Information services in university libraries

Section: Research Paper
Published
Mar 1, 2018
Pages
429-447

Abstract

The university libraries have recently witnessed great developments through the introduction of modern technologies in their technical and information services, which expanded the field of their services and carried their employees an additional burden in providing services to beneficiaries, in addition to the diversity of their goals, which have become an essential axis of the attempt of academic activity and scientific research, where they always work to support This academic activity has an impact and effectiveness, and it has clear goals that it works to achieve and it usually derives from the universities to which it belongs, and the teaching and learning process has become at the top of its basic goals as well as providing an effective response to the information needs of its beneficiaries, as the university library that responds to these needs is no longer convincing For librarians and employees, but they aspire to have effective libraries that work in addition to what we have mentioned on a precise understanding of the needs of beneficiaries and university programs, where the efficiency and effectiveness of the university library depends on the services and programs that have been accomplished to achieve the goals set for them, as the indicators of the previous libraries took from the size of groups and the number of their assets to withdraw in favor of indicators New are library services so search libraries services to achieve th Services It is necessary to adopt clear and specific programs that secure them as a result of the great development in the processing of information and the use of modern technologies. University libraries with more extensive services than specialized libraries and some information centers can provide similar services to services provided by specialized libraries and information centers such as individual selective transmission of information after having It was limited to specialized libraries and information centers when such services were provided manually and depending on the desktop survey of cultural materials.

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Ismael, M. (2018). Information services in university libraries. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 18(18), 429–447. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.1988.165804