Summary: The effectiveness of an organization in achieving its objectives is depending on a proper management of knowledge towards its managerial aspects. However, current studies have shown that an insufficient managerial skill among librarians has contributed to the reduction of job performance. Consequently, the reduction of job performance

Summary: In the last few decades, the issue of institutional repositories (IRs) has attracted the attention of academic libraries around the world, particularly among Islamic university libraries in Indonesia. They believe that IRs can be a strategic tool that contribute to improve the performance of professional tasks of lecturers as well as

Summary: Determining the different cultural factors affecting the information-seeking behaviour on various levels – national, organizational, group and individual is essential to get a holistic idea of how such behaviour is formed. Females in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arab

Summary: Malaysian publishers perceived electronic publishing as complex and hard to maintain and seem to be contented with print publishing. This leads to the slow adoption of electronic publishing. E-book publishing is not fully researched. The previous researchers and works on publishing in Malaysia focused more on e-journal publishing. Thi

Summary: A mosque plays an important role as a centre for spreading Islam. This has been proven since the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Mosque libraries are vital in opening up readership opportunities to the society. However, only limited empirical studies looked into the establishment of Mosque libraries, particularly on the perceptions o

Summary: Marketing of library services provides more opportunities for a better relationship and engagement between the libraries and user community. Studies had established that the implementation of marketing strategies is to ensure and enhance the awareness and utilisation of library resources and services by the users. However, a few of th

Summary: A thematic interpretations of al-Qur’ān (TIaQ) - tafseer al-maudu’iy (التفسير الموضوعي)- has a sensitivity in information retrieval (IR) platform due to the interrelation of Qur’ānic verses with each other. Many online Qur’ānic search engines (OQSEs) scattered on the Internet and the themes or topics of al-Qu

Summary: The mainstream use of social media has impacted the library as it has been identified to be an efficient platform for libraries to foster networking and enhance engagement with their user community. The unique characteristics of social media with ‘high tech’, ‘interactive’ blend with the ‘human touch’ give a valuable means

Summary: Looking for information in archives seem to be a challenging task for archival researchers since they deal with special collections which are quite different from those found in libraries and other repositories. Archival researchers tend to be overwhelmed when looking for information to fulfill their needs as a result of the complexit

Summary: This research aims to investigate the practice of researchers’ use of the digitized Malay manuscripts in Malaysia, examine the relationship between researchers’ behavioral intention to use the digitized Malay manuscripts and its related predictors, and identify the factors that indirectly influence the behavioral intention through