The Aim: To evaluate practioner’s knowledge on dental bur selection, its usage, sterilization procedures undertaken and the method of disposal of dental burs. Materials and Methods: A Questionnaire Performa was prepared about dental burs how to use ,
sterilized and disposed of them. in addition to information about doctors to determine the relationship between scientific information of doctors with their experience and Specialty. questionnaire was distributed on a group of dentists in the Syrian coast were chosen at random( N = 100) and during the period of almost two months only ,and then the answers analyzed statistically. Results: The response rate was 76%. However, the results of the current study showed that there was no difference between specialists and non-specialists in the level of information available about the burs and use it, as there was no difference between males and females in the level of information On the other hand, the result showed an inverse relationship between age and the level of information (P˂0.05). only 52% of the dentists were able to determine the appropriate composite finishing bur.
Conclusion: The level of the information of dentists in the Syrian coast was considered acceptable Nevertheless, there is an urgent need to increase the wright information of dentists around the burs and their use and also their sterilize.
Teaching library and information science has been under pressure in
the last decades to shift and reorganize the fundamental approach to the
traditional library profession to an information technology studies in the
first phase and postgraduate le
vels. The impact of the labour market and
the introduction of ICT was clear to the ideas and concepts of traditional
libraries and library studies to become more stable at universities. Such
studies rely on research and respond to the requirements of university
academic interests in addition to the skills and disciplines required for the
labour market. Libraries and Information Department at Damascus
University keeps developing the curriculum to be compatible with the
rapid developments in this area.
The article discuss the library and information specialist role in
knowledge management as a role that is not different in principle from
the traditional role in managing information. But the changes in the
surrounding environment has added new bo
rders and applications in
processing information. Knowledge is not just about documents, files and
programs that can be shared as it is based in people and group heads, this
managing knowledge is more than learning about the explicit knowledge
coming through but also selecting the required, filtering and organizing it
as well. Furthermore, the article argues the skills and understanding
required to be a good knowledge manager.
