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Performance appraisal in academic libraries: minor changes or major renovation?
Ronald G. Edwards, Calvin J. WilliamsPerformance appraisals generally occur to provide documentation for current and future personnel decisions such as promotions, salary increases, staff development, and…
Information relevance, equality and material security ‐ the Kenyan experience
Shiraz DurraniThe article examines reasons why libraries do not provide information relevant to the satisfaction of material needs. Issues examined in the context of global poverty include…
The Internet and acquisitions in academic libraries
Ann HollisThat British acquisitions librarians are not significantly utilising the Internet is the major conclusion. Finds that they are satisfied with existing systems, but that there is…
Publishing of electronic databases
Siriginidi Subba RaoPresents briefly the impact of information technology on information management. Discuses the publication of electronic databases on CD‐ROM and the Internet by considering factors…
Bernard Quaritch as an antiquarian bookseller
Eric GlasgowThis is a brief study of the life and work of the celebrated antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819‐1899). Born in Germany and having served his apprenticeship as a…
Furthest North
Alan DayDescribes the catalogue of the library established on board HMS Assistance, one of the vessels involved in the search for the explorer Sir John Franklin and companions. The…