Librarianship / edited by Noel Brito.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The blended librarian and the disruptive technological innovation in the digital world -- Creating a culture of learning and knowledge sharing in libraries and information services -- The interactive applications (IAS) in academic libraries: challenges and opportunities -- Factors influencing job satisfaction of librarians in federal and state university libraries in southern Nigeria -- Research data management in China: can librarians bring a paradigm shift -- Scholarly communication and the academic library: perceptions and recent developments -- Evaluating the processes and procedure of digitalization workflow -- Developing a cloud computing framework for university libraries -- Origins and developments of the open access books -- Overview of the principles and practices of open access publishing -- Digital maturity of university libraries in Nigeria -- EBSCO discovery service (EDS) usage in Israeli academic libraries -- RFID in libraries: automatic identification and data collection technology for library documents -- Time allocation as correlate of undergraduates' academic achievement in cataloguing and classification in library schools in Sothern Nigeria.

"This book highlights the importance of the library and information profession in the face of the knowledge industry. It emphasizes the connection between library and information work and education, envisioning a future of working with digital knowledge and lifelong learning. Despite the shift towards digitalization, libraries must strive to provide equal access to knowledge for all users. This involves adopting knowledge management principles, such as measuring the usage of library holdings, evaluating user satisfaction, and continuously educating librarians. By enhancing librarians' educational competence and promoting users' information literacy, libraries can remove intermediaries between users and information. Additionally, library cooperation in building databases and portals, as well as offering 24-hour services, can contribute to seamless access to information.In response to challenges in scientific information and communication, librarians have embraced strategies such as intensifying interlibrary loan services, coordinating acquisitions with related libraries, and employing simpler bibliographic processing and electronic resources. Thus, libraries have evolved and adapted over time to meet the changing needs of society. In the digital age, librarians play a vital role in managing knowledge, promoting information literacy, and providing access to information in a rapidly evolving technological landscape"-- Back cover.