scholarly journals Librarian’s roles on students who are hurt: A comparative study of two countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadekemi O Oyewusi ◽  
Maria Fe S. Nicolau ◽  
Kolawole Aramide ◽  
Francisca Messakh
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
21St Century ◽  
School Library ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Library Professionals

Librarians are re-discovering themselves in many functions that connects them to library users by playing critical roles in supporting the users. Investigating how librarians will help their users is now significant to school library services. This is a comparative study carried out in Nigeria and Indonesia to find out roles of librarians towards helping hurting library users. The study investigates if librarians are aware of issues that makes their users hurts emotionally and if there are specific activities that are created in the libraries to enhance  users’ well-being. The librarians in these two countries were asked if they use readers’ advisory to recommend literature that could help users that are hurting. This study also examines wether librarians in these countries understands the concept of bibliotherapy. Every librarian has the potential to help hurting library users once they recognise the efficacy of using the appropriate book to help. The 21st century library professionals need to learn more about their potentials to help and comfort users in the library space.

scholarly journals Academic Information Behavior and the Role of the Academic Library: A Study of an Israeli University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riki Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Log Files ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Research Populations ◽  
Academic Information

This article-based dissertation presents three articles, all studying information behavior of the patrons in an academic library in Israel.This dissertation intends to help academic libraries understand their patrons' information behavior in the second decade of the 21st century and to make library services more available and beneficial to its users. The study presents a unique perspective on library users' academic information behavior from three different aspects. The users', the librarians and systems log files. The study utilizes different methodologies and different research populations to get full and comprehensive insights.

A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Statutory Employee Welfare Measures - With Special Reference to Canteen Facility in Sugar Mills in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
M Srinivasa Rao ◽  
G. Vidyanath
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employee Welfare ◽  
Sugar Mills ◽  
Welfare Measures ◽  
Individual Needs

The existing research is created an effort to recognize the worker well being actions implemented in Sugar Miles industry. Employee well being indicates anything done for comfortableness and enhancement of the employees over and above the salaries compensated which is not a requirement of the profession. The standard objective of employee well being is to enhance the lifestyle of workers and keep them satisfied. Employees invest at least half their time at your workplace or getting to it, or making it. They know that they play a role to the organization when they are reasonably exempt from fear and they experience that when they are in trouble/ problems, they are due to get something returning from the company. Individuals are qualified for be treated as complete humans with individual needs, desires and stresses.

A MODEL FOR MOBILE SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES AT RISK

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 2067-2073
Author(s):  
Iliyan Rizov
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Specific Activities

The report presents a model for mobile social work with families, which develops in Roma communities (Varna Municipality and Aksakovo Municipality) for 10 years. This model seeks to resolve the problem about inefficiency of institutions in their work to reduce the number of abandoned children and to increase child well-being in vulnerable communities. There are presented specific activities and results, what show a way of support of the process for deinstitutionalization of childcare.

ATTITUDE OF LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS ADOPTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN VTU AFFILIATED ENGINEERING COLLEGES LIBRARIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
C. T. Kantharaja
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Cloud Platform ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Library Management ◽  
The Right ◽  
Library Professionals

Cloud computing technology has signicant role in academic libraries. Most of the library services are available on cloud platform and library software vendors developed their Library Management Software on cloud platform. It is the right time for library professionals to upgrade their technical skills to provide good services to the library stakeholders. This study shows the library services and facilities available on cloud. It is the right time to migrate to cloud

TIKA RAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LIBRARY : A USER SURVEY

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meenu Kumari
Keyword(s):  
College Of Education ◽  
Library Services ◽  
User Survey ◽  
Study Researcher ◽  
Library Users ◽  
The Face

The present study highlights the weakness and strengthens of Tika Ram College of Education Library. Users are the mirror of any library, we may see the face of any library through users. For this study researcher distributed total 220 questionnaires to different categories of users and got back 187 (85%) filled questionnaires. Present study also highlights the behavior of users in searching their required material and evaluation of library services.

Satisfaction and Consumption Emotions of Library Users at a Public University in Mexico: A Case Study

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca-Lidia Miranda-Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Education Institution ◽  
Public University ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Consumption Emotions ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Machine Learning Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Consumption emotions are not always considered when satisfaction with library services is assessed. In this research, consumption emotions perceived by users of eight different libraries of a Mexican higher education institution are identified when using library services. Laros and Steenkamp. 2005. “Emotions in Consumer Behavior: A Hierarchical Approach.” Journal of Business Research 58: 1437–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.09.013 hierarchical scale was used to assess library users’ consumption emotions. The relationship between those emotions and the users’ satisfaction is then established and analyzed using both descriptive statistics analysis and an entropy-oriented machine learning approach. The first approach suggests that users feel more positive consumption emotions (contentment and happiness) than negative emotions (anger). The entropy analysis shows that the identified consumption emotions have a great prediction power over the satisfaction level that users will manifest. This research contributes to the issue of satisfaction assessment by including library users’ consumption emotions in Mexico.

User Expectations and Acceptance of Library Services at the African Union Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fidelis Katonga Mutisya ◽  
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Library Services ◽  
African Union ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
Library Users ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Levels Of Service ◽  
Electronic Content

Abstract The study sought to assess user expectations and acceptance of library services at the African Union Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The study, which targeted 94 library users, employed LibQUAL and SERVQUAL protocols to collect data, which were subsequently analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that users have the lowest expectations of the physical aspects of the library, namely the library as a place and of its tangibles. By contrast, users had the highest expectations in aspects associated with people and of the library collection, namely the effect of service, information control, responsiveness and reliability. The study recommends the allocation of resources in a way that ensures that the human aspects of the library remain at high levels of service quality, while shortcomings related to information control, library space and equipment should be addressed. Further, the library should invest in electronic content that users can access remotely. The findings have implications for information practice, in that studying user expectations enables libraries to understand individual and group expectations. These, in turn, will inform decision-making processes in respect of service provision, and provide justification and accountability for the resources used during such service provision.

Library services enriching community engagement for dementia care: The Tales & Travels Program at a Canadian Public Library as a case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110651
Author(s):  
Jiamin Dai ◽  
Joan C. Bartlett ◽  
Karyn Moffatt
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
People With Dementia

Growing dementia-friendly library services are contributing to community-based dementia care. Emerging community programs in libraries and museums provide notable opportunities for promoting engagement and inclusivity, but these programs have yet to receive in-depth assessments and analyses to guide future research and practice. This paper presents a case study examining a social and storytelling program for people with dementia run by a Canadian public library. It investigates two research questions: How can public library programs contribute to community-based dementia care? And what are public libraries’ strengths and challenges in running programs for people with dementia? The study involves participant observations of the program and semi-structured interviews with people with dementia, caregivers, and program facilitators (librarians and Alzheimer Society coordinators). Through thematic analysis of fieldnotes and transcripts, the study reveals how this inclusive platform supports engagement, fosters relationships, helps caregivers, and reaches broader communities. This research further uncovers the librarians’ diversified roles as demonstrated through their collaboration with professionals, preparation and research, and facilitation of the sessions. This paper advances librarianship research on enriching community-based dementia care, including furthering inclusivity and engagement and extending accessible library services. By analyzing library programming for the dementia community and assessing its strengths and challenges, the paper highlights librarians’ awareness of the community’s evolving needs and their collaboration with other professionals. It offers practical insights on useful resources and emerging best practices that will hopefully inspire other initiatives in which information professionals can help improve the well-being of vulnerable populations.

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