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Comparative Studies
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| Background Readings |
S. Simsova. "Comparative Librarianship as an Academic Subject." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, April 1974 vol. 6 no. 2 . p. 115-125.
Dudley, E. "Stirring the Soup Or Whatever Happened to
Comparative Librarianship?" Library & Information Update,
1, no. 6, 2002, p.27.
| Journal Articles |
Abullahi, Ismail and Leif Kajber. "A Study of International Issues in Library and Information Science Education: Survey of LIS Schools in Europe, the USA and Canada." New Library World, no. 9/10, 2004, p. 345-356.
Afaq, Novera and Khalid Mahmood. "Use of LIS Journals
in Developing Countries: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and Pakistan,
Library
Review Vol 54 Issue 3, 2005, p. 192-199.
Anuradha, K.T. and H.S. Usha, (2006) "E-books Access Models: an Analytical Comparative Study", Electronic Library, The, Vol. 24 Iss: 5, pp.662 - 679.
Arif, M., et. al., "The Provision of Information to Industry: a Comparative Study of Saudi Arabia and the UK." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, v. 26, March 1994, p. 29-33.
Audunson, R. "Between Professional Field Norms and Environmental Change Impetuses: A Comparative Study of Change Processes in Public Libraries in Oslo, Budapest and Gothenburg." Library & Information Science Research v. 21 no. 4, 1999, p. 523-52.
Boekhorst, A. K., et. al., "Information Literacy at School Level: a Comparative Study Between the Netherlands and South Africa." South African Journal of Library and Information Science v. 70 no. 2, 2004, p. 63-71.
Calvert, P.J. "International Variations in Measuring Customer Service Expectations in Chinese and New Zealand Academic Libraries." Library Trends, Spring 2001, p. 732-57.
Cotta-Schonberg, Michael. "The Relationship Between the National Library and the Metropolitan University Library: The Nordic Scene." Alexandria, 20(1), 2008, p. 1-10.
Dubrovnik, C. "The Virtual Archive and National Memory: Towards a Comparative Study of the Digital Library Models in European and North American Settings." Proceedings of Libraries in the Digital Age, May 23-27, 2001.
Gee, D. A. "Comparison of Four Premier Academic Law Libraries in the Unites States and the United Kingdom." International Journal of Legal Information, 31, no. 4, 2003, p. 520-534.
Geng Qian et. al.. "Comparative Knowledge Management: A Pilot Study of Chinese and American Universities." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v. 56 no. 10 (August 2005) p. 1031-44.
Gould, Elizabeth and Ricardo Gomez. "New Challenges for Libraries in the Information Age: A Comparative Study of ICT in Public Libraries in 25 Countries." Information Development, vol. 26, no. 2, May 2010, p. 166-176.
Hongqing Lou and Julia Zimmerman, "The Development of Digital Libraries in China and the USA, "Information Development," March 2003, vol. 19, 1: p. 13-22.
Hopkinson, Alan. "Library Automation in Developing Countries: The Last 25 Years." Information Development, vol. 25, no. 4, 2009, p. 304-312.
Joint, Nicholas. "Is Digitisation the New Circulation?: Borrowing Trends, Digitisation and the Nature of Reading in US and UK Libraries."Library Review, Volume: 57 Issue: 2 2008, p. 87-95.
Joint, Nicholas, "URLs in the OPAC: Comparative Reflections
on US vs UK practice." Library
Review Volume: 56 Issue: 3 2007
p. 182-193.
Katuu, Shadrack. "Archives and Records Management Education and Training: What Can Africa Learn from Europe and North America?" Information Development, vol. 25, no. 2, May 2009, p. 133-145
Knuth, R. "Factors in the Development of School Libraries in Great Britain and the United States: a Comparative Study." International Information & Library Review, v. 27 (September 1995) p. 265-82.
Külcü, Ö. "Records Management Practices in Universities: A Comparative Study of Examples in Canada and Turkey." Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, v. 33 no. 1/2 (March/June 2009) p. 85-107.
Lai, T.M.A. "Comparartive Study of the Use of Academic Libraries by Undergraduates in the United States." Journal of Library and Information Science, October 1991, p. 52-63.
Lajeunesse, M. "The National Libraries of the Countries of the Francophonie: A Comparative Study." Alexandria, v. 20 no. 3 (2008) p. 133-46.
Liu, L., et. al.. "Hong Kong versus Beijing: Comparative Study of Their Authority Control Work". Journal of East Asian Libraries, no. 133 (June 2004) p. 23-46.
Liu, Y. "Information Services in the United States and China: A Comparative Study." Chinese Librarianship, no. 26 (December 1 2008), np.
Lui, Z. "A Comparative Study of Library and Information Science Education: China and the United States." International Information & Library Review, 36, no. 1 (2004), p.39-45.
Mortezaie, L., et. al.. "A Comparative Case Study of Graduate Courses in Library and Information Studies in the UK, USA, India and Iran: Lessons for Iranian LIS Professionals." Library Review, v. 51 no. 1/2 (2002) p. 14-23.
Murgai, S. R. "Motivation to Manage and Status of Women in Library and Information Science: A Comparative Study Among the United States, India, Singapore and Thailand." The Southeastern Librarian, v. 52 no. 1 (Spring 2004) p. 16-29.
Nakamura, Y. "Teachers' Perceptions of School Libraries: Comparisons from Tokyo and Honolulu." School Libraries Worldwide,16, no 3, 2000, 66-87.
Patra, Swapan and Kumar and Prakash Chand. "Library and Information Science Research in SAARC and ASEAN Countries as Reflected through LISA." Annals of Library and Information Studies, vol. 56, no. 1, March 2009, p. 41-51.
Qobose, E. N. "A Comparative Study of Subject Specialisation at the University of Botswana and the Rand Afrikaans University Libraries." African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science, v. 11 no. 2 (October 2001) p. 139-47.
Qobose, E. N. "Subject Specialisation at the University of Botswana Library and the Rand Afrikaans University Library: A Comparative Study". World Libraries v. 9 no. 2 (Fall 1999) p. 5-17
Shin, D. H. "Next Generation of Information Infrastructure: A Comparative Case Study of Korea Versus the United States of America." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v. 59 no. 11 (September 2008), p. 1785-800.
Seadle, Michael and Elke Greifeneder. "Technology Around the World: Eight Countries, Shared Problems." Library Hi Tech, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 337-341, 2008.
Shen Ying. "Chinese Academic Librarianship in Transition: A Comparative Study Between China and the United States." International Information & Library Review, v. 38 no. 2 (June 2006) p. 89-100.
Snow, S. "Center of Knowledge Versus Center of Information: a Comparative Study of the UK Academic Library with the US Academic Public Library. A Master’s paper for the M.S. in I.S. degree, 2004
Vodosek, P. "Translantic Perspectives: German Views of American Libraries and Vice Versa." Library History, 19, no. 2 2003, p. 113-18.
Ward, P. L. "Professional Education in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in the 20th Century." Advances in Librarianship, 24, 2000, p. 103-137.
Williams, Sinead. "Library Services to the Blind in the
United Kingdom and Ireland: a Comparative Study Five Years on."
Journal
of Librarianship and Information Science; 28 (3) Sept. 96, p.133-40.
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