Sharjah Award for Library Literature: Fifth Cycle, 2002

Abstract

This item announces the fifth cycle of the Sharjah Award for Library Literature, issued by the Libraries Administration of the Department of Culture and Information, Government of Sharjah, with the aim of promoting library awareness among specialists and the general public. The announced theme is information and reference services in the age of information technology. The proposed research topics include electronic libraries and their services, information and technological terminology in the electronic environment, modern competencies for reference specialists, user education and guidance services, users’ behavior toward electronic resources, and behavioral trends of virtual users in Arab libraries. The announcement also sets out participation conditions, including acceptance of research in Arabic or English, the requirement that submissions should not have been previously published, awarded, or submitted for an academic degree, and adherence to scientific research methodology and academic integrity. The item is significant as a documentary record of a professional initiative encouraging applied research in library and information services in the United Arab Emirates.