The nature of academic librarianship is changing as librarians move away from the curation
of material and into research support roles. Although this creates new opportunities it can be …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the professional competence and
attitude of library personnel towards digital services in selected university libraries in …

A number of attempts have been made to determine the key competencies for librarians
supporting scholarly communications (SC), but it remains unclear what technical …

Introduction. Integration of knowledge and communications, the movement for open access
to knowledge lead to the emergence of factors that update the philosophy of functioning and …

This study aims to investigate key stakeholders' impact and to assess its effect on Research
Data Management (RDM), thereby setting the agenda for sound local government Research …

This study investigated research skills, ICT application and sustainable library development.
Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was …

Librarians working in higher education want to support students in the pursuit of their
academic work, based on the good use of information. To this end, they need to know the …

Purpose This paper aims to assess whether the current eResearch Knowledge Centre's
(eRKC) research support practices align with researchers' requirements for achieving their …

Aim: This paper considers how changes in the research landscape are simultaneously
changing the skills needs of library staff, and opening up new opportunities for researchers …

ABSTRACT Establishing Publication Services in the library at the University of Graz did
more than broaden the service portfolio of the library. A convergence of expertise at the …