Library Management: Volume 22 Issue 6/7

Socio‐economic features of UK public library users

Resource funded research into The Economic Value of Public Libraries was carried out in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University during 1999‐2000. Examines…

Where now for the UK public library service?

The UK Public Library Service has been in the news lately, but for all the wrong reasons. The service offered to customers/users has been steadily declining in recent years as…

The security of computer and other electronic installations in Nigerian university libraries

Theft from academic libraries is a growing universal problem. This paper examines computer theft and that of audio‐visual equipment at the University of Ilorin. It aims to focus…

Chaos in the library environment

Describes the impact of chaos theory in social systems and the phenomena that result from it, drawing attention to related phenomena in the state of the library today. It then…

Non‐tenured leadership appointments in Nigerian university libraries: problems and prospects

Discusses a recent amendment in Nigerian universities’ law that changed the appointments of university librarians, registrars and bursars from tenured to non‐tenured. Appointments…

We are Plato’s children

Considers some of the drivers of national information policies in Australia, indicating that many of the issues and their social implications date back to the time of Plato. They…

Automation and its impact on the job satisfaction among the staff of the Margaret Thatcher Library, Moi University

Presents the findings of a study which examined the impact of automation on the job satisfaction among library staff of the Margaret Thatcher Library (MTL), Moi University, Kenya…

Contested texts: issues of plagiarism

Popular views of plagiarism are based on the concept of original authorship and the moral and economic implications of it. Plagiarism itself is usually linked with academic…

Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators

Knowledge Management: The Bibliography

Reference Manager 9 for Windows

International Network of Public Libraries, six volumes

Marketing/Planning Library and Information Services, 2nd ed.