The work of reference, subject, and liaison librarians is evolving, rapidly in some cases. This
article provides an overview of the new roles that these librarians are involved in based on …

ABSTRACT A national survey of academic librarians was conducted to examine
relationships among reference service staffing changes, reference service innovations …

With the continuing development of web resources and Internet search utilities, the role of
reference services is changing in the modern library. Traditional ready reference is in …

Although the 21st century library is competing with numerous web-based resources, its
clients can benefit from using its research assistance, physical and online holdings, and …

The technology driven environment today is pressing hard on every aspect of human
endeavour. This demands that academic libraries use the latest technologies and trends to …

This study explored the acts of Strategic Management in academic libraries. The paper
depends on a study that was led in 2015. Using ILMA University formerly Institute of …

In fiscal year 2017, The Ohio State University Libraries in Columbus piloted the purchase of
research data sets to explore how to integrate this format into the standard workflows of the …

Within the 21st century, academic libraries have witnessed a lot of technological changes,
which cannot be wished away. There is need to rethink and redefine the reference services …

The environment in which higher education institutions are situated has been impacted by a
number of disruptive forces since the early 1990s, including acceleration in the capability of …

This chapter is an evaluative description, summation, and citation of prominent studies
within the literature related to the key issues underpinning the current research, thus …