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Xiaojun Xu; Guanghui Cheng – College & Research Libraries, 2024
The purpose of this study is to explore the realization of users' information rights (IRs) in the smart service of university libraries. Based on the LibQUAL model, principal component analysis (PCA) is used to measure the quality of smart services in university libraries. The contribution weight of various services to the realization of IRs is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Nan Pang; Charles Crook – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2023
With the advent of the big data internet era, the corresponding multimedia technology is also developing. At the same time, as an important place for students to improve their cognitive level and expand their knowledge coverage, the construction of knowledge and information in university libraries will have an important impact on the growth of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Library Facilities, Student Development
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Zhang, Jian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
This paper discusses the author's experience directing the Purple Mountain Observatory Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Nanjing, China. Routine collection development, management and preservation issues are described, and the unique challenges and opportunities involved in operating a remote observatory library are highlighted.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Astronomy, Library Administration
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Yanning, Zheng – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
The collection, storage, processing, and dissemination of scientific and technical information make an important basis for economic and social development as well as for scientific development. A nation has to develop the right mechanisms and modalities to collect, store, process, and disseminate scientific and technical information tailored to…
Descriptors: Scientific and Technical Information, Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Development
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on scientific/technical information and libraries, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Patents as Information--An Unused Resource" by Richard D. Walker (United States); (2) "Survey of the Information Services of the Library of the German Patent…
Descriptors: Arabic, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Cheng, Shauley – 1987
As early as the sixth century B.C., China's imperial library served as a depository of national literature and archives, and in 1905 China's first public library was opened. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, however, library development has been sporadic. Brief examinations of some of China's major libraries reveal the status,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Foreign Countries, Higher Education