New Library World: Volume 105 Issue 11/12
Table of contents
Changing public library service delivery to rural communities in England
Kerry Benstead, Rachel Spacey, Anne GouldingThis research paper explores alternatives to the mobile library service in providing a public library service to rural communities in England and the impacts of best value, public…
E‐learning in Scotland: the North Lanarkshire experience
Charlie BennettIn 2001, North Lanarkshire Libraries and Information Service secured funding to deliver on‐line learning and support through a Community Learning Hub to the Motherwell North…
Intellectual property, the internet and the libraries
Helge ClausenThe technological convergence of the means of mass communication has produced a new situation regarding intellectual property, particularly in connection with the internet. This…
Universal access to ICT and lifelong learning: Uganda's experience
Dick KawooyaAccess to electronic information requires a well‐developed information infrastructure currently lacking in the developing countries. To compound the problem, prospects of…
The way that information professionals describe their own discipline: a comparison of thesaurus descriptors
Michael MiddletonA brief discussion of discipline formation in information management is used to introduce the way different terminology is employed for describing information professionals as…
Identifying online publications – how to find a needle in a haystack: a German view
Rafael Ball, Cornelia PlottPostmodern society is characterized by information overload. In the scientific and academic sector alone there are more than 100,000 journals and 80,000 new books published each…