Library Management: Volume 37 Issue 8/9

Change communication can be so simple! The empathic change communication style

Petra Düren

Deliberate large-scale changes in libraries need an accompanying change management. One of the essential success factors of change management is the communication process, as…

Current and required competencies of university librarians in Pakistan

Muhammad Umar Farooq, Ahsan Ullah, Memoona Iqbal, Abid Hussain

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to find out the perception of university librarians about the current and required competencies and to identify the current rank and to point…

Globalization, modernization and functionality of the public library system in Nigeria

Patience Uzezi Otolo

The purpose of this paper is to find out: the functionality of public libraries in the provision of needed information resources; the impact of the use of modern electronic…

eLearning integration in the library: a case study

Yiye Han, Steven Yates

Monash University Library (MUL) has embraced eLearning as a strategy in its contribution to information research and learning skills development within the university. The purpose…

Effective techniques for the segmentation of academic library users

Zhixian Yi

The purpose of this paper is to examine how Australian academic librarians perceived effective techniques used to segment library users into smaller groups and the influencing…

When the Nation is in crisis: libraries respond

Bibi Alajmi

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the role of libraries as community institutions by reflecting on the experience of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library (FMPL)…

Training needs of paraprofessional library staff in university libraries in South-East Nigeria

Ijeoma Ibegbulam, Jacintha U. Eze

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the training needs of paraprofessional library staff in university libraries in South-East Nigeria with the objective to find out their…

Contributing factors in knowledge sharing for performance of university students in teachers’ training programs

Syed Rahmatullah Shah, Khalid Mahmood

The purpose of this paper is to study stated effects of independent variables of trust, social networks, and information and communication technologies (ICTs) on explicit and…

Differentiation in organizational structures of university libraries in Pakistan

Ahsan Ullah

Differentiation is an important dimension of organizational structure, as it is the building block of organizational structure upon which organizations are based. The purpose of…

The dance of change in libraries: a case study of FUM libraries merger in Iran

Somaye Sadat Akhshik, Mehri Parirokh

The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of individual and organizational dimensions on creating the resistance to change according to the role of unlearning and…