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International initiatives in authority control
Alan DanskinThe requirement for and development of the Anglo‐American Authority File (AAAF) is described. The mechanics of its production and updating are indicated and its role within…
Various applications of the Dewey Decimal Classification at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Suzanne JougueletThe factors and criteria leading to the choice of the Dewey Decimal Classification for the BN are outlined. The applications of the classification are discussed within the areas…
Library cataloguing and abstracting and indexing services: reconciliation of principles in the online environment?
Rahmat FattahiWith the ever‐increasing developments in information technology and networks, end users of the online environment now have integrated access to a variety of bibliographic…
Understanding library‐anxious graduate students
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Qun G. JiaoResearch suggests that learning preference is an antecedent of statistics anxiety and research anxiety experienced by graduate students. Thus, the purpose of this study was to…
The force of change: libraries as a social instrument: a concise case study of Iran
Nader NaghshinehIn spite of the rapid growth in both the scope and diversity of information available today, the development of information services has not been the same everywhere. A large…
Public relations of libraries in China
Jingli ChuIn China, library public relations (PR), in a real sense, began about ten years ago, but have since been accepted by more and more librarians. Many papers on PR have been…
Bootle’s first public library
Eric GlasgowPresents a short study, based on primary sources, of the origins in 1884‐1887 of the Public Library in Bootle, Merseyside, now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, but up…