Search

Libraries and the activity of librarians show ethical implications in all their functional areas. This will be demonstrated by a couple of practical examples. Included are ethical conflicts and dilemmas with regard to collection building Internet access, and indexing as well as privacy and equal treatment or inclusion and integration of minorities. It will be demonstrated how important ethical reflections guided by standards of professional ethics are and how they facilitate to find appropriate problem solving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a conference on library user expectations and library public services programs, held in Berlin, Germany, from March 4-6, 2013. Topics of discussion included the effect of innovations in information technology on learning and scholarship, open access publishing and institutional repositories, and the use of mobile device applications and electronic media in libraries.

The article offers information about reading rooms in libraries. The purpose, arrangement, and use of reading rooms is explored and discussed, as are issues of silence, user comfort, and technological offerings. Scanning, copying and printing resources are described, along with suggestions for the use of laptop computers. Special lighting settings for different types of reading rooms are also noted. Photographs of options for tables, chairs and audio-visual display settings are presented.

The article reports on a May 2007 meeting of the Austrian Libraries' Association in Graz, Austria. Topics discussed included digital college publications, electronic resources management, eContent usage, and portal services for library users. Additionally there was a presentation on the barrier-free Web and the BSB-Google deal.

The article reports on a June 2007 meeting at the Swiss National Library in Bern on the topic of the use of the Dewey decimal classification (DDC) in Europe. The system has been adopted for the "World Digital Library." A proposal was made to found a common European DDC Users' Group (EDUG) to gain more influence over the system's future development.

The article discusses several lectures that focused on library user behavior and on services for library users. The lectures were held at the 100th German librarians' retreat that took place in Berlin, Germany in June 2011. The main lecture, given by the librarian Lynn Connaway, focused on providing library users with certain tools and services, eliminating barriers preventing library users from accessing certain services, and encouraging library users to learn how to use the internet resources.

Results are presented from a library user survey performed in Austria regarding the popularity and perceived success of the Vorarlberg, Austria regional library Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek (VLB). The article reports that 84 percent of the interviewed people were satisfied with the library administration and services. Further information is given regarding the space use of the library.

The article discusses the use of electronic media in libraries in Austria. In particular, the use of an access code in order to read electronic journals and books within the library is noted. The Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (DBV; German Library Association) is quoted in terms of its position on the use of electronic content in libraries and copyright laws.

This article discusses how the Academic Library of the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria used Quick Response (QR) Codes, a bar code, in order to help library users find works that were not available in a printed format on the online library database. Topics discussed include how many library users were not familiar with the online database, how they glued the QR Codes to the library shelves as place holders, and how people with smart phones were able to access the items using the codes.