The Bottom Line: Volume 29 Issue 4

The value of older library workers

Michael A. Crumpton

This paper aims to deal with recognizing and reacting to an aging workforce and understanding the value that older workers can still represent to an organization.

Transient technologies: the end of the username and password?

Anthony McMullen

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights and commentary into issues encountered in providing computing services to library users in an era of shrinking budgets, reductions…

Stackable micro-credentials – a framework for the future

Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis

The purpose of this column is to express a viewpoint about stackable micro-credentials in the library profession.

Training academic library staff using an online learning management system (LMS)

Brigitte Bell

This column aims to propose the idea of using learning management systems (LMSs) as a platform for online training and development within academic libraries.

Adoption of technology in recruitment of library professionals and faculty members: Case study of social media in India

Mayank Yuvaraj

This paper aims to attempt to study the adoption of social media technologies in the process of recruitment and selection process of library professionals and faculty members in…

Outsourcing library functions: a bibliometric study in SSCI

Tsu-Jui Ma, Gwo-Guang Lee

The purpose of this paper is to explore the bibliometric study of journal articles in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) related to outsourcing library functions, including…

Determining factors for the adoption of cloud computing in developing countries: A case study of Indian academic libraries

Mayank Yuvaraj

The paper aims to examine the constructs laid down by the information technology (IT) adoption theories to the cloud computing phenomena in conjunction with academic libraries of…