Academic Library Consortium in Jordan: An Evaluation Study

Ahmed, Mustafa H.; Suleiman, Raid Jameel

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.09.021

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“…With the increase of the number of educational institutions in Jordan, educational standards that are associated with academic libraries became a priority in an effort to organize services such as collection development, technical and user services. These services are needed to be compatible with the goals and standards of the Jordanian higher education system (Ahmed and Suleiman, 2013).…”

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Awareness and adoption of mobile technologies in the delivery of services in academic libraries in Jordan

Hamad

Farajat

Hamarsha

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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Purpose Mobile technologies (MT) have been attracting the attention of academic library stakeholders for some time, as it is considered a strong communication channel that can offer advanced library services. Furthermore, MT can offer a number of flexible options for library users. Accordingly, the overarching aim of this research is to investigate the potentials of implementing MT within academic libraries in public universities in Jordan from library staff viewpoint. Exploring library staff expectation of MT to enhance library services is another aim. It is also important to investigate the effects of external factors such age, job title, educational level and experience on library staff perception of MT use and role in academic libraries in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study design, a questionnaire was developed and disseminated to all library staff (n = 174) within ten public universities. Some 121 responses were received. Findings The study indicates that there is a high level of awareness of the advantages of using MT in academic libraries in Jordan. However, the research also reveals that, although library staff are aware of the role and value of MT within the academic library environment, MT has not yet been fully exploited in these environments in Jordan for various reasons. These include incompatible information technology infrastructure and a lack of training. As a result, these libraries need to invest more in MT and enhance the use of technologies among their users to raise their performance and the quality of services that they offer. Such enhancements could lead to more meaningful interactions with users and a better overall user experience. Research limitations/implications This study investigated awareness levels among library staff of MT to provide library services. Users perspectives regarding receiving library services on mobile devices have not been explored. MT should be assessed from user perspective to understand how MT might enhance academic library services. Library staff could also be interviewed to explore these issues in closer detail. Library and Information Science departments might also upgrade their curricula and include MT application development in library courses. Originality/value This study fills a gap in MT research in the context of library services, as it is the first such attempt to conduct research into this topic in the Middle East in general, and in Jordan specifically.

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Awareness and adoption of mobile technologies in the delivery of services in academic libraries in Jordan

Hamad

Farajat

Hamarsha

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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“…Libraries form consortia for various reasons. Among them are to improve the resources available in local, national or international libraries (Perushek and Douglas, 2014), whether these are financial (Ahmed and Suleiman, 2013; Al-Baridi, 2016; Jurczyk and Jacobs, 2014) or technological (Blobaum, 2014), or aiming for synergy among participants, collaboration, scale economies, sharing information and knowledge, increasing brand value, broadening perspectives, team enablement and technical support (Chiwanza and Mutongi, 2018; Jeon and Menicucci, 2017; Wakeling et al, 2018), Therefore, consortia allow resource-sharing to increase capacities to satisfy their users’ information needs (Bhatt, 2013; Maceviciute et al, 2017).…”

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“…Some authors claim subscribing to individual resources can be more advantageous for the consortium as the collection can be centred on the user rather than in the publisher’s interest (Pedersen et al, 2014). This form of contract can be detrimental to the consortium, as in the case of a group of libraries with homogeneous interests, they will not benefit from the diversity of titles supplied (Ahmed and Suleiman, 2013; Armstrong and Teper, 2017).…”

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Library as a consortium perspective: A systematic literature review

Pereira

Franco

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Consortia are a form of association between organizations seeking to reach a common objective. This study aims to systematize discussion in the area of library consortia and relate it to aspects of information management. To this end, the Web of Science databases was used to identify the literature to be analysed, resorting to Bibliometrix software. The results show a tendency in the literature to discuss themes such as open access contract management. The study concludes on an evolution of themes setting out from shared resources and directs future research towards identifying questions of access to and ownership of information resources.

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“…The main problems of the articles are connected with the study of the problems of development of business models of access to open content [ 17 , 18 ] and legal issues governing the open science movement; organization of user service; indexing in databases and publishing systems; distribution, search and access; payment for articles [ 19 ]; generation and use of open access repositories [ 20 ]; research data management and the role of librarians as collaborators and digital curators [ 21 , 22 ]; etc. The results of the bibliometric analysis of the document flow indicate a steady increase in publications on the topic considered here, the dominance of the number of publications in journals (the rating is built by their number in publications in library and information sciences), which confirms the relevance and need for a comprehensive study of the role of libraries in the development of open science.…”

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confidence: 99%