New Library World: Volume 86 Issue 5

No Competition?

PAT SCOTT, ROBERT NORTON, PHILIP WHITEMAN

A while ago The Observer newspaper ran a six week long superquiz, winners to take a trip on the Orient Express. The clues were myriad, infernal and drawn from all disciplines. In…

Hard at Leisure

THEO D SNOB, SHAUN TRAYNOR, RUTH KERNS

“I'm afraid I don't often have the opportunity, myself, of showing people around” explained the director of Multi‐Media Amenity Resources, “but most of my staff are taking…

Splendours & Miseries

EDWARD DUDLEY, WILFRED ASHWORTH, SHEILA CORRALL, TERRY HANSTOCK, MILDA MALAKUNAS, ALLAN BUNCH, EDWIN FLEMING

1. The Managing Director of Diners Club International has sent a ‘personal invitation to join and to enjoy all the privileges of membership for six months, without obligation and…

Alerts

WILFRED ASHWORTH

The new and completely revised fifth edition of Junior fiction index (isbn 0900092 50 5) compiled by Trevor J Knight, FLA for the Association of Assistant Librarians has just been…

Select committee

Hillary Place

Good afternoon, gentlemen. After lunch, I suppose there's no need to formally introduce you all, but for the benefit of Miss Manypence from the Registry (she shall be taking the…