Die Tarifparteien der Länder haben 2020 eine geänderte Entgeltordnung vereinbart, wodurch statt bibliotheksspezifischer nun die allgemeinen Tätigkeitsmerkmale für den Verwaltungsdienst auch auf Tätigkeiten in Bibliotheken angewendet werden. Dadurch sowie durch allgemeine aktuelle...

Trauma-informed practices have become an increasingly essential part of librarianship since the COVID-19 global pandemic. Trauma can result from a single negative event or repeated exposure to negative events over time and can manifest in many forms. Trauma-informed approaches to leadership seek...

Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environment, impact, and future directions of academic libraries in the Caribbean. The book explores some of the most pertinent issues affecting academic libraries in the Caribbean, including areas of ensuring impact, governance,...

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...

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...

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...

This chapter seeks to explore the role Caribbean academic libraries can play in climate action. Libraries are key drivers of sustainable development. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as those of the Caribbean are increasingly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, largely as a...

The purpose of this paper is to point out the possibility of a successful transformation of the traditional library organization within the home faculty into an organization that bases its business on knowledge management. The paper provides an overview of scientific and professional discussions...

Quality and performance of academic library in medium and long term depends on the higher education institution it belongs to, limitations of government as its major source of financing as well as on general development and social trends related to the activities and goals set in the process of...

Purpose - There is no proposed solution to address the unresolved issues of constructing the Chinese university intellectual property information service system (IPISS) to promote the whole process service efficiency of IP creation, utilization, protection and management. The purpose of this...

[The study ascertained skill needs of library personnel for effective cataloguing and classification services in university libraries in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study postulated two specific objectives and two research questions for the research direction. It adopted a descriptive research...

Academic libraries are increasingly becoming digital conscious. Hundreds of libraries and allied institutions all over the world have been launching projects designed to digitize their collections in response to the global information exchange and for wide outreach. Digital libraries are...

A library is a particular kind of organization. It plays a valuable role and is dedicated mainly to the development and growth of society. Analyzing a library from the perspective of a network of relations and ties, which exist between social and technical network nodes, contributes to a more...

Wie kann der digitale Wandel in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken personell, organisatorisch und serviceorientiert gestaltet werden? Welche Auswirkungen hat die Digitalisierung für das professionelle Selbstverständnis? Drei Mitarbeiter*innen des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung...

This paper discusses about the impact of Total Quality Management in academic Libraries.The Total Quality Management is management approach on quality, based on the participation of an organisation and aiming at long term success. This is achieved through customer satisfaction and benefits of...

In the modern year of academic library nowadays most of the library are focus in designing their entire library space in tackle the issues on the number of gate count and circulation activities. Consideration on the importance of various spaces which can give satisfaction towards the users need...

This study investigated the current state of technical staff positions in the central libraries of leading universities in Pakistan. Multiple quantitative methods were adopted to carry out this study. Quantitative data about technical staff positions were retrieved from organizational...

In this Article, written for a symposium on the future of libraries in the digital age, I present and challenge two common views about the scope of the first-sale doctrine, or exhaustion: namely, that the doctrine applies only to the transfer of tangible copies of works but not to the transfer...

Universities all over the world are now competing for customers, ranked positions and funding from stakeholders. To realize these goals and have competitive edge in national and international university education business, individual universities need to provide superior service quality to...

As the rapid acceleration of industry 4.0 catapults a number of changes within the space of library services and operations into effect, it is more important than ever to understand the impact of technological revolutions on the academic library. This edited collection showcases the emerging...

The chapter discusses the importance of capacity building and need for continuous professional development for library and information science professionals in university libraries. The changing dynamics in higher education, information and communication technologies and the shift in the...

This chapter explores “politic talks” (also known as political information) on the websites of academic libraries in land-grant state universities of the South in the context of a global retreat of democracy that emerged during former President Trump’s regime as the 45th President of the...

Without knowledge of prison censorship restrictions and its impact on collection development, public and academic libraries may find initiating and continuing collaborative projects with prisons challenging. This chapter provides a background on the American Library Association’s...

This article presents an evaluation of the role of IT utilities in the transformation of academic library services. It begins with a brief overview of the historical development of academic libraries followed by a discussion of current challenges and opportunities for academic libraries. It then...

Feminist leadership in libraries is an emerging area of interest. Distinct from traditional leadership or female leadership, it includes such values as critiquing systems of oppression, valuing whole people, empowering individuals, and sharing information. Here we ask, what do feminist academic...

The hallmark of the human spirit is its relentless pursuit of truth, its uninterrupted intellectual quest, restless meanderings and the determined sallies of the unconquerable mind of man into art, literature, culture and the mysteries of nature have resulted in a mass of experience of knowledge...

Das Buch vermittelt anhand praxisbezogener Beispiele grundlegende Kenntnisse für den Einsatz von Marktforschungsinstrumenten in der bibliothekarischen Arbeitspraxis. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei solche Methoden und Anwendungsszenarien, die auf die Optimierung bzw. Erweiterung nutzerbezogener...