As one of the conventional services of libraries, reference services are renovated in line with the advancements in technology. The data extracted from these services are used to assess the impact of these services. This study aims to describe user requests in the reference services and responses provided to these requests in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Library based on the data extracted from such services. For this purpose, a form was created to record the requests received by the reference unit. The data set used in the study was obtained by penetrating the requests into this form. The pre-processing phase of the data gathered from 171 transactions in 43 working days was carried out by using KNIME software. Following the preprocessing phase, the data analyzed with SPSS software and findings were presented with descriptive statistics. The findings of the study declared that the users frequently request books from the reference unit, and as an interaction environment e-mail is a very used tool in responding requests and most of the requests were reacted in an hour. At the end of the study, recommendations for potential improvements of the reference services of the TGNA Library were made. As an originality value, this research gives an exemplary approach for decision-makers considering the effectiveness of reference services implemented in libraries.

Protection of cultural heritage products in a sustainable manner requires the information concerning those products to be accessible, usable and shareable. Even the skills of cultural heritage literacy, which form the basis of this process, are important for everyone, these skills are much more necessary for information professionals who have the responsibility to provide service in the area of cultural heritage. Evaluating cultural heritage literacy skills of information professional candidates, carries a great importance in order to understand whether they have adequate qualification while serving as a professional and to determine necessary training subjects they need. In this study, it is aimed to determine the current situation of the students of Hacettepe University Department of Information Management on cultural heritage literacy. For this purpose, a questionnaire of 28-question was sent to 356 undergraduate students via e-mail in 2018-2019 Spring Semester. 142 students answered to whole questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and a chi-square test. Findings showed that most of the participants have efficient cultural heritage literacy skills, and they have dominant competences in recognizing their information necessities regarding cultural heritage and sharing their cultural heritage information. It is considered beneficial especially for information professionals who have functions of protecting and transferring cultural heritage to the next generations, to add courses or course contents directly related to cultural heritage literacy to undergraduate programs of Information and Record Management Departments.

Universiteler basarili bir yonetimi saglamak amaciyla belge yonetim sureclerini iyilestirmek icin kurum ici resmi yazismalarini elektronik belge yonetim sistemleri (EBYS) uzerinden yurutmeye baslamislardir. Kurumlar arasi iletisimde hala bazi universiteler EBYS’yi etkin kullanamamaktadir. Universitelerin kurum disi resmi yazismalarini elektronik ortamdan yurutebilmesi EBYS’lerin birlikte calisabilirligi ile mumkundur. Dunyada ve Turkiye’de EBYS’lerde birlikte calisabilirligi saglamaya yonelik rehber, standart, yasal ve idari duzenlemeler gibi cesitli calismalar yapilmistir. Bu tez calismasinda, ulusal ve uluslararasi calismalar cercevesinde Ankara’daki universitelerde kullanilan EBYS’lerin birlikte calisabilirlik acisindan mevcut durumlari arastirilmistir. Arastirmaya Ankara’da EBYS kullanan ve arastirmaya izin veren tum universitelerin (9 universite) Daire Baskanliklarinda calisan 104 personel katilmistir. Arastirma kapsaminda anket ve yuz yuze gorusmeler ile veriler toplanmis ve bulgular sayi, yuzde, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma ve ki-kare degerleri gibi bilgiler kullanilarak karsilastirmali tablolarda sunulmustur. Arastirma sonucunda universitelerin kurumlar arasi resmi yazismalarini dogrudan EBYS uzerinden yapmadiklari, KEP ile ilgili sorunlar yasadiklari, vakif universitelerinde birlikte calisabilirlik ile ilgili teknik altyapi eksikligi olduguna yonelik hipotezler dogrulanmis, vakif universitelerinin birlikte calisabilirlik konularinda farkindalik duzeylerinin devlet universitelerine gore daha dusuk oldugu, yasal altyapi sorunu olmadigi, universitelerin rehber ve standartlara uyum konusunda sorun yasamadiklari ortaya cikmistir. Universite yoneticilerine EBYS’den sorumlu bir birim kurulmasi ve bu birimde bilgi ve belge yonetimi bolum mezunlarinin istihdam edilmesi, EBYS ile ilgili yardimci dokumanlar bulundurulmasi ve tum personelin erisimine sunulmasi, personele EBYS ile ilgili egitimler verilmesi, personelin birlikte calisabilirlik konusunda bilinclendirilmesi gibi oneriler sunulmustur. Yazilim firmalarina EBYS’nin diger sistemlerle entegrasyonu ile farkli EBYS yazilimlari arasinda tam entegrasyon saglanmasi konularinda calismalar yapmalari onerilmistir. Ayrica universitelerde EBYS’lerin birlikte calisabilirligi ile ulusal ve uluslararasi iletisimin artirilmasi hususunda tum universite personellerinin bilinclendirilmesinde YOK’un katkilarinin onemli olduguna vurgu yapilmistir.

Dizinler Scopus LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) EBSCOHOST-LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM Sosyal Bilimler Veri Tabanları DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) E-Lis (E-Prints in Library and Information Science) ASOS Index

This study elaborates on the concept of Industry 4.0, which represents a new understanding of production, and the elements associated with it. Now, the concerns about accessing information have left their place to the concerns about managing the amount of information accessed and making that information valuable. With the power of the Internet and developing technology, the information that is seen as a key element in making the right and strategic decisions, creating efficiency in favor of the business, being able to be shared, controlled and controlled, provides important inputs to the producers. In the literature, it is seen that certain features of Industry 4.0 concept are discussed and processed rather than all aspects. In the literature, the emphasis is placed on the challenges of the new digital transformation for businesses and the difficulties of implementation, and explains how businesses can overcome this. In this study, what is the concept of Industry 4.0, its historical process, and other concepts are discussed in detail. Such literature studies provide a basis for future applied research, and a well-established theoretical framework with a strong background can show the researchers what areas are gaps. This study is expected to be a guide for other studies and is intended to help the issue to be understood by all relevant stakeholders.

Library and information science undergraduate programs’ adequacy to prepare new information professionals has become the topic of an ongoing debate, with opposing arguments about curricular structure and focus. Within this context, this study, forming part of ongoing doctoral research, analyzes students’ opinions on how to enhance library school curricula to effectively respond to academic librarians’ new roles and functions. By repositioning the lens on the practical and experience-driven student perspective, away from standard educational practices, the researchers pilot-tested a library science student survey. The mix-methods, student codeveloped, survey instrument was tested with a small self-selection sample of future information professionals in Spain and Greece. The study’s goal was to contribute to the limited body of research concerning students´ perceptions and awareness about library science education. Survey participants were provided the opportunity to critically evaluate their library school undergraduate programs’ responsiveness to the changing academic librarianship landscape. Responses, analyzed by using descriptive statistical and inductive thematic techniques, revealed a limited academic librarianship related content in library and information science curricula. Furthermore, results highlighted a reserved optimism with respect to the library’s prospects of upgrading its role in the university, an ambivalence towards librarian’s future roles, and a diffuse skepticism around the system’s potential to grasp the opportunities that the new information and communication technologies offer. The merit of the study resides in both the diversity of participants’ insightful comments and the use of a student validated survey instrument making them active contributors to the library school program’s assessment process. Dissimilar to stereotypical research projects, this initiative opens a different perspective to program evaluation and its subsequent alignment with academic library stakeholders’ needs.

The aim of this study is to determine the level of awareness of Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU) academicians in terms of open access, open science and institutional open repository and to develop recommendations for more effective utilization of the institutional open repository. Moreover, it is also aimed to develop and expand the use of the AYBU’s open access policy in the light of new developments in open science. Within the scope of this research, the description method was carried out and a questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The survey was sent to 1,152 academicians working in the AYBU in 2018; and 225 academicians answered it. Collected data analyzed with the IBM SPSS Statistics Package. The results of the study showed the level of awareness of academicians about open access and the level of utilization of the AYBU institutional open repository were found out low. However, it was depicted by the results that the majority of the academicians actively benefited from Internet technologies in accessing information and supported the idea of access to information with no charge. Nevertheless, the rate of supporters of open access to information is higher than those who want to share the information they produce with open access. It was also found out that the vast majority of academicians want to be informed about the institutional open repositories. It can be claimed that it is necessary for the AYBU management to cooperate with the Department of Library and Documentation to inform academicians of AYBU about the institutional open repository. They should be supported and encouraged by the management for the use of open repositories. Sustainability of information activities and inclusion in the continuing education process will lead to a more functional progress of the process.

Rapidly developing information technology affects the reading habits of young people. At the present time, research on reading habits of young people is still important. There is not a lot of intercultural studies on reading habits in Turkish literature. In this study were comparatively examined the similar and different features about reading habits of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University (KMU) Turkish Language/Literature and Baku State University (BSU) Azerbaijan Language/Literature Departments last year students that despite having common culture taking place in different regions (Turkey and Azerbaijan). In this context, the main aim of the study is to determine the similar and different characteristics of the reading habits the last year students of KMU Turkish Language/Literature Department and BSU Azerbaijan Language/Literature Department. In this research were used description and comparison methods. For this purpose, a total of 187 students from both universities were surveyed. The results were evaluated using SPSS 21 statistical program. The chi-square analysis was applied to the data obtained from the two groups of students included in the study. According to the results of the research, the students are reading a book monthly. The students of the both departments, enjoy reading books at a mid level and they think that it is absolutely important for a teacher to gain reading habits. Students in these departments think that they do not have all the necessary knowledge and skills to gain reading habit. At the end of the study, it is suggested to put the lecture /content related to reading habit into the involved department programs.

Dizinler Scopus LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) EBSCOHOST-LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM Sosyal Bilimler Veri Tabanları DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) E-Lis (E-Prints in Library and Information Science) ASOS Index