New Library World: Volume 74 Issue 12
Table of contents
Off the cuff
ARE WE NOT too long overdue for a restatement in truly contemporary terms of the role of public librarianship?
Beating the interview: some hints
BRIDGET HOWARDIN THE MODERN library profession, advancement and promotion often depend on selection interviews. It is argued that these favour candidates gifted with verbal facility and…
People and events
THE British Library has appointed a Press Officer, Denys Parsons, who is based at BL HQ in Store Street, London WC1, telephone 636 0755 ext 26.
Industrial library news
ALAN ARMSTRONGHaving played a very minor role by suggesting part of the conference content, I am really ineligible to evaluate it. However, my friend, Julius Pikenpack, has suggested that the…
Thrasher on thin ice
THE POSTMARK was smudged, but the date on the letter itself showed that it had taken some eight days to reach me. (A heartâwarming indication, as my friend Abe Silence would be…