Purpose: To provide some insight to the sharp increase in the scientific publications originating from Turkish academic and research institutions in the last few years. The underlying reasons, widespread access to literature through electronic databases being the most important, are also investigated.
Turkey has a rich book and library tradition going back centuries. This article presents an overview of Turkish libraries and librarianship by providing information specifically on the library tradition in Turkey, public and special libraries, librarianship education, professional associations and publications, and recent developments including some special projects run by the state and NGOs.
This paper is based on the proceedings of a Seminar held at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris on 23 March 2007. The Seminar involved 26 invited participants from eleven countries and included nine presentations followed by detailed discussion and the exchange of ideas. The broad themes were: Tools for Quality Measurement, Standards and Performance Indicators, Benchmarking and Auditing. The Seminar’s agreed purpose was to identify the available tools, such as LibQUAL+ and ISO standards, to explore the results of the assessments undertaken, to identify actions to take forward, to look at the issues involved from a European perspective and to identify the basis for comparisons across Europe.
After spreading quickly around the world and causing the declaration of a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 has also forced educational institutions into lockdown around the world. They had to continue their activities through distance learning and online courses to cope with this pandemic outbreak. One of the areas of higher education that was most affected by this unexpected situation was internship programs, and alternative ways began to be sought instead of face-to-face internships. The aim of this study is to introduce the first online internship program developed in lieu of an in-person internship program as a response to nationwide lockdowns due to the pandemic. The program was conducted between June 29 and July 24, 2020, via the Zoom platform and designed in five modules, with the detailed content information provided under each module. A total of 21 sessions were held, and 32 library and archive specialists contributed to the program. The study also provides information on the results of a survey applied to 61 students at the end of the program. The analysis of the survey results demonstrates that the majority of the interns who participated in the program preferred to have a face-to-face internship. But also, they explained that this program was a valuable contribution to their theoretical learning as it was run by professionals from different information organizations. Also, the sustainability of the program is reviewed by taking into account its advantages and disadvantages. Overall, this study provides an international perspective on an alternative model of internship programs which supports theoretical education in the library and information science field.
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