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In response to the rapid development of digital libraries over the past decade, researchers have focused on the use of metadata as an effective means to support resource discovery within online repositories. With the increasing involvement of libraries in digitization projects a…
Periodicals are a primary source of important and fresh information. For many reasons, a library cannot match rapid increases in the quantity of periodicals and, therefore, national governments should get involved. Saudi Arabia, however, has yet to formulate a national informati…
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of undergraduate college students attending a public and a private university in the State of Kuwait to understand how they develop their understanding and valuing of information literacy and information litera…
The 1970 Library Decree of the Nigerian federal military government was intended to remedy the defects in a previous law enacted in 1964 by the Nigerian government establishing the National Library. Essentially two views concerning the Decree developed later among the Nigerian l…
Background. The study identified the impact of the electronic age on the form and services of the academic library at present and its implications in the future. In the light of it, the present status and future plans of the academic libraries of the six Arabian Peninsula countr…
The primary objective of this study was to apply the technique of unobstrusive measurement to the evaluation of accuracy of responses to factual inquiries coming via telephone to reference departments of libraries serving certain four-year colleges with graduate programs in the …
This study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of librarians in government-supported special libraries in Malaysia. It also examined the extent the application of information technology and their use patterns. A total of 120 librarians from the government supported specia…
This study investigated the availability and utilization of microforms in the following universities: Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Minnesota. These selected universities have …
This dissertation examines the beginnings and early years of five libraries set up with the stated aim of serving the public in British and ex-British Africa, and argues that the beneficiaries of library and information policy have not been the public at all but only a small min…
During the last quarter of a century the Persian Language collections in American Libraries have increased tremendously. The accessibility of these materials is directly related to the use of an adequate transliteration scheme, cataloging rules for establishment of the entry and…
This study investigated the current state of public and secondary school libraries under the supervision of the Educational District of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to determine factors that hinder their development and the attitudes of the librarians, teachers, and public library patro…
The purpose of this study was to determine how teachers and students of Medina Valley Secondary Schools perceive the effects of in-school suspension upon the learning climate of the classroom in comparison to home suspension. Four groups were established including teachers and s…
This dissertation consists of the examination and analysis of almost 250 Armenian manuscripts (of which 167 were tabulated into a spreadsheet program and are listed in Appendix 5) ranging in date from the 12th to late 19th centuries, in order to determine what type of bookbindin…
The success of many cooperative cataloging programs in North America and Europe has prompted the development of similar programs in other parts of the world. This study investigates the potential of developing a cooperative cataloging program in Malaysia. One factor that determi…
This study examines an important part of Greek history: the Greek book production as it was reflected through the social, political, religious, economic and cultural framework of the era 1474-1669, under the particular historical conditions that were created by the Turkish occup…
In the world of museums it is the management of holdings that allows the museum to fulfill its pedagogic and preservation missions. A museum that can gear its cataloguing for the easiest and most comprehensive access will enable its curators, researchers and the public to intera…
The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitude of Libyan professional librarians towards their profession. The study also seeks to compare attitudes of Libyan professional librarians from culturally diverse rural and urban communities toward librarianship as a professi…