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2025

More than 50% of caudates are threatened with extinction and are in need ofex-situbreeding programs to support conservation efforts and species recovery. Unfortunately, many salamander populations under human care can experience reproductive failure, primarily due to missing environmental cues necessary for breeding. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are a useful suite of techniques for overcoming or bypassing these missing environmental cues to promote breeding. Exogenous hormones are used to stimulate natural breeding behaviors or gamete expression forin-vitrofertilization or biobanking and are typically administered intramuscularly in caudates. While effective, intramuscular injection is risky to perform in smaller-bodied animals, resulting in health and welfare risks. This research investigated the spermiation response to hormone administration through a non-invasive oral route using the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) as a model species. Male salamanders were rand...

2025, Archival Outlook, Society of American Archivists

Reflecting on the Relationships that Archives Reveal explores the relationships found in the University Archives - from the records of the people to donors

2025, Archival Outlook, Society of American Archivists

The University Archives at the University of
Hong Kong recently acquired a collection from
a former gender studies professor, revealing
stories about the queer experience on campus
and within the archives.

2025

University Libraries are sources of electronic resources that are accessible to users. The literature search results show that few studies discuss electronic resource procurement in Indonesian libraries. This article aimed to determine the procurement of electronic resources collections at the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN) Library. The study used a qualitative approach with a descriptive research method conducted at the UIN Sunan Kalijaga Library. Data collection techniques used structured interviews with seven informants. The analysis results showed seven main findings in the procurement process for collecting electronic resources: the target, budgeting, user specifications, single sign-on authentication, the right team, content duplication, and communication with vendors. The library analyzed the contents of electronic resources to be purchased. Libraries use Ministry and Institutional Work Plan and Budget (RKAKL) funds in their budgeting. Subscriptions to electron...

2025, Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities

The paper examines the evaluation of collection management and student’s use of Arabic materials in the four selected Academic Libraries in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research was used to carry out the investigation. The population was randomly sampled and covered all the matriculated student of the selected institutions that were registered as a library user. The questionnaires were thereafter sent to each of the institutions surveyed to facilitate prompt, high and accurate response from target population. Data were analyzed using frequency and percentages. Findings of the study showed that all the tertiary institutions libraries under study found Arabic materials readily available. Another finding in this study showed that students use the library for seeking their information needs. It has been revealed that facilities are organized for easy use. The finding showed that acquisition and collection polices were evaluated mainly to cater for students information needs. In additio...

2025, OMANARP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

The study investigated the utilization of electronic information resources in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Library Igbariam by Undergraduate students of Science education and English language. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was guided by three research questions and two hypotheses. The population of the study comprised of 900 and 1050 undergraduate students from the department of Science education and English language respectively. The sample size of for the study comprised of 90 and 105 undergraduate students from the department of Science education and English language respectively. The study adopted a structured questionnaire for data collection. The study revealed moderate use of electronic resources by undergraduate students in department of Science education and English language in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Library Igbariam. The study also revealed moderate use of electronic resources for academic activities by undergraduate students of both faculties. The study revealed the challenges faced by the undergraduate students in the use of electronic resources in the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Library Igbariam. Furthermore, the findings from the hypotheses shows that there is a significant difference in the mean rating of extent of use of electronic information resources among undergraduate students of science education and English language students. The study recommend Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Anambra State management should support the university library by providing adequate fund for ICT infrastructure, so that the university library can subscribe to adequate databases and internet facilities to enable the undergraduate students have access to the electronic resources from within and outside the library with ease and on time. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Anambra State library should work to improve its website and subscribe to more electronic databases and subscribe to e-books and e- journals.

2025, PublicLibraryasanEffectiveToolforYouthEmpowermentina PeriodofEconomicRecession:OnitshaDivisionalLibraryExperience

Public libraries serve as an avenue for skill acquisition and career development through their youth empowerment programs. This study surveyed the public library as an effective tool for youth empowerment in Onitsha Divisional Library. It adopted descriptive survey research design. Four research questions and four purposes of study guided the research. The population of the study was made up of 423 youths. One hundred (100) youths that benefited from the youth empowerment program of the Public Library were selected using accidental sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled "Public Library and Youth Empowerment Questionnaires (PULYEQ). Data was analyzed using frequencies, percentages and mean rating. The findings of the study revealed that the Onitsha Divisional Library hosts youth empowerment programs for youths to develop their entrepreneurial talents and acquire new creative skills, but the program lacked adequate funding. Based on the findings, it is was recommended that enough funds should be provided by the government for the public libraries to consolidate the programs by acquiring the required infrastructure and equipment required for effective skill acquisition.

2025

This article explores the current opportunities and challenges in the development of Asian private international law. Reflecting on the experience of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Studies in Private International Law -Asia series published by Hart Publishing, this article argues that Asian private international law is currently thriving. However, there remain four practical difficulties in the further development of Asian private international law and the harmonisation of Asian states' practices on cross-border issues. This article then considers potential contributions from Hong Kong in the development of Asian private international law, both as a facilitator for dialogues and collaborations among common law and civil law systems, and as an exemplar of interregional cooperation through developing and refining private international law frameworks within the Greater Bay Area and the Greater China.

2025

This paper examines the critical importance of information preservation and security in libraries, highlighting their interdependence in ensuring long-term access to knowledge and safeguarding intellectual and cultural heritage. It explores the definitions, types, historical background, and strategies associated with preserving both physical and digital resources within library settings. The study outlines how libraries serve as custodians of information resources-ranging from books and manuscripts to digital archives and multimedia-and identifies threats to these resources such as environmental degradation, technological obsolescence, theft, and cyberattacks. Emphasis is placed on methods for mitigating these threats, including environmental control, disaster planning, digital migration, encryption, access control, and staff training. The paper also addresses contemporary challenges such as funding limitations, human handling, and data corruption, while presenting forward-looking solutions like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and collaborative digital preservation. Ultimately, it underscores the need for continuous adaptation, technological integration, and strategic planning to ensure the sustainability and resilience of library resources in the digital age.

2025, Journal of Archival Organization

2025, Library Philosophy and Practice

2025, Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services

Librarians lack in-house tools for analyzing serials collections and have, for many years, relied on their subscription agents to provide collection-level data for this function. The Faxon Company has recently developed new reports that enhance libraries' capabilities to determine serials collection strengths and weaknesses by subject, country of origin, language of publication, and other data elements. Agents have offered collection management reports for some time; however, advances in computer data storage and processing have allowed Faxon to derive information about the universe of serials titles for comparison against individual library collections. This new capability gives librarians new and better tools for coping with the challenges of managing serials.

2025, Technical Services Quarterly

This study aimed at assessing the application of guiding tools in collection development practices of academic libraries in Tanzania. Data for this study were collected through structured and standardized questionnaires administered to 44 librarians. Face-to-face interview was also conducted with four Library Directors who were purposely selected. The Statistical Package and Service Solution -Version 23 was used to analyze the obtained information. The study revealed that 70.5% of the surveyed academic libraries performed collection development processes without a comprehensive collection development policy. The study recommends on more efforts to develop a comprehensive collection development policy to ensure effective practices.

2025, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

The aim of this study was to assess the collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the collection development practices and factors that influence these practices. The study involved four academic libraries and employed both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis. Primary data were collected through informant interviews, observations and questionnaires methods. The study involved 44 library staff who filled in self-administered questionnaires. The study discloses that collection development practices and particularly evaluation and weeding or deselection are rarely conducted at these academic libraries. The findings further reveal that collection development practices in academic libraries in Tanzania are constrained by inadequate funding, lack of skills for hybrid collection management and lack of collection development policy catering for both print- and electronic-based information resources....

2025, International Journal of Library and Information Science

Collection development in any academic library is an on-going process. It is undertaken by librarians and library services staff with inputs from different stakeholders, including the academic and nonacademic staff, administrators, and students. The main objective of this paper is to assess the involvement of library users in collection development of hybrid academic libraries in Tanzania. A triangulation approach for data gathering was adopted. Structured and standardized self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 82 respondents who were randomly selected from a population of 301 library professionals and academic staff. Key informant interviews were conducted with four library directors and four ministers of education for students' organisations to complement the data obtained through the questionnaires. The findings of this study indicate that library users lack information literacy skills and they are rarely involved in selection, evaluation and weeding of library information resources. Based on this ground, it is recommended that academic libraries should establish an academia forum within a library website for sharing information with the academic departments and information users in general in respect to library collection development. Additionally, users should be provided with annual evaluation and weeding forms to comment on quality and usefulness of the resources and data sources available in their respective areas of study and suggest for amendments where necessary.

2025, Collaborative Librarianship

This paper is an overview of SILLVR (Streaming Interlibrary Loan Video Resources), an innovative, collaborative pilot project that facilitates interlibrary loan (ILL) for streaming video. Conceived of by Auraria Library staff, SILLVR leverages partnerships with streaming video vendors and the Colorado Alliance for Research Libraries to enable library-to-library borrowing of streaming video media. This paper begins by briefly investigating the history and landscape of interlibrary loan, the loaning of electronic and “new” media, as well as how libraries collaboratively work towards increased ILL access and how this work supports equity. The second half of the paper details the creation of SILLVR, from its conception to the partnerships it has engendered and the workflows that will make it a reality.

2025, Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA

The Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) of the Medical Library Association created the 2012 NAHRS Selected List of Nursing Journals to assist librarians with collection development and to provide nurses and librarians with data on nursing and interdisciplinary journals to assist their decisions about where to submit articles for publication. This list is a continuation and expansion of a list initially known as the Key Nursing Journals list. It compares database coverage and full-text options for each title and includes an analysis of the number of evidence-based, research, and continuing education articles.

2025, DESIDOC JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The study aims to revamp the collection development policy using data analytics techniques at IGDTUW, Delhi. the study used the circulation records from 2022 to 2024 and found 30,612 records of library holdings. Further, 16,905 circulation records were also downloaded and used in data analysis. The library holdings data included book titles, authors, call numbers, and accession numbers. Furthermore, library-holding records and circulation datasets were loaded into Python. The Pandas library was used to read the Excel files. The study found that 23.05 % of books were heavily used, while 76.95 % remained unused. Interestingly, 30.7 % of faculty-recommended books were borrowed, showing a gap between faculty-recommended titles and student needs. The results helped develop a policy for selecting and removing books, ensuring the library's collection is relevant, user-friendly, and space-efficient. This study provides a simple method other libraries can follow in collection development and better use their resources.

2025, Collection Management

In libraries and archives, efforts to document underrepresented communities and diversify collections can be fraught with political tension. We explore an interdepartmental collaboration to create and preserve a digital collection documenting the Urban Native Relocation Program of the mid-to late-twentieth century in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Involving the Grand Valley State University Libraries, the Kutsche Office of Local History, and the university's Native American Advisory Board, the project serves as a model not just for collaborative collection development but also for community engagement and outreach. We find that process is as important as product in developing collaborative digital collections.

2025

The Joseph Ayo Babalola University Library is analyzed through a SWOT analysis to identify its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The aim of this analysis is to improve the library's productivity and relevance to the university's overall mission. The study focuses on various aspects of the library, including infrastructure, human resources, collections, technology, and reader services, to see how well they support the university's teaching and research mission. By identifying the library's strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities, the study intends to provide insights into areas that can be improved and capitalized on to enhance the library's performance. The SWOT analysis is a strategic management tool that helps organizations assesses their performance and resources in relation to the operating environment.

2025, Imagines

La collaborazione fra la biblioteca digitale del Museo Galileo e la Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze è nata inizialmente come sperimentazione delle potenzialità del Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario applicate alla descrizione semantica delle collezioni museali scientifiche. In seguito, la cooperazione si è ampliata e, trasformata in un vero e proprio accordo formale, ha visto la realizzazione di diversi progetti che hanno utilizzato il linguaggio del NS per l’indicizzazione dell’iconografia scientifica. Le esperienze descritte nel presente saggio rappresentano un esempio di come il Thesaurus del NS si possa mettere a disposizione di biblioteche digitali specialistiche, favorendo l’accesso alle risorse e migliorandone la qualità, per offrire agli utenti processi di conoscenza, non solo per quanto riguarda l’acquisizione di contenuti ma anche per quanto riguarda l’interoperabilità con altri contesti, cosa che rappresenta la vera ricchezza di ogni patrimonio informativo

2025, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review

This study was conducted to find out the relationship between the use of e-library resources and users' satisfaction in university libraries in Anambra State of Nigeria. The population of this study was made up of 2000 students registered library users of two universities in Anambra State of Nigeria. The research design used was a combination of descriptive survey and linear correlation. A sample of 200 students were selected using accidental sampling technique. A researcher-designed instrument entitled E-Library Resources as a Correlate of User Satisfaction Questionnaire (ERCSQ) was used for data collection. Data was analysed using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to ascertain the strength of the relationship between students' use of e-library resources and their satisfaction. The study revealed that students actually make use of the e-library resources in their university libraries. Results from...

2025

This paper aims to assess and evaluate the use of e-database in engineering college libraries of Karnataka, use of e-databases by the faculty members of various engineering colleges through a survey based on a structured questionnaire. Various statistical methods have been used for data analysis. The study confirmed that faculty members are aware of the edatabases and various types of e-resources, e-thesis, and e-journals. The highly significant difference (  2=2306; P<0.000) among the respondents with regard to the use of ‘IEEE’ (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)’ many respondents scoring 170(48.6%) says ‘agree’. E-databases are playing major role in engineering college libraries. Keywords: Use of E-database, awareness of E-databases, engineering colleges, analytical study Cite this Article K.N. Shivakumaraswmay. Use and Awareness of E-Databases in Engineering College Faculties of Karnataka: An Analytical Study. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. ...

2025

The study investigated influence of preservation techniques and access to digital resources on the research output of Liberians and lecturers in Federal university libraries in Northern Nigeria. Three research questions and research objectives respectively guide the study to capture types of digital resources and preservation techniques utilized as well as access tools that facilitated the use of digital resources to enhance research output of librarians and lecturers. Descriptive survey research design was used and the target population consisted of 12,691 academic staff with breakdown of 161 librarians working in ICT unit of university libraries as well as 12,539 lecturers in various faculties in the 22 universities in Northern Nigerians. Multi-stage sampling techniques viz-a-viz proportionate stratifies sampling techniques was used to select 377 lecturers and 79 Liberians in nine universities. Two set of four point rating scale questionnaire was design and administered on 386 respondents. Mean and standard deviation was used to analysed data. Result showed that e-journal article, digitization and library catalogue top the list in terms of digital resource, preservation techniques and access tools used in research output of academic staff in federal university libraries in Northern Nigeria. Digital resources were used to disseminate research output. The conclusion was that e-journal article serve as plat form for convening current research findings and that digitization is the modern method of preserving paper-based materials in libraries. Easy access to information resources is made possible through library catalogue. The study recommended that management to universities in northern Nigeria should motivate academic staff to make scholarly contribution to other resources (text book, technical report etc) were among others.

2025, Transforming Library Services: Innovation, Access and Research Support (pp. 3-29), Devyani Publishers and Distributors, Delhi

This study explores the transformation of library collection development in response to the digital era’s demands, aiming to redefine strategies for acquiring, managing, and preserving digital resources. Spanning the historical evolution, architecture, and global practices of digital libraries, it analyzes components like digital collections, metadata standards, and cloud-based infrastructures, alongside challenges such as copyright, preservation, and scalability. Findings reveal that traditional print-focused policies are inadequate for handling diverse digital objects—e-books, multimedia, and open-access repositories—requiring new criteria for selection, licensing, and user engagement. Case studies, including Europeana, HathiTrust, and Trove, highlight best practices and persistent hurdles like funding and ethical digitization. The study concludes that a digital-first approach, leveraging AI-driven metadata, blockchain for preservation, and FAIR principles, ensures accessible, sustainable collections aligned with global user needs. Its originality lies in integrating historical context with emerging technologies, offering a comprehensive framework for libraries transitioning to digital ecosystems, distinct from prior print-centric studies.

2025, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review

The idea of a board system is a global thought commonly practiced by academic and professional bodies regardless of institution or professional affiliation. Nigeria like its counterparts in other countries of the world has a rich history and antecedents of establishment of national, public, research and private libraries with their boards created alongside for effective information service provision. The current study is a scoping review of the functions of the library board in ensuring information service provision in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey design. A total of eighty (80) staff and users of public libraries in Lagos State participated in the study. Data collection involves the administration of questionnaires to the respondents. The data retrieved was subsequently subjected to descriptive statistical analysis where frequency counts and percentage distribution was run on the retrieved responses. The analysis was aided by IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Findings revealed that, majority 52.5% of the respondents occasionally use the library while 47.5% others frequently use the library. Besides, 61% were not satisfied with the hours of library operation while 48.7% said 'yes' they were satisfied with the hours of library operation. Also, 42.5% reasoned that the library has the function of awareness creation, 32.5% said libraries are to carry out advertisement functions while 25% reasoned the library board should focus on evaluation of the activities of the libraries within the State. Also, 46.2% said the library offers continuing education programmes to its clientele, 28.7% others said they have enjoyed information provision from the library board, 18.7% others said they have been offered research opportunities while 6.2% others said the library had provided them with recreational information. In addition, it was found that there is inadequate information materials on the library stock while 31.2% indicated poor infrastructure, while 27.5% others said the library has poor facilities, 21.2% identified poor funding while 20% others identified inadequate information materials in the state library board. As regards the greatest obstacles that hinder public library development in Lagos State, the findings indicated that inadequate funding and Society misconception about the essence of the library constituted 58.7%. The study concluded that the state government should do everything within its capacity to increase the budgetary allocation to the state library board for enhance performance particularly in the current information-driven age.

2025

Varieties of research and development of science annually continues to grow. One of the study program at the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University who recently established and continues to experience growth is the Culture and Media Studies (KBM). In the program consists of S2 (master's degree) and program S3 (doctorate). Study program of Media and Cultural Studies (KBM) is an interdisciplinary study program, which utilizes various theories from various disciplines preexisting such as communication science, philosophy, politics, sociology and even cultural sciences eg anthropology, information and library science. So because of the interdisciplinary nature then, indirectly influence the type of existing courses and influenced the literature that will be used until the scientific papers produced as theses and dissertations. This paper is a literature review dissertation year 2014-2015 which is the study of bibliometric approaches CoClassification. The purpose of this study was...

2025, Heritage

Most museum collections are not displayed since they are held in storage, out of visitors' reach. However, little is known about the size of stored collections, how they are used, and to what extent museums enhance their accessibility in New Zealand museums. This study aims to provide an overview of the size of stored collections, the strategies adopted by museums, and how these solutions impact the accessibility of stored collections in museums in New Zealand. Data were gathered through a survey sent to the New Zealand office of ICOM and direct invitations to museums between December 2020 and January 2021. Respondents represented different museums' legal statuses, sizes, and collections. The results show that 84% of collections are held in storage. Strategies such as the rotation of items enabled museums to use 28% of stored collections. In comparison, 18% of stored items were used through loans and 17% through exchanges, making them accessible to everyone. Specifically, it was found that the most effective strategies in terms of accessibility are visible storage, with 55% usability of stored collections, and the digitisation of collections, with 41%. These findings indicate that factors such as different legal statuses of museums, sizes, and types of collections, might impact the use of stored collections.

2025, Museums World

With the birth of museums, came the Enlightenment idea that the contemplation of the works was an educational resource that was supposed to be available to the entire population. As a result, collections ostensibly became accessible to everyone (Bazin 1967; Cataldo and Paraventi 2007; Stermscheg 2014). Everybody could enjoy collections, whether they were curators and scholars, or not. Nevertheless, since curators and museums collected items rather carelessly, regardless of the available space, resulting in over-crowded premises, the idea of accessibility has begun to falter (Ames 1985; Crenn 2021; Ferriot 1995; Gilson 1914). Museums adopted several esthetic methods to lighten displays in order to address the unappealing presentation (Avery-Quash and Crookham 2018; Bazin 1967; Griesser-Stermscheg 2014; Murray 1904; Reinach 1909). Because many stored collections have not been displayed at all, the initial intent of their democratization has been compromised. As a result, a sizable portion of collections is accessible for study purposes for professionals only and not the general public. Therefore, the topic of stored collections and their uses has become contested since it endangers the museum's reputation as a place where anybody can access and appreciate its collections.

2025, Library Philosophy and Practice

This paper is an empirical study of collection development policy of electronic resources in university libraries in South East Nigeria. The study ascertains the types of policies guiding electronic resources collection development practices; identifies the tools used in making sound electronic resources collection development; and determines the criteria considered in the evaluation of electronic resources of university libraries in South East Nigeria. It employed a descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 86 librarians in collection development, serials and digital library (e-library). All the 86 librarians working in collection development, serials and digital library units (e-library) were used hence the number is manageable. The survey used questionnaire and interview as instruments of data collection. Data collected were tabulated and analyzed using simple statistics of percentages and mean. The result revealed that the university libraries under study adopte...

2025

In seiner Entscheidung vom 26. September 2002 entschied der OGH im sogenannten „Card Reader-Fall“ zum ersten Mal, welches Recht auf die behauptete Verletzung eines auslandischen Patents (U.S.-Patent)durch Handlungen im In- und Ausland (in Japan und den USA)anzuwenden sei. Dabei kam das Gericht zu dem Ergebnis, das in erster Linie das Recht desjenigen Landes Anwendung finde, nach dessen Recht das Patent registriert worden sei (Territorialitatsprinzip). Daruber hinaus stellte es fest, das japanische Gerichte bei der Anwendung des auslandischen Rechts bestimmte Rechtsfolgen und Anspruche des Patentinhabers nach dem jeweiligen auslandischen Recht allerdings nicht anerkennen durften, falls hierdurch eine unmittelbare Rechtswirkung in Japan erzeugt werde. Dies wiederumwurde gegen das Territorialitatsprinzip in der japanische Patentrechtsordnung und gegen den ordre public verstosen. Die Anspruche des Revisionsfuhrers wurden vom OGH letztlich zwar mit unterschiedlicher Begrundung a...

2025, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

The purpose of this study is to determine the materials used by graduate students in engineering and to guide library collection development decisions. A literature review shows citation studies are useful in developing core journal lists and determining appropriate allocations between journals and monographs. This case study found that journals (38%), conference papers (19%), and books (18%) are the most heavily used formats, with books aging more slowly than other formats. Core journal lists are developed by total citations and by number of citing authors. Variations among engineering disciplines were identified, including variations in format, age, and subject classification of journals. Areas for further research are noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

2025, Library Resources & Technical Services

2025, Credence Publisher

This study investigated the use of journals among postgraduate students of the Faculty of Law, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted, and data were collected using Google Forms. 28 out of 33 which was the total population of the postgraduate students in law faculty, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, University responded to the questionnaire. The results show that 28 (84.9%) people out of the total population of 33 (100%) filled the questionnaire.17 (60.7%) of the respondents were masters' (LL.M) students, 6 (21.4%) were PhD students, 4 (14.3%) were pursuing postgraduate diploma and 1 (3.6%) was a M.Phil. students. It also reveals that the postgraduate students frequently use journals primarily for research purposes, writing course assignments, and staying current with legal issues. Furthermore, the study also shows that postgraduate students prefer electronic journals over print journals due to ease of access and use. However, lack of indexing for print journals, outdated journals, password restrictions, and lack of awareness hindered effective journal use. The following recommendations: students should frequently use journals and not only when there is need because, journals are periodically published which means that they carry up-to-date information, institutions should subscribe to more journal databases so as to give the students access to electronic journals and download them, enough awareness should be created through classroom sensitizations, workshops and trainings, current journals should be stocked in the library, journals in the library should be indexed for easy retrieval were made to enhance the use of journals by postgraduate students.

2025, portal: Libraries and the Academy

This study examined gender and racial differences among undergraduate library collection users at the University of Mississippi. Checkout and electronic resource use data were compiled for the calendar year 2014. These data were used along with statistical testing to distinguish between groups and determine how well the library collection was serving historically underserved and nonminority populations. The results indicate that minority groups are served as well as, if not better than, the control groups.

2025, Jalingo International Journal of Library and Information Science

Government-owned libraries, which are majorly public and national libraries, have a brighter future in their operations and services, as they continuously play a significant role in the improvement of equitable quality access to information, and preservation of cultural heritage, among other things. Regrettably, in Nigeria, these libraries have not felt well in terms of support and commitment. However, despite a series of efforts, the state of these libraries remains an issue of major concern, hence the need to devise digital and policy-based strategies towards revitalizing and repositioning them. Employing thematic analysis, this paper assessed the current state of government-owned libraries in Nigeria. It went forth to articulate a series of strategies that can be employed in repositioning these libraries, such as policy reformation, provision of additional means of income generation, library automation and deployment of modern technologies for improved services, and library lobbying and advocacy, among other things. Conclusively, this paper believes that these digital and policy-based strategies, among others shall go a long way in revitalizing these government-owned libraries, especially in Nigeria and beyond.

2025, International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change

In recent years, academic digital libraries have become a very important source of information. Academic digital libraries provide a rich collection in order to satisfy user need for information. The augmentation of user population and the volume of new publications causes many challenges to librarians in the collection development process and determining user needs of information is the fundamental challenge that librarians face. This article presents a demand-driven collection development decision support system based on the PROMETHEE II method. The DSS supports the librarians to make decisions in the collection development process to provide a rich collection that meets the users' needs. The DSS evaluates and determines a set of electronic resources for purchase, subscription, contract reviewing or cancelation. The decision support system extracts users' queries from log files to determine user preferences. Then, the revised Simos' procedure is used to derive the crit...

2025

Organizational taxonomies have been used to organize content and aid navigation. This paper describes the experience of using an organizational expertise taxonomy and its corresponding subject matter experts, to aid collection development and to raise user awareness of the collection. Leveraging on subject matter experts in the organization provided a degree of balance to patron-driven acquisitions, and tapped on the subject matter expert’s community links to increase awareness of information resources in the collection. The use of organizational expertise descriptors to complement Library of Congress Subject Headings in the library catalogue yielded the benefits of precision and user familiarity to facilitate discovery, and resilience in case of changes to the organizational expertise taxonomy. Using the library catalogue to tag information resources to competencies is more efficient than manual updating by the subject matter experts, and provides an overview to aid collection anal...

2025, Orientations

Three 18th century leaves from an album originally in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) imperial collection were recently discovered at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London. Wrongly interspersed within a different album, they were acquired accidentally and had gone unnoticed for over a century and are being published here for the first time.

2025, Bonhams catalogue

The Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn Collection displays a diverse array of bamboo and wood-crafted objects, including brushpots, figures, boxes, and scholar's items, some of which were made for the Imperial Court. Most of the collection offered at Bonhams, consists of 17th and 18th century bamboo and wood carvings, providing valuable insight into the evolving cultural and social status of these crafts. Dorothy Ko, in The Social Life of Inkstones, demonstrates that by the early to mid-Qing dynasty, the Court had become fluid enough to accommodate a new class of technocrats-figures like Tang Ying (1682-1756), who, despite being a potter, was also an educated literatus, composing poetry, writing plays, and holding administrative roles. However, the blurring of boundaries between artisans and literati had already begun in the late Ming dynasty. By the 17th century, this shift allowed bamboo carving to move beyond mere decoration, transforming it into an intellectual and artistic pursuit that paralleled the literati ideals of painting and poetry. Influenced by the rise of woodblock printing and the growing demand for scholar's objects, bamboo carvers embraced literati aesthetics, positioning themselves not simply as craftsmen but as artists in their own right, signing their creations. This essay examines the rise of bamboo and wood carving, its intersection with literati culture, and the impact of print culture, before exploring how the Qing Court, particularly during the Qianlong era, appropriated literati ideals to serve Imperial authority.

2025

Part of the ASIANetwork Books series. Analysis of a seventh-century Chinese anthology on imperial governance In Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong and the Essentials, Kelly Ngo presents the first book-length study in... more

2025, Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies

The Qunshu zhiyao 群書治要 (Essentials for bringing about order from assembled texts) is a compilation of statecraft writings that was imperially commissioned by and for the Tang emperor Taizong 太宗 (598–649) near the inception of his Zhenguan... more

2025, Digital Libraries: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities

This is an age of information explosion. No library, however big it may be, is able to satisfy all the needs of its user due to various constraints. It is because of this phenomenon that the concept of library consortium has developed. Consortium of libraries is well known for sharing of resources all over the world. Information explosion, emergence of internet and particularly World Wide Web as a new medium of information storage make the concept more come into sight than earlier. This study aims to explore the concept, issues and facilities offered by the library consortium and shows how the library consortium is making resources available among the member libraries. Bangladesh has plenty of libraries but the concept is still at a nascent stage in library arena. It is essential to have some ideal consortia models for university libraries to adhere for optimum utilization of their resources and services. This study also aims to identify the possibilities, problems of building library consortium and make viable recommendations, suggest models for the future prospect of university library consortium in Bangladesh. It believes that establishment of university library consortium will make university libraries more productive and effective to their user community.

2025, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review

The importance of information literacy in educational development cannot be over-estimated. The information literacy program's mission is to support, promote and enhance teaching, learning and research in universities. This work studies information literacy as an agent of change in Nigerian University education. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Four research questions guided the study. The total population from which sample was drawn is 3000 student library users of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, and Paul University both in Anambra State. A sample of 100 students was used. Accidental sampling technique was adopted. A questionnaire entitled “Information Literacy Questionnaire (ILQ)” was developed by the researchers, validated by experts and used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha was used to obtain a reliability coefficient of 0.84. Data were collected and analyzed using simple mean score, with 2.50 benchmark set for accepted or rejected items. The major ...

2025

Published 10 times a year, Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) Kits and Flyers contain information on issues of concern to libraries and librarians; they are the result of surveys on topics related to practice and management of library programs in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). This document focuses on the organization of collection development. The SPEC Flyer is a two-page summary of the status of the organization and staffing of collection development; discussion includes training for collection development, collection development activities, and the impact of electronic information resources. The SPEC Kit contains survey results; organization charts; administrative and bibliographer and selector position descriptions and position announcements; outlines of training programs, planning documents for training, and training for library liaisons; and electronic information resources in collection development including collection development policies, procedures for evaluating, selecting and ordering electronic resources, and form for recording information on electronic resources. Documentation is provided from 22 universities, and a selected reading list contains 49 sources. The SPEC survey instrument is included. (AEF)