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Effects of Students' Demographic and Academic Characteristics on Library Use: A Perspective from Pakistan
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Arshad, Alia; Mansoor, Faiqa; Mahmood, Khalid – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
This study investigated students' use of the central library of the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, including the effect of various demographic and academic characteristics on the utilization of library services. The study also examined library users' methods of finding information sources and their perceived importance of the…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Graduate Students
Is the NCL a National Library? Occasional Paper No. 37.
Ilomo, C. S. – 1979
This essay reviews the functions of the Tanzanian National Central Library (NCL) and evaluates the activities performed and services provided by the NCL in light of the definitions of national library functions established by UNESCO and by K. W. Humphreys, Librarian of the University of Birmingham. The relationship between the NCL and the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Centralised and Decentralised University Library Services in Southeast Asia: A Survey.
Hochstadt, Peggy Wai Chee – 1980
Data from 16 university libraries in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand are used to determine, but not evaluate, the variety and extent of library services offered by ASEAN university libraries in the context of their organizational operating modes. These libraries, representing 80 percent of those queried, responded to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Libraries, Developing Nations
The Status of Archives and Records Management Systems and Services in African Member States: A RAMP Study.
Van Laar, Evert – 1985
A comprehensive questionnaire was sent to 49 African national archival agencies in April 1982 to survey the needs of African Member States for assistance in the development of archives. This study is based on the 27 (55%) questionnaires that were returned. The participating agencies were grouped into three categories: agencies located in…
Descriptors: Archives, Developing Nations, Government Libraries, Information Storage
The State of Libraries in Solomon Islands in the 1990s.
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Dadalo, Tony – 1999
The purpose of this research project was to examine the current state of libraries in the Solomon Islands with particular attention to the resources available and the services provided. Data was collected through a survey questionnaire, site visits, and informal interviews carried out in the Solomon Islands between July and August 1998. The 20…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Services
The Evaluation of SISMAKOM (Computerized SDI Project).
University of Science, Penang (Malaysia). – 1983
A survey of 88 users of SISMAKOM, a computerized selective dissemination of information (SDI) and document delivery service provided by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and four other Malaysian universities, was conducted in August 1982 in order to collect data about SISMAKOM and to assess the value of a computerized SDI service in a developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Status of Library Automation in Iranian Academic Libraries.
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Farajpahlou, A. Hossein – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Describes the findings of a 1991 survey of automation in Iranian academic libraries. Findings about libraries participating in the study, including subject area focus, library size, users, staffing, services, and budgets, are presented as a context for information about computer facilities. Copies of the survey in English and Arabic are appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Arabic, Budgets, Computer Software