ICTs) in collection management in university and special libraries in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria. Meyer (1997:4) sees ICTs as "the hardware, software, ...
Effects of information literacy skills on the use of E-library resources among students of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction The library has long been perceived as a building with walls and filled with books for reading. Issa (2003) notes that librarianship as a profession came into existence to preserve and make widely accessible the records of human experience. The emergence of ...
Effectiveness of library resources in the libraries of agricultural research institutes in Nigeria.(Survey)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction Nigeria's agricultural research institutes in Nigeria were founded during the period of colonial administration (1861-1950). They passed through the periods of internal self-government (1951-1960), and have continued to develop and grow during the post-independence ...
Information seeking behavior and user satisfaction of University instructors: a case study.(National Textile University)(Survey)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction Information-seeking behavior remains an important research area. Libraries and other information providers strive to understand users' information needs and how they try to fulfill these needs. This understanding helps design and offer appropriate user-centered ...
Patterns of in-service training for special libraries: a pilot study.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Introduction Training is a process of acquiring specific skills. It is a continuous process after basic education. Antai (2002) defines training as the systematic development of employees' knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are required for an organization to meet its goals. ...
The merchant of Venice: schools, libraries, and censors.
Jan 01, 2009; ... Introduction The censorship of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice commenced in this country before the First World War. In 1911, a citizen's committee in Connecticut asked their local school board to "eliminate the study of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice from the ...