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DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE: THE POLISH LIBRARY RESPONSE
JADWIGA KOLODZIEJSKAThe interrelationship between libraries and social development constitutes a basis for discussion of the most important contemporary problems of organization and functioning of…
BRECHIN: THE RAPE OF A LIBRARY
JOHN C. CRAWFORDIn 1840 the ancient city of Brechin was the kind of community which was ceasing to be important. It was a market town of some 6000 people set in the fertile countryside of Angus…
NEWLY QUALIFIED RECRUITS: THE NEGLECTED RESOURCE FOR MANAGEMENT
RODNEY M. BRUNTThe debate on the proper place in the job structure for newly qualified librarians is of long standing. In the days when the normal route to professional qualification in Britain…
KEITH HARRIS: PRINCIPLES OF POLYTECHNIC LIBRARIANSHIP
JAMES THOMPSONKeith Harris, Librarian of Newcastle Polytechnic, died at the age of 60 on 18 February, 1983. There have since been many personal tributes to this outstanding colleague. At the…
INFORMATION‐SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF SCOTLAND'S LIBRARY PRACTITIONERS
S. NAZIM ALIDuring the summer of 1981, fifty library practitioners affiliated with various types of library in Scotland were interviewed to find out how practitioners keep themselves…