IFLA Journal Volume 48, No.4 (December 2022)IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.

IFLA Journal Volume 48, No.4 (December 2022)

Featuring an excellent report on libraries in Ireland, the December 2022 issue contains 18 articles that represent perspectives from across the LIS field. Articles range from those focused on academic libraries in Jordan, Ghana, and Thailand to the growth of the field in the Maldives and the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty. Also featured are innovative approaches to the role of LIS in society, including as a soft-power actor and critical component in delivering access to health and agricultural information to rural regions of the world.

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IFLA Journal. December 2022

Featuring an excellent report on libraries in Ireland, the December 2022 issue contains 18 articles that represent perspectives from across the LIS field. Articles range from those focused on academic libraries in Jordan, Ghana, and Thailand to the growth of the field in the Maldives and the impleme...

Contents:

 

Editorial

Irish libraries: An introduction 483
Philip Cohen

Original Articles

Advocacy of the Sustainable Development Goals in Jordanian academic libraries 492
Faten Hamad and Maha Al-Fadel

An initial evaluation of research data management online training at the University of New South Wales 510
Adrian W. Chew, Cherry Zin Oo, Adeline L.H. Wong and Joanne Gladding

Exploring academic staff engagement in depositing locally produced research content in open access institutional repositories in Tanzania 523
Anna Shangwe Mbughuni, Wulystan P. Mtega and Andrew W. Malekani

Technological scenarios for the new normality in Latin American academic libraries 538
Lourdes Feria Basurto, Humberto Martínez Camacho, and Alejandra Calderón-Swain

Users’ experiences of reference services in Thai academic libraries 548
Kittiya Suthiprapa and Kulthida Tuamsuk

Inviting and/or inclusive: A study of the Flemish public library sector 567
Dennis Mathysen and Ignace Glorieux

Management of e-resources in academic libraries in Ghana: Copyright implications 580
Theresa L Adu and Thomas B. van der Walt

Knowledge mapping and visualization of personal information management literature, 1988–2020 598
Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu and Chidiebube Blossom Williams

A review of the library and information science profession in the Maldives: Development, challenges and opportunities 622
Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, Aminath Riyaz and Shaheen Majid

A model of access to information among Nigerian rice farmers 638
Ugonna Benedette Fidelugwuowo

An assessment of health information literacy among women in rural Lake Zone, Tanzania 646
Mohamed Kassim and Faraja Ndumbaro

Information needs and delivery channels: Experimental evidence from Cambodian smallholders 661
Selina Bruns, Oliver Mußhoff and Pascal Ströhlein

Factors influencing the use of agricultural information by Vietnamese farmers 679
Hung Gia Hoang, Duc Van Nguyen and Douglas Drysdale

Case Study

Library makerspace in Turkey: Public and university libraries 691
Ayşenur Güneş and Mehmet Canatar

Review Articles

The library as soft-power actor: A review 706
Emilia C. Bell and Mary Anne Kennan

The antecedents and consequences of organizational learning in the library: A systematic literature review 717
Dyah Puspitasari Srirahayu, Anis Eliyana and Esti Putri Anugrah

Framework for the provision of information to the visually impaired in academic libraries in compliance with the Marrakesh Treaty 727
Samuel Macharia Were, Japhet N. Otike and Emily K. Bosire

Abstracts 742

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