Library Management: Volume 38 Issue 8/9

Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis

Adrienne Muir, Charles Oppenheim

The purpose of this paper is to examine Nick Moore’s information policy matrix and how it has been used by Moore and others.

Linking exploration to academic performance: The role of information seeking and academic self-efficacy

Panagiotis Gkorezis, Petros Kostagiolas, Dimitris Niakas

Substantial empirical research has addressed the antecedents of students’ academic performance. Building on these insights, the purpose of this paper is to extend the related…

Libraries and technology: Canadian and Malaysian copyright exceptions

Ratnaria Wahid

The purpose of this paper is to provide a snapshot and a comparative analysis of copyright exceptions available for libraries. It frames the differences and similarities, leading…

Reviewing and reforming library service points: Lessons in review and planning services, building layout, and organizational culture

Bruce L. Keisling, Claudene Sproles

To support the success of their students and faculty, libraries have to understand changing user needs. Robust user assessment programs and analysis of service patterns can reveal…

Impact of library spending on the research output of the institution: A study of leading management institutes across India

Shivendra Singh, Ramesh Pandita

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact and role of libraries of the Institutes of Management in India in their research output. The study is based on the seven point…

Mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria for improved research and scholarly publications

Tochukwu Victor Nwankwo, Chika Patricia Ike, Chinedu Obinna Anozie

The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria so as to improve their research and scholarly publications.

New public management and libraries: a success story or just an excuse for cost reduction

Petra Düren, Ane Landøy, Jarmo Saarti

From the 1980s – in some parts of Europe from the 1990s – onward, the new public management (NPM) has been emerging in public organizations including libraries. Since then, there…

The transition toward open access: the University of Hong Kong experience

Gayle Rosemary Chan, Allan Shi-Chung Cheung

While open access (OA) offers an alternative to the unsustainable pricing of serials and supports a core value of ensuring openness to knowledge, the perceived value of the impact…

The library succession planner’s decision-making style

Gihani S. Rajapakse, K. Kiran

The purpose of this paper is to explore succession planning in academic libraries, specifically to understand how succession planning is carried out and how the decisions-making…

Library employment: Satisfaction, opportunities, challenges, and future actions as perceived by academic librarians

Abdoulaye Kaba

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the library employment in UAE and explore the perceptions of academic librarians toward job satisfaction, employment opportunities…

A survey of the factors influencing the resistance of the employees of university libraries to technological changes: Study of libraries of Tehran University

Maryam Nakhoda, Samaneh Tajik

The purpose of this paper is to study the factors influencing the resistance of the employees of Tehran University libraries to technological changes. Through achieving this aim…