Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Technology & New Media
People are visual and respond to images. This has been exploited for eons by those wishing to sell product and promote ideas. A picture paints a thousand words. Book publishers have taken advantage of the response to images by putting time and effort into book covers....
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Library Services & Dev
Libraries of the 21st century are facing different challenges and opportunities in meeting the information needs of a new generation of users. It is important to ensure that libraries have the right number of people with the right skills and attributes in the right...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Library Services & Dev
Library staff training and development is a crucial element in ensuring positive user experiences within libraries. A staff component consistently exposed to relevant training and development interventions should not be underestimated. As stated by Connor (2009:13):...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (0900-1015), Library Services & Dev
The purpose of the paper is to provide a range of approaches to promoting innovative thought and action which can be applied in a variety of organizational contexts. It describes strategies adopted by one large academic library which sought to increase employee...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (1035-1210), Library Services & Dev
In preparing for a five-year president‘s advisory review of the university library, we examined how users drew on the library collection and how they wanted to use information. We graphed the ways faculty and students found and used information. In the library,...
Apr 2, 2012 | 7/6/2012 (1035-1210), Library Services & Dev
One of the objective of the Indian Science and Technology (S&T) Policy is to ensure that the message of science reaches every citizen of India, man and woman, young and old, so that we advance scientific temper, emerge as a progressive and enlightened society and...
