Library Management: Volume 29 Issue 6/7

Copyright and knowledge advancement: a case study on the UAE copyright law

This paper aims to give a snapshot of the copyright and neighboring rights law of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), illustrating the provisions governing the law. It seeks to frame…

Developing public library managers as leaders: Evaluation of a national leadership development programme

The paper's aim is to present findings of the recent evaluation of the Leading Modern Public Libraries development programme with reference to the management versus leadership…

The reading behavioural patterns of the Ionian University graduate students: Reading policy of the Greek academic libraries

Changing times call for a reading policy which should be high on the list of priorities of academic libraries. This paper aims to probe the reading behavioural patterns and…

Towards effective development of electronic information resources in Nigerian university libraries

This study aims to provide the framework for effective development of electronic information resources (EIRs) in Nigeria; it seeks to explore the levels of developing electronic…

Marketing of information services and products in university libraries of Punjab and Chandigarh (India): An attitudinal assessment of library professionals

The purpose of this paper is to determine the attitude of library professionals towards the concept of marketing and also how it is applied in practice to marketing of university…

An illustrative application of soft systems methodology (SSM) in a library and information service context: Process and outcome

The purpose of this paper is to provide an illustration of the methodological processes and resultant outcomes relating to one theme investigated during an application of soft…

Public libraries in Canada: an overview

This overview aims to compile information pertaining to Canadian public libraries in the areas of legislation, structure, governance, and funding models, and briefly describes…

Service quality at University of Tehran Central Library

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of service quality aspects from the perspective of University of Tehran Central Library users. It also aims to measure…

Issues and perceptions for ISO 9000 implementation in Greek academic libraries

Quality has been defined in many different ways and it forms a complex and subjective concept, incorporating at any given time the true (expressed and implied) needs of all those…

Are there common academic library customer values?

This paper endeavours to provide answers to the following questions: Is there a correlation between what library customers value and the questions asked in benchmarking…

Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide

Equity and Excellence in the Public Library: Why Ignorance is Not Our Heritage

Managing Stress and Conflict in Libraries

Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter

Government Documents Librarianship: A Guide for the Neo‐Depository Era

Medical Librarian 2.0: Use of Web Technologies in Reference Services

Dealing with Natural Disasters In Libraries

Providing Effective Library Services for Research

Mile High Views: Surveying the Serials Vista: NASIG 2006: Proceedings of the North American Serials Interest Group Inc 21st Annual Conference May 4‐7, 2006, Denver, Colorado