Table of contents
What is the true value of a public library?
David McMenemyTo examine the different discourses put forward on how the value of a public library can be measured and question their efficacy.
“When good sites turn bad”: the ethics of digital libraries and internet legislation
Nicholas JointTo examine how well internet legislation that is imposed on libraries actually works, and to suggest ways of improving regulatory control of the web with a view to helping digital…
The compleat librarian: Summer 1931
Raymond IrwinAims to guide the young librarian and to compensate for his incompleatness.
From the compleat librarian to the InfoLiterate citizen?
Alan PoulterDiscusses the nature of Raymond Irwin's notion of the “compleat librarian” and develops this theme into the present day and the current stat of the library profession.
Research on family reading: an international perspective
Briony TrainThis paper presents a summary of international research in the field of family reading, a subject which refers both to the development of the literacy skills of family members…
Citation analysis of scholarly communication in the journal Knowledge Organization
Sudharma Haridasan, Vishnu Kumar KulshresthaCitation analysis is one of the popular methods employed for identification of core documents and complex relationship between citing and cited documents for a particular…
The internet and lawyers in Ghana: some initial qualitative perspectives
Robert Hinson, Raymond Atuguba, Dan Ofori, Julius FobihTo contribute to the internet use literature with particular respect to lawyers. This current study seeks to investigate qualitatively, the impact of the internet on the work of…
The need for a library and information policy in Sierra Leone
John Abdul KargboTo argue for the development and implementation of a national library and information policy in Sierra Leone.