New Library World: Volume 80 Issue 11

Editorial

THE last‐but‐one session at the national conference was valuable. In form, it took the shape of a symposium, launched by Royston Brown, continued by Max Broome and supported by…

Comment

Jim Francis, Roman Iwaschkin, David Radmore, Roy Payne, Raymond Moss, Peter Smith

THE SIX YEARS since the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland have seen a massive development of services in the public library field, with progress on almost all…

Commonplaces

Clive Bingley, Allan Bunch, Edwin Fleming

I HAD FORGOTTEN, in recent years, just how much dull donkey‐work there is about publishing books. My erstwhile firm eventually possessed just enough slaves to shelter me from the…

The Shallow end

Robert Shallow

A MAN when he writes, as well as when he boozes, may be judged by the company he chooses. This month I have chosen Jonathan Swift, who is in no position to get up and slowly walk…