Library Review: Volume 52 Issue 9

Staff development and training in the digital library environment

Traditional approaches to library training flourished in the period of hard copy collection building, when certain common generic skills, such as those of cataloguing and…

The Instruction Commons: an information literacy initiative at Iowa State University

The Instruction Commons information literacy initiative at Iowa State University provides users with both an information literacy program and a virtual space in which students…

Double strength, maximum gain: optimising student learning via collaborative partnerships @ QUT

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning and strives to foster graduates who can function as competent professionals. In response…

The need for a converged approach to EIS provision? Evidence from the JUBILEE project

This paper reports and reflects upon a number of the findings and issues emerging from evidence collated to date as part of JUBILEE (Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC…

National agricultural information management system in Nigeria: a conceptual framework

The paper reviews the state of agricultural literature control in Nigeria. The problems of data inconsistencies, scarcity of relevant information and dilemmas faced by policy…

The answer to all our problems? Trialling a library portal

In early 2002, Monash University Library trialled Fretwell‐Downing's ZPortal software. This software was designed to create seamless access to all the library's electronic online…

Library Off‐Site Shelving: Guide for High‐Density Facilities

Mary Shelley

Poets and Polymaths: Special Collections at the University of Sussex

Libraries and the Book Trade: The Formation of Collections from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century

The Memory of Mankind: The Story of Libraries Since the Dawn of History

The Earth from the Air for Children

The Irish: A Photohistory