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PRESERVATION: A DECADE OF PROGRESS
F.W. RATCLIFFEIn his remarkable essay “On books and the housing of them” Gladstone was apprehensive of developments which have since become major problems of library administration. He observed…
THE BBC ADVANCED INTERACTIVE VIDEO (AIV) SYSTEM AND THE BBC DOMESDAY PROJECT VIDEO DISCS
IAIN NOBLE, PETER HARGREAVESUnless you have been on the library equivalent of a desert island, you will know that the BBC AIV system and the Domesday Project Video Discs were released at the end of last…
THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES
STUART HANNABUSThe notion of a good library lies implicit in much service. It can rest on objective factors, like the speed with which documents are retrieved, and on subjective ones such as how…
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE INDEXES AT MORAY HOUSE
RUBY MACPHERSONMoray House College of Education (incorporating the Scottish Centre for Physical Education, Movement and Leisure Studies) is the largest college of education on the east coast of…
USE AND RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION ON THE CARD CATALOGUE TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
STEPHEN A. OSIOBEThe card catalogue has as its prime objective the provision of multiple access points to the library's collection. To achieve this objective, card entries are made by author…
THE DICTIONARY OF THE FUTURE
JOHN SINCLAIRThis evening I am grateful for the opportunity in this company of reviewing the state of the art of lexicography. It is an area of human skill and expertise which is not often…