New Library World: Volume 107 Issue 1/2

The American public library and its fragile future

To argue that the future of the US public library depends on a commitment to the library as a place within the public sphere for the intellectual development of a community…

Modelling the rural community library: Characteristics of the Kitengesa Library in rural Uganda

To provide background on how the Kitengesa Community Library in rural Uganda, which serves as both a community library and a school library, might be seen as a model for other…

Children's experiences on the internet

More and more children have access to the internet. Surfing the web can be a wonderful experience but also one fraught with danger, and not all parents and educators are aware…

Librarians outside the box: Waterford Institute of Technology's library‐based virtual learning environment (VLE) training and development programme

To outline the structure and development of a library‐based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) training programme at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and to describe its…

Latino students and libraries: a US Federal Grant Project Report

This paper aims to describe how an academic library is using federal grant money to contribute to Latino student success by strengthening library collections, archives, and…

CALIMERA: “mobilising local cultural institutions” for citizens

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how CALIMERA set out to help ordinary citizens right across Europe to join e‐Europe through the digital services provided by their…

Banned Books Week: a celebration of intellectual freedom

To provide background on annual Banned Books Week's event that promotes intellectual freedom issues in the USA.

The Library and Information Professional's Internet Companion

Libraries Act on Their LIBQUAL+ Findings: From Data to Action

Pioneers in Library and Information Science

Collins English Dictionary (7th ed.)

IFLA in Oslo: a voyage of discovery

Editorial