قياس و تطوير قدرات و مهارات أعضاء هيئة التدريس و منسوبي المكتبة المركزية على البحث في مصادر قواعد المعلومات الإلكترونية المتخصصة و العامة : دراسة تطبيقية على جامعة الطائف بالحوية

الملخص EN

The research problem focuses on the adequacy of the training programs of the Taif University staff for searching into the principles of the sources of electronic information.

Its significance lies in the fact that it is the first research attempt into the impact of this training on the ability of the University and the Central Library staff to utilize the principles of sources of specific and general electronic information that are available at the Central Library in Al-hawiyya.

The research is based on descriptive and statistical approach.

The results shows that the Electronic Website of the University is one of the most important tools through which the researched group have access to the electronic services of the Library, which means that this gate is an important electronic media.

It also shows that a significant number of them are sensitized about the availability of these services through their colleagues, which points to the weak communication activity of the library to create awareness about its services of the Electronic Library.

Moreover, most of the sample group do not have an account in the library and even those who have accounts do not have the required skills to use it.

This is so because most of them did not participate in the training programs which were organized by the Dean Faculty.

The results also show the order of the benefits that the utilizers of the Electronic Library generate from its services, the most important of which the support they gain for scientific research and academic publications.

The researcher has made a number of recommendations indicating the vital role of training sessions for the library staff and high academic qualification and awareness programs of the Library services through all its branches in the different regions and girls campus as well as through mobile telephones.