New Library World: Volume 77 Issue 10

Comment

Alan Day, David Barr, Don Revill, AW McClellan, HR Green, K Subramanyam, Peter Brophy

TWICE WITHIN THREE days recently I was asked to give my opinion on the character and suitability of candidates applying for professional posts in children's libraries. In one…

Commonplaces

Clive Bingley, John Buchanan, Elaine Kempson

I SYMPATHISE with the decision to invite commercial advertising into Scoclis news, the thrice‐yearly sheet issued by the Standing Conference of Co‐operative Library & Information…

The IIB and the EPO

Bernard Houghton

AFTER BEING INDEPENDENT for 30 years, the International Patent Institute (IIB) is to become part of the European Patent Office which becomes operational next year. It is therefore…

Biblio‐balderdash

Robert Shallow

I LIKE CATS about the house, even though they always seem to be on the wrong side of a closed door. They are useful in that they keep mice away, and they are pleasant to talk to…