New Library World: Volume 116 Issue 9/10

How we missed the boat: reading scholarship and the field of LIS

Keren Dali

The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons for the gradual extinction of reading scholarship in Library and Information Science (LIS) departments and to identify three…

Second national accessibility survey: librarians, patrons, and disabilities

Laurie J Bonnici, Stephanie L. Maatta, Jackie Brodsky, Jennifer Elaine Steele

This study aims to determine the state of library services to people with disabilities in the USA since the last study conducted in 2008. Social capital theory provides a lens to…

The correct language of cataloguing local publications in East Africa

Eliz Nassali State, Isaac M.N. Kigongo-Bukenya, Constant Okello-Obura

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the subject cataloguing of local publications and subject access to local publications.

The librarianship portfolio: A case study of innovation in faculty evaluation at Robert Morris University

Chloe Mills

This paper aims to describe the development of a Librarianship Portfolio for the purposes of permanent status evaluation and rank promotion at a small private university with a…

Theoretical framework for performance evaluation of university libraries in India

V K J Jeevan

This paper aims to suggest performance evaluation of university libraries in India using qualitative and quantitative parameters provided by librarians to be collected, analysed…

Relationship amongst ResearchGate altmetric indicators and Scopus bibliometric indicators: The case of Panjab University Chandigarh (India)

RISHABH SHRIVASTAVA, Preeti Mahajan

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the study aims to investigate the relationship between the altmetric indicators from ResearchGate (RG) and the bibliometric indicators…

Exploration of information literacy skills status and impacts on the quality of life of artisans in Lagos, Nigeria

Ngozi Blessing Ukachi

The purpose of the study is to establish the information literacy skills status, medium for the acquisition of the skills and the impacts on the quality of life of artisans in…

Electronic and paper based data collection methods in library and information science research: A comparative analyses

Adeyinka Tella

– This study aims to examine a comparative analysis of electronic- and paper-based data collection methods.

Practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi

Elisha Ondieki Makori, Dorothy Njiraine, Peninah Talam

This paper aims to assess practical aspects of implementation of institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa with reference to the University of Nairobi and provide useful…

A new golden age for libraries

Bruce Massis

– The purpose of this paper is to describe and provide several examples of evidence to support the estimation that libraries have entered a new “golden age”.

Editorial

David Michael Baker