Presence

Presence has been published also in Turkish by GOA Publications. As emphasised on its back cover, the book is “very different both from the usual business management books and from spiritual development books since it combines the best attributes of these two type

Dikkat Ekonomisi

Understanding the New Currency of Business (originally published by Harvard Business School Press) stands out as a new and significant work. The book analyses the psychological dimensions of attention while presenting its key applications in advertising, e­commerce, information management and strategy

Turkish Librarianship Journal and Sustainability

Değişen dünyada bilgi; değişen ortamlarda geliştirilmekte, korunmakta ve yeni bilginin üretiminde kullanılmaktadır. Gelecek için yeni teknolojinin, ürünlerin/hizmetlerin tasarımında bilgi, etkili ve vazgeçilmez bir kaynaktır. Gelecek nesillerin olası bilgi gereksinimlerinin belirlenmesi ve bu gereksinimlerin karşılanması da bilgiye dayalı olacaktırTurkish Librarianship Journal is a vivid and permanent media for sustainability approach in the field of library and information science. While working towards the transmission, sharing, use and development of information, it also carries the responsibility of transferring the information to the future generations. In the editorial section, the sustainability approach of information is evaluated and the effects of the Turkish Librarianship on the sustainability of information are revealed

Vitality of Libraries

In this editorial shares some thoughts with the colleagues concerning the effects of libraries in our life from past to the future especially towards to 51st National Library Week. Editorial try to offer a perspective on vitality of libraries

Open Science

Dünyanın siyah beyaz yorumundan renkli zamanlara bilim; doğruluğu tartışılmaz bir gerçeği ortaya çıkaran benzersiz bir entelektüel etkinlik olarak önemli bir konuma sahiptir. Bilimsel düşünmenin kökenine indiğimizde gerçeği arama ve gerçeğe ulaşma isteğine vurgu yapan merak duygusuyla karşılaşırız. Bilimin gelişmesi ve güçlenmesi; bu amaçla gerçekleşen düşünme, araştırma ve uygulama etkinlikleriyle olgu ve olayların bir süreklilik içerisinde doğrulanmasına dayanmaktadır.Science is based on the confirmation of phenomena and events in a continuum. In the development of science; the cumulative progress and effective sharing of information comes to the forefront. Within the scope of science, producing new information requires a social approach. Because science has more participants every day so the meaning and importance of science also becomes different. In this sense, the idea of open science, which is based on open access, open data and open source, continues to mediate the socialization of information as well as the purpose of the rapid spread of scientific research results among scientists. In the editorial section, the approach of open science, which has gained momentum in recent years, is evaluated in the context of information retrieval and interaction

Presence

Presence has been published also in Turkish by GOA Publications. As emphasised on its back cover, the book is “very different both from the usual business management books and from spiritual development books since it combines the best attributes of these two type

The Attention Economy

Understanding the New Currency of Business (originally published by Harvard Business School Press) stands out as a new and significant work. The book analyses the psychological dimensions of attention while presenting its key applications in advertising, e­commerce, information management and strategy

Information retrieval problems in hybrid library

Hybrid libraries are library models which contain printed and electronic information resources together in its collection where all information resources are available for use as an integrated information service and which use online information retrieval systems, mostly. The information retrieval concept may be defined as the technique and process of information gathering, classification, cataloging, storing, searching out of large amount of data and to generating the desired information out of such data. In this study, an attempt was made to analyze the hybrid library model, information retrieval concept and information retrieval systems, the information retrieval problems faced by the user during searching the library catalogues in a hybrid library and origins of such problems. The study was supported by a user survey carried out in Istanbul University Central Library and the problems faced by users when using either card catalogs and also OPAC were identified. In conclusion, facilities provided to information retrieval systems by technological advances are not solely adequate for resolving the information retrieval problems of users. To ensure harmony between the librarian, system and user components, information and communication technologies must be perceived as a whole and this concept must be reflected to library services