Collection Building: Volume 36 Issue 2

The impact of digital library resources usage on engineering research productivity: an empirical evidences from Pakistan

Amjid Khan, Shamshad Ahmed, Asad Khan, Ghalib Khan

The role of digital library resources (DLRs) in accelerating academic and research productivity has been acknowledged worldwide. The purpose of this study is to empirically…

Highly cited articles in malaria research: a bibliometric analysis

Shankar Reddy Kolle, M.S. Vijayashree, T.H. Shankarappa

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the bibliometric characteristics of highly cited articles in Malaria research for the period of 1991-2015.

Embracing satellite libraries in academia

Laura Speirs Turner

Satellite libraries in this study include print book collections located on the university campus but not within the walls of the main library nor under its administration…

Impact of disaster on access to records of National Archives of South East, Nigeria

Cajetan Okechukwu Onyeneke

The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of disaster and how it affects access to records of the National Archives of South East, Nigeria. However, the specific…

Impact of Kashmir floods on the libraries

Zahid Ashraf Wani, Ansaar Hussain Ganaie

This paper aims to highlight the damage suffered by the prominent libraries of Kashmir during September 2014 floods. The work provide an insight about the response and recovery…

Collection development in Tawang monastery libraries

Bikika Laloo, Chaphun Sumnyan

Monastery libraries have, for centuries, been the hub of religious education and research. They house collections that are unique and even rare and have been useful to students of…