Library Review: Volume 65 Issue 8/9

Understanding academic reading in the context of information-seeking

Irene Lopatovska, Deanna Sessions

A study examined reading strategies in relation to information-seeking stages, tasks and reading media in an academic setting. Understanding reading practices and needs in the…

Readers’ histories as a way of studying and understanding multicultural library communities

Keren Dali

Personal readers’ histories have long had a respected place in reading research. They add a human, personalized dimension to the studies of reading practices, often reported…

Thai immigrants’ information seeking behaviour and perception of the public library’s role during the settlement process

Pornpimol Sirikul, Dan Dorner

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Thai immigrants who relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, looked for and found the information they needed during their settlement…

Being where the users are: Readiness of academic librarians to satisfy information needs of users through social media

Michael Ahenkorah-Marfo, Harry Akussah

The purpose of this research is to investigate the preparedness of academic libraries in Ghana for the use of social media in reference and user services.

Library anxiety, library use and academic performance of undergraduate students in Pakistan

Sajjad Ullah Jan, Mumtaz Ali Anwar, Nosheen Fatima Warraich

The purpose of this paper is to examine the status of library anxiety, which has received relatively little research attention in Pakistan, and its relationship with library use…

Assessing the adoption and use of integrated library systems (ILS) for library service provision in academic libraries in Edo and Delta states, Nigeria

Saturday U. Omeluzor, Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of integrated library system (ILS) in academic library operations in Edo and Delta states, Nigeria.

Online legal information system for Indian environment: a user’s perspectives

Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Madhusudhan Margam

The purpose of this paper is to explore legal information requirements of the legal community in India for a proposed online legal information system tailored to the Indian…

Institutional resource centres and design education

Banhi Jha

The physical environment of education is not contained within the classroom but extends to the library and archival resource centres in higher education institutes of design. The…