The JRC Farming Practices Evidence Library is an online platform providing user-friendly access to synthesized scientific evidence on the environmental, climate, and productivity impacts of diverse agricultural practices. The Evidence Library provides accessible, science-based evidence to...

Objective The aim of this article is to analyze intellectual capital as a strategic resource of German public libraries, taking into account its development conditions, managerial implications, and organizational consequences. The article seeks to identify the factors influencing the development...

This catalogue is one of Eurojust's deliverables, developed by the IPC project, and contains a collection of the judicial libraries of the 27 EU Member States and 13 affiliated Third Countries. This catalogue is an important resource that provides practitioners and legal experts with quick...

Access to useful knowledge is crucial for fostering modern economic growth. We show, for the first time, that knowledge accumulated and stored in monasteries was useful for innovation. In 1866, anticlerical legislation in Italy led to the suppression of religious orders, the expropriation of...

Cities are key to countries' strategies for achieving the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs). In China, evaluating cities' sustainable development (CSD) processes and abilities requires establishing an indicator library for cities' sustainable development (ILCSD). Based on the SDG...

Social Justice in Library and Information Science addresses an urgent need for more credible, accurate, authoritative, authentic, and current experiences about library and information science (LIS) research, practices, policies, and services in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The collection of...

Part A: Public Libraries -- Introduction -- Research Methodology -- Resources Provided by the Library -- External Partnerships -- Lessons for Peer Libraries -- Conclusion -- Part B: Academic Libraries -- Part C: Synergies between Academic and Public Libraies -- Collaboration Opportunities.

Bibliotheken stehen vor einem tiefgreifenden Wandel: Digitalisierung, Open Science und neue Informationsmärkte verändern ihre Rolle grundlegend. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie wissenschaftliche und öffentliche Bibliotheken den Transformationsprozess aktiv gestalten können. Es verbindet bewährte...

This rough guide explores the role of public libraries in citizen engagement processes and, more generally, in the making and nurturing of democratic societies. Citizen engagement generally refers to invited forms of citizen involvement in policymaking and decision-making initiated by public...

gingado is an open source Python library under active development that offers a variety of convenience functions and objects to support usage of machine learning in economics research. It is designed to be compatible with widely used machine learning libraries. gingado facilitates augmenting...

Thriving is a great indication that an individual manifests enthusiasm, effective knowledge acquisition, job satisfaction, and commitment. This study was conducted to explore the personal and contextual enablers that serve as predictors of the participants’ thriving at work. This study...

How to level up to the next transformative phase of publishing—with a critical methodology that transcends the dichotomy of paper and digital media production.Publishing is experiencing one of the most transformative phases in its history. In Tactical Publishing, a sequel to Post-Digital...

Die 7. Ausgabe der "Grundlagen der praktischen Information und Dokumentation" (Erstausgabe 1972) heißt jetzt: „Grundlagen der Informationswissenschaft". Der Bezug zur Praxis und zur Ausbildung bleibt erhalten, aber der neue Titel trägt dem Rechnung, dass die wissenschaftliche theoretische...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) is playing very important role in Library and Information Centre. The present paper discusses about the different ICT based tools and its usefulness in today’s modern libraries. The importance of these ICT based tools is collecting, storing,...

Many academic libraries opened their doors in fall 2020 to support students after operations had been suspended due to COVID-19 the previous spring. Frontline employees returned in person while remote work remained standard for others. Staff encountered deficits, on-site isolation, the...

Society is experiencing the psychological impact of collective trauma. The COVID-19 pandemic, social injustice, and political unrest due to racial, sexual, gender identity, economic, climate, and environmental injustices have contributed to a rise in demand for mental health support and services...

Trauma has increased significantly during the pandemic, affecting library staff and patrons. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, society experienced trauma from racially motivated conflict, increased gun crime, and the lack of support to address mental health issues and systemic inequities....

Recent research and scholarship explore and attempt to understand why certain modern library organizations and workplaces suffer from systemic dysfunction. There is evidence that a history of ineffectual library administration, poor leadership, and lack of communication creates an environment...

Leadership initiates cultural shifts before managers and their employees embrace them. Cultural transformation depends upon leaders, managers, and employees recognizing the fundamental impact of their decisions and actions on one another. This chapter explores the intersection of emotional...

The field of library and information science (LIS) faces a long-standing lack of discourse on topics relating to race, racism, and whiteness, which can be attributed in part to concepts such as vocational awe and neutrality. This chapter explores whether this practice of race-avoidance has...

Being a librarian of color can be an isolating experience that can lead to burnout due to racial battle fatigue and vocational awe ( ; ). Some of the most overlooked types of academic librarians in the United States are community college librarians, due to the social and elitist cultural stigmas...

This chapter briefly presents various claims and controversies about the quality and effectiveness of doctoral students’ library and information science (LIS) education within and outside Iran. The author presents his opinion piece about the legitimacy of the discourse in the context of...

Archives can play a significant role in recording and documenting the cultural history of the Islamic Republic of Iran through authoritative expertise and grounding their development in authentic community-based citizens’ involvement and participation. However, current archives-related...

This chapter examines the role of public libraries in the Islamic Republic of Iran in promoting social justice and addressing the needs of underserved populations. Employing a preliminary textual content analysis, the research identifies key themes and milestones related to social justice in...

This research examines the systematic silencing of ethno-religious minority groups in the National Library and Archives of Iran, and Kermanshah and Khuzestan public libraries, with a focus on the marginalization of communities such as the Yārsān. By addressing the lack of diversity in...

Bridging the digital divide and promoting social justice in providing equitable access to information requires strong planning and strategy. To be successful, the strategy must focus on where the library value chain is vulnerable to disruption and can be made stronger and more economical through...

This chapter provides empirical evidence and illustrative examples reflecting a thematic messaging of political solidarity related to the most recent Israel–Hamas War in Gaza on the website of the Iran Public Libraries Foundation that is the country’s premier organization for public...

Different factors come into play to develop effective new solutions leading to various aspects of development worldwide. The emergence of new technologies in academic libraries and the ability to establish appropriate communication between librarians and other information stakeholders are...

The aim of the current research is to identify the appropriate criteria for examining the dimensions of social justice in the Islamic Republic of Iran (henceforth called Iran) public libraries and to briefly evaluate the status of public libraries with these criteria. For this purpose, a...

This chapter explores the multifaceted concept of social justice, examining its historical evolution, current interpretations, and the challenges associated with its realization, particularly in the context of library services in Iran. The chapter argues that oppressive political regimes and...

This chapter is a report on a scoping literature review conducted on 77 articles to investigate ways in which Iran’s libraries enact social justice in their public services. The findings show that in Iran’s public libraries, services to different sectors of society, such as children, the...

This chapter provides an overview of the first implementation of the Future of Libraries Is Open (FOLIO) in the English-speaking Caribbean by the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Libraries and details challenges, advantages, and projected possibilities. The FOLIO Library Service Platform...

This study explores academic library leaders’ views on the post-pandemic future of libraries in the Caribbean and how these views impact strategic planning. A convergent mixed-method approach was applied for data collection. About 28 participants from the Spanish, Dutch, French, and...