Library Philosophy and Practice back issues from March 2009:
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 ...