Improving the organizational structure for an electronic environment: a case analysis of Kuwait University libraries

Abstract

In recent years, changes in the library environment have led to increased emphases on improving or restructuring the organizational structures of academic libraries. Technology, trends toward access over ownership, customer focus, and restructuring in higher education are some of the major factors contributing to these changes. This paper also describes the ways in which the traditional hierarchical structure can be modified so that the library will be more responsive to changes in the external environment. A particular emphasis on the case of the Kuwait University libraries provides an applied perspective. The paper also describes the strategies employed to conceptualize change in the organizational structure. Problems in the implementation of a revised organizational structure are also highlighted.

The Meaning Of Life And Its Relationship To Future Anxiety Among Cancer Survivors In Riyadh

“…Table (6) shows that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of the meaning of life and its sub-dimensions represented in (the goal of life, hope and adherence to life, the ability to agree, the value of suffering) among those recovering from cancer, according to the variable of type, as the value of the level of significance for the dimensions reached respectively (0.441, 0.144, 0.257, 0.632), and for the total score (0.292), all of which have values greater than (0.05), which are not statistically significant. The previous result indicates the convergence of the level of meaning of life among the study individuals who recovered from cancer, male and female.…”