Library Review: Volume 37 Issue 4

Scottish Library Expenditure in the 1980s: Trends and Variations

Colin Mair, Arthur Midwinter, John Moxen

Trends in Scottish public library expenditure in the 1980s are examined, and resource allocation procedures and national trends are discussed. The index used to calculate library…

Thinking about Management: An Approach to Self‐analysis for Library Managers

Stuart Hannabuss

Knowledge structures exist in various forms. Subject disciplines exemplify them and are characterised by substantive and procedural patterns of knowledge and methodological…

Manpower Aspects of Secondary School Libraries in The 6–3–3–4 Education System in Nigeria: The Case of Ondo State

Gabriel Olubunmi Ogunleye

The aspect of the Nigerian national educational policy which touches on the training of librarians and library assistants within the context of the secondary school is examined…

Social Influences on the Diffusion of Knowledge

Robert C. Newhouse

Primary social factors that may act as facilitators or inhibitors to the diffusion of knowledge in the social setting are discussed. The source of information is examined with…

The British Government's Plans for Public Libraries

Margaret Drabble

The text of a speech delivered at a public meeting in Holborn Public Library on 14 June 1988, in which the future of the public library service is considered. The Government's…