Knowing the information needs of a specific community is essential for librarians and other information service providers. It can help them in providing more effective and efficient services that meet the specific needs of their  users. This paper evaluates the variety of library programs and information services designed specifically for the International student of Islamic Studies community. This evaluation will be based on an information services literature review

The International…

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I attended an event organised by Digital Surrey last night. The speaker was one of the original programmers behind the game M.U.D., Richard Bartle. His focus this evening was trying to predict what virtual massively multiplayer online (M.M.O.) game worlds might be like in 2022. He gave us various scenarios, some positive and others negative and it was all very interesting seeing how things might turn out,…

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First, a look at the final product.









Recently, I have being thinking about how information flows in a large organization, including libraries.



In my last post, I talked about two methods in which one could… Continue

In the "Tell Your Story" contest at Slideshare.net, I have posted "Joey's Research Paper: The story of one student's quest to refine his topic." Joey goes to the library to start his paper and gets help from the librarian and a short lesson on the research process. PLEASE VOTE! http://www.slideshare.net/jennafran1/joeys-research-paper