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Intellectual property rights and university employees
Stuart HannabussDiscusses intellectual property rights (IPRs) and university lecturers, referring to codes of practice and policy statements. Argues that IPR in the patents area is very much a…
US academic librarians: their involvement in union activities
Rajinder Garcha, John C. PhillipsThis study was conducted to learn about the involvement of US academic librarians in local as well as national faculty union activities; their reasons for joining unions; and the…
The document supply industry: supply and demand
Mei‐yu WangThis paper describes the characteristics of the document supply industry and its products, and the factors underlying supply and demand. In order to cope with possible supply and…
The effect of the Cold War on librarianship in China
Huanwen ChengThe development of library science is discussed within four main phases: US influence before 1949; Soviet Union influence 1949‐1965; diplomatic segregation from the West…
The future of library and information services in Tanzania
Julita NaweThe development of library and information services human resources has, in the main, been the responsibility of individual institutions. Development of career structure is not…