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In the program called "Gecenin İçinden" broadcast on TRT Radio 1 due to the 59th Library Week, the interview consists of the answers to the questions posed on the history of Turkish Librarianship, important examples, the place and importance of libraries in socio-cultural and academic life, and the role of books and libraries in the socialization of knowledge in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this research is to examine the competencies of children's librarians regarding the design, content and educational features of children's picture books and to reveal their knowledge levels. Qualitative research approach was used in the study in which criterion sampling technique was preferred. A total of 22 library personnel working in four children's libraries in Gaziantep formed the working group; The data were collected through a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. The data, which were subjected to content analysis, were presented as figures, and the views of children's librarians were quoted. In the study, the opinions of the children's library staff about the features that should be in quality children's books and the features they pay attention to when recommending children's books are gathered in three categories: suitable for the child, internal structure elements and external structure elements. It has been determined that the personnel participating in the research have knowledge about each of these categories. It has been concluded that children's librarians attach importance to the principle of child relevance and child reality in children's literature products, they mostly use children's books in fairy tale telling and drama applications in activities in the library, and among the genres they suggest, story and fairy tale genres come to the fore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to conduct a citation analysis on master's theses completed at Çankırı Karatekin University, Department of Information and Records Management (ÇAKUDIRM). Method: Within the scope of the study, citation analysis was carried out on a total of 4,365 citation data (language of publication, type of source, author(s,) and half-life) collected manually from the bibliography section of 37 master's theses completed in ÇAKU-DIRM between 2017 and 2021. In addition, the number of pages, publication year, thesis advisors and jury members of the theses were also analysed. Findings: The most frequently cited information source types in theses were periodicals (36%), books (31%) and electronic publications (18%). The language of the cited sources was Turkish (67%), English (32%) and other languages (1%). The most frequently cited Turkish and English periodicals were Türk Kütüphaneciliği (Turkish Librarianship), Bilgi Dünyası (Information World), Resmi Gazete (Official Gazette), The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Library Trends, and Reference Services Review, respectively. Although varying by type of information source, the overall literature half-life was 9 years. Hüseyin Odabaş, Coşkun Polat, and Mehmet Ali Akkaya were the most frequently employed faculty members among a total of 7 advisors. The most frequently cited authors were Hüseyin Odabaş, Coşkun Polat, and Bülent Yılmaz, respectively. Implications: The results of this study are expected to be effective in developing and managing library collections in universities offering Information and Records Management graduate programs. In addition, this study reveals that the rate of English resource usage in the theses completed in the ÇAKU-DIRM program, which does not require a foreign language score at the stage of admission to the master's program, is higher than the theses in the Istanbul University DIRM program that require a foreign language score. Since the design and findings of this study are not suitable for making inferences about how foreign language resource use is realized, it is recommended to conduct an individual research on students' use of foreign language resources in graduate theses to develop institutional and national policies. Originality: In the literature, citation analysis has been done on the graduate theses of the Information and Records Management departments of universities in Turkey with a deeprooted history, such as Hacettepe, Istanbul and Ankara. On the other hand, ÇAKU-DIRM differs from the universities that were the subject of previous studies as it is young and does not require an English language score for admission to the master's program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to determine the problems of web citation accessibility in the Turkish Librarianship journal. Method: For this purpose, bibliographic records of the peer-reviewed studies published in the Turkish Librarianship journal between the years 2005 and 2020 were downloaded from the DergiPark archive and web citations were obtained according to the selected publication types. Then, usage rate of web citations, their access levels, the half-life of URLs, and accessibility of top-level domain names were identified and analyzed. Findings: It has been observed that web citations are frequently used in peer-reviewed articles in the Turkish Librarianship journal, and it has been understood that the usage trend has been increasing continuously in recent years. The average half-life of web citations in data is three years. In addition, the accessibility rate of web citations used in recent articles is higher than earlier ones. Implications: The findings indicate that there have been persistent decay and accessibility issues in the web citations of the Turkish Librarianship journal, and support policies encouraging the use of persistent identifiers should be developed to increase the accessibility of web citations. Originality: This is the first study in the Turkish academic literature to investigate the status of web citations of articles based in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Freely available information resources, which can be accessed freely and without paying any price on the Web, are increasing their effect in the scientific communication process day by day. It is extremely important to observe how and at what level this effect occurs in this study. It is aimed to determine concretely the ideal contribution of them to the field of Library and Information Sciences (LIS). Citation analysis of 4384 references in the bibliography of 99 (47 BD, 52 TK; 11 English, 88 Turkish) peer-reviewed articles published in the five-year period covering the years 2015-2019 of Information World and Turkish Librarianship journals, which continue their publishing activities in the field of LIS, has been carried out. In this study, the availability of each resource on the Web was searched through Google and Google Scholar. Findings are presented with descriptive statistics and visualization. In the context of the citation analysis carried out, it was determined that 65% of the resources were accessed as freely available. Based on the findings, the most "articles", "other resources" and "meeting resources" were accessed as freely in the context of the relevant data set; "legal sources", "books" and "reports" were determined as the least accessed sources, respectively. It has been found that the total and freely available information resources in the citations are mostly in English, followed by Turkish. As a result, it has been revealed that there is a dependent relationship between freely available status and journals, years, and types of information resources. The original aspect of the study is that it tried to present the possible contribution of free access to the scientific communication process by comprehensively categorizing the sources used in refereed articles in two peer-reviewed journals that adopted open access publication life in the national literature in terms of freely availability in terms of types of information resources and languages. Since this research ideally tries to reveal the contribution of freely available information resources to scientific communication in the context of this sample, it is recommended to carry out comparative studies that determine the contribution of both the libraries and freely available information resources to scientific communication process with a national and larger sample to complete this research in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the memoir I wrote due to the death of my dear classmate and colleague Sezen Doğancı, one of the pineers of university librarianship in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is written to commemorate my distinguished friend and colleague Sezen Tan who died in 26 th of August 2021. It emphasizes on her specific personal characteristics, in addition to her professional life in Hacettepe University Library, at first as a librarian and later as a library manager; it also emphasizes on her experience and accumulation in librarianship; her relationships with Hacettepe University Library staff and other professional librarians and non-professional library staff who work outside Hacettepe University Library. The paper concludes with her impact on myself and my feelings as a valuable colleague and as a close friend. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the memoir I wrote in memory of our library director, the late Jane, with whom we worked together for many years and from whom I learned a lot in terms of life and professional experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shares the program and content of the 49th IASL 2021 Annual Conference that organized in the field of school librarianship. This report summarizes some of the presentations that I attended and watched within my scope of interest, because of intensive program content. Due to pandemic, conference broadcasted virtually from Denton, Texas. So the original conference program time schedule is different from Turkey regional time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has continued to negatively affect life globally for about two years, bleeds our hearts mostly with our loved ones. Some of us sent off their father, some of us their mother, and some their children to the eternity, because of this disease. There were those who lost their relatives, buddies, neighbors, colleagues and friends. 1992 graduates of the Hacettepe University Department of Library Science also sent their beloved friend Ismail Kutluay to the realm of eternity, due to this disease. This article is a loyalty letter written in the memory of Ismail with the prayer that it will be a means of mercy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The conversion of the alphabet letters of a language to another alphabet letters and the transfer of a work or text to another language are achieved by translation systems. In this study, it is aimed to address the problems encountered during translation. Method: The issue of transformation of letters and problems that occur during the transfer of texts have been today's matters of debate. The research topic was evaluated with the help of related keywords scanned from domestic and international literature, and electronic resources were used. Findings: In this study, along with the concepts of transliteration and romanization, the problems encountered during transformation and transfer are discussed. Studies in the interdisciplinary field and in the field of librarianship have shown that there are problems in this regard. Implications: Concepts are dealt with in terms of librarianship and the problems experienced in this field are evaluated in terms of cataloging and user. Originality: Studies have been carried out in different fields related to the subject and in the field of librarianship. With this study, it was tried to shed light on the subject in terms of librarianship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the relationship between librarianship and Hasan Fehmi Edhem Karatay, who has an important place in the history of Turkish librarianship, is explained in chronological order and a new document that has not been published before is aimed to be introduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The most important mechanism applied to flawed studies to protect the integrity of science is the retraction of articles. The increase in the number of articles which have been retracted for various reasons is remarkable. Therefore, it is aimed to discover the parameters in these articles that harm scientific knowledge. Method: In the research, the first 100 journals with the highest number of retracted articles in Web of Science (WoS) were selected. Between 1978 and 2020, 1934 articles were retracted from the selected journals. This study sought to answer the questions: 1. In which years has the highest number of retracted articles been? 2. Which journal quartiles have the highest number of retracted articles? 3. What is the distribution of topics in retracted articles? 4. Which countries have more retracted articles? 5. What is the time difference between the year in which articles are published and retracted? Results: According to the review result, the rate of retracted articles has increased over the years. The articles were retracted one year after publication have a percentage of 19.5%. The number of retracted articles was in Q1-quartile journals is the highest. In the subject distribution of these retracted articles, "Oncology" (17.2%) and "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" (16.9%) were prominent. The citation rate for retracted articles published in the journal Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry is 9%. The United States (USA), which ranked first in the country rankings of the retracted articles, receives the most citations with 54%. Originality: In the literature, it is found that there are limited number of Turkey originated publications about the topic. In this direction, existing state and changes of the retracted articles were examined. Conclusion: Retracted articles that violate science ethics have enabled all participants in the scientific communication system to be evaluated from different points of view. The results of these publications, which were examined within the framework of various variables, showed that more publications on the subject should be made and solutions should be developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the activities of the sultans who reigned between the years 1526-1707 in the Mughal Empire founded by the Turks in the Indian Peninsula were examined. By mentioning the intellectual structures of the sultans, what kind of contributions they have made in the creation and development of libraries are discussed. It has been observed that activities related to librarianship such as enrichment of libraries with the translation of old works, the increasing visibility in books together with embroidery and long-term preservation of books thanks to bookbinding were prioritised. It is also worth noting that the palace library was developed by moving the libraries in the conquered places to the centre. It was also revealed that the palace library, whose foundations were laid with Babur Shah and Hümayun, systematized with Akbar Shah, developed with Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, was a library with a unique richness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies on historical texts occupy an important place among the studies of Turcology. Historical texts; readings on them, translating text, edition critical of translating into Turkish, phonology and morphology investigations, grammatical index, additional directory is brought to the attention of the published scientific world with different pursuits such as dictionary studies. Various difficulties and unknowns are encountered while conducting historical text studies in the related field of different disciplines such as Turkish language and literature, history, economics, medicine, theology, law, astronomy, and anthropology. It is possible to talk about many problems at this point. One of these problems is getting to know the text correctly. Because a work that is not correctly recognized / introduced could challenge many confusions. At this point, inaccurate or incomplete evaluations experienced in the cataloging process of the work will have a large share. Historical texts are kept with information notes introducing themselves in the collections in which they are stored. This stage takes place with the work of experts in the field of librarianship. Errors or deficiencies to be made at this stage will lead to erroneous data that may be disrupted. In this article, the manuscript recorded with the name "Tabirü'r-rüya" will be emphasized as an example of its related situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information World (Bilgi Dünyası) is one of the most important scientific and professional journals in library and ınformation science (information management) in Turkey. It has been supporting the librarianship and profession with its publishing life for 20 years. The aim of this study is to make a quantitative analysis of Information World in terms of publication types, author and subject elements between 2000-2019. Within the scope of the study carried out with the description method, refereed articles, reviews and opinion papers published in 40 issues along 20 years were examined. As a result of the study, a total of 436 articles, 229 of which were refereed articles, 97 were reviews, 88 were opinion papers, and 22 were other articles, between 2000 and 2019. An average of 5.5 refereed articles were published in each issue. It has been understood that the annual changes in the number of articles in the journal are not in a certain balance, and the annual subject changes vary largely depending on the authors' expertise and emerging issues in the field of librarianship. At the end of the study, it was proposed to professionalize and institutionalize the journal management structure as a strategic goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two professional and scholarly journals containing original and review articles in the field of librarianship and information management are published in Turkey. Bilgi Dünyası, which is one of these journals, was started its preparatory studies as a refereed journal in 1998 with the idea of fulfilling a need in this field. In this article, the important stages of publishing this journal during the first fifteen years covering its development and dissemination are summarized. In addition, the editor and associate editor working in the same period of the journal provided suggestions along with their studies, personal experiences and difficulties about scientific publishing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents models and opportunities of permanent professional development for librarians in the Republic of Croatia. It also seeks to define how training models can be applied in practice, based on the specific example of the Public Library "Fran Galović Koprivnica", with an emphasis on the professional development of librarians working with children and young adults. An overview of the professional development of library staff of this institution is given through the Erasmus + program and the national Center for Continuing Professional Development of Librarians. This is especially important in the time of rapid changes and the need to constantly adapt library services. The Public Library "Fran Galović" Koprivnica has developed models for the professional development of its library staff with the aim of presenting their own practice at home and abroad, but also gaining insight into the situation in librarianship in foreign countries.The paper describes in more details education in libraries of the city of Aarhus in Denmark, especially Dokk1 and the Gellerup branch library. Learning through the experience and monitoring the work of colleagues in foreign countries has proved to be very useful in practice, and the Koprivnica library has thus increased the competencies of its professional staff, developed a number of innovative programs and highlighted the important role of the library in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the memory letter penned due to the passing of Prof. Dr. Berin U. Yurdadoğ, the teacher of ours, is commemorated through his humanitarian and professional sides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the memoir that I wrote because of death of my dear professor Prof. Dr. Berin Yurdadoğ who is one of the leading lecturers of librarianship education in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An increase in the number of information resources as a result of the recent technological and scientific developments has affected the library services. Hence, the need for special libraries in the quest for finding accurate information faster and effortlessly has increased. This work investigates the concept of special libraries, specifically science fiction libraries, as types of special libraries, regarding science fiction in academic studies. In this context, five samples of science fiction libraries around the world are examined in terms of the date of founding, collections, and services provided. Afterward, Özgen Berkol Doğan Science Fiction Library, the only science fiction library in Turkey, is reviewed concerning its founding mission, projects, infrastructural conditions, service elements, and finally, its contribution to the field of science fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the memoir that I wrote because of passed away of my dear professor Prof. Berin Yurdadoğ, who is one of the pioneering lecturers, head of lecturers of librarianship education in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is written to commemorate Prof. Berin. U. Yurdadoğ on the first anniversary of her death. It emphasizes her specific personal characteristics, in addition to her vast knowledge, accumulation, and experience both in librarianship, information and records management, and in other areas which had been attracted her attention. The paper concludes with a memory that belongs to the days just before her death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Professor Berin U. Yurdadoğ is one of the pioneers of Library Science and Education in Turkey. This letter, written in her memory, is a sort of pouring out of our hearts. We commemorate our beloved Professor with mercy, respect and gratitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is challenging for a man to write about one of his family. Writing for Prof. Dr. Necmeddin Sefercioğlu, my brother and brother-in-law, is an even more difficult task for me. Because I learned to humble, not brag and exaggerate anybody from the elders of our family and especially my late brother. For him, the librarian profession and the ideal of Turkish nationalism was a love. He spent his entire life serving these two lovers. He never pursued fame and wealth and lived a modest life. He used the reputations and possibilities that he denied from his family for librarianship, Librarians Association, students, and nationalism. If I have reached my current status today, the most significant share in this success is my admiration and my example. He has rights over me that I can never pay. He lived as a person who read, thought, and wrote a lot until his last breath. I believe that he will always live with his works, his students, and his modest lifestyle, far from showing off and boasting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the memory letter penned due to the passing of Prof. Dr. Necmeddin SefercioÄŸlu, the teacher of ours, is commemorated through his life, humanitarian and professional sides as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is a memoir written for Jane who has made extraordinary efforts for the development of Turkish librarianship in every aspect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is about my teacher Nail Bayraktar, one of the leading names of Turkish Librarianship. It is a short expression of his memory in me from my first years as a librarian in the Atatürk Library until his death. For him, the librarian profession was a love. He has more labor on me than we can never pay. Nail Bayraktar lived as a person who reads, thinks and writes a lot until his last breath. I believe that he will always live with his works and exemplary lifestyle. I will always remember my dear teacher with respect, love and longing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prof. Dr. Berin Uğurlu Yurdadoğ is a doyen professor of our librarianship and has enshrined in the hearts with his wise and humane personality. She is one of the founders of librarianship education in Turkey, so she has been likened to the fourth horsewoman of the apocalypse. The best important sentence of our professor is, "I am determined to be good!". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In memory letter penned due to the passing of Prof. Dr. Berin U. Yurdadoğ, the teacher of ours, is commemorated through his humanitarian and professional sides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is written in memory of my late professor and friend Prof. Dr. Berin U. Yurdadoğ who was one of the pioneers in Turkish library and information science education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the memory letter penned due to the passing of Necmeddin Sefercioğlu, the teacher of ours, is commemorated through his humanitarian and professional sides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Professor Dr. Necmeddin SefercioÄŸlu made significant contributions to Turkish librarianship, Turkish Librarians Association, Turkish Librarians Association Bulletin (now called Turkish Librarianship), and cataloging. I remember with respect and compassion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Necmeddin Sefercioğlu graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Language, History, and Geography Department of Librarianship in 1960. He became an assistant at the same Department in 1962. His area of specialization was Cataloging and Classification. He became Associate Professor (Doçent) in 1982, and Full Professor in 1990. He worked at the National Library between 1959-1962. He went to the U.S. in 1965 with a fund provided by the Ford Foundation to visit libraries for a year. While he was teaching at the Department of Librarianship, he also gave courses at the Department of Journalism at the Ankara University. Due to the unavailability of position for a professorship at Ankara University, he moved to the Gazi University in 1986, where he worked until 1998. Dr. Sefercioğlu was a prolific writer who wrote many articles on librarianship and educational and cultural fields. He died on April 4, 2019. God bless his soul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the article I wrote in memory of the former Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Librarians Association, Aydın İleri, whom we lost due to covit. In the article, sections from the short life story of my esteemed colleague from school librarianship to civil society activism at the center of his human and professional characteristics are found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the memoir that I wrote because of death of Sezen Tan who is one of the pioneers of university librarianship in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the message I wrote to express my feelings and thoughts about my library director Jane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is really difficult to write after our dear friend and colleague Neslihan Güler Selçuk, whom we lost unexpectedly on April 18, 2021. In the mind, memories, emotions, thoughts, sorrows, photographs, words are lined up one after another. One cannot predict what to write, how to write, more precisely whether or not to write. It is not easy to write with pain, because it is not easy. We will miss her very much. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order not to succumb to technologies that carry out tasks similar to those performed by humans, modern professional understanding makes it essential to adopt reconciliatory approaches. Because it requires less effort, the partnership between manpower and technology allows professional activities to be carried out in a shorter time and results in greater product or service output. In addition, this partnership deeply affects the workforce responsible for professional implementation. Developing technologies have brought about various changes in education and job titles and particularly in the professional specifications for information professionals. This study aims to set forth the reflections of change on the status extent, based on the information professionals' experiences. This study is based on descriptive methodology and covers 106 information professionals working in public libraries, university libraries and in the libraries of those institutions attached to the Prime Ministry in the Turkish capital city Ankara. This research finds that changes in information technologies have had meaningful impacts in terms of indicators of social status such as value, respectability, financial income and professional interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the concept of museum library is studied in general terms and quality of Ödemiş Yıldız City Museum and Archive and of the five main elements which form a library -budget, user, personnel, collection and building- are discussed in the view of national and international standards. It was observed that the ÖYKAM library generally fits its purposes, but lacks of quality and that the museum management supports the library to fulfill its deficiencies and to bring reforms to it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of protecting academic and cultural heritage, the purpose of libraries and information and documentation centers is to research, document, and archive and to transfer to future generations, domestically and internationally, a society's culture. This study examines the structural, functional and administrative innovations that have resulted from the implementation of information technology (IT) in libraries since the 1990's. The study also mentions how IT can be used in an efficient way in libraries and information and documentation centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Associations in the field of librarianship are important services for supporting professional and scientific developments, keeping and promoting rights, increasing social activities, and developing social awareness. As professional associations, the TKD (Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği, the Turkish Librarians Association) and ÜNAK (Üniversite ve Araştırma Kütüphanecileri Derneği, the University and Research Librarians Association) are well-established in Turkey. Within this framework, the study evaluates certain activities of the TKD and ÜNAK from the point of view of information professionals. In this context, a survey was developed and realized on KUTUP-L and ÜNAK-List, and 175 response forms were evaluated. The results show that the following are among the most important for associations' activities: developing professional activities, creating social awareness, activities for lobbying and consciousness of membership, and cooperation. In addition, the results suggest that professionals should be more active in the work of the associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article, whose sole aim is exchange of ideas, discusses the technical and intellectual dimensions of librarianship as an academic discipline and expresses the disturbance felt due to the fact that the technical dimension is overemphasized while the intellectual dimension is ignored most of the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Erasmus Staff Mobility Program is an important scheme which includes the profession of librarianship: providing knowledge about the libraries of European Countries, getting information about the activities of these libraries and tracking the developments of the projects which are being performed or might be performed together with colleagues at other institutions. In this letter, the information about the meetings and impressions of the one week visit of 7-11 May 2012; the main subject title being "The OpenAIREplus Project" at the Georg-August Goettingen University Main Library, in the city of Goettingen, Germany, are shared here with colleagues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Librarianship is a professional profession in which female workers are quantitatively more than male workers. However, both librarianship profession and female librarians who carry out this profession have a negative image in popular culture. Furthermore, librarianship as a profession is not perceived as a professional profession such as the medical profession and the profession of law. In other words, professions such as librarianship and nursing are perceived as a semi-professional profession because female workers are quantitatively more than male workers in those professions. In this case, the negative perception against librarianship profession and female librarians is fairly equivalent to the negative perception against women in popular culture. The aim of this study is to examine the image of the librarianship profession and female librarians who carry out this profession from feminist perspective. Furthermore, in the study, the suggestions for solving the image problem are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technical services category reasons of librarians in Turkey are shared by Ankara University Faculty of Letters Department of Information and Records Management in the professional discussion list kutup-l as an academic comment for some barriers recently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developing web technologies enabled realizing many activities which required information, experience, and hard work or are time consuming, and costly in the near past. For example nowadays to create an internet website, to update it, to acquire a subdomain name and make the site interactive with users can be easily done either cost free or rather with low cost. Systems such as WordPress, ensure to create blog/internet website by sub-domain method and give required technical support to people by their admin panels. These facilities provide new opportunities such as communicating with users on the web interactively, obtaining statistical data and publicizing the organization, for information centers. In addition to this, WordPress system with user oriented dynamic blog structure, offers opportunities like marketing services to information centers which already have a website. In this study WordPress system will be explained in the context of its installation, by subdomain method and its main attributes which provide communication with users, marketing their organization and services for information centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report has been prepared librarians sent by private and government agencies owing to the call of TUBITAK/TURDOK for a meting on the subject. A sceond report, which was a corrected edition of this report, was presented later. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, user satisfaction on public library services are taken as basis and analysed. User satisfaction research is analysed after informing about theoritical subjects. The purpose of this research is to determine the user satisfaction in terms of user, building, collection and staff, which are the structural elements of the services offered in public libraries. This research has been carried out via survey and the questions were applied on 90 users, each 30 of which were from Ankara Yenimahalle District Public Library, Cebeci Public Library and Oran Sevgi Yılı Public Library separately. After the survey was completed, the findings were evaluated by analysing the data, the results and suggestions were written. In view of the findings obtained from the survey, some titles have been found satisfactory by the users in terms of the services offered in the libraries, but some innovations about other titles have been expected to be carried out and the services have been expected to be developped. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article deals with the social perception towards librarianship profession, which has been recently transmitted to the technical services category by decree of Council of Ministers, and the effect of this decree on public librarianship in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]