On Thursday 27th January 1966 under the tide ‘Local co‐operation—a positive force’, Mr H. A. Chesshyre, Senior Tutor Librarian at Hatfield College of Technology, will consider…
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On Thursday 27th January 1966 under the tide ‘Local co‐operation—a positive force’, Mr H. A. Chesshyre, Senior Tutor Librarian at Hatfield College of Technology, will consider what, in his view, constitutes an ideal scheme for local co‐operation in the exchange of library materials and information. He will follow this by making a practical evaluation of the existing schemes in contrast to the ideal, and will put forward suggestions for possible future development. The meeting will then be open to general discussion. Mr Jack Burkett, Senior Lecturer, School of Librarianship, Ealing College of Technology, will take the chair.
A.J. DICKSON, JACK BURKETT, A.E. STANDLEY, HARRY FAIRHURST, W.J. MARTIN and NORMAN TURNER
Organisation und Bibliotheksarbeit. By TIBOR SÜLE and ELLE BRANTHIN. Berlin: Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, 1977. 308p. DM26.50: This work is a collection of contributions from…
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Organisation und Bibliotheksarbeit. By TIBOR SÜLE and ELLE BRANTHIN. Berlin: Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, 1977. 308p. DM26.50: This work is a collection of contributions from sociological and management points of view. Süle's introduction (pp9–16), which gives a short summary of each paper, attempts an interim account of work within the library field and work as yet unassimilated. The first part of the volume covers sociological aspects, the second management, as seen in Branthin's essay (ppl27–49).
IN DECEMBER 1969, I reviewed for the Library world the library literature of the 1960s'. I remember hoping, when I wrote that I might have the chance to perform a similar office…
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IN DECEMBER 1969, I reviewed for the Library world the library literature of the 1960s'. I remember hoping, when I wrote that I might have the chance to perform a similar office for the library literature of the 1970s. The opportunity has come. But note: I have not used it to nominate the best publications of the decade. I would certainly like to think that I knew the best, and therefore also the worst, when I saw them, but after a swift reconnaissance of the decade's offerings I was appalled at what I had missed. There was a time when I could recite the names of every British librarian who had published at least one book on librarianship, and a fair number of American librarians besides. Who could do it now? Who would want to?
The activities of the Jive U.K. library networks which are represented on the British Library's Co‐operative Automation Group (BLAISE/LOCAS, BLCMP, LASER, SCOLCAP and SWALCAP) are…
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The activities of the Jive U.K. library networks which are represented on the British Library's Co‐operative Automation Group (BLAISE/LOCAS, BLCMP, LASER, SCOLCAP and SWALCAP) are briefly described. The relevance of CAG and the networks to the Aslib membership is considered.
LOUGHBOROUGH was the first of the post‐war schools to be established in 1946. This resulted from negotiations of representatives of the Library Association Council with technical…
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LOUGHBOROUGH was the first of the post‐war schools to be established in 1946. This resulted from negotiations of representatives of the Library Association Council with technical and other colleges which followed their failure to secure facilities within the universities on the terms of the L.A. remaining the sole certificating body. The late Dr. Herbert Schofield accepted their terms and added a library school to already varied fields of training within his college.
For over a century, a reference department, or separate reference library, was a standard feature of public libraries. Now, reference departments are being replaced by information…
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For over a century, a reference department, or separate reference library, was a standard feature of public libraries. Now, reference departments are being replaced by information services of various kinds and reference librarians have become an endangered species. But an information service is not a reference library. While much has been gained, much, also, has been lost. Six elements of traditional reference work are highlighted as under threat, or worse. Such losses are impoverishing our services and standing.
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YOU KNOW, of course, what happens when, epigrammatically at least, you have finished going round and round in ever‐diminishing circles. There is a parallel of a kind with copy…
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YOU KNOW, of course, what happens when, epigrammatically at least, you have finished going round and round in ever‐diminishing circles. There is a parallel of a kind with copy dead‐lines for monthly library periodicals—in the sense that you start with the tightest possible production schedule, in order to carry the latest news, and then you start sending copy in to the printer earlier and earlier because it's so uncomfortable to have tight dead‐lines, until after a while you find yourself writing the August issue long before the January issue has even appeared.
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DURING THE 1960's when technical decision making dominated corporate policies, the company library, often technical by constitution, operated in the wake of innovative success and…
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DURING THE 1960's when technical decision making dominated corporate policies, the company library, often technical by constitution, operated in the wake of innovative success and economies of scale in manufacturing.
‘IT WOULD BE no more than poetic justice if a few of the staff at the libraries could be coached to cast spells upon the lifters of that portion of the stock which is concerned…
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‘IT WOULD BE no more than poetic justice if a few of the staff at the libraries could be coached to cast spells upon the lifters of that portion of the stock which is concerned with witchcraft’—Middlesex county times commenting upon Ealing Borough Librarian Norman Binns' report that books on witchcraft and demonology are particularly liable to theft.