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Desalting Bibliographic Borrow Pits
Harry C. BauerWHATEVER MAN PERPETRATES, the printing press indelibly perpetuates. The salting of bibliographic borrow pits with glittery falsehoods is therefore a reprehensible imposition on…
The University Library: Functions and Opportunities
Maurice B. LineCOMPUTERS are, in principle, the same as any other technical invention when it comes to practical applications. They either serve the purpose or they do not. We use typewriters…
Prayers at Highgate
James G. OlléWHEN NEXT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN LONDON with nothing in particular to do, take a walk westwards from the Archway underground station and along Chester Road until you reach the…
Women Librarians at the College of the Sea
Marjorie Barrett‘THERE'S NO DOUBT that seamen love to read a good book, especially an adventure story,’ said Mrs Murial Rossiter, deputy librarian at Mansbridge House, Balham. ‘In an average day…
The Therapeutic Value of Strong Language
C.M. JacksonMY TITLE IMPLIES THAT STRONG language has a therapeutic value. I am not suggesting that foul language for its own sake, or foul language used out of habit, should be condoned, but…