Library Management: Volume 32 Issue 8/9

Libraries as places of invention

Annie Talvé

During the mid 1990s, it was predicted that the library as physical place was doomed. A dualism emerged – the virtual library vs library as place – and it was assumed that the…

The influence of library manager styles on continuing education of university library practitioners in Vietnam

Nguyen Hong Sinh, Daniel G. Dorner, G.E. Gorman

This paper aims to examine and then discuss the positive and negative influences of library manager styles on the engagement of Vietnamese university library staff in continuing…

Disaster management approaches for academic libraries: an issue not to be neglected in Greece

Petros Kostagiolas, Iliana Araka, Roxana Theodorou, George Bokos

Although issues on disaster prevention have extensively been studied in the literature and have been embedded in everyday library practices all over the world, the vast majority…

Tenure support mechanisms provided by the Faculty Research Committee at Texas A&M University Libraries: A model for academic libraries

Jane Stephens, Laura Sare, Rusty Kimball, Margaret Foster, Joel Kitchens

The Research Committee at Texas A&M University (TAMU) Libraries provides a model of tenure support that includes funding of research projects and an annual Research Forum. The…

Non‐resident use of public libraries in Appalachia

Sheri V.T. Ross

This paper aims to report on the findings of the first phase of a three‐phase research project that explores the use of public libraries by non‐residents and how public library…

Library volunteerism outcomes: what student volunteers expect

Madhuri Tikam

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the outcomes of the Library Volunteerism Program of student volunteers in a college library of Mumbai.

Impact of the global economic crisis on academic libraries in Malawi: A case study of University of Malawi and Mzuzu University libraries

Aubrey Harvey Chaputula

The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of the global economic crisis on University of Malawi Libraries and Mzuzu University Library.

Bringing out the best of everyone: A systematic approach to the workplace coaching and learning at the Kuopio University Library, Finland

Jarmo Saarti, Arja Juntunen

This paper aims to describe the efforts of a library in developing a systematic approach to its human resource management. The success of these activities has been measured…

Organizational aspects of digitization projects in the Croatian public libraries

Radovan Vrana

The purpose of this article is to present findings from research in the Croatian public libraries on organizational aspects of digitization projects.

The teaching and research environment in Finland in 2020: University and polytechnic libraries in a digital service network

Kristiina Hormia‐Poutanen, Iiris Kuusinen, Jarmo Saarti, Pentti Vattulainen

The entire higher education legislation in Finland has been overhauled with effect from the beginning of 2010. The aim of the restructuring of higher education is to enhance…

Impact of electronic journals on university libraries of India: a study

Amritpal Kaur

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of e‐journals on university libraries in terms of resources, staffing, space, technical services and equipment.

University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments

Bhuva Narayan

Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers (4th edition)

Graham P. Cornish

Personal Knowledge Management: Individual, Organizational and Social Perspectives

Brigio Costello

Digital Curation: A How‐to‐do‐it Manual

Alan Howell

Improving Student's Web Use and Information Literacy: A Guide For Teachers and Teacher Librarians

Sue Weddell