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Readers' advisory and underestimated roles of escapist reading
Soheli BegumThe purpose of this paper, aimed primarily at readers' advisors in public libraries, is to take a critical look at the concept of escapism in leisure reading, highlight the…
Training cataloguing professionals at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine: part 2
Yacoob Hosein, Portia Bowen‐ChangThe purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of cataloguing training for professionals at the St Augustine Campus Libraries of the University of the West Indies…
Information literacy competency of freshman business students of a private university in Bangladesh
Zahid Hossain ShoebThe purpose of this study is to assess basic information literacy (IL) competency and the perception of IL behaviour of freshman undergraduate business students of Independent…
ICT education in library and information science programs: An analysis of the perceptions of undergraduate students
Sultan M. Al‐DaihaniThe purpose of this paper is to explore students' perceptions and views of the instructors, in relation to information and communications technology (ICT) education in library and…
Towards effective management of grey literature for higher education, research and national development
Francisca N. OkoromaThe purpose of this paper is to address issues in grey literature (GL) management and to proffer solutions to the problems. The specific aims are: to identify the categories of…
Career history and motivations for choosing LIS: a case study at Aberystwyth University
Anoush Simon, Marianne TaylorThe purpose of this paper is to report on an ongoing project investigating library and information science students' perceptions of the library and information profession and…
Exploring reader response to minority ethnic fiction
Briony Birdi, Mostafa SyedThe purpose of this paper is to present findings of a study investigating the reading of, and engagement with minority ethnic fiction in UK public libraries, with a particular…