New Library World: Volume 111 Issue 1/2
Table of contents
Technology and privacy erosion in United States libraries: a personal viewpoint
Martin ZimermanThe purpose of this paper is to describe how technology, in libraries in the USA, erodes privacy on a number of levels. It aims to use examples to point out directly how and where…
A case study in reference list accuracy
Raida GattenThe purpose of this paper is to replicate and extend research on reference list accuracy to determine whether the same phenomenon exists across disciplines and whether similar…
Public libraries and popularisation of science
Radovan VranaThe purpose of this paper is to present the findings from the research carried out among the directors of Croatian public libraries about cooperation between public libraries and…
Extending media literacy: a new direction for libraries
Jelke Nijboer, Esther HammelburgThe purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance for libraries to address the issue of media literacy in the internet age. The library must claim its key expert role in…
Librarians' perceptions on the use of electronic resources at Catalan academic libraries: Results of a focus group
Candela Ollé, Ángel BorregoThe purpose of this paper is to expand on previous quantitative and qualitative research into the use of electronic information resources and its impact on the information…
Librarians and transportationists: views and usage of US transportation database
Margaret Ostrander, Sarah KleppeTransportation librarians name the Transportation Information Research Services (TRIS) database as a critical resource to meet research needs of the US transportation community…
Breaking ground: librarians working outside the library
Bruce E. MassisThe purpose of this paper is to describe the rationale and purpose by which librarians have been assigned to a “computer commons” outside the traditional library building on a…
American Library Association Conference 2009: Encounters with library Literati, Glitterati, Gelati, and Discipuli
Mary Fran DaleyThe purpose of this paper is to provide a flavor of the content of the American Library Association Annual Conference held in Chicago in July 2009.
American Library Association Conference 2009
Linda AshcroftThe purpose of this paper is to provide a flavour of the content of the American Library Association Annual Conference held in Chicago in July 2009.