New Library World: Volume 94 Issue 4
Table of contents
Education and training for librarianship and information services in the UK: A broad overview of some trends and issues
Mike FreemanExamines the envisaged expansion of research activity inlibrarianship and information services (LIS) in the UK as a result ofthe nationalization of the higher education system…
Archive and record management in a typical municipal council in Nigeria
Emmanuel M.K. Dawha, Ahmed Ali BiuExamines the management system of record/archival material in BiuMunicipal Council, typical of Nigeria, through the administration of aquestionnaire and interviews, as well as…
My library
This time last year we published a Vision Statement “Books and Libraries in AD 2001” by Margaret Jane Crawford of Lochgilphead High School (New Library World, Vol. 93 No. 1102…
What's in a name?
Peter BrophyOne of the favourite topics of conversation at library systems user groups is the way in which systems impose terminology on the unwilling library customer. Systems designed in…
Don′t get anxious, get active! Bromley′s approach to competitive tendering
Ruth AlstonGives an objective, factual overview of what has to be done toprepare for competitive tendering in UK libraries, with particularreference to public libraries. Discusses the…
Sabbatical leave for library and information science educators in Africa: Benefits and problems
Michael AfolabiDefines sabbatical leave and describes its origin and rationale.Outlines its benefits to the professional librarian and libraryinformation science educator and the host…
Announcing Pergamon Plus: Where authors give libraries credit
Toby GreenIt is becoming clear that traditional methods of scientific dissemination are under economic and structural pressures, as the volume of scientific literature grows and much of it…
News
Wilfred Ashworth, Ian PettmanCentre for research in library and information management (Cerlim), university of central Lancashire. The Library of the University of Central Lancashire has developed a national…