Burnett, Peter and Belcher, Martin | 2011
- Author(s): Burnett, Peter and Belcher, Martin
- Publisher: International federation of library associations and institutions] (IFLA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information sources, training programmes, health information, asia
The health information training programme in Vietnam was a new approach for the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) in terms of intensity and scale. The experience has a number of learning opportunities for the work of INASP and other organisations.
Burns, C. Sean and Lana, Amy and Budd, John M. | 2013
- Author(s): Burns, C. Sean and Lana, Amy and Budd, John M.
- Publisher: Corporation for national research initiatives (CNRI)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: scholarly publishing, scientific literature, electronic publishing
Results are varied and depend on the context: size of the repositories and of the institutions, the software used to operate the repositories, such as open source or proprietary, and whether librarians mediate content archiving, or content producers directly deposit their own material.
Butt, Komal and Qutab, Saima and Mahmood, Khalid | 2010
- Author(s): Butt, Komal and Qutab, Saima and Mahmood, Khalid
- Publisher: Internet Chinese librarians club (ICLC)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: libraries, internet, information needs, asia
Internet access in libraries and its use by library staff were assessed. Findings of the study may be useful for policy-makers to understand the status of the Internet access and its need as well as for library schools to revise the curriculum to improve the Internet skills of future librarians.
Byrne, Alex | 2010
- Author(s): Byrne, Alex
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Qatar foundation
- Pages: --
- Keywords: library associations
Library organizations need to build structures of collaboration to provide a foundation for collaborative action towards shared goals. It is also vital that they understand the need to be influential, to look continually outside their own fields to see who to influence to support their aims.
Catts, Ralph and Lau, Jesus | 2008
- Author(s): Catts, Ralph and Lau, Jesus
- Publisher: United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information sources, information needs, training programmes, evaluation
This book provides a basic conceptual framework for measuring information literacy and is designed to serve as a reference to facilitate the elaboration of information literacy indicators.