The changing role of librarians in the digital world: adoption of Web 2.0 technologies by Pakistani librarians

M Arif, K Mahmood - The Electronic Library, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–The aim of this study was to explore the pattern and extent of the adoption of Web
2.0 technologies by Pakistani librarians. Design/methodology/approach–A survey was …

Generation Z and intention to use the digital library: does personality matter?

MA Sanjeev, S Khademizadeh, T Arumugam… - The Electronic …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the role of personality in digital library systems (DLS)
adoption intention among Generation Z (Gen-Z) students. The study uses the unified theory …

[PDF][PDF] Status of technological competencies: a case study of university librarians

SH Batool, K Ameen - Library Philosophy and Practice, 2010 - academia.edu
Social institutions are run by the people for the people comprising a society. They reflect the
pace of change in a society, and evolve accordingly. Technological developments have …

Competencies required by special librarians: An analysis by educational levels

A Peyvand Robati, D Singh - Journal of Librarianship and …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the results of a study conducted with the aim of identifying
competencies needed by special librarians in Iran at three different levels of library and …

Theory into practice:: Challenges and implications for information literacy teaching

D Schachter - IFLA journal, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article is informed by a mixed-methods research study into librarians' critical information
literacy awareness and teaching practices in higher education institutions within British …

[HTML][HTML] Librarians' attitudes towards application of information technology in academic libraries in Pakistan

M Ramzan, M Asif, S Ahmad - Information Research, 2021 - informationr.net
Results. The findings revealed, overall, that respondents showed slightly positive attitudes
towards information technology. However, several librarians were confused over the …

Adoption and implementation of evidence-based library acquisition of electronic resources

A Noorhidawati - Malaysian Journal of Library and Information …, 2020 - mjs.um.edu.my
Evidence-based librarianship (EBL) has been in the literature for around 20 years, and has
received a mixed level of acceptance and adoption in its implementation. The purpose of …

[PDF][PDF] Use of social media in libraries: a perspective of a develo** country

A Altaf, AI Iqbal, M Ramzan, MN Masrek… - Library Philosophy …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Social Media (SM) provides a range of possibilities for libraries to provide services out from
traditional ways and means as modern life has been influenced greatly and massively by the …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges and Impacts of Technology Integration/Up-gradation in the Education Industry: A Case Study.

A Ahad, S Hasan, MR Hoque… - Journal of Systems …, 2018 - academia.edu
Technology innovations have been changing the ways individuals work and organizations
operate. Benefits of the new technologies are realized only when users use them at an …

[PDF][PDF] Library values that interface with technology: Public service information professionals, Zotero, and open source software decision making

P Fernandez - Library Philosophy and Practice, 2012 - core.ac.uk
Decisions about which software to use are increasingly made by individual public service
professionals. This article contextualizes those decisions and their implications within the …