Library Review: Volume 49 Issue 9

The Internet and the library

Nick Moore

The current and future applications and implications of the Internet within and for libraries are indicated. Aspects of the virtual library are considered, followed by the impact…

The electronic library: a review

Nick Joint, Derek Law

A number of distinct types of “electronic library” now exist. The term has shed the vagueness with which it has been used in the past. Moreover, certain forms of electronic…

Trends in library management

Patricia Layzell Ward

Provides a brief review of trends in library management in 2000, indicating issues of current concern.

Past neglect and future promise: the condition of UK public libraries now and over the last 20 years

J.D. Hendry

The decline in public libraries in the UK during the years of the previous Conservative Governments is demonstrated and its legacy of neglect and low morale described. The…

Academic libraries

Steve Morgan, Jeremy Atkinson

Reviews current trends in academic, mainly university, libraries. Issues selected for discussion as demonstrating most significant and longer lasting change include lifelong…

Reference and information services

Bob Duckett

Against a background of rapidly developing technology and changing social attitudes, there are many different ways of regarding enquiry work. This article focuses on the problem…

LIS research and publishing: the forces of change

Linda Ashcroft, Stephanie McIvor

Outlines the main themes and programmes of recent library and information science (LIS) research, giving examples of individual projects. Discusses how the direction of this…