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The appearance of a paper on outreach in an issue devoted to practical achievement might strike some readers as odd. For one thing, outreach as a theoretical concept can appear far removed from the realities of librarianship. For another and despite any potential applications it might possess, the term is hedged about in ambiguity, misunderstanding and to an extent mistrust. Even in those circles where the term enjoys a fair degree of acceptance, one can be hard put to find a consensus as to what it actually means. And yet this is by no means the whole story because that outreach has had some influence upon library affairs during the past ten to fifteen years is quite certain. This paper re‐examines the concept and considers the extent to which it has spread among public libraries in the United Kingdom, both in terms of understanding and as regards the provision of services. An attempt will also be made to assess public library performance in respect of outreach librarianship.

The purpose of this paper is to indicates the history and nature of Library Review over 80 years.

A chronological narrative highlights the main themes and personalities involved in the history of the journal.

Library Review has changed in nature and outlook since its foundation although many of its professional fundamentals remain unchanged.

Discusses the history of one of the longest running library journals and as such should be of practical interest to library historians and those interested in journal publishing.

Celebrates the 80th anniversary of Library Review, written by a former editor, the second‐longest‐serving incumbent at the journal.

I SPEAK of the crucial, central role of what public libraries can be about in society, and most especially in working class life and in our service's abilities to make an impact, however slight, on disadvantage in British society.

THE Department of Library Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria was founded in 1968. Its foundation is regarded as an offspring of the Sharr report of 1963. The department was formerly known as the Department of Librarianship until the 1971/72 session when the name was changed to the present one. Its objective is the training of professional librarians at all levels.

Describes Cumbria in terms of its people, economy and geography, noting the various problems the region faces. Relates plans to link Cumbria’s communities electronically for the twenty‐first century. Details these plans in terms of the linking ‐ via an electronic information highway ‐ of local communities and individuals with such elements as district, town and parish councils; public libraries; village halls; community centres; and the holdings of a “people’s” university, developed as a key part of these plans.

I DRAW, respectfully of course, the attention of the Chairman of the British Library Board to the fact that, notwithstanding his belief that the new BL building in the Euston Road will, in the fullness of time, upstage such other mighty institutions as the Library of Congress, the latter has in the meantime upstaged the BL.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s there was a passion to develop the study of information for several reasons: