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In quest of an ideal library environment: the case of the main library, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
Reginald ClarkeThe background to the need for attention to library environment in terms of conservation, disaster planning and external environmental factors is explained. Measures adopted at…
The practice of distance librarianship in Africa
Olugbade S. OladokunIf taking knowledge and training to the maginalised, isolated, underprivileged and the unreachable is the goal of distance education, then Africa is qualified to be the home of…
Libraries in Sweden
Eric GlasgowSurveys the history of the major libraries of Sweden. The Royal Library in Stockholm, Uppsala and Lund University Libraries and the City and University Libraries of Gothenburg are…
The House of Otava
Eric GlasgowBriefly discusses foreign language publishing in Finland and describes the history of the Helsinki publishing house of Otava since its foundation in 1891. The development of the…