Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 119 Issue 11

Editorial

David Baker

Change in the library: the viewpoint of a columnist

Bruce Massis

The purpose of this study is to reflect on the author’s decade as a columnist for New Library World and Information and Learning Science.

Information literacy and learners’ satisfaction: The mediating role of social networking technology usage

Abdulqadir Rahomee Ahmed Aljanabi, Waleed K.H. Mohamed AL-Hadban

This paper aims to empirically examine the relationships among information literacy (IL), social networking technology usage (SNTU) and learners’ satisfaction (LS) among…

Application of the AIDA model: Measuring the effectiveness of television programs in encouraging teenagers to use public libraries

Mitra Pashootanizadeh, Saideh Khalilian

The purpose of this study is to measure how effective television programs are in persuading teenagers to use public libraries.

Virtual reality learning environments : Development of multi-user reference support experiences

Jim F. Hahn

The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a case study on virtual reality (VR) learning environments, focused on the development and integration of multi-user…

Exploring the utility of Academia.edu: a SWOT analysis

Ann E. Williams

This paper aims to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the academic social networking, Academia.edu.

Open access institutional repositories in universities in East Africa

Miriam Kakai, Maria G.N. Musoke, Constant Okello-Obura

Given that repositories were proposed as one of the routes to open access (OA), this study sought to establish the achievements universities in East Africa had attained in…

The new roles of medical librarians in medical research: A comparison of the viewpoint of researchers and librarians in Iran

Reza Safdari, Hamideh Ehtesham, Narges Ziaee, Mehri Robiaty

This study aims to highlight the role of librarians as an essential element in medical research. For this purpose, the primary research process was divided into three phases…