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Getting the Editor′s Ear: The Manchester Guardian Library in the 1950s
Geoffrey WhatmoreDescribes the circumstances of the appointment of the first ChiefLibrarian to the Manchester Guardian newspaper in 1951.Considers the establishment of a central library service…
Books, Films and Audio‐Cassettes: John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd/University of Paisley Scottish Schools Essay Competition 1993
Lucy Asplin, Susan Black, Tammy DochertyThe first three prize‐winning entries in the 1993 Schools EssayCompetition are published in full. The three entries consider therelationship between versions of the same work in…
The Shape of Libraries to Come
R. AlstonDiscusses the problems and opportunities for researchers of accessto electronic databases in an interview arising from a series of online“surgeries” at the British Library…
Tapping the Subject Background of Librarians: The University of Port Harcourt Library Experience
Mathew Ikechukwu OliobiThe University of Port Harcourt Library initiated a scheme wherebyyoung students with a variety of subject backgrounds would be recruitedand trained to act as an effective link…
Indian Library and Information Science Journals: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Rate of Citations and Their Characteristics
G. MahapatraA bibliometric analysis of 1,456 articles appearing in IndianLibrary and Information Science journals between 1975 and 1985 revealedthat the average rate of citations per article…