The push toward the development of user‐managed online search processes is clearly
evident in libraries. Implicit in this trend is the assumption that searchers are competent in …

In a dynamic, information and technology‐driven society, librarians can create new roles by
assessing changes in their environment, the potential effect and ways to reposition …

While organizational scholars are increasingly interested in issues of identity, identity work,
and identification, in-depth empirical studies analyzing the process of identity creation have …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to discuss the results of the Log Analysis of Internet
Resources in the Arts and Humanities (LAIRAH) study. It aims to concentrate upon the use …

The digital revolution has dramatically altered the role of the librarian and the provision of
information literacy. This article provides an analysis of how librarians have been displaced …

Whether a reference librarian needs a good subject background to provide a quality service,
or can rely upon generic professional skills, is an old debate. However it is sharpened once …

Present and possible future developments in the techniques of document management are
reviewed, the major ones being text retrieval and scanning and OCR. Acquisition, indexing …

This paper critically examines the notions of the 'knowledge society'and 'access to
knowledge'to uncover some underlying assumptions, with special reference to sub-Saharan …

Purpose In the future, librarians need to prepare users to navigate a profoundly different
informational landscape. Addressing issues of information overload and informed selection …

The rapid development of information and communications technology with its proliferation
of information resources, pressures from the expanding higher education system, the rise in …