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Publication date: 1 December 1975

DONALD DAVINSON

AS PART OF a three‐man delegation, with Philip Sewell (as leader) and Eric Clough, to the Soviet Union in May this year under the Anglo‐Soviet cultural agreement, a number of…

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AS PART OF a three‐man delegation, with Philip Sewell (as leader) and Eric Clough, to the Soviet Union in May this year under the Anglo‐Soviet cultural agreement, a number of impressions about the nature and current problems of education for librarianship in Russian were gained.

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New Library World, vol. 76 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 September 1984

Clive Bingley

MR RONALD BENGE, distinguished penseur, tutor in philosophy both classical and homespun, self‐confessed ‘lapsed librarian’ and ‘detached insider’ has written a book about…

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MR RONALD BENGE, distinguished penseur, tutor in philosophy both classical and homespun, self‐confessed ‘lapsed librarian’ and ‘detached insider’ has written a book about himself—a point which it is desirable to state because not all autobiographies are in truth about their subjects—and since more or less everyone within his peripatetic physical and spiritual ambits has heard rumours for some years that this oeuvre was in progress, there will be general relief that it has now appeared in published form (Confessions of a lapsed librarian, Scarecrow Press 1984, $16; UK, Bailey Bros), so that we can all look up our own names in the index and, perhaps, elsewhere. (I may say at once that the index itself is a predictable short masterpiece of oblique priorities. I have an entry all to myself, as does Rudyard Kipling, but luminaries such as Edward Dudley, Frank Hogg and Philip Sewell appear only under the entry ‘Colleagues’, while others like Sergeant Bruce Copp aren't indexed at all, which is frightfully irritating because one would love to try to learn more about Ronald's near half‐century friendship with that delightful man other than by wading—in vain—through every word of the text with such an end in view.)

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New Library World, vol. 85 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 May 1977

Norman Tomlinson, Henry Wimbush, JR Haylock, Philip Sewell, Dave Parry, Frank Windrush and Peter Labdon

MY RECENT articles on ‘Our professional frustrations’ (NLW, January) and ‘Opportunities for librarians in public relations’ (NLW, March), were intended to show that mid‐senior…

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MY RECENT articles on ‘Our professional frustrations’ (NLW, January) and ‘Opportunities for librarians in public relations’ (NLW, March), were intended to show that mid‐senior librarians, and particularly the ‘old ALAS’, do not have to remain in jobs where prospects and satisfaction have declined, due partly to local government reorganisation drastically reducing promotional opportunities. Two reactions immediately following publication of the March article: one from a senior librarian, very comfortably placed financially, who described my views as ‘a policy of despair’; the other from a younger librarian closer to the type for whom the article was written, who was clearly interested in my views. As they say, it all depends …

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New Library World, vol. 78 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 June 1978

John Kirby, Amy O'Neill, Don Davinson, David Radmore, Philip Sewell and Frank Atkinson

CHANGE, whether we like it or not, is a major element in twentieth century life. Every organisation is likely to be forced into radical change, and a failure to respond adequately…

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CHANGE, whether we like it or not, is a major element in twentieth century life. Every organisation is likely to be forced into radical change, and a failure to respond adequately to this demand, whether it comes from within the organisation or from outside, is likely to lead to a loss of effectiveness; the organisation will then either fossilise as an obsolete structure, functioning in a barely relevant way, or it will disintegrate completely. In library terms such demands for change might be exemplified by the increasing strictures on local budgets by central government, by technological developments, particularly on‐line computer systems, and by the changing needs and aspirations of contemporary society.

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New Library World, vol. 79 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 January 1969

THE greatly increased interest in historical studies since the second world war has been, I hope, a welcome challenge to librarians, but it has been very difficult to meet it…

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THE greatly increased interest in historical studies since the second world war has been, I hope, a welcome challenge to librarians, but it has been very difficult to meet it. That the librarians of our new universities should have had little research material to offer was only to be expected. Unfortunately, research scholars have discovered that our older libraries were also deficient, that source materials had either not been purchased, in the years when they were readily available, or had been acquired only to be discarded at a later date. Recently, therefore, both old libraries and new have found themselves in competition for a small and dwindling supply of out‐of‐print publications.

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New Library World, vol. 70 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 November 1962

THERE MUST BE something in the Welsh air which affects resolutions of the Council on finance, especially subscriptions — increased subscriptions in particular. In 1953, when the…

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THERE MUST BE something in the Welsh air which affects resolutions of the Council on finance, especially subscriptions — increased subscriptions in particular. In 1953, when the conference was last held in Llandudno, it was Professor Irwin who got hot under the collar—this year it was Mr. Hutchings who had to tie up the loose ends.

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New Library World, vol. 64 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 December 1961

IN MANY RESPECTS 1961 has been a disappointing year in the British library field. In January we remarked upon our hopes for the year: a new examination syllabus, a new look for…

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IN MANY RESPECTS 1961 has been a disappointing year in the British library field. In January we remarked upon our hopes for the year: a new examination syllabus, a new look for the Library Association, progress on the new building in Store Street for the National Central Library and the Library Association, a new Public Libraries Act—these were some of the advances envisaged at the outset of this year.

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New Library World, vol. 63 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 February 1988

Philip Whiteman

A number of fundamental values for the library profession are identified and discussed, specifically: a respect for the physical forms of recorded knowledge; the steady building…

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A number of fundamental values for the library profession are identified and discussed, specifically: a respect for the physical forms of recorded knowledge; the steady building of useful collections; the tradition of personal service in libraries; and their cultural and social roles. Recent trends and policies which threaten these values are examined and two areas are considered (the Library Association and the library and information science schools) in which action might serve to challenge these threats.

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Library Review, vol. 37 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 April 1978

Clive Bingley, Helen Moss, Clive Martin and Allan Bunch

I AM EARLY on parade this month, dear readers, because during the first week in March, when I should have constructed this column, I had a series of important meetings in a…

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I AM EARLY on parade this month, dear readers, because during the first week in March, when I should have constructed this column, I had a series of important meetings in a village called Alpbach to execute business contracts with ski‐instructors and hoteliers and the like. You people who work in the public domain don't realise the heavy pressures we businessmen have to face.

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New Library World, vol. 79 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Asian Libraries, vol. 7 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1017-6748

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