Dilara Begum

• PhD
• Associate Professor and Chairperson at East West University

Purpose: Digital library adoption plays a crucial role in the career success of library employees in today's technologically driven world. As libraries evolve to meet the demands of the digital age, employees who embrace and effectively utilize digital library resources and technologies are better positioned for professional growth and advancement....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the East West University Library’s (EWUL’s) response to COVID-19 situation through their transformation to digital services. The paper tries to explain how these digital library services support the user community of East West University (EWU) in online teaching and access to information resources. D...

The objective of this study is to compare the present status of open access repositories in Bangladesh and India based on certain predetermined characteristics. Open Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) as a data-gathering instrument had been accessed for extracting the data from the period of 01-06 August, 2020. The results reveal that...

The abrupt outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic throughout the world in March 2020 resulted in the sudden closure of all schools, colleges and universities, institutions, and an unprecedented pivot to remote learning. Students and teachers were confronted with the the overwhelming challenge of migrating from the traditional face-to-face or hybrid m...

The whole world is experiencing a new reality – the global outbreak of COVID-19, which has forced every institution into lockdown. This study aims to explore the responses of the government public libraries of Bangladesh. An online questionnaire was used to gather primary data from all of the 71 public libraries, which was followed by semi-structur...

COVID-19 is a global pandemic disease that was first identified in Wuhan, China. The global reaction to the COVID-19 is varied, but on the whole, the world economy has been seriously deteriorating. COVID-19 has impeded the world's democratic, social-economic, cultural, and religious systems. Globally, educational institutions have been shut down, b...

Purpose- The study aims to identify, and to compare the awareness and attitude of faculties and students towards Open Access Resources. Design/methodology/approach- The study employed a mixed method research approach. A survey has been conducted among purposively selected students (52) and faculties (17) through distributing a structured questionna...

The roles and challenges of library practitioners are changing at a fast pace as a result of information explosion and technological advancement. The main objectives of this paper are to explore the current state of employability skills of LIS professionals as demanded by the employers, and to suggest some measures for better employment opportuniti...

The study aims at exploring the present status of online Information Literacy (IL) training at East West University Library (EWUL), Dhaka, Bangladesh and providing some recommendations for the successful implementation and sustainability of the program. It adopted a case study method and conducted interviews of fifteen (15) library staff of EWUL us...

In the third millennium, people look forward for ushering the innovations and people's rapport is getting more and more convenient with the growth of social media tools. The usages of social media by libraries encompass a vast array of platforms with many contingencies features containing new ways for library patrons in terms of promoting their inf...

This paper is based on the findings of a survey conducted at Punjabi University, Patiala (India) and the East West University, Dhaka (Bangladesh). The purpose of this study was to ascertain students' awareness of health information initiatives of the governments of India and Bangladesh. Fifty graduates each were randomly chosen as sample in both th...

Marketing is frequently viewed as a set of strategies and techniques which can be applied in libraries to promote the library and information services and products. Recent technological developments are creating new forms of information, new sources of information and new ways of providing information bypassing traditional institutional like librar...

This paper is based on the assumption that libraries have a pivotal role to play in nation building, and future of libraries is in our own hands. It further emphasizes the need for change in libraries in the context of emerging knowledge economy. It makes reference to the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, UNESCO's Education for All Prog...