Development of bibliometric indicators of research qualityThe United Kingdom, through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has worked since 2005 to reform the evaluation of research, known as the RAE (Research Assessment Exercise). The latest study, published in a report in September 2008, sought to analyze and deploy a database containing all academic and publications submitted to evaluation committees during fiscal 2001. Positioning Liaison Librarians for the 21st Century by ARLLiaison positions exist at nearly every research library, and a recent ARL member survey documented a substantial broadening of liaison roles1. Many believe that liaison librarian functions are becoming more central to fulfilling the library What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research LibrariesAbstract US Library of Congress’ Digital Collection One of World’s LargestThe U.S. Library of Congress is well known for being the world’s largest library. That is, in the traditional, paper format. Now, the library is on the way to hosting the largest digital collection in the world with more than 700 terabytes of data. LibBest RFID Library Management SystemSIX SENTENCE About RFID FOR LIBRARY RFID tags replace both the EM security strips and Barcode. A new partnership promotes Sony Reader for borrowing eBooks in public librariesThe eBook format is is moving forward quickly – more online stores, more devices, more readers. And now it’s penetrating a place that until lately was almost exclusively associated only with physical books – the library. Library Automation in Bangladesh: The Dhaka University Library ExperiencesABSTRACT UNESCO’s free software for developing countriesUNESCO’s CDS/ISIS for Microcomputers is one of the most widely used information retrieval packages not only in Bangladesh but also in the world. UNESCO provides the software to the developing countries free of cost. |
