Volume 26, Issue 2

Background. Organizational culture is an important ingredient of organizational success and employee performance. This study used the Competing Values Framework (CVF) to analyze the organizational culture types exhibited and the preferred culture in higher education libraries in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The framework analyzes the dominant culture based on four culture types: Clan, Adhocracy, Market and Hierarchy.
Objectives. The study sought to identify the current culture and the preferred culture of employees of higher education libraries in the UAE, and to compare the culture profiles of public versus privately-funded libraries as well as the average culture profiles of libraries across all the Emirates.
Method. A sample of 355 employees were selected from all 40 higher education libraries in the UAE. An online questionnaire containing the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument was used to obtain responses from the employees about their perception of the existing and preferred culture. 263 responses from 39 higher education libraries were returned usable at a return rate of 74%.
Results. The findings indicate that Clan and Adhocracy cultures are the dominant culture types prevailing in the higher education libraries in the UAE. However, the employees prefer greater Clan and Adhocracy cultures, and very low market and hierarchy cultures in their libraries. The results for the public and private universities, and the average culture profile in each of the Emirates are also presented.

Background. Interplanetary travel is a highly scientific and technological area. Scientific institutions and organizations, government agencies, and the media have made this subject popular. It is also a major aspect of science fiction. An exploration of the subject can be of interest to a wide audience.
Objective. To define the major scientific and technical aspects of interplanetary travel and present them to the non-scientific reader.
Method. Relevant citations on the subject were obtained from the Inspec database using applicable keywords; the bibliography of four key articles and citations were also retrieved from Inspec. All the classification codes from the citations were compiled. The visualization software Sci2 was used to create subject clusters, and the classification codes related to each cluster were extracted.
Result. Six main subject areas were found to represent the main components of interplanetary travel. These are described, together with a list of basic resources. Major publications such as books, journals and conference proceedings obtained from the searches are listed.
Contribution. This survey is targeted at librarians, teachers, and others with limited scientific background to provide them with an overview of the scientific and technical aspects of interplanetary travel. This information can be used to prepare information literacy sessions on a topic that can bring active participation and interest in a class. It can help students with non-scientific backgrounds venture into this exciting area. Finally, this can be viewed as a contribution to science literacy.

Objective. This paper investigated the possibility of SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) in the field of dentistry.
Method. The SJR and JIF scores and ranking order of 88 dental journals were downloaded from the relevant websites. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated to test hypotheses for association between the two journal quality metrics.
Result. A very strong positive correlation was found between the scores and ranking order based on the SJR and JIF of selected journals. Hence, academics and researchers in dentistry can use the SJR indicator as an alternative to JIF.