New Library World: Volume 116 Issue 7/8

From the library to the Information Commons: An approach to the model’s development in Spain

Ana Reyes Pacios

This paper aims to show the progress made by 37 universities in Spain in adopting the “Information Commons” model, a strategy planed 10 years ago by the Spanish University Library…

User agreements and makerspaces: a content analysis

Heather Michele Moorefield-Lang

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the user agreements of makerspaces in public and academic libraries. User agreements, also known as maker agreements, user forms and…

Digital citizenship through game design in Minecraft

Valerie Hill

This study aims to describe a library project exploring innovative options for embedding information literacy skills in the elementary school library by utilizing Minecraft, a…

Implementing EDI X12 book acquisitions at a medium-sized university library

Paul Kelsey

The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate the EDI (electronic data interchange) X12 ordering and invoicing implementation at Sims Memorial Library. The paper will…

Scholarly communications competencies: open access training for librarians

Julia E Rodriguez

The purpose of this paper is to describe one example of an academic library using existing internal expertise and targeted events to provide training for liaison librarians in…

Libraries surviving as entrepreneurial organizations: a creative destruction perspective

Karen I. MacDonald, Wyoma vanDuinkerken

The purpose of this paper is to highlight some traditional functions found in academic libraries and apply various business models as an aid to developing an entrepreneurial…

E-learning from the perspective of library and information science students (case study of Alzahra, Yazd and Payamenoor Universities)

Afsaneh Hazeri, Mahboobeh Farzin-Yazdi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of library and information science (LIS) students from Alzahra, Yazd and Payamenoor universities toward e-learning, while…

Research productivity of library scholars: Bibliometric analysis of growth and trends of LIS publications

Munazza Jabeen, Liu Yun, Muhammad Rafiq, Misbah Jabeen

The purpose of this paper is to explore, by a quantitative analysis, growth rates of, and trends in, global publications in the field of library and information science (LIS…

Use of Public Relations and Publicity (PRP) by the public libraries in Lahore, Pakistan

Kanwal Ameen

This study aims to explore the use of public relations and publicity (PRP) by the public libraries. It also intends to create awareness among the information professionals…

Hiring for attitude and training for skill in the library

Bruce Massis

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that hiring a library employee in possession of a positive and winning attitude can pay enormous benefits for the organization far into…

Editorial

David Baker