A Study on the Effective Management and User Services for Electronic Journals in University Libraries

Results of a survey of the level of access provided to selected, free scholarly electronic journals by academic libraries is reported. A list of scholarly journals that are available electronically without any access limitations was compiled, and for each title the number of holding institutions on OCLC and its coverage by major abstracting and indexing services were determined. The twenty-five most popular titles, determined by number of holding institutions on OCLC, were searched on a random sample of library Web sites and catalogs to provide a separate gauge for access levels provided by institutions. Despite approximately half the titles being indexed by major vendors, including 88 percent of the top twenty-five, access levels were fairly low and decreased dramatically with size of the institution. The Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society and Journal of Extension provide examples of free e-journals with print counterparts. Approximately one-half and one-third of the institutions, respectively, provide access to only the print versions of these journals (in the latter case, the print version is no longer produced, so access to current issues is not provided).

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Towards a National Digital Library: The Case of Finland

Alexandria The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues ◽

10.1177/095574900201400303 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 141-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Esko Häkli

Keyword(s):

Digital Library ◽

Lower Cost ◽

Strategic Thinking ◽

University Libraries ◽

National Library ◽

Electronic Journals ◽

Electronic Library ◽

Service Unit ◽

Global University ◽

Work Programme

In the last few years libraries in Finland have taken important steps towards a national digital library. Since the National Library (NL) is financed by the country's global university budget, its responsibilities are officially restricted to university libraries, but efforts have been made to open its network to other types of library. After a long process, all Finnish academic libraries have adopted a common computer system (since 2001, Voyager). There is a consortium (Linnea2), with the NL as its organizer and development and service unit. A joint programme for purchasing licences for electronic journals, launched in 1997, is run as a National Electronic Library Programme (FinELib), which is part of the NL's own work programme. The NL's central role extends also to retrieving and archiving electronic publications, which will be covered by a new legal deposit law. Dependence on a single service provider might not work everywhere, but in Finland it has led to considerable advances at a much lower cost than if libraries had acted separately. Behind the Finnish solutions is a strategic thinking that acknowledges that libraries are working in a common electronic space in which effort will not be duplicated as it used to be.

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Management Control System In University Libraries : Challenges and Remedies

International Journal of Creative Business and Management ◽

10.31098/ijcbm.v1i1.4358 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Wisdom Okereke Anyim

Keyword(s):

Control System ◽

Staff Development ◽

Job Performance ◽

Performance Appraisal ◽

Survey Design ◽

Management Control ◽

Effective Management ◽

University Libraries ◽

Appraisal System ◽

Management Control System

Management control system is an essential process by which all members of the organisation work as team to achieve a better output and improved service delivery. Despite the importance of management control system, university libraries in South East, Nigeria seem to have issues with its application. This study investigated management control system, issues and prospects in university libraries. The main purpose of this study was to assess the management control system and challenges associated with its application in university libraries in South East, Nigeria. The research design adopted was descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 163 librarians in federal and state university libraries in South-East, Nigeria, and was all used without sampling as the number was considered manageable. The instrument used in gathering data for the study is questionnaire which was analysed using mean and standard deviation. Findings revealed that university libraries employed performance appraisal system, duties rotation system, controlled activities system and regulation of staff attendance. Result also showed that management control system contributes to effective job performance by enabling employees to understand their job expectations and encourages librarians' attitude to work. Challenges associated with utilising management control system include lack of adequate staff development, training and effective communication. Strategies for enhancing management control system in university libraries include adequate financial support to libraries to enable them acquire necessary facilities in order to achieve effective management control system, frequent training and development programme. The researcher recommended that federal and state governments should make funds available to university libraries to enable them adopt effective management control system and procure facilities and resources to enhance job performance.

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Using Electronic and Traditional Periodicals in Central Libraries of Iraqi Universities (Survey Studay)

ALUSTATH JOURNAL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ◽

10.36473/ujhss.v226i3.99 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 226 (3) ◽

pp. 337-360

Author(s):

Assistant. Ferial Hasan Wadi

Keyword(s):

Scientific Research ◽

Survey Method ◽

University Libraries ◽

Electronic Journals ◽

University Of Technology ◽

The University ◽

E Mail

The study aims to identify the periodicals because it considers one of the sources of important information in scientific research in its traditional and elecuonic form in the university libraries and its uses from the beneficiaries. The survey method was followed in the concerned study in the three university libraries. The main lindings and recommendations in the study: The weakness and lack of electronic tools in the titles of electronic journals and how to use them in the libraries of the University of Technology and the University of Babylon, in contrast to the University of Baghdad, where the availableit e-mail. Displays and contact –us service moreover the availability of billboards and ongoing briefing and broadcast selectively service and activate them in the libraries of the University of Technology and Baghdad to make maximums use of the periodicals section.

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