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Library and Information Policy (LIP) remains essential yet underutilized, despite decades of discourse. This paper reviews its evolution and current status, highlighting the need for a distinct focus on libraries within national information frameworks. Analyzing policy issues and establishment processes, it identifies gaps and emphasizes the importance of context-specific approaches. Global efforts are examined, showcasing diverse approaches. The paper advocates for renewed attention to comprehensive LIP frameworks that recognize libraries' unique roles and address contemporary challenges.

The study aims to develop a proposed vision for a guide to help libraries and information institutions participate in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The study consists of three main sections. The first section deals with the methodological introduction, which defines the nature of the research, its objectives, its problem, and the approach followed in solving the problems and questions of the study. The second section deals with the theoretical framework of the study, and begins by clarifying the basic concepts related to the subject of the study. It addresses the definition of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, then discusses the current status of development plans in Arab countries, then discusses the role of libraries in achieving the sustainable development goals, and then reviews the international efforts of the international library community, represented by In efforts led by IFLA. Finally, the study reviews the efforts of Arab information institutions to participate in achieving the sustainable development goals. The third section deals with the application and the basic product of the study, which is to develop a proposed vision for a guideline that libraries can rely on in order to have an effective role in sustainable development plans. These guidelines provide the methods that can be followed to prepare the plan for libraries and information institutions to participate in the state’s plan for sustainable development. The study concludes by reviewing the most important findings it reached with some recommendations that it believes are necessary and needed in the future.

This research paper aims to explore the extent to which intellectual property laws in Arab countries include provisions related to electronic and Internet-published information sources. The study seeks to identify the availability of intellectual property protection laws and whether these laws have been updated to cover new forms of electronic information sources. The study's findings reveal that there are intellectual property laws in 17 Arab countries. All these laws include provisions on computer programs, but only five laws address databases as an electronic information source. Moreover, all the intellectual property laws in Arab countries have overlooked provisions regarding electronic information sources published on the Internet.

on double object constructions in arabic

on double object constructions in arabic

This study aimed to describe the dimensions of the text of the Teun A Van Dijk' model in the text discourse online news “the decline in refinery profits threatens to increase oil prices”. The rise of online media news coverage regarding the decline in refinery profits threatening the increasing oil prices interests the researchers in analyzing the discourse because the author considers that no mass media is completely neutral and objective. This research used a qualitative descriptive method with Teun A Van Dijk’s theoretical framework of critical discourse analysis, because the Van Dijk’s model also looks at the social cognition of the unit of observation and the social context in which the unit of observation occurs. The result of the research revealed that most of the dimensions of the text structure were met. Social analysis that is obtained was the decrease in refinery profits will cause new problems in public social life. For the textual analysis of macrostructure elements, the topic described a common theme of this online news which is "petroleum". In this news discourse, several elements of the microstructure were found in the form of background, detail, intent, coherence, conditional coherence, sentence form, and presuppositions.

يعتبر النقل البري المحور الأساسي للنقل في سورية ويشكل النسبة العظمى من قطاع النقل فيها، وذلك بسبب طبيعة وبيئة وموقع سورية الجغرافي المميز، بالتالي يمكن أن يلعب هذا النوع من النقل دوراً هاماً في عملية النمو الاقتصادي إذا ما تم الاستثمار فيه بالشكل الأمثل والمناسب لمتطلبات الاقتصاد السوري. ولكن كان هناك بطء ملحوظ وضعف في سير استثمارات النقل البري. وهدفت هذه الدراسة إلى محاولة الوصول إلى نموذج قادر على تحديد المستوى الأمثل للاستثمار في النقل البري بالشكل الذي يخدم تنمية متطلبات الاقتصاد السوري الاقتصادية والاجتماعية على الأجل الطويل من خلال دراسة أثر مؤشرات النقل البري الكمية على النمو الاقتصادي حيث تم استخدام المنهج الوصفي و التحليلي في دراسة وتوضيح دور مؤشرات النقل البري على التنمية المستدامة في الجمهورية العربية السورية خلال فترة الدراسة، كما تم استخدام الأسلوب القياسي لدراسة البيانات على الجمهورية العربية السورية بين عامي(1990-2018) والتوصل إلى مجموعة من الاستنتاجات.

This study aims to identify the effect of the participation of Palestinian players in the Palestinian professional football league on the cohesion of the team from the point of view of the technical staff. In the study, a descriptive survey method was used for its relevance to its nature on a sample of (49) technicians working in the technical bodies in the Palestinian Professional Football League (technical director, assistant coach, and guard coach), during the 2018/2019 sports season. A questionnaire was also used that included (25) paragraphs. The results of the study indicated that the spirit of unity and intimacy was very great among team members, and that professional players were interested in the results of other teams in the Palestinian League, and that they tended to evade responsibility when the team's results were bad. The results also showed that there is a sense of jealousy from the non-professional players towards the professional players. The study recommends the need to enhance the spirit of unity and intimacy among the players of one team, and to work on clarifying the roles between each of the players and the coach in order to avoid jealousy among the players.

يعد العنف شكلا من اشكال القهر الذي يمارس ضد فئة او طائفة او افراد تنفذه جهة معينة تسعى لتحقيق هدف او مبدأ من المبادئ، وكان للمرأة وعلى مر التاريخ نصيب من هذا العنف وعلى الرغم من المحاولات المتكررة لإعطائها حقوقها الا انها عانت دائما القصور؛ فنالت بذلك صورا مختلفة من التعنيف والسلب للحرية الروحية والاجتماعية في مختلف المجتمعات، ومدينة الموصل بعد تعرضها لأبشع انواع البطش والاقصاء والتعذيب الديني والاجتماعي والهمجية الدينية التي مثلتها ثقافة الدواعش القائمة على العنف المشوب بالتفسير الخاطئ للدين الاسلامي كان فيها نصيب كبير للمرأة، وهو ما سنحاول التطرق اليه خلال بحثنا هذا وسنقدم تراتبية لصور التعنيف التي تعرضت له المرأة الموصلية حصرا والتي عاشت تلك الفترة، وما تركته هذه المحن من اثار على شخصيتها ونظرتها الى الحياة والدور الذي ادته الجامعات في مدينة الموصل في اتجاه هذه الشريحة وسبل تكيفها وانسجامها النفسي داخل المجتمع بمسؤوليتها المجتمعية تجاهه عامة والمرأة على وجه الخصوص، وتقديم نتائج مهمة تعمل على توعية وخدمة وارشاد مؤسسات المجتمع والدولة، كل حسب اختصاصه ومجاله المنشود.

هدفت الدراسة إلى تعرُّف دور الجامعات الأردنية في مواجهة مظاهر التطرف الفكري لدى الطلبة، وتكونت عينة الدراسة (928) من طلبة جامعتي الهاشمية واليرموك، تم اختيارهم بالطريقة الطبقية العشوائية مراعية لتوزيع فئات أفراد مجتمع الدراسة. ولتحقيق هدف الدراسة قام الباحثون بتطوير أداة لقياس درجة دور الجامعات الأردنية في مواجهة مظاهر التطرف الفكري لدى الطلبة. واستخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي. وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة ان دور الجامعات الأردنية في مواجهة مظاهر التطرف الفكري لدى الطلبة جاءت بدرجة عالية، في جميع مجالات الدراسة ودرجة الممارسة الكلية. وكذلك أظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (α = 0.05) وفقا لمتغيرات: الجنس والكلية والسنة الدراسية والمعدل التراكمي ونوع القبول. وقدمت الدراسة العديد من التوصيات.

The citation databases and journals’ directories considered important tools for listing, indexing and accessing the content of scientific journals. These tools aiming at ensuring the best scientific quality of each journal included in any indexing service. In order to achieve that goal, databases set hard standards and criteria that must be applicable by the journals to be qualified for the international databases and directories. This paper aiming at evaluation the current situation of six electronic Arab journals in library and information science to find out how the selected journals compatible with the criteria of citations databases and journals’ directory. The journals evaluated according to the criteria of: 1. Web of Science (Thomson Reuters WoS) 2. Scopus (Elsevier) 3. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) The results proved that none of the six journals are qualified to be included in Web of Science, and Scopus, while only one journal is qualified to be added to DOAJ.

A study on digital reference service management software in libraries. The study begins with a methodological introduction that addresses the objectives of the research, its terminology, and previous studies. Then, it deals with a brief introduction about the digital reference service, and then talks about reference service software and its categories, dividing them in terms of methods of availability and in terms of systems integration. The study also discusses the specifications that must be met in reference service management systems. Finally, the study reviews three of the most famous international systems for digital reference service management, which are: QuestionPoint, RefTracker, LibAnswers.

The study discusses the recent developments that have occurred or are expected to occur in library catalogs in the Web 2.0 environment, which include supporting beneficiary participation in content, which is one of the most important characteristics of Web 2.0, as well as creating new ways of interaction and communication between libraries and their beneficiaries. The study dealt with an introduction to Web 2.0 and discussed the problem of defining the concept of Web 2.0. The study then reviewed the most important applications of Web 2.0, which are: Blogs, free writing, RSS site summary, online social networks, content description. The study then discussed the effects of Web 2.0 on library catalogs. The study talked about four aspects of how catalogs are affected by the concept of Web 2.0, in terms of providing new places to make catalogs available, creating new roles for beneficiaries of library catalogs, the emergence of new forms of catalogs, and developing automated systems for libraries. Then the study began to review the actual applications of Web 2.0 in foreign library catalogs. These applications were limited to four main aspects, which are: making library catalogs available via social networking sites, using the site summary (RSS) in library catalogs, adding content descriptors, sharing Bibliographic data. Finally, the study presented the only two Arab models of Web 2.0 applications in library catalogs, which are the Nile University Library catalog and the British University Library catalog in Egypt.

The study deals with applications of the second generation of Internet services, known as Web 2.0. The study began with an extensive discussion and complete analysis of the term Web 2.0, then the study developed a definition of the term. The study then examined the most prominent applications in the Web 2.0 environment, which are: Blogs, free writing, Wiki, RSS site summary, Online Social Networks, and content description Content Tagging. The study then addressed the concept of libraries 2.0 and presented its most important principles. Then the study discussed the impact of Web 2.0 on the library profession, as it presented the specifications and qualifications of library specialists in an environment Web 2.0, then presented for its impact on specialized functions.

In this review, we discuss one of the modern Arabic books in the field of libraries and information. It deals with one of the technological applications in providing information services, which is the digital reference service that is provided on the websites of Arab libraries on the Internet. As for the author of the book; He is one of the most prominent people who wrote about information technology, so the book was distinctive, and the researcher succeeded in creating a distinctive and new research method.

In this presentation, we discuss one of the important foreign books, which deals with the subject of information technology in the Middle East and North Africa region, in terms of economic aspects in terms of countries’ investments in the field of information technology, as well as social aspects, and also in terms of political aspects, which is what the book focuses on. The book comes out with a very important conclusion, which is that there are no signs and indicators of an information revolution occurring in most countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

A comprehensive analytical study of Arab Internet sites specialized in the field of libraries. The study identifies 151 specialized Arab sites and provides an analysis of the sites from several aspects: categories of specialized sites, domain names of sites in terms of their independence and nature, geographic distribution of sites, languages ​​of sites, then Arab library sites in terms of Its indexes, geographical distribution, types of libraries, and finally an analysis of the sites according to the availability of metadata and their use of the Dublin Core standard in their formulation. At the end of the study, the study presents a global ranking of specialized Arabic websites that have an independent domain name according to the global ranking of Internet sites issued by Alexa.

An exploratory study of the presence of Arabic websites specialized in the field of libraries and information in specialized international directories and portals. The study reveals the presence of Arabic websites in three types of foreign directories, which are: general directories and portals in the specialty, library directories and catalogues, and directories of library colleges and schools. The study came out with the result In general, the presence of Arab websites specialized in collecting evidence is very weak.

The study draws a comparison between the cataloging practice that takes place in both libraries and subject portals on the Internet that acquire Internet resources, and the comparison is made from several aspects: Selection, description, entries and headings, authority control, acquisition and availability of information, and concludes by presenting the most important conclusions that clarify the differences between the indexing practice in both examples.

A study on the term “cybrarian” deals with the origins of the term, its definition in a group of general and specialized linguistic dictionaries, with a comment on the various definitions, then it deals with the use of the term at the Arab level, which was represented by the emergence of a printed bulletin and an online discussion group bearing the name “cybrarians,” and a study published in one of the specialized journals, Finally, a website was created called Cybrarians, then attempts were made to create an Arabic equivalent for the term, ending with a proposal for an Arabic equivalent for the term, which is information specialist.