Book selection strategies in university libraries of Pakistan: An analysis

University libraries in Pakistan spend a large portion of their funds on buying books and these are still the most important part of libraries' collections. Selection policies and practices play fundamental role in developing a strong book collection. This study aims to explore the policies, methods and procedures of selecting books in the university libraries of Pakistan. Data for the study were collected following multi-method approach, through questionnaires and unstructured interviews with the university librarians and faculty members for the doctoral research by the present author during 2003 to 2004. The analysis of data shows that the factors affecting successful execution of the practice of effective selection include: overly dependence on the faculty for selection, constraints of faculty members as selectors, non-availability of selection aids, lack of awareness regarding online resources available for selection, etc. The study suggests some feasible ways to improve the situation. The findings and suggestions may be of value to the countries with similar situations in the developing world.     

论高校图书馆藏书发展政策

阐述藏书发展政策的涵义,在分析我国高校图书馆藏书发展政策研究状况的基础上,提出了藏书发展政策在高校图书馆的现实意义及如何制定高校图书馆藏书发展政策。     

中美著名大学图书馆“超期罚款”政策比较及思考

调查中美各8所著名大学图书馆的超期罚款政策,并从政策内容细致程度、政策内容丰富程度、政策罚款力度、政策的可操作性与预期效果四个方面进行了比较与分析,总结出美国大学图书馆超期罚款政策很多值得我们借鉴的地方。最后对于我们是否需要超期罚款政策、我们要从美国大学图书馆学些什么及图书馆服务中应加强与读者的沟通三方面做了一些思考,供国内同行参考。     

学科矩阵组织模式和分布式管理在高校图书馆管理中的应用

本文客观系统地分析了高校图书馆组织管理中存在的阻碍图书馆发展的因素，提出了建立学科矩阵管理组织模式，用分布式管理方式来处理高校图书馆与各院系资料室之间的关系等发展措施。     

高校图书馆流通窗口一站式管理的探讨

分析了流通窗口管理的现状,探讨了高校图书馆流通部一站式管理,提出了相应的配套措施,以提高资源利用率,更好地为广大读者服务。     

台湾逢甲大学图书馆特色与启示简

台湾逢甲大学图书馆的特色主要表现在：个性化的特色服务、形式多样的宣传和馆际合作等方面,尤其是读者至上的服务理念和馆员尽职、尽责的行为,为大陆的高校图书馆建设与发展提供了参考和借鉴。     

Toward a theory of collection development: an activities and attributes approach

This paper presents results of a study of corporate library selection activity performed to support four global corporations. The firms examined are involved in providing communication, knowledge in its different forms, and computing. Using these results, this paper synthesizes literature on selection and collection development to present an approach to developing an eventual theory of collection development. Using this approach, such a theory would predict the performance of selection activity; the operation of its attributes, such as its cost, centralization, and formalization; and the operation of other collection development activities. Concurrently, it would explain these predictions using dynamics such as the need to include specified ideas within selected content, the need to cope with selector's abilities to choose vast amounts of content, the need to contain selection cost, and the need to gather material together so as to support browsing and its resulting impromptu development of ideas.     

高校图书馆培训工作读者参与少的原因与对策———以山东农业大学图书馆为例简

目前,高校图书馆的读者培训工作存在的主要问题在于参与培训的读者人数太少。文章以山东农业大学图书馆读者培训工作实践为例,分析了培训工作参与人数少的原因,总结了山东农业大学图书馆的成功经验,提出了提高参与培训人数的对策。     

高校图书馆对科研资料的管理与开发

科研资料保留了专家们在学科前沿进行创造性研究时的宝贵信息,对于高校的教学科研及其管理工作都有重要的参考价值.文章从科研资料的收集、分类、存贮和开发等方面阐述了高校图书馆对科研资料进行有效管理的方法.     

Challenges of getting faculty status: Perception of university librarians in Pakistan

Abstract

Objective:To find out the university head librarians’ perceptions about the issues in getting faculty status.

Methodology:A qualitative research design was used to explore the issue through personal and telephonic interviews with 15 chief librarians of 18 university libraries located in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The textual data was content-analyzed and coded. The emerged themes and subthemes have been presented with the frequency of their occurrences. The findings have been supported by the selected quotations of the interviewees.

Findings:A majority of the librarians had vague understanding of the notion of faculty status. Almost all of them desired for granting faculty status to the university librarians. However, their opinion was divided on the prerequisites for faculty status. Most of them supported the same criteria for employment and promotion of faculty librarians, as is used in case of their teaching faculty counterparts. The study has identified that the main barriers in getting faculty status are the librarians themselves, lacking preparedness in terms of qualifications and research output.

Implications:The study brings into light both the possibilities of granting faculty status to the university librarians and barriers in this regard. Besides, the findings though extracted from a small number of respondents, may be of interest to other countries in the region.

Originality/value:This exploratory investigation identifies barriers in getting faculty status and is the first ever study on the subject in the local literature.

Conclusion:Faculty status will help in improving visibility, image and respect of librarians. Therefore, there is a need to prepare university librarians for faculty status, and to struggle for getting it.     

高校图书馆电子资源发展政策研究——以香港大学为个案分析

本文介绍了香港大学电子资源发展政策的缘起、框架,并对电子资源的采选制度、电子资源的管理服务等内容进行分析,总结出高校图书馆在制定电子资源发展政策时应注意的几点:保持电子资源发展政策的独立性,设立结构合理的专门机构,及时修订发展政策。     

Desa Informasi: The role of digital libraries in the preservation and dissemination of indigenous knowledge

Abstract

This paper talks about Desa Informasi (Information Village), an initiative to document local information resources at Petra Christian University through the implementation of an institutional repository (IR) system. The author argues that IRs have potential and an important role in the effort to preserve and disseminate indigenous knowledge. The author also describes the relationship between institutional repositories and digital libraries, that both are interchangeable terms. The paper also describes the impacts of the project to the campus community and the society, and how projects such as Desa Informasi are important especially for developing countries.     

美国四所大学图书馆馆内饮食政策的介绍与思考

介绍美国较有代表性的四所高校图书馆的馆内饮食政策,论述高校图书馆制定明确的馆内饮食政策的必要性,概括出值得我们借鉴的几个方面,以供我国高校制定相关政策时参考。     

Floating collection in an academic library: An audacious experiment that succeeded

Can a floating collection thrive in a large multicampus academic research library? Floating collections have been successful in public libraries for some time, but it is uncommon for academic libraries and unheard of for a large academic library system. This article will discuss the investigation into the feasibility of a floating collection at Penn State University Libraries, its implementation, and continuation for a period covering 2009 through 2015. Attaining the floating collection, limited to monographs in the general stacks of campus libraries, proved to be easier to implement than imagined and resulted in unintended benefits as well as some surprises.     

用知识管理思想创新高校图书馆服务模式

在科学技术飞速发展和世界各国经济发生巨大变化的新背景下,对时代赋予高校图书馆的历史使命和实施知识管理的必要性以及提高知识服务质量的创新模式进行了探讨,并提出图书馆强化知识服务运作所不可忽视的问题.     

Assessing University Library Print Book Collections and Deselection: A Case Study at The National University of Ireland Maynooth

This article discusses an assessment and deselection project of the modern print book collections in the John Paul II Library, National University of Ireland Maynooth. Following a contextual introduction and literature review, the article outlines the methodology, presents and discusses the results, and concludes with lessons learned. Although this project had its origins in planning for a major extension to the Library, its main aim was to ensure current and relevant print book collections. The purpose of the article is to share experience in the hope of it being useful to other libraries considering a review of print book collections.     

辽宁省高校图书馆典藏工作现状与创新

通过对2010年辽宁省排名前12所高校图书馆典藏岗位设置情况进行调查,揭示当前高校图书馆典藏岗位设置、工作流程的现状和存在的局限性、缺少流动性、缺乏主动性等问题,对目前全开放服务模式和网络环境下实行动态典藏的新模式进行探讨。     

Correlates of staff motivation,satisfaction, and job performance of library staff in selected Nigerian University libraries

Abstract

This study examined staff motivation, satisfaction, and job performance among the librarians and library staff in six selected university libraries in Nigeria. The target population for the study includes the professionals and nonprofessional library staff. A total enumeration sampling technique was used to select 180 respondents, which represent the sample for the study. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire titled “Staff Motivation, Satisfaction and Job Performance Questionnaire” (SMSJPQ). Six research questions were developed and answered by the study. The results indicate that librarian and library staff are highly motivated with regular pay while the least motivational factor is frequent interaction with their friends. Library staff are primarily satisfied with their jobs when they are in constant link with their friends. Professional library staff significantly experience better work motivation than their nonprofessional counterparts. Significant correlation exists between staff motivation and job performance and between job satisfaction and job performance. In addition, the two factors (motivation and satisfaction) exert significant contribution to the determinant of librarians and library staff job performance. Based on the findings, the study recommended improvement in the level of motivation of nonprofessionals so that the significant difference with the professional counterpart would not be so much pronounced.     

柔性管理:高校图书馆读者管理的新理念

将管理学中的柔性管理原理,运用于高校图书馆读者管理工作中,以塑造高校大学生更高的素质和人格精神,进一步完善高校图书馆的读者管理工作。     

浅谈筑波大学附属图书馆的管理之道

文章主要从机构设置管理、馆藏文献管理、图书馆工作人员管理和读者管理等方面剖析筑波大学图书馆的管理之道.