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A flexible framework for evaluating the contents and activities of supportive and integrated electronic courses in Arab universities
Authors: Itmazi Jamil
Published: August 2024

E-learning has entered Arab universities recently and timidly, as many of these universities used it to support and support traditional lectures, while it was used to a much lesser extent as education integrated with traditional education, and some new universities have appeared that use it as virtual education over the network.
Electronic courses represent the essence of e-learning in universities that adopt one of these forms of education, and in order to support the trend to integrate e-learning in Arab universities, some relevant centers and units in those universities evaluate those courses in order to provide a grant or reward for each electronic course that meets specific conditions. However, these centers suffer from the scarcity of Arab studies that have addressed these conditions, and the need has arisen to discuss the foundations of evaluating the supporting and integrated electronic courses because most of the electronic courses used in our Arab universities are of these types.
In this research, the nature of e-learning, e-learning platforms, and types of e-courses were clarified, and a flexible evaluation framework was presented, providing universities with the ability to use it according to their privacy, according to the nature of the courses, and according to the approved e-learning platform, where the foundations for evaluating e-courses were presented and explained. Supportive and integrated in terms of contents, required activities, and providing their reasons; Finally, the method of using this framework was explained.
Foundation of data mining: understanding the infrastructure of the knowledge factory
Authors: Ramadan Ahmed
Published: August 2024

This article is mainly speak to whom interested in knowledge discovery or data analysis and it`s techniques, also this article discuses the data mining (DM) and show what is this thing.
Anyone want to build a techniques  for develop a data mining project or how to build  it this article will help him in that issue this article focus on basics about data mining what is that-in conceptual and analysis skill- and who can use it where we can use it and how we apply this techniques  in the business  reality you will also know how data mining works and the algorithms that associated with data mining  you will also knows what is the data mining project lifecycle and the knowledge creation process in a simple words  you will be able to design a conceptual and logic design for a data mining project after reading this article.
Intellectual property and copyright rights in the Internet environment
Authors: Abdallah Ahmed
Published: August 2024

The protection of intellectual property rights and copyrights is not a product of this era, but rather it is ancient. It is believed that northern Italy in the Renaissance era was the cradle of the intellectual property system. The first systematic attempt to protect inventions with a type of patent came in a law issued in Venice in the year 1474 AD, which stipulated granting an exclusive right to the individual. The first copyright system in the world arose during that century thanks to the invention of letters. The separate printing press and the printing press around the year 1440 AD. At the end of the nineteenth century, many methods and phenomena emerged, such as the development of industrial activity, the growth and expansion of railway networks, the investment of capital, and the growth of trade. Hence, it was necessary to protect copyrights as a result of the increasing phenomenon of imitation and theft of books and their spread in Europe. .
In 1883 AD, an agreement was concluded in Paris by the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, called (the Paris Agreement).In 1891, an agreement for the suppression of false and misleading export declarations of goods was concluded in Madrid, Spain, called the Madrid Agreement.In the Arab world, it only appeared recently. The first copyright law known to the Arab countries was the Ottoman Copyright Law issued in 1910 AD.
Therefore, it is necessary to study copyright and related rights to know the meanings and concepts they contain, and the impact of modern technology on those rights. As there is a diversity of sources and ways of accessing information, as well as a diversity of different publishing methods, it was not limited to printed materials using traditional (paper) methods, but rather it went beyond this and became what is known as electronic publishing, until it reached publishing on the Internet in the current era, or what is known as digital intellectual property, Or the intellectual property of digital works (IP Digital works).
The impact of electronic publishing in promoting Arab heritage: pioneering experiences
Authors: Hassanin Ragab
Published: August 2024

A study on the efforts and experiences of a group of Arab institutions in the field of protecting and digitizing Arab heritage. The study begins with a theoretical introduction about heritage and its concept, the digitization of heritage and the benefits that accrue to it from the digitization process. The study then presents the efforts of four of the largest Arab institutions working in the field of digitizing heritage, namely: Al-Warraq, Bibliography of Islam, the Library of Alexandria, and the Juma Al-Majid Center.
Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers
Authors: El Naggar Reda
Published: August 2024

American Library Association (ALA) Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers. These guidelines were established in 1996 to be used for Training Library Professionals and Staff for Measuring the Effectiveness of Reference Transactions.
Tools for searching open access sources: a guideline
Authors: Farrag Abdelrahman
Published: August 2024

Open access resources, by their nature, can usually be accessed by performing a simple web search. Some believe (1) that there is no free access without open search. Free research here means the possibility of searching for intellectual production without any obstacles. Therefore, tools for searching open access sources are sometimes called open search tools.
This collection of papers aims to address some of the tools for searching for information sources available according to the open access method. These tools are generally divided into search engines, directories, and metadata harvesters. It is worth noting that search engines are usually described as comprehensive tools, while the other two types are described as tools dedicated to open access-specific tools. All of these tools can be considered initiatives to support the open access movement.
The library profession: challenges and future trends in the Arab world: a prospective study. 2
Authors: Alsenbany Mohamed , Eliwy Mohamed
Published: August 2024

It is known that libraries and information centers are institutions that are affected and affected in one way or another by the circumstances surrounding them. In today's world, due to the successive and rapid developments in information technology and the emergence of modern technologies, which have greatly affected libraries and librarians and imposed on them great challenges that require new skills and advanced services. Given that the primary goal of the existence of libraries and librarians is to provide appropriate and adequate services to meet the needs of beneficiaries, libraries must therefore work to develop their staff and prepare all the requirements that enable them to advance and develop the profession and thus enable them to face the challenges imposed by modern technologies.
The current study aims to identify the reasons for the decline of the library profession in the Arab world and seeks to anticipate its future during the next ten years. For the purpose of achieving the goal of the study, the researchers sought to benefit from the Delphi method for future expectations, where 25 academic and professional experts were accredited who specialize in library and information science, psychology, sociology, and other specializations distributed among university colleges, documentation and information centers, and university libraries. We contacted the experts to find out their opinions and expectations about the future of the library profession during the next ten years through three successive rounds, as follows:
In the first round, a questionnaire was distributed consisting of a set of reasons for the decline of the library profession and another set of expected solutions.In the second round, the experts' observations and opinions were taken into account, and the questionnaire was returned again to the experts to obtain their opinions.In the third round, the questionnaire items were arranged into six axes for reasons for the decline in the profession and six other axes for solutions and expectations. It was returned a third time to the experts and they were asked to rank the reasons and solutions according to their importance from the point of view of each of them.The study produced many results and recommendations that the researchers hope will be of benefit and help improve and develop the library profession.
Arab book fairs: a major “embarrassment” for foreign goods and an even greater “embarrassment” for Arab culture
Authors: Mansour Essam
Published: August 2024

This work reviews Arab book fairs in terms of being a culture and industry that still seems new to the Arab world, and has not yet taken its proper place among the Arab citizen, even though for some it is considered a large “forest” of goods, which has expanded to cover completely distant things. About the main subject of the exhibition (the book), which causes great “embarrassment” to Arab culture! The work examines the names of Arab book fairs and their affiliation, as well as the timings of their presentation, indicating the time periods for each fair, along with its total area. The work also talks about Arab book fairs, including the fact that they are; Whether it was an exhibition or a book market. The work also addresses some of the major problems and challenges facing our Arab book fairs, such as problems of illiteracy, the weakness of the publishing industry, the absence of the reader industry, and the censorship and confiscation of some publications. The work concludes with a set of ideas and proposals aimed at improving the form and content of our Arab book fairs.
The reality of using automated cataloging in Arab libraries: a field study on the library of the University of Science and Technology
Authors: Saleh Hassan
Published: August 2024

The great development in the number and quality of automated systems in libraries and information centers of all kinds shows its importance in libraries, and its history dates back to 1935 AD, which is the year that witnessed the introduction of the first data processing machine to libraries. In 1935, the first system was implemented in a Texas library, and in 1940 automated lending systems were monitored in libraries. The universities of Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. In 1946, a study of an automatic retrieval system in the US Patent Office, and in 1951, the first index printed in book form by computer in the King Library. In 1975, a project was used for control, and in 1961, an automated search project was used in indexes. In the medical library in America, in 1964 AD, indexes in the form of a book were used in the Florida library, and in 1966 AD the first integrated automated system appeared in libraries.
Dimensions of the information society
Authors: Ulwy Hend
Published: August 2024

Building the information society does not depart from basic dimensions that balance the ideological, social and practical structure of the information society, which remain the basic equations for creating a just global information society in which there are equal opportunities for exploiting and investing in information. Through dimensions, the basic grouping of which is a social phenomenon in which the principles of influence and being influenced exchange between human interaction and consumption of information. This is what we will discuss in this intervention, which includes the expanded concept of the information society, its five dimensions, and its impact on creating the information society.
Arab experiences in digital documentation of heritage and cultural resources
Authors: Saleh Ashraf
Published: August 2024

Preserving heritage materials is a matter of utmost importance because these materials represent the memory of individuals and nations, with the cultural values and fragrance of history they contain. Indeed, it has become necessary to document these materials digitally in order to prepare a national/regional record of the cultural properties each region possesses separately to be passed down to generations. successive and maintained. Hence, recently, there has been a boom in Arab regional and national projects and experiences in the field of heritage documentation in unconventional ways, including information technology applications to present it in a new form, the digitized form. This study presents the pioneering efforts and experiences in digitizing Arab heritage.
Roles of the Learning Resource Center specialist in the era of modern technology
Authors: Miloud Alaraby
Published: August 2024

As is known, the introduction of technology into the field of libraries had a major impact on the emergence of the term information specialist, and many other terms, and regardless of the agreement or disagreement about the nature of the name and its content, there is a new trend to change the name of the librarian who was originally associated with the building with another new name, which is Cybrarian, which is That person who is not bound by any walls but works freely and independently for himself, a leader in his specialty and field of work. From Hani Mohieddin Attia’s point of view, the problem is not in the word “library” and the attempt to change it with the word “information,” as much as it is in the word “trustee” itself, which means a custodian or custodian of the treasury.
The image of librarians changed as their tasks began to move more and more towards cyber. In fact, their mission began to transform from librarians to cyberrians due to the nature of their work and new tasks, and this was done by keeping pace with developments as information consultants, directed towards electronic sources and ways to search for them, and carry out The tasks of selectively broadcasting information, analyzing it, organizing automated files, and other work that requires in-depth knowledge of electronic equipment technologies and methods of using them in libraries and information centers.
Obstacles to electronic publishing and the lack of benefit from it in Arab universities: Sohag University as a model: a field study
Authors: Abdelaal Antar
Published: August 2024

The current study sought to achieve the following objectives: identifying the obstacles to electronic publishing at Sohag University from the point of view of faculty members, and identifying the reasons for not benefiting from electronic information sources from the point of view of faculty members at Sohag University. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher adopted the descriptive approach in Description of the phenomenon under study. The results of the study showed that among the most important obstacles to Arab publishing are the lack of recognition by promotion committees of research published on the Internet, the weak level of some companies working in the field of electronic publishing, and the absence of laws that protect the intellectual property rights of researchers when they wish to publish their research through electronic libraries, which makes it easier to quote without mentioning. Reference: As for the reasons for not benefiting from electronic libraries, the results showed that some electronic libraries are subject to changing their addresses as a result of their exposure to technical problems, especially viruses, and the suffering of faculty members from being busy with the Internet at different times of the day, and that some libraries request a monthly subscription despite the limited need. For her information.
Information technologies in Mansoura University libraries: a field study. 1
Authors: Mansour Ashraf
Published: August 2024

A comprehensive study on the application of information technology in the libraries of Mansoura University. The study begins with a methodological introduction, then begins to address the aspects of information technology in the university libraries, where it dealt with: The reality of computers, the automated system applied in libraries, databases shared by libraries, the Internet, the extent of use of information technology, training in information technology. The study then discussed the areas of cooperation between Mansoura University libraries, the problems and difficulties they face in applying technology, and finally the future plans towards information technology at Mansoura University.
Preparing geographical information specialists (GIS Librarian) in Arab libraries and information centers: reality and the future
Authors: Sabry Ibrahim
Published: August 2024

Geographic information sources are important sources in libraries and information centers because they work to represent information or statement in the form of an internationally agreed-upon drawing or chart. Geographic information is of interest to a wide range of beneficiaries in the fields of: politics, economics, agriculture, geology, environment, population studies, city planning and facilities...etc., which would work to support research, studies, and Arab issues in the previous fields through enormous capabilities. It provides support for decision making at all levels. In order to develop the workforce in the field of libraries and information to keep pace with information technology in the twenty-first century; We had to think about planning well to prepare high-level library and information specialists who are able to optimally deal with geographic data through geographic information systems. In this paper, we attempt to initially identify what these systems are, the various forms of their uses in Arab libraries, the functional qualifications required by these systems, and how can we prepare a library specialist with the ability to deal with these systems? We will also work on extrapolating a proposed description of the Geographic Information Systems curriculum to include it within the curricula of Arab library and information departments and schools. We will also discuss the process of analyzing and describing (the job of a geographic information specialist), which will work to develop methods and capabilities for the workforce in the field of libraries and information in order to prepare them to optimally deal with geographic information systems.
RFID robot is an alternative to the barcoding system
Authors: Eissa Wahid
Published: August 2024

The research means studying the robot using RFID technology as an alternative to the column coding system used in a large number of Arab libraries in general and Egyptian libraries in particular because of its superior features. To achieve this goal, the study relied on field research and historical approaches. In this context, the researcher reviewed the definition of the robot, its development, and the advantages of its use. In the field of libraries and information, its systems, and libraries’ experiences with robots. This is in addition to a review of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and the broad prospects for its use in the field of libraries and information.
This was a prelude to demonstrating a robot that works with radio frequency identification technology (a proposed model for application in Egyptian libraries).
One of the most important results of the study was the great capabilities enjoyed by the robot that uses the RFID system, while the bar coding system was characterized by a clear deficiency in some applications, compared to RFID technology.
The researcher recommended the importance of Egyptian libraries in particular, and Arab libraries in general, taking the lead and initiative in using automated individuals working with RFID technology, while following an effective media marketing policy to use this system in the field.
The role of public and private university libraries in marketing information services from the point of view of their employees: Irbid Governorate, Jordan
Authors: Andrawes Tayseer
Published: August 2024

This study aimed to identify the role of public and private university libraries in marketing information services from the point of view of their employees. To this end, the researcher used two questionnaires as tools for the study. The first included (25) items that covered a group of information services that university libraries market. The second questionnaire included a set of marketing methods and means in university libraries, numbering (17) items. The validity and reliability coefficients of these two tools indicate their suitability to what they were designed to measure. The study was applied and the necessary statistical treatments were carried out, which showed that the arithmetic averages of the answers of individuals in the study sample about the role of university libraries in marketing information services ranged between very high and low. However, the overall rate of these averages was average. It was found that the most widely used marketing means and methods in university libraries are telephone, regular mail, fax, billboards, guidance and advice. The results of examining the three hypotheses revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the averages of the answers of the study sample members on the tool as a whole according to the variable (university) and in favor of employees in public universities. According to the academic qualification variable, the differences were in favor of the category of master’s and doctoral degree holders, and as for the experience variable, the differences were in favor of The category of experience that falls between 10 years to less than 15 years. The study concluded with a set of recommendations that focused on the following: Marketing is a modern requirement in the field of work of government and private libraries, regardless of the trends and the diversity of the cultures of the employees, because the requirements of the current stage have the importance of knowledge and information, and the necessity of marketing them in any way to meet the needs of the beneficiaries and satisfy their desires. Supporting study plans and programs for the diploma and bachelor’s degrees with materials that enhance students’ concept of marketing and its various programs, and conducting further studies on marketing, its importance and programs in other public and private university libraries.
The proposed electronic archive system for the General Administration of Alexandria University. 2
Authors: Ellaban Nermeen
Published: August 2024

Administrative documents are the backbone and cornerstone of any entity that practices public work, and universities stand out as one of the institutions keen to practice scientific management by relying on recorded information and facts that reduce the randomness of decision-making. Including the University of Alexandria, which contains a huge amount of administrative documents that reflect the magnitude and importance of the volume of work it carries out, and is relied upon for the management and development of educational and research affairs. Therefore, it was necessary to follow modern scientific methods and benefit from them in the archival control of its documents to increase their effectiveness.
Therefore, studying the administrative/current documents of the General Administration of Alexandria University is imperative to determine the nature of its documents in preparation for developing and proposing requirements and programs that help manage these documents in the new technological environment that Alexandria University seeks to implement and disseminate.
Intellectual property in the e-learning environment: towards an initiative for the free availability of textbooks In Egyptian universities on the Internet: Cairo University as an example
Authors: Shaheen Sherif
Published: August 2024

The problem of the study is to identify the policies followed by universities to protect the intellectual property of faculty members and researchers with intellectual and scientific creativity and to preserve the electronic content provided by them, either to serve e-learning programs and convert academic courses to electronic form or to build the digital repository, digital library, electronic memory, or others. One of the forms of preserving, organizing and making available the institution’s creations... The study relies on the descriptive survey approach with the aim of identifying these initiatives, plans and projects. As for the field aspect of the study, it is limited to Egyptian universities and the extent of their progress in the e-learning stream and their measures related to the preservation of intellectual property, with a focus on Cairo University. The initiative proposed by the researcher. It is an initiative to make Open Textbooks freely available in Egyptian universities on the Internet, while studying the components of their application to Cairo University as an experimental model.
The emergence and development of open digital repositories
Authors: Fawzy Eman
Published: August 2024

Access to knowledge is a fundamental requirement for various aspects of human development, from health and education to achieving food security, building capabilities and social structure. However, there are a number of restrictions and obstacles that prevent access to knowledge through academic scientific publications all over the world, especially in developing countries. . These restrictions and obstacles are mainly represented by the continuous increase in the prices of scientific journals, which have become the monopoly of major publishing institutions and houses, and the inability of the purchasing capabilities of research and university libraries to keep up with them. Which led to the emergence of the Open Access Movement and its advocacy as one of the methods of scientific communication between researchers through access to scientific intellectual production and liberating it from these restrictions without financial compensation and with a minimum of legal restrictions. To alleviate the burden of lack of access to knowledge, especially in mobile scientific fields, through two basic mechanisms: open access journals and open digital repositories, which are the focus of the current study. Let these mechanisms coexist and integrate side by side with traditional means of publishing without competing with or undermining them.
This article attempts to shed light on the main axes of the free access to information movement. It presents its definitions and points to the most important initiatives and statements that called for it. It then addresses the emergence of open digital repositories, whether objective or institutional, their definition, types, and factors of spread. It also refers through this to Arab efforts. In supporting the free access to information movement, then it concludes with projects that support open digital repositories that contributed to the emergence and spread of the free access to information movement in general and open digital repositories in particular.
Academic journals platforms: the Algerian experience is an example
Authors: Dahman Magid , Shabbab Fatema , Agrad Halima
Published: August 2024

Talking about Internet usage statistics in the Arab world at the present time is no longer a current issue that requires attention and study. The problem now is centered around the content of what is published on the Internet in the Arabic language. Scientific and technical information is considered one of the most important types of content available on the Internet, and the scientific journal is considered one of the vessels carrying this type of information. Arab scientific periodicals have taken their place on the Internet, either by creating a website for the periodical or making it available through a portal that brings together a number of scientific periodicals in various fields. The experience of the Center for Research in Scientific and Technical Media (CERIST), represented by the WEBREVIEW portal, is among the pioneering experiences in this field. This portal seeks to make Algerian scientific periodicals available via the open source SPIP software since 2002. In this study, we will try to shed light on the Algerian experience and compare it with foreign experiences by addressing the shortcomings of the Algerian experience, its prospects, and the elements that must be available in order for a project to make scientific periodicals to be a success.
Reading Networks on Facebook: the case of Arabesk and Oasis Littéraire
Authors: Bentenbi Tani
Published: August 2024

In this article, we will deal with the part played by the "Facebook" social network in the development of reading networks in Algeria. Arabesk and Oasis Littéraire, two networks whose members share a common interest in "reading", have been singled out for this case study. We will also rely on the analysis of discussion threads posted on the wall of the two pages concerned.
SWORD: a new mechanism for depositing in digital repositories
Authors: Qabbani Nisreen
Published: August 2024

The reviw dealt with SWORD technology as a new mechanism for depositing in digital repositories. It also explained the objectives of this technology. The study presented the most famous systems and agents that support it, and in the end how to benefit from a number of applications of this technology.
Functional requirements for authority data: a new vision for authority files in the digital environment
Authors: Zayed Yousria
Published: August 2024

“Authority work” is generally concerned with determining the form of a name, title, or title of a series or topic that will be used as a codified header. Authority work also includes creating appropriate references to the header and its relationship to other headers in the authority file.
Recent efforts in the field of “Authority Control”, which aims to achieve stability and consistency in the form of the headers used in the library index or in the bibliographic record file, are focused on achieving use and sharing of authority data at the international level, with the benefits that this achieves in the form of: Reduce burden, reduce costs, and achieve better search and retrieval accuracy.
To achieve these purposes, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, established IFLA, which will be referred to hereafter as (IFLA): is one of the international bodies most concerned with the subject of indexing in general, and bibliographic control in particular, by establishing working groups for bibliographic records, authority data for names, and authority data for subjects, whose primary mission is to prepare conceptual models that define functional requirements. For bibliographic and authority records [1], in addition to undertaking the task of reviewing, updating and maintaining these models, and preparing indicative summaries and interpretive guides that help in applying these models and encouraging their use.
In the following paragraphs, the working group will address the functional requirements for authority data, the objectives of issuing the (FRAD) model, its components, and the tasks that the beneficiary achieves through it.
The Challenges that Facing the Search Engine’s Algorithms in Retrieving the Arabic Content on The World Wide Web: Analytical study. 2
Authors: El Nasharti Mo'men
Published: August 2024

This study explores an important side of managing and handling the Arabic content on the web، search on Arabic content and retrieve issues. this study focuses on the challenges that facing algorithms of search engines that supported Arabic language in retrieve the Arabic content.
This study tries answering about a set of Queries that related to:

What 's the challenges that facing the search engine's crawler?
What's the challenges that facing the search engine's indexer?
What's the challenges that facing the search engine's ranking?

the study will depend on the analytical methodology to reach final results.
Uses of distance learning in libraries and information field
Authors: El-Zalabany Hossam
Published: August 2024

The article discusses opportunities for exploiting distance learning, especially those relying on e-learning systems and its software applications to support library and information specialization and support library services. It reviews global experiences of exploiting distance learning by all academic departments, library schools, institutions and professional unions, with a presentation of the reality of using learning. Distance education in library sciences in the world compared to the local and regional situation, and ends with a presentation of the e-learning center service implemented by some German libraries, in order to provide training programs for beneficiaries in libraries near their locations.
The intellectual production of Professor Dr. Heshmat Qasim: bibliography
Authors: Farrag Abdelrahman
Published: August 2024

Intellectual Production This bibliography aims to inform researchers in the field of libraries and information science, and specialists in this field, about the intellectual production of our professor, Professor Dr. Heshmat Qasim, on the occasion of his (may God bless his age) reaching seventy in the coming March 2013 AD (corresponding to Rabi’ al-Thani 1434 AH).
The bibliography deals with all areas of library and information science specialization, and what goes on within the scope of this specialization, as an author and translator, in the Arabic, English, and German languages, and in all types of intellectual production, over a period of thirty-seven years, from 1966 AD until mid-2012 AD. The paper was organized according to the types of intellectual production, then chronologically under each type - in order to identify the chronological development of the man’s ideas, then alphabetically with the titles of the intellectual production materials. We have also provided the necessary paperwork for these materials in their original form, in addition to hyperlinks to what is available from these sources online.
In preparing the bibliography, we relied on many sources, the most important of which is the man’s CV, which includes his intellectual production, which His Excellency kindly sent to us via e-mail, and the paper evidence provided by Professor Dr. Muhammad Fathi Abdel Hadi (which restricts the intellectual production in the field from the beginning of its publication Until 2009), the catalog of the King Fahd National Library available on the Internet, and the “EduSearch” data observatory that Dar Al-Mandhumah has, in addition to direct access to intellectual production. Despite this, we would like to point out that there is some published intellectual production by the man who has not We are able to reach it, and there is much of the man’s intellectual production that has not been documented, such as many consultations, scientific reports, lectures, audio-visual recordings, arbitration reports, etc. Perhaps this production, or paper references to it, are excluding reports Arbitration, which is secret by nature, will come to light one day.
After that, we present this bibliography to the hands of researchers, specialists, and all those interested in the field of libraries and information in the Arab world, which expresses the intellectual image of an important section of intellectual production in information science in the Arab world. If not - by its influence - the most important. This paper is also a reflection of the intellectual giving of one of the men of this generous nation, and it represents the intellectual life of this man who devoted most of his life - may God extend his life - to knowledge and information. Indeed, he is undoubtedly considered - according to his intellectual and scientific effort known to everyone - to be the pioneer of information science in the Arab world. Dr. Heshmat Qasim said: Warakia
Information services in the national archives of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries In light of the Corona Pandemic: An Analytical Study
Authors: Ali Mohamed , Hamza Adel
Published: August 2024

The study aimed to identify the reality of the national archives G C C in the face of the Corona pandemic, As well as knowing the services provided by the National Archives under Corona pandemic, And also to know how to employ the national archives of modern technologies under pandemic Corona.
The study adopted the descriptive and analytical approach because it collects data and analyzes it, and then comes out with results and recommendations, In addition the historical method, the researchers rely on information sources in all their traditional and modern forms, The survey method was also used to access the websites of the National Archives via the Internet
The study concluded that the most important services provided by the archives under study were the electronic catalogue available online and the electronic reference service, And providing service and presenting documents at a time of crisis, The study recommended that the national archives in the Arab Gulf digitize all their documents and archives this is in anticipation of making it available to beneficiaries electronically in the event of disasters and epidemics.
The Degree of Acquisition of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Competencies among Faculty Members at Kuwait University from their Point of View: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Safar Ammar
Published: August 2024

This study aimed to demonstrate/identify the extent/degree to which faculty members at Kuwait University possess information and communication technology (ICT) competencies from their point of view, in addition to revealing the impact of some independent variables (i.e., gender, specialization, and years of professional experience) on the acquisition level. The study adopted the analytical, exploratory, descriptive, quantitative research methodology, and used the questionnaire as a tool to collect data. A stratified random sample of 441 faculty members participated electronically in this research study during the second semester of 2019/2020 academic year. The results indicated that the degree of availability of information and communication technology competencies among the faculty members at Kuwait University was generally "medium/average" (M = 2.65, SD = 0.99, RII = 0.53). Where the estimates of the faculty members indicated that the extent to which they possess ICT competencies is "medium/average" in all of the study’s dimensions/constituents/topics. The findings of the study also revealed that there are statistically significant differences at the significance level of 0.01 between the responses of faculty members regarding the degree to which they possess ICT competencies due to the variables of gender (in favor of the female category), specialization (in favor of the category of scientific specializations), and years of professional experience (in favor of the category with the highest years of experience (more than 10 years), in the vast majority of the study’s dimensions/constituents/topics separately, and in the tool as a whole. The study concluded with some recommendations.
 
Keywords: information and communication technology competencies, ICT competencies, educational/instructional technology competencies, electronic teaching and learning competencies, distance teaching and learning competencies, degree/level/extent of acquisition/possession, perceptions/opinions of faculty members, post-secondary education, State of Kuwait
Mind map exhibitions as a source of visual information: An exploratory study
Authors: Saleh Ahmed
Published: August 2024

The visual representation of human knowledge is one of the best methods used in the educational process, training and work, and the use of mind maps is one of the tools of visual representation of human knowledge, as it is one of the tools of brainstorming methods. At present, mind maps are used in several sciences or fields, when searching for university theses related to mind maps in the unified catalogue of Egyptian university libraries, it became clear that they are applied in fields such as (psychology, educational technology, Arabic language, physical education, mathematics education, English language education, computer education, geography education).
The role of business intelligence and knowledge management systems in marketing information services in academic libraries under the Coved 19 pandemic: an analytical study
Authors: Al Nagaar Ali
Published: August 2024

The value of open solutions and the need for them has become critical to the Coved 19 pandemic. As the free use of scientific information and open source data is guaranteed to ensure that the information reaches the beneficiaries, and from this stand libraries and information institutions take upon themselves a major role through their “open source curricula” by providing a set of services that address the goals, processes, types, and restrictions that exist in the context of open scientific communication. This study aims to identify the role of innovative solutions such as, business intelligence systems, knowledge management, and the opportunities and capabilities it offers for libraries to market their various services to beneficiaries. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach to determine the impact of the importance of these solutions in improving the possibility and increasing the content sharing with the beneficiaries in light of this crisis.
Using IBM Watson Discovery service in searching and retrieving information in libraries
Authors: Amer Yasmine
Published: August 2024

The activity of searching and retrieving information is one of the routine operations and tasks that users frequently perform in libraries. Despite this, many research tools have many problems, the most popular of it is the lack of conformity of the retrieved documents to the needs of the users expressed in their inquiries, which was confirmed by many studies, so this study seeks to monitor and test one of the most popular applications of artificial intelligence in searching and retrieving information which is the IBM Watson Discovery service. This study depends on descriptive analytical approach to describe and display the IBM Watson Discovery service and how is it work. The study also relies on the experimental approach to measure and test its ability of searching and retrieving information by including a set of documents. To test their retrieval by submitting a number of different inquiries. The researcher reached a set of results, the most important of which is providing a detailed definition of the concept of artificial intelligence, its origins, objectives and techniques for rooting it in the field of libraries and information sciences. With an explanation of the most important features available in the IBM Watson Discovery service. The study also revealed the credibility of the service in supporting the search in unstructured data such as PDF, Jason, word, html, Powerpoint files. As well as providing a detailed presentation of the method of testing and evaluating the retrieved search results, and the method of training Watson Discovery service to improve search results using machine learning technique, which contributes to improving the performance of the retrieval system.
Building and testing an information portal to collect and analyze terrorism-related content on the dark web
Authors: Mawkili Ahmed , Alsereihy Hassan
Published: August 2024

This study aimed to build and test an information portal related to the collection and analysis of content related to terrorism on the dark web, to benefit from it in the field of combating terrorism, which could be developed in the future more broadly to support the security and practical decision, towards reducing terrorism in all its forms on the one hand. The importance of this study lies - to our knowledge - in the absence of studies at the Arab level that dealt with such a subject. The research used the case study method to study the topic from its various aspects, and in surveying the opinions of specialists this was done using the interview tool, as the research designed a questionnaire for this purpose, which included a group of (19) questions in the closed end method, and it came in two parts: and the main questions on the subject of the study, in addition to two open-ended questions about the suggestions and observations on the information portal. The results of the study concluded that an information portal was built to collect and analyze the content of terrorist groups and organizations on the dark web, and to test their functions through the study sample, which the results showed that it is very suitable for the idea of ​​the portal project and its development. The study also concluded with a number of recommendations, the most prominent of which is the recommendation to adopt the idea of ​​the study, by developing a broader and comprehensive (informational - knowledge) portal system, so that it becomes an institutional project, adopted by scientific and security institutions, such as the Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory at the University of Arizona.
Using internet things in information service in the Egyptian academic libraries: A study of Reality and planning for the future
Authors: Aly Ahmed
Published: August 2024

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology is one of the tremendous technological developments in the current era. It refers to the use of intelligently connected devices and systems to leverage data gathered by embedded sensors and actuators in machines and other physical objects. IoT is expected to spread rapidly over the coming years as it will unleash a new dimension of services that improve the quality of life and productivity of enterprises.  Hence, many countries aim to benefit from these technologies in various aspects of life in general and libraries and information institutions in particular. So, the current study sheds light on the ways of benefitting from (IoT) in developing and upgrading the services of Egyptian academic libraries and how to transform them into smart information institutions. It also identifies the readiness of libraries to adopt and apply (IoT) technologies. In addition, the study measures the readiness of libraries librarians to adopt the concept of smart libraries.
In this regard, the study adopted the descriptive and analytical approach, using a set of tools, the most important of which are the questionnaire and the checklist. The study population included some of the Egyptian academic libraries in government universities representing the sectors of Greater Cairo, Delta, Central and Northern Upper Egypt, in addition to some libraries of private foreign universities at Egypt, namely (German University Library - British University Library - Canadian University Library).
Public health crises and the need for accessible information
Authors: Farrag Abdelrahman
Published: August 2024

كشف وباء فيروس كورونا 2019 (كوفيد-19) عن الحاجة إلى الوصول للمعلومات للأشخاص ذوي الهمم أثناء الأزمات التي تعتري الصحة العامة. وليس هناك شك في أن الوصول إلى المعلومات يعد حقًا أصيلاً من حقوق الإنسان؛ بما في ذلك المعلومات التي يتم تحصيلها عن طريق أسلوب القراءة السهلة (*)، ولغة أوسلان (**)، والطباعة بالحروف الكبيرة (***)، والقراءة بحاسة اللمس (برايل) (****)، والمصادر السمعبصرية.
إن مثل هذه المعلومات ضرورية للأشخاص ذوي الهمم بغرض الإلمام بأزمات الصحة العامة، والتعرف على كيفية العيش بأمان في هذه الأزمات، والحصول على الدعم. إن هذه الاحتياجات مهمة بمكان، وبصفة خاصة لأن هؤلاء الأشخاص لهم عادة ظروفهم الصحية الملموسة التي قد تجعلهم عرضة لمخاطر الصحة العامة، والخضوع لنمط من النظم الخدمية التي التي قد تزيد من تعرضهم للعدوى، كما أنهم غالبًا ما يتعرضون لتفاوتات تعود للنظام المجتمعي نفسه مثل الاستبعاد من إجراءات الوقاية والاستجابة الصحية.