New Library World: Volume 78 Issue 8

Editorial

THE WHITFORD COMMITTEE report on Copyright and designs law (Cmnd 6732) has been given preliminary consideration by the Library Association, through the medium of the Copyright…

Comment

Jennifer Brice, Nick Childs, Roger M Shrigley, George Berriman, Janina S Morris, Alan Day

ANY GOOD DICTIONARY will define its terms, and this is a good precedent to follow. What is meant by ‘the affability factor’ comprises many elements which act together to create a…

Commonplaces

Clive Bingley, Helen Moss, Clive Martin

THE EDITORIAL in New society for June 23 last was headed ‘The attack on libraries’—and a robust piece of pleading it was, as well as heartening support for a public library system…

The Shallow end

Robert Shallow

AT EACH MAIN town in a tour of any part of the Soviet Union there is a free coach tour available. An Intourist guide describes the sights, explains the Soviet way of life and…