The level of creative thinking in solving problems for academic libraries staff in Makah: A field study | ||||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 4, Issue 3, July 2017, Page 110-159 PDF (1.32 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2017.70316 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Gehan Mahmoud Al-Sayed* | ||||
| قسم المکتبات جامعة الاسکندرية | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study aims to the recognition of the level of creative thinking in solving problems of academic libraries staff in Makah and determining the barriers to its practice. It also shows how to overcome those barriers and improve their creative thinking; based on the importance of creative thinking in solving problems specifically in academic libraries since they have the responsibility of serving researchers and contributing to the development of scientific research. The importance of this study is shown in assisting researchers and staff in academic libraries in designing training programs for information specialists in order to enhance their creative thinking skills in solving problems. The development of creative thinking skills in libraries will show its effect proportionally on the performance of carried-out services. As a result, it can accomplish as much benefits as possible from its content and services. This study utilizes field study methodology where the researcher has collected data and facts about this topic, described, analyzed and explained them to reach a significant conclusion, using main tools for collection of data based on Likert’s scale. Likert’s method was designed to measure the level of creative thinking in solving the problems and barriers related to the process of creative thinking in these libraries. In addition to this, statistical methods have been used to determine the relation between the variables of the study and the research questions. The results of the paper suggest the non-existence of any strategies for the process of creative thinking in solving problems for staff in Saudi academic libraries but this process is practiced singularly without planning. The results also show that the level of creative thinking skills in solving problems is considered to be medium. Moreover, the study has recognized a number of barriers that restrict the level of creative thinking. Finally, the study proposes a number of suggestions to overcome these problems and enhance the creative thinking skills. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Creative thinking | ||||
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