New Library World: Volume 116 Issue 11/12

Information reliability for academic research: review and recommendations

Eliane Colepicolo

The purpose of this paper is to provide to scientific researchers and academic students some subsidies related to information reliability that may be used during information…

New scientometric indicator for the qualitative evaluation of scientific production

Nedra Ibrahim, Anja Habacha Chaibi, Mohamed Ben Ahmed

– This paper aims to propose a new qualitative indicator for the evaluation of the productions of researchers in any discipline.

Art outreach toward STEAM and academic libraries

Diane Arrieta, Jacqueline Kern

The purpose of this paper is to examine science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) efforts at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) John D. MacArthur Campus…

Enhanced and changing roles of school librarians under the digital age

Patrick Lo, Dickson K.W. Chiu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the recent viewpoint of classroom teachers and school administration about the role of school librarians, which is lacking adequate…

Exploring the need of knowledge management education within library and information science educational courses: An Indian perspective

Shabahat Husain, Mohammad Nazim

– The study aims to explore the relevance of knowledge management (KM) education within library and information science (LIS) educational courses in India.

Adoption of near field communication in S-Library application for information science

MOHD KAMIR YUSOF, Andrew Abel, Md Yazid Saman, Mohd Nordin Abdul Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to first review the implementation of automatic identification and data capture) technologies in library/information science, focusing on barcode…

Can we talk?: Perceptions of diversity issues by students with diverse backgrounds, and a rumination on personal roads to systemic change

Nadia Caidi, Keren Dali

– This paper aims to examine the attractiveness of Library and Information Science (LIS) professions and programs to culturally and linguistically diverse individuals.

Use of social media by academic librarians in Iraq

Maysoon Saleem, Anne Aly, Paul Genoni

The purpose of this study is to identify the nature and extent of the “information gap” in Iraq and explore perspectives on international academic library collaboration using…

Using virtual and augmented reality in the library

Bruce Massis

– The purpose of this paper is to describe the background for libraries to consider the benefit of implementing virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) usage.