Library Management: Volume 42 Issue 1/2

Understanding information behavior of diabetic patients: a case of the diabetic's institute Pakistan

Saira Hanif Soroya, Aleeha Ilyas, Kanwal Ameen

Pakistan is a developing country where one of the rapidly growing diseases is diabetes. Well-informed diabetic patients are expected to improve the quality of life, self-care…

Information needs and sources of electorates in Nigeria

Lateef Adeshina Ayinde, Ejiro Daniel Keriafe, Fatima Jibril Abduldayan

The purpose of this study was to examine the information needs and sources of electorates in Nigeria and identify challenges electorates faced when obtaining electoral information…

Toughest job in the library

Ian D. Gordon

The purpose of this article attempts to portray the unique and complex role of library middle managers. This important and influential position can be a proving ground for new and…

Outside revenue generation for academic libraries in emerging markets: a view from Klang valley in Malaysia

Norshila Shaifuddin, Siti Rasyidah Md Rushdi, Mad Khir Johari Abdullah Sani

The purpose of this paper is to investigate various strategies of Malaysian public academic libraries that have been implemented to support library financial resources and to…

Reframing research access

Jayshree Mamtora, Prashant Pandey

The paper describes how Charles Darwin University (CDU) used a three-pronged approach to better serve its researchers: it developed a single interface for improved accessibility…

Information professionals' soft skills status and barriers in its development: a mixed method study

Sajjad Ahmad, Kanwal Ameen, Shehzad Ahmad

The purpose of this study is to investigate the self-perceptions of university information professionals about the current state of their soft skills and to highlight the barriers…

Management of electronic resources by management institute in Pune City: a survey

Geeta Dadu Dhiwar

The present study was conducted to find what practices Pune city's management institutes are following for managing their online databases. Essentially, the purpose of the…

Survey on onboarding practices in Carnegie research institutions

Jenny Lynne Semenza, Tania Harden, Regina Koury

The purpose of this paper is to describe survey findings on onboarding initiatives at the Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions of Higher Education libraries. The findings would…

Reading literacy practices among retirees in Kenya: why and how public libraries matter to them

Peter Mose, Everlyn Mose

The purpose of this study was to establish reading practices among retirees and to what extent public libraries in Kenya are a source of information and knowledge to them.

The level of individual social capital and social activity among librarians and managerial personnel

Maja Dorota Wojciechowska

The purpose of this paper i to determine which group – the managerial personnel or the directors of libraries – had a more extensive social network and were more eager to engage…

Skills and qualifications for the special library environment in Jamaica: a job advertisement analysis

Marsha-Gay Robinson

The purpose of this article is to examine what employers seek when recruiting library and information professionals for a special library environment in Jamaica.