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Download full textMorris, Rebecca J.; Cahill, Maria – School Library Research, 2017
In this study we investigated the research designs employed to study the interdisciplinary profession of school librarianship during a time period of notable changes across both the Pre-K-12 and school library domains. To conduct this work, we analyzed all 217 articles published in "School Library Research" (SLR) and "School…
Descriptors: Research Design, School Libraries, Library Research, Content Analysis
Direct linkKanyengo, Christine Wamunyima – Higher Education Policy, 2009
This paper looks at the challenges that libraries in Africa face in responding to massification of higher education by discussing the University of Zambia library's response in library and information resources provision. As a result of massification of higher education, libraries have been forced not only to employ new and different strategies to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Jakubs, Deborah – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
The AAU/ARL Global Resources Program (GRP) was launched in 1997 with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve access to international research resources through cooperative structures and new technologies and to help libraries contain costs. A joint initiative of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of…
Descriptors: Universities, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Models
Sharma, R. N., Ed. – 1993
Five speakers of international prominence from around the world presented a program dealing with the research efforts of academic librarians and the effect of research on academic libraries in Australia and New Zealand, India, Russia, Africa (with an emphasis on Kenya), and the United Kingdom. This proceedings includes the following papers…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Needs
Peer reviewedAlemna, Anaba; Badu, Ellis – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Describes a study that examined three major international library science journals to investigate the nature and trends of library and information science research in Africa from 1990 through 1992. Highlights include status of authors, gender, affiliation, country, types of research, types of cited documents, subjects covered, and most cited…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliometrics, Foreign Countries, Information Science
Lorenzen, Michael – 2002
Librarians are teaching in classrooms all over the world. A search of library literature reveals articles on academic library instruction programs in Asia, Oceania, South America, Africa, and Europe. This paper examines the 20th Century literature that explores academic library instruction programs around the world with the exception of those in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
Peer reviewedOnonogbo, R. U. – International Library Review, 1990
Discussion of the activities of academic libraries focuses on a survey of 27 English-speaking West African university libraries. The effects of technology are discussed, activities in West African university libraries are compared with activities in other African countries, and implications for West African librarians are suggested. (12…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
van Zijl, Philippus Lodewikus van S. – 1986
This study on the development of Southern African Third World States' academic libraries embraces three broad areas: (1) the multimedia library; (2) the development of university libraries in the Third World; and (3) the potential usefulness of the multimedia library in the conditions prevailing in the Third World. Searches of the literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAina, L. O. – International Library Review, 1991
Two articles discuss information professions in Africa. Highlights include the training of personnel at the middle level; library schools at the University of Ibadan and the University of Botswana; curriculum recommendations; and a review of 87 articles published between 1985 and 1989 that investigate areas of research in the information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Scientists
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The two papers in this document on social science libraries were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. In "Library and Continuing Education with Implications for Developing Countries: A Research Essay," David R. Bender (United States) examines factors impacting upon the skills necessary for effective librarianship in the social…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on government libraries, public libraries, and research libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Services for Research" (Maria S. Pla de Menendez, Colombia); (2) "Interlibrary Loans, Present and Future: A Consideration for Academic Library Management" (Geoffrey G. Allen, Australia);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
The following 19 papers were delivered at the 1992 annual meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions for the Division of Education and Research: (1) "Across the Frontiers: Impact of Foreign Journals in Library Science in India: A Citation Analysis" (M. A. Gopinath); (2) "Children and Reading in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Children, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
