students' dependency towards smartphones and the impact on future purchase behaviour in Malaysia. Design …/methodology/approach – Hypotheses were tested with a random and judgemental sampling (students who use smartphones only) of 358 university students … indicated that university students' dependency on smartphones is influenced by convenience, social needs and social influences …

ascribing a democratic role to libraries and activities related to information literacy. Design/methodology/approach The … connections between democracy and libraries as well as between citizenship and information literacy are analysed by using Mouffe … efforts to include the less privileged. The inclusion of a democratic aim, directed towards everyone, for libraries in the new …

for and rights to information which lie behind the establishment of privately and publicly owned libraries, to consider … how far these assumptions are valid, and finally to discuss the proper part to be played by privately owned libraries in … charters and terms of reference of a variety of libraries and from official statements about library provision. Findings …

there have been some initiatives in academia and in libraries to integrate indigenous knowledge into their activities, it … paper focuses on universities and libraries in Africa in general although Africa is a vast continent and there are … differences in context. Practical implications – Universities and libraries should look inward and find creative ways of …