New Library World: Volume 89 Issue 1
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Library Service for the Unemployed, Socially Disadvantaged and Minorities in Hamburg
Hanna KappusAs a second example of library work with minorities: the work in the prisons in Hamburg. In the FRG in 1983 we had 166 prisons with 55,000 inmates. Most of the prisoners are men…
The joy of backlogs
Eunice M BlairIn all the voluminous literature on librarianship, one topic has been almost entirely ignored, although it is a major feature in most libraries and the most conspicuous one in…
On‐line information: A wasted resource?
Bob NortonBritain has Information Technology. On‐line continues to dominate information‐think. Conferences on IT and business information abound. Databases continue to multiply and target…
LA Code of professional conduct: A Contradiction
Edwin FlemingI wish to examine one particular contradiction in the LA's Code in a little depth. As I write, two persons I know well who used a number of libraries, are now serving prison…