Importance of Library Research Support Services in top three QS Ranking Universities.
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Library Research Support Services (LRSS) is an emerging and popular area in Higher education university libraries, whose increasing importance has been well documented since the early 2010’s, this paper aims to identify the status of LRSS provided in the top three university libraries of QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) world university rankings system. The present paper is discussing the importance of library research support services to help meet a university’s strategic research goal. The suggested recommendations highlight those service areas which are most in need of improvement.
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