This dissertation assesses the diffusion of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the scientific community in the last decade using Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Turkey. This dissertation aims to evaluate the flow of ...

This paper tests the validity of Urquhart’s Law (‘‘the inter-library loan demand for a periodical is as a rule a measure of its total use’’). It compares the use of print journals at the Turkish Academic Network and ...

The recent developments in technology made it possible to provide various services through the Web. Users’ tendencies to request services via the Web and their expectations from the services are increasing gradually. In ...

Job satisfaction, which signifi es an individual’s happiness in his/her occupation, is a multidimensional case that aff ects success and productivity at work, in general terms and in the fi eld of librarianship. This article ...

This study is carried out in order to reveal the local managers’ approaches about “transferring public libraries to local authorities” which has been intensely argued for the last three-four years in Turkey. Within this ...

This study aims to evaluate the approach taken by the State regarding “Library as an Institution” in determining the Information Society Policy of Turkey. Within this framework, first the theoretical aspects of the issue ...

It is known that Information World is one of the major periodicals which is published by Association of University and Research Librarians for improvement of Library and Information Science literature in Turkey. Published ...

This article reviews the self-citation concept that has been mentioned frequently in bibliometric studies and reveals the contribution of Turkey to the information science literature. The study examines Turkey addressed ...

Turkey’s contribution to citation indexes has been increasing every year. This increase has become particularly visible with the inclusion of some of the Turkey addressed journals in the citation indexes. The expansion ...