Academic Librarianship - Science topic

Naseem Eqbal

Library automation refers to the use of computer and other ICT tools to replace manual systems in a library in order to automate typical library procedures such as acquisition, cataloguing, and circulation. Automation is a process of using machinery to work more efficiently and save human power and time.

The maximum use of library information resources for a longer period of time without degrading the environment.

Madhukar Baburao Deshmukh thank you very much interest and answer. Yes, as you informed, it is a task of the publication section. However, I feel when a journal becomes an indexed journal there should be some self-disciplines, techniques as well as tricks. Sir, do you have any comments on this?

As well if you have experience of the Publication section practises in this regard, pl comment it is worth information to all.

Dear Dr. Pushkin Sergey Viktorovich , the software programmes are unique - every one comes with its own share of advantages and limitations. But, you have spotted an important issue. Need more introspection on right & efficient measure. Warm regards Yoganandan

Janja Hojnik the same problem I found when working on citation on google scholar. I find that on mobile all five citation styles are visible whereas on laptop only three. May be it will helpful to you.

Please go through the attached articles to get an idea about identifying research gaps and bridging the identified research gaps.

Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG,

In my opinion, in the coming years, one of the key applications of artificial intelligence integrated with other Industry 4.0 technologies, including Big Data Analytics, will be improvement of information search on the Internet.

Conducted scientific research confirms the strong correlation between the development of Big Data technology, Data Science analytics, Data Analytics and the effectiveness of the use of knowledge resources. I believe that the development of Big Data technology and Data Science analytics, Data Analytics and other ICT information technologies, multi-criteria technology, advanced processing of large information sets, and Industry 4.0 technology increases the efficiency of using knowledge resources, including in the field of economics, finance and organization management. In recent years, ICT information technologies, Industry 4.0 etc. have been developing dynamically and are used in knowledge-based economies in particular. These technologies are used in scientific research and business applications in commercial enterprises and in financial and public institutions. Due to the growing importance of this issue in knowledge-based economies, an important issue is the analysis of the correlation between the development of Big Data technology and Data Science analytics, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and the effectiveness of using knowledge resources to solve key problems of civilization development. The use of Big Data, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and other ICT information technologies as well as advanced data processing Industry 4.0 in the processing of knowledge resources should contribute to increasing the efficiency of knowledge resource processing in knowledge-based economies, including in the field of economics and finance.

In recent years, the scope of applications of Big Data technology and Data Science analytics, Data Analytics in economics, finance and management of organizations, including enterprises, financial and public institutions, has been increasing. Therefore, the importance of implementing analytical instruments for advanced processing of large data sets in enterprises, financial and public institutions, i.e. the construction of Big Data Analytics platforms to support organization management processes in various aspects of operations, including the improvement of customer relations, is also growing. In my opinion, scientific research confirms the strong correlation between the development of Big Data technology, Data Science analytics, Data Analytics and the effectiveness of the use of knowledge resources. I believe that the development of Big Data technology and Data Science analytics, Data Analytics and other ICT information technologies, multi-criteria technology, advanced processing of large information sets, and Industry 4.0 technology increases the efficiency of using knowledge resources, including in the field of economics, finance and organization management. In recent years, ICT information technologies, Industry 4.0 etc. have been developing dynamically and are used in knowledge-based economies in particular. These technologies are used in scientific research and business applications in commercial enterprises and in financial and public institutions. Due to the growing importance of this issue in knowledge-based economies, an important issue is the analysis of the correlation between the development of Big Data technology and Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and the effectiveness of using knowledge resources to solve key problems of development of business entities. In recent years, the use of 5G technology to collect data from the Internet can significantly contribute to improving the analysis of sentiment of Internet users' opinions and the possibility of extending the use of research techniques carried out on Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and other research techniques using ICT information technologies , internet and advanced data processing typical of the current fourth technological revolution referred to as Industry 4.0.

In recent years, organization management processes have been improved through the implementation of information technology and advanced data processing technologies Industry 4.0 into the IT analytical platforms Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, etc. The technologies of advanced analysis of big data sets Big Data Analytics and research processes carried out on Business Intelligence platforms are used also to improve business management processes. Data collection processes on the Internet can be supported by the use of 5G technology. In recent years, information technology management models in organizations have been enriched with advanced 4.0 industry data processing technologies, including cloud computing, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning and more. The use of information systems in built models of information technology management in organizations, etc. is currently taking place in many areas of functioning of various types of business entities. The use of ICT information technologies and advanced data processing technologies i.e. typical for the current technological revolution Industry 4.0 already covers almost the entire functioning of business entities, from computerized sales support systems, logistics, accounting, reporting, risk management to marketing activities on the Internet and designing new products and innovative solutions in information systems. Online banking is starting to dominate, whose development is determined by technological progress in the field of ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies. Computerization is also increasingly affecting public sector institutions servicing tax systems and settlements of business entities. Business Intelligence analytical platforms have also been developed for several years in the SME sector. Business Intelligence systems supporting analytical processes and organization management are produced by IT companies not only for large corporations. The analyst of large information sets in Big Data databases is also developing. Big Data Analytics and Data Science analytical systems are used by more and more types of business entities to analyze both the markets in which they operate and complex processes that are conducted or diagnosed and researched in these enterprises. Computerization also covers financial and economic risk management processes, etc. In all these areas of ICT technology application, building and improving IT technology management models in organizations is also an important issue. Therefore, specific information technology management models should be tailored to the specifics of the operations of a particular business entity, enterprise, company, corporation, public institution or financial institution.

On the other hand, the collection of large data sets about users of specific websites and portals in Big Data database systems generates new categories of information security risk. The database of social media portal such as Facebbok is already a powerful collection of information. Some research centers specializing in the use of large data sets Big Data downloaded from social media portals through the analysis of sentiment I prepare reports that can be helpful in forecasting phenomena and processes in the future. Medicine is one of the areas where there are great opportunities in this matter. For example, insurance companies and commercial banks that grant loans may be interested in information posted by users on Facebook and possibly also on other social media sites. Apparently, some insurance companies and commercial banks during the analysis of an application for insurance or credit are looking at the information content of accounts, applicant profiles, potential client, contractor posted on social media portals.

Another area of ??application of analytics carried out on large data sets collected in Big Data database systems is sentiment analysis in the field of surveying the opinions of Internet users regarding specific products and / or services and companies producing them. Large amounts of information downloaded from comments, entries, posts from social media portals are processed in Big Data database systems to determine, e.g. consumer awareness regarding the offer of products and services of specific companies. This type of information is of great importance for the purpose of planning advertising campaigns informing about the mission, idea, product offer, usability features of a given company's offer. This type of data may be relevant to forecasting changing consumer preferences for specific companies' offers. Techniques for collecting analytical data on the Internet can be supported by the use of 5G technology.

I am also involved in research on knowledge management using the Big Data computerized database platforms. In my publications available on the Research Gate portal, I described the key determinants of the development of Big Data technology and the security of information obtained from the Internet, collected and processed in Big Data databases. I also described the development of analytics using Business Intelligence platforms that are used in enterprises. Business Intelligence based analytics, as well as Data Science and Big Data Analytics are increasingly being used to improve business management processes. The development of this analytics based on the implementation of ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies into analytical processes has a great future ahead of it in the coming years. I invite you to cooperation.

One of the areas in which the possibilities of market analytical technology applications, including data downloaded from internet portals, are growing is the marketing of enterprises and institutions. In recent years, the development of marketing is determined by the development of Industry 4.0 technology and the development of open innovations on the Internet. Open innovations developed on the Internet concern, among others, free information and marketing services. The issue of the possibility of publishing specific content, texts, banners, comments etc. on the Internet and obtaining free information are key determinants of the development of information services on the Internet. On the other hand, the largest internet technology corporations earn income mainly from paid marketing services. Therefore, the Internet environment is a kind of mix of free and paid information and marketing services, which are simultaneously, simultaneously and simultaneously interrelatedly developed by various Internet companies. Currently, research is conducted into the analysis of the development of open innovations in the field of free information services, which are the main factor of business success of the largest online technology companies, which include such concerns as Google and social media portals such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tweeter, LinkedIn and others .

The development of internet information services will be determined by technological progress in the field of new ICT, communication technologies and advanced data processing techniques typical of the current technological revolution referred to as Industry 4.0. The development of information processing technology in the era of the current technological revolution called Industry 4.0 is determined by the use of new information techniques, for example in the field of e-commerce and e-marketing. These solutions are the basis for the business success of the largest online technology concerns that offer information search, data collection and processing services in the cloud (e.g. Google) and provide information services on platforms developed in social media portals (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and more).

The current technological revolution referred to as Industry 4.0 is motivated by the development of the following factors: Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, Business Intelligence and other advanced technologies of Data Mining.

The information technologies mentioned above, combined with the improvement of ICT and communication technologies, along with the progressive process of increasing the computing power of computers will become an important determinant of technological progress in various branches of industry in the coming years. Based on the development of these new technological solutions, the processes of innovatively organized analyzes of large information collections gathered in Big Data database systems and computing cloud computing for the purposes of applications in such fields as machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence have been dynamically developing in recent years. , Business Intelligence. To this can be added other areas of advanced technologies for analyzing large data sets, such as Medical Intelligence, Life Science, Green Energy, etc. Processing and multi-criteria analysis of large data sets in Big Data database systems is performed according to the V4 concept, i.e. Volume (meaning large number of data), Value (large values ??of specific parameters of the information analyzed), Velocity (high speed of new information appearing) and Variety (high information diversity). The above-mentioned advanced technologies for processing and analyzing information are increasingly used for the needs of marketing activities of various business entities that advertise their offer on the Internet or analyze the needs in this regard reported by other entities, including companies, corporations, financial and public institutions. More and more commercially operating business entities and financial institutions conduct marketing activities on the Internet, including on social media portals. The possibilities of collecting market data on the Internet in subsequent years can be significantly expanded by using 5G technology.

The information and communication technologies listed above, combined with the improvement of ICT technologies and the implementation of Business Intelligence analytics into the processes of economic and financial, economic, macroeconomic and market analyzes may be instrumental instruments helpful in the efficient and effective management of economic, investment processes and enterprises, including analyzes carried out for the purposes of improving marketing activities in enterprises. More and more companies, banks and other entities need to carry out multi-criteria analyzes on large data sets downloaded from the Internet describing the markets in which they operate and contractors and clients with whom they cooperate. On the other hand, there are already specialized technology companies that offer this type of analytical services, prepare commissioned reports, which are the result of such multi-criteria analyzes of large data sets obtained from various websites and from entries and comments contained on social media portals. An important research technique that has been developing in recent years, the effects of which are used for the purposes of marketing activities of companies, is sentiment analysis carried out on large data sets collected from the Internet and stored in Big Data database systems.

In order to group the behavior of social media users into specific classes of behavior, these classes must first be defined. Sentiment analysis using large data sets collected from entries and comments from social media portals and transferred to Big Data database platforms can be helpful. Then, when observing the changes in certain types of behavior of users of social media portals, you can analyze the data collected in Big Data according to these observations. In addition, a useful tool can be an analysis of the behavior of users of social media portals based on current posts, entries and comments on specific social media pages, statistical analysis of comments on specific topics of posts. This type of research is carried out by online technology companies that run social media portals and use the results of these studies to develop their viral marketing services, because this field of marketing is a key determinant of revenue generated by these companies from advertising sales on social media portals. The basis of marketing activities conducted in this way are market research conducted by collecting market data from the Internet regarding the offer of individual companies, their competition, demand for specific products and services from Internet users as well as collecting, processing and analyzing this data in Big Data Analytics database and analytical systems. The process of collecting market data from specific websites can be improved by using 5G technology.

Industry 4.0 technologies are also used in the development of transaction systems and transaction security in the field of e-commerce and online banking. The key determinants of the globally developing e-commerce relate primarily to the implementation of ICT information technologies and advanced data processing technologies, i.e. industry 4.0 typical for the current technological revolution to computerized, automated transaction systems supporting online trading. In addition, the use of blockchain technology for transaction security systems and data transfer on the Internet. The use of ICT information technologies and advanced data processing technologies i.e. typical for the current technological revolution Industry 4.0 to online transaction systems supporting e-commerce already applies to almost all the functioning of online stores, from computerized sales support systems, logistics, accounting, reporting, risk management to Internet marketing activities and improving security systems for online transactions. Another important determinant of e-commerce development is the development of online mobile banking available on mobile devices and new solutions related to the Internet of Things technology. Online banking is starting to dominate, whose development is determined by technological progress in the field of ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies. Computerization is also increasingly affecting public sector institutions servicing tax systems and settlements of business entities. In addition, Business Intelligence analytical platforms supporting the management processes of companies operating also in the e-commerce sector have been developed for several years. The analyst of large information sets in Big Data databases is also developing. Big Data Analytics and Data Science analytical systems are also used by businesses operating also in the field of e-commerce.

In recent years, new internet marketing instruments have also been developed, mainly used on social media portals, and are also used by companies operating in the e-commerce sector. Internet technology and fintech companies are also emerging that offer information services on the Internet to support marketing management, including the planning of advertising campaigns for products sold via the Internet. To this end, sentiment analyzes are used to survey Internet users' opinions regarding dominant awareness, recognition, brand image, mission and the offer of specific companies. Sentiment analysis is carried out on large data sets downloaded from various websites, including millions of social media sites collected in Big Data systems. The analytical data collected in this way are very helpful in the process of planning advertising campaigns carried out in new media, including social media portals. These campaigns advertise products and services sold via the Internet, available at online stores. In view of the above, the development of e-commerce is determined mainly by technological progress in the field of ICT information technologies and advanced data processing technologies Industry 4.0 and new technologies used in securing financial transactions carried out via the Internet, including e-commerce related transactions, e.g. technology blockchain. I have described the above issues of various aspects of the application of information systems and ICT, including Big Data, Business Intelligence in companies operating on the Internet in my scientific publications available on the Research Gate portal. I invite you to cooperation.

According to the above, in my opinion, the use of 5G technology to collect data from the Internet will significantly contribute to improving the analysis of sentiment of Internet users' opinions and the possibility of extending the use of research techniques carried out on Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and other research techniques using information technologies ICT, internet and advanced data processing typical of the current fourth technological revolution referred to as Industry 4.0. At present, however, all the potential applications of 5G technology in economic and other applications are unknown. These applications will be wide in both business processes carried out by technological internet companies as well as by security institutions. Globally operating technology internet companies, thanks to the use of 5G technology in research processes, will improve their offer of information, internet and marketing services addressed to Internet users. On the other hand, national security institutions and IT systems risk management departments operating in companies can also obtain a tool enabling a significant improvement of instruments ensuring a high level of security of information transferred via the Internet and other cybersecurity issues. Therefore, research on cyber security and e-commerce will be expanded to include the impact of 5G technology on the development of many aspects of these areas of activity of business entities, institutions and citizens increasingly using the Internet in various areas of business.

In view of the above, in my opinion in the coming years one of the key applications of artificial intelligence integrated with other Industry 4.0 technologies, including Big Data Analytics, will be improvement of information search on the Internet.

Best wishes.

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Hi Pohammad,

Big data/data mining, business intelligence/analytics, data science, distant reading, knowledge discovery etc. are all different terms used in different disciplines to denote essentially the same thing: statistical analysis and discovery of novel patterns from data and presenting them in the form conducive to human consumption. Meliha

Hello Kim Hyemi

You may find the following reference useful as regards identifying thermally induced cell failure mechanisms.

JRC Exploratory Research Workshop –Safer Li-Ion Batteries by Preventing Thermal Propagation? M. Börner, A. Friesen, F. Schappacher, M. Winter – 08./09.03.2018 – Petten

You can locate the (pdf) document online as: factors-thermal-stability-of-lithium-ion-batteries.pdf

Please take great care if carrying out thermal testing, the equipment should be remote from the operator and in a place equipped to deal with both 'venting with flame' and cell explosion/detonation. I have used an external 'bunker' with remote activation and recording (in lab) for this type of work. The risk of catastrophic failure of cells is greatest in (as yet) non-commercial cells under development, most especially in circumstances where Lithium dendrite formation could occur.

Regards

Al Holmes

Google does have a Patent database: patents.google.com. Keep in mind that the USPTO publishes patent applications ~18 months after the first application date. As an illustrative example, I have a patent application that was published at the end of August after a provisional application was filed in Feb. 2017; by my reckoning, I should have another application (filed with the USPTO late May of 2017) being published this upcoming week. It should take Google a few more days to incorporate it in their database.

Google Patents does include patent literature from other countries as well.

Perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are original constructs of TAM, but other instrisinc constructs such as level of education, organizational support have tend to influence how technology is perceived and accepted. So I advice you read application of TAM and modify it to give room for other constructs such as the ones I mentioned to have a place in your study. In so doing you may come up with a model that could be adopted by other researchers just as you are about to adopt TAM.

Thank you and kind regards.

Jaro is right we must identify competencies and determine new ways to help students learn them. One way that I have had a lot of luck with is the use of virtual academic poster competitions for students. Through this medium the students are able to share their research with not only their fellow students at their university, but with other universities that are participating as well. It is a low cost, hi tech solution.

The best, I found with all the information, that we check with thompson reuter.

Please follow the link below for the all journal list, which are peer reviewed and indexed with Thompson reuters

There are a number of points in the life cycle where challenges manifest, notably acquisitions and cataloguing. Different institutions have strategies in place to cope with the challenges. But the common fail point I am most interested in is the Web catalogue. The basic principles of Web internationalisation have been available since 1998. Yet most library catalogues fail. Thsee failures also tend to be failures of a number of Web accessibility sucess criteria.

Hi,

If no prohibition is mentioned in the paper, and you cite the source properly, then there should not be any problem with using the survey.

Dear colleagues in the profession, i would like to thank you for your kindness in availing such information. I am humbled. May God richly bless you and my prayer is that one day we will meet and discuss more on this and other topics

You can create sophisticated concept diagrams by the tikz package of Latex (PGF/TikZ is a set of languages to produce vector graphics from geometric description). Some example here: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/tag/diagrams/

On the other hand, 3D computer graphics can help you create cool scientific images. The current mantra is Blender (take a look at http://www.bensikora.com/tag/blender/).

 Dear Gillian Fletcher 

How I will remove space. Can you please share any screen shot?

thank you

Thank you Karen

ACRL: Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success at http://www.ala.org/acrl/AiA

"a program to strengthen the competencies of librarians in campus leadership and data-informed advocacy"

Final Report: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_summit.pdf

Thanks for sharing Ljubomir.

At my istitution librarians who obtain a masters degree and above attain faculty status. This means they can now teach in the Department of Library and Information Studies offering BA programes. It also means that academic librarian must conduct research and publish for career progression. Academic status certainly enhances ones status. They can now teach, set questions and mark. However, there are certain academic benefits that don't accrue to academic librarians because they have one leg in the library and the other in faculty. Some colleagues in faculty may look at them as outsiders and sometimes with latent resentment especially when they trying to join in teaching a particully course. Some may even see them as intruders.  

I believe the following aspects fit into library social responsibility:

1) community development and involvement

2) social inclusion

3) information ethics and accessibility of digital resources

4) cost-effectiveness in running the library services

5) extension activities (branch libraries, mobile libraries, public reading in community and adult care centres, etc.)

Hi Yanan,

I did edit a book on this topic published in 2006. May be a bit old now but the reference is:  Dale, P., Holland, M., & Matthews, M., (eds.) 2006. Subject Librarians: Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment. Aldershot UK: Ashgate.

There might be some full text here [ https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Subject_Librarians.html?id=ybt0ci_4esIC&redir_esc=y&hl=en ] and there are two chapters free online here [ http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/1461/ ] and here [  http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/196/ ]. It's a topic I haven't thought about for a while,  I will add an answer when I have a moment. BW Matt. 

The fist thing would be to look at where you want to be visible. 

I think 3 channels would be great for libraries: SEO, Email and Social.

SEO would entail making some of the data indexable by search engines so that the content could be ranked. Content presented should match the user's search intent. If I know as a user that there is a place that can give me the information I seek, then I will go there. No need to give away the entire information, just enough so that the user will know that they need to seek it out somewhere specific. 

Email is a channel that has higher engagement than most in terms of marketing. Emailing the existing or past user base would be a great way to promote library activities.

Social, the BNF library in France has a great community manager that engages people on social media by showing relevant content to its target audience. Scientific content is exchanged on social media so being part of this exchange would give libraries online visibility. 

I worked in a university library for years and one of the things that baffled me was that a majority of people didn't know how to properly look something up in the library catalog. It would be a great opportunity to leverage the library catalog itself to help gain online visibility. 

What you are looking for are, perhaps, the primary (i,e., required or professional) and secondary (i.e.,  optional or personal) capabilities, both knowledge and skills, of academic librarians.

Without the required capabilities you can't perform at all as a (academic) librarian. The optional capabilities are perhaps what nowadays are also labelled 'soft skills', e.g. being able to engage in a structured dialogue with a customer (visitor of the library) in order to fulfill his request for specific information. 

Things like professional (hard) and personal (soft) competences and skills are usually listed in structured job descriptions which are set up and published by e.g. your country's Council or Association of Academic Librarians. Also, job requirements can be extracted from job advertisements issued by libraries looking for new employees. What about Handbooks for Research on Librarianship, or something with a similar name? I am sure you will find at least three when doing a Google Scholar search yourself - and if you are lucky enough, you will stumble upon exactly such a list as you are looking for.

Don't expect that there is one single definite structured description of academic librarians' competences. There will be gross differences between countries all over the world and also between universities being very general ones or very specialized ones. Just to find out what is generic and what is specific about librarians competences may be the first important step in your research. 

Of course, those competences and skills have markedly changed during the past 30 to 50 years, due to the advent of the computer, the personal computer and world wide web.

I know that one or two generations ago librarians in the academy were expected to have a profound knowledge of and experience with so-called scientific databases and literature resources (including contents of all journals worldwide), mostly using a not so user-friendly interface. They had to be good intermediaries for users who didn't have access to a computer themselves or just plain didn't want to invest so much time in searching.

Nowadays, almost everybody has access to a huge worldwide pool of information resources, and can do their own search, using e.g. Google Scholar, Amazon, and a lot of other services (beware: there is a lot of info in the so-called "Invisible Web"!). So, the job of intermediary at an academic library isn't so much needed anymore, librarians can again focus on more important aspects of their job, or newer services never heard of before.

Anyway, having such a list of specific and general criteria to be used is just a first step towards measuring such a quality as competence. You also have to set up a measuring instrument, which needs to be tested and calibrated. That's a lot of work and requires a lot of technique to do correctly. But that's perhaps worth another question here on ResearchGate.

Dear Thoriq

These sources were of particular help for me:

Borgman, C. L. (2007). Scholarship in the Digital Age. MIT Press

Borgman, C. L. (2003). Personal digital libraries: Creating individual spaces for innovation. NSF Workshop on Post-Digital Libraries Initiative Directions, June 4, 2003.

Glushko, R. J. (2013). The discipline of organizing. MIT Press.

for the Journal Article below.

Regards, Ulli

   

I agree with you, i believe most librarians (esp in my country Nigeria) do not fully grasp and understand their profession thereby projecting Librarianship  poorly .A lot of us grew up without hearing of such profession so imagine the shock i had when i realized that "staying in the library(as i believed it was all librarians do)" was a full time occupation for someone.

I became a librarian by a stroke of luck and have spent my adult life  defending my profession amongst my peers in other fields.I believe librarians need to change their attitude to librarianship if we are to convince people to take us serious.We need to adjust our responsibilities especially in this tech evolving age to meet the literacy needs of people outside a classroom.

The problem of peer review is three-fold. Foremost it is a gate-keeper, not allowing opposing views or competitors. Secondly, it is a platform for those who need credits (I am a reviewer for several journals.) Thirdly, are the trolls. Those who have nothing to say and are opposed to anyone who has something to say. There are many honest reviewers who attempt and accomplish an honest review. Their efforts are important, but are greatly diluted in influence by the others.

Gate-keeper reviews are the worst as they prevent new ideas and examination of the existing consensus. Platform reviews are meaningless and their presence prevent legitimate reviews. Trolls not only obstruct legitimate reviews, they add abusive behavior to the processes.

Peer review can be improved by open reviews. Anonymous peer review is the basis and support of all bad behavior. Open review is the answer. A paper should stand for open review for a set period of time. Anyone should be allowed to comment, but only if fully identified. An editor arbitrates between author and commenter. Publication must include comments and resolution.

A heavy-handed approach is to find a way to require it at the institutional level, for promotion, tenure, and funded research. But that's not going to happen any time soon at most institutions.

If we want researchers to use our repositories, we need to offer a value proposition that is stronger than "there will be a copy of your research preserved forever"--not much immediate gratification in that for many people. What things do researchers need to do? What motivates them? 

One thing researchers want to do is to become known--to be cited, to be contacted by the media as an expert, to have my grad students familiar with my work, etc. So that brings some ideas to mind:

You get the idea. Help researchers do things that matter to them instead of trying to convince them to validate the existence of the IR and those who support it.

Beyond these things,

Hi, the first tool that comes to mind that my library has used and what many U.S. libraries use is the LibQual survey instrument:.  If you're not familiar with it, it is similar to Servqual, (now called Rater or the Gap Model) which compare service quality performance with customer service quality needs. While Libqual looks at service quality in Libraries I belief you are able to survey library patrons about use of different library resources. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking but, take a look at the link to see if this tool will meet your need.

I strongly recommend CWTS' VOSviewer (http://www.vosviewer.com) and CitNetExplorer (http://www.citnetexplorer.nl) as excellent data pre-processing and network viz tools.

Speaking from personal experience, subject directories are good in that they help organise resources by subject. However, without a comprehensive search tool, a subject direcotry stands to be woefully underutilsed. The multidisciplinary nature of some materials is one reason for this - a material you are seeking in one discipline might have been placed under another discipline because it fits there too. The laborious task of wandering from one link to the other is another reason. One is likely to look for an item under the wrong discipline. One funny thing associated with looking for items in the list is that, one's fallible eyes may not even see the item here is looking for, although it is right there. Performing a search by entering your key term or concept, for me is the best method of locating what you want. This is one reason why putting OER together and rendering them searchable is a good approach to making resources available to library clientele. I found that Google Custom search perfectly does the job

I have noticed that those who have little experience in using a variety of search tools and databases struggle with longer sessions. Short, problem specific sessions are certainly good and always appreciated. Drawing together different search strategies in a longer session can leave the less experienced students confused. When students are travelling in for a session you try to make it worth the journey with the risk of overloading the student.

Is anyone doing enquiries live online, skype or adobe connect for example?

As the mental and behavioral health librarian at my university, those questions are referred to me.  I continue to learn in this field, not only to help students find the resources they need for their coursework, but also to furnish high-quality literatrue reviews for faculty, to upgrade reading lists for courses, and to contribute to the professional literature. 

In addition to the excellent examples which Stacey has provided, I would add that currently in Australia altmetrics is a very hot topic. And not just because Heather Piwowar (Impactstory)is doing a national speaking tour ;-) Many of our university libraries are discussing how to add value to our institutional repositories by providing statistics based on altmetrics. Some, such as Queensland University of Technology, provide these: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/46920/

I have found an institution that wants the journals and is will to help with transport costs.  It seems the US Postal Service may be the easiest means of shipping from the USA, using their M Bag Service.  Each country has restrictions and requirements concerning mail received from the USA, and the US Postal Service website contains lists of these rules for each country.  There may be cheaper alternatives for shipping, but I have not been able to find them.

I am strongly agreed with the answers of Dr. Nizar Matar.

Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research - http://www.bmj.com/content/314/7079/497.1

Hope this paper throw some light on the topic

 

Information management concerns managing organization's information resources to improve the performance of the organization, whereas knowledge management concerns the processes of creating acquiring, capturing, sharing and using knowledge to enable learning in organizations.

 

I think the efficacy of a thin client environment is dependent on the role and software specifications you wish to place on it. The more requirements that the thin client needs to fulfill the less viable it becomes. I admit my experience is a little dated with thin clients. I have not worked with thin clients since 2011. Since then Virtual Machines (VM) and thin clients have matured by leaps and bounds (Some scenarios even have autodesk/autocad working in a thin client environment).

An example where a thin client shines is a boxed limited scenario e.g. an OPAC (open public access catalog) station, password reset station, or a place to check web e-mail. On the other hand, if you want a multi-media workstation with apps requiring local resources the end user may run into issues and the client has only a small amount of local hard drive space and memory available, ideally everything is supposed to be handled on the server but there are always outliers.

The other challenge one runs into with thin clients is there is a bit of a learning curve for any newer technician or volunteer that you may expect to be able to handle some minor administrative tasks. You will need to develop a greater amount of documentation for a thin client than a more traditional PC. On a more positive note if you expect your space allocation to grow then the thin clients will scale well.

If this an applied scenario instead of an academic query then I wish you the best of luck on your project.

We have both a physical library (with a dwindling collection of hard copy resources) - and a large amount of electronic resources. We have seen a big shift in moving from primarily lending books and journals to educating clinical staff and medical students on how to use the medical databases for their research and the extensive online collection. It is a much more value added (and interesting) role for us as librarians, and more focussed on education and research collaboration. Rather than simply reflecting a building where people dropped in to borrow books, we are now approached as professionals online, by phone and face to face to help people find their way around the enormous number of resources "in the cloud". Our experience is that our professional services as librarians are needed more than ever, and that is very much reflected in our stats around database searching tutorials, collaboration in systematic reviews, Endnote tutorials, presentations and a huge variety of research consultations. I think the virtual library is actually a fantastic thing - but I can also see that clients very much value the opportunity to meet face to face for support and collaborative purposes, so we do actually need a physical space too.

Here is an interesting take on science video abstracts as a way of promoting or informing audiences about what a researcher is working on: http://youtu.be/7t1pLfedLRY

Spicer, S. (2014). Exploring Video Abstracts in Science Journals: An Overview and Case Study.

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2(2):eP1110.

See.. the scenario is changing now, the advances in ICT including mobile technology and availability of high bandwidth is reducing need of physical place for meeting. Video Conferencing and Skype Meetings, Hangounts etc has helped to reduce time taken in transportation to visit physical place. easy availability of such tools has also increased interaction among peers. Same way it is going to affect the physical space requirement of a library. Availability of online tools surely reduces the need of visiting library physically, in contradiction it surely help wider accessibility and availability of library content on the gadgets.

The best education for a Librarian is one that includes technology. Since Libraries and Technology go hand in hand it makes perfect sense for every Librarian to to conversant with the area of Technology. It is hard these days to separate the two; it is as if they are married so you cannot take one without the other. Knowing how to write grants can also be an asset.

When money is not a constraint, the indicators favor more the scientific community to subscribe to journals are: visibility and relevancy of the titles to be acquired, this is based on the Law of Bradford

what I am try to work in it is highlighting a previous predictions in the field of librarianship over the past years. From the standpoint, this will help in determining the appropriate method to predict. such as; some research in 1960s predicted that the amount of information will increase other see that library will replace by digital library.....

also I aim to Communicate with whose expatiation`s has been achieved to learn from them .

This work can not be accomplished by one person, but needs to be set by a group of people have different interests in the librarianship.

who find this work is interested and would to participate in the work add his add thier name than we will work in it as project.

In addition to the good points made above:

1. Ideally, the journal should be free for BOTH authors and readers (the so-called *diamond* open access model; such journals DO exist, although their number is far smaller than the number of those charging the authors).

2. The journal articles should be backed up or cross-posted at some reliable internet archive (e.g. arXiv.org in the hard sciences), so the papers will not disappear if something goes wrong with the journal.

I read a few articles on this question and a number agree on the importance of highlighting the catalogue's search box on the front page, in order to rapidly access online resources. An interesting user-centered study is: McHale N. Toward a User-Centered Academic Library Home Page. Journal of Web Librarianship. 2008;2(2):139 - 76. http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/19322900802205825

About two years ago, I thought that eBooks would be the way to go. I purchased a Kindle and found out, subsequently, that many titles I sought were not compatible. Furthermore, I found that often times there was a time limit on the textbook type eBooks - meaning the books deactivate and deny access after a stated time period (e.g., 4 months), and this occurs despite the fact that the eBooks are nearly the same cost as the print versions. I have opted to continue purchasing the majority of my books in hard copy for these two reasons (i.e., cost & time limits). When I am able to purchase an eBook without time restrictions, then I most certainly do so.

I do also send many journal articles, in PDF format, to my Kindle.

One benefit is that they bring a different experience and perspective to the institution. This could change the content of the library collection, making it more diverse. This is just one example.