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Global Libraries Standards: Library Resource Management

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  Standards are used as broad lines and guidelines for the processes related to planning and implementing Library services. Standards are not a substitute for planning, but rather they are levels that represent the minimum requirements and resistances necessary for Library service. If they exceed this limit, they are acceptable, effective and recognized .. and If it fails to reach this minimum, it will be ineffective and unacceptable. From this standpoint, setting and developing unified standards that guide libraries and information centers becomes an urgent necessity, especially when planning library or documentary services followed by evaluation of their performance. As a continuation of The Global Libraries Standards Articles , we present a new standard “ Library Resource Management ”. You can refer to previous related articles : Global Libraries Standards: Cooperation Agreements Global Libraries Standards: Biblio Commons   Library Resource Managem...
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The standard model BIBFRAME for resources description and access

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BIBFRAME LOGO BIBFRAME Conference organized by Cybrarians (the Arabic Portal for Librarianship and Information) Cairo, Egypt 9-10 September 2015 Introduction : Starting from the second decade of the 21st century a great revolution happening in cataloging . In April 2013, the implementation of the new cataloging rules RDA started officially, and nowadays BIBFRAME considered the potential substitute of MARC 21 . The Bibliographic Framework Initiative issued in 2011 by Library of Congress in order to make a huge change in the structure of bibliographic records. Cybrarians organization is pleased to organize this event in order to reduce the time gap between Arabic and global library community. The conference aiming at presenting the Bibliographic Framework “Bibframe” to get Arabic community up to date, and to discuss the expected effects of new changes in cataloging, and how Arab library community will be ready to such new challenges. For Sufficient information About the Conf...
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Open Access Websites in Arab Countries

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The Power Of Open Access The Arab institutions began to express their strong commitment to fostering an enabling environment for Open Access (OA). Nowadays there is unlimited forms of Open Access Websites In Arab Countries including databases, journals, periodicals, peer-reviewed Articles, Academic research … etc that are interested in different fields. It's also With the accelerated pace of construction of these sites , It has become with a power of information inside and easy to access. Today " MAKTABIOS " Show you the most important Open Access websites in Arab Countries on the internet: Notes : The sites will appear as follows The URL : Site address. About Site : A Brief summary. ISSN  : An International Standard Serial Number . International Arab Journal of e-Technology (IAJeT) The International Arab Journal of e-Technology (IAJeT) is a specialized, refereed, and indexed journal that is published biannually in English. IAJeT is the official j...
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