New Library World: Volume 102 Issue 1/2

Reflections on my ALA presidency

My theme as President of the American Library Association was “Libraries Build Community” and this theme was central to my initiatives and activities. I wanted to celebrate and…

Make your own luck: a study of people changing career into librarianship

Studies the reasons why people have changed career in order to become members of the library profession. Focuses on the career change decision process. This includes discussion of…

The shifting information landscape: re‐inventing the wheel or a whole new frontier for librarians

The explosive growth and overwhelming use of World Wide Web resources have led to the often misguided, but understandable belief that one can find any information on the Web. In…

Mastering your career: linking workplace training to tertiary studies

It is widely acknowledged that in today’s society, one must actively pursue the goal of life long learning, both for career and personal growth. However the costs in terms of…

The information triangle

The “information triangle” identifies the key personnel within information management. By respecting the skills and abilities of the different roles, and building relationships…

Perception of continuing education for librarianship in Ghana

Attempts to look at continuing education from the viewpoint of the library practitioner in Ghana. This is compared with the views of the library educator. It is found that…

Dinosaur or dynamo? The future for the subject specialist reference librarian

Whether a reference librarian needs a good subject background to provide a quality service, or can rely upon generic professional skills, is an old debate. However it is sharpened…

An aquatic information network for the UK and Ireland

Describes the development and activities of BIASLIC, the Britain and Ireland Association of Aquatic Science Libraries, including the formation of EURASLIC, the European…

The Role of the Library in Distance Learning: A Study of Postgraduate Students, Course Providers and Librarians in the UK

The Academic Library and Its Users

Teaching the Internet to Library Staff and Users: 11 Ready‐to‐Run Workshops that Work (1st ed.)

Librarianship and Information Work Worldwide 1998

Tale of the Century: Memories of Life in the Twentieth Century

A Chartership Reader