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 ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the institution of library and archive in Ancient Anatolia in the context of socio-economical and cultural structure. In this study, fi rst the basic characteristics of the culture ...

Reading habits contribute both to the cognitive and social developments of individuals in so many aspects. This function of the reading habit continues in the rapid social changing process of today’s world. However, ...

Personal reading habits reflect both individual development and reading levels within the society as a whole. Accordingly, it might be expected that university students would constitute group with relatively high reading ...

The goal of the study to find out why the public librarians need for in-service training, the extent of their needs, qualifications and what kind of an in-service training they need. For the collection of data, a questionnaire ...

Turkey has officially started to the negotiation to access to the European Union with the decision of heads of states and prime ministers of EU countries on October 3, 2005. This means that a new stage has started for ...