Asian Libraries: Volume 8 Issue 1

Recent library developments in Vietnam

This paper investigates the current state of libraries in Vietnam through a descriptive study of selected sectors: public, academic and special library services. Attention is also…

The changing face of library and information science education in China in the 1990s

This article investigates the renaming of departments of library and information science (LIS) in China in the 1990s. It analyses the technological, economic, social and…

Chinese libraries in the 1990s: a Western view

Against the background of China’s long cultural history, this article provides a Western view of Chinese libraries in the 1990s, including efforts to practise more “open door…

International Indigenous Librarians' Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-4 November 1999

The 1998 NZLIA Children's Book Awards

Guide to the professional literature

Strait to the Future: The 8th Asia-Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 22-26 August 1999

New Zealand association changes its name

Editorial