The dramatic price increases in journals subscriptions over the past 30 years have undermined the ability of academic libraries to sustain their collections development a t the level necessary to support educational and ...

Although issues on disaster prevention have extensively been studied in the literature and have been embedded in everyday library practices all over the world, the vast majority of Greek libraries have not developed any ...

Purpose - The purpose of the present study is to measure levels of burnout among Greek academic librarians and to assess its relation with certain background characteristics. Design/methodology/approach - The Maslach Burnout ...

The increased popularity of Google search engine in the daily routine in one's workplace and in the academic information seeking process is undeniable. "Googling" challenges the traditional skills of librarians as information ...

This study, which investigated job satisfaction among academic librarians in Greece, used the Employee Satisfaction Inventory (ESI). The instrument assessed six dimensions of job satisfaction: "working conditions," "pay," ...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the obligations and responsibilities of librarians, working in Greek academic libraries and to investigate whether there are significant differences among various institutions. ...

he purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of, and the need for, information literacy and information literacy programmes in the undergraduate education process. Design/methodology/approach – The paper ...

Outlines the Greek educational system and the evolution of academic libraries and examines several individual library systems. Central library systems were not traditional for Greek universities and are only encountered ...

Suggests that the specific character of Greece has had a pronounced influence on the development and growth of libraries. Maintains that its geographical disposition and turbulent history have produced a nation of contrasting ...

This paper aims to describe marketing methods, techniques and activities used in Greek academic libraries and their staff perceptions regarding the importance of marketing applications. In addition, it identifies factors ...