Library Review: Volume 54 Issue 5

Promoting practitioner‐researcher collaboration in library and information science

Nicholas Joint

To investigate ways of developing positive partnerships between practice‐based librarians and those active in library and information (LIS) research.

Metadata quality: implications for library and information science professionals

R. John Robertson

In contrast with recent studies noting the necessity of library and information science (LIS) skills in digital library and repository projects, this study aims to examine the…

Libraries: tools for education and development in post‐conflict Sierra Leone

Mary Gorvie

To describe the state of the library system in Sierra Leone in the recent period after the civil war, and its part in post‐conflict reconstruction.

Cyberspace as a vehicle for remembrance: Holocaust Memorial Day 2004 in East Renfrewshire

Liz McGettigan, David McMenemy, Alan Poulter

The paper seeks to describe the development of an internet web site to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2004.

Education for librarianship in Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution: A historical review of American roles and influences

Zouhayr Hayati, Rahmatollah Fattahi

To record and evaluate the impact of the American contribution to Iranian librarianship education.

Portals to the Past and to the Future

Wenxian Zhang

Beyond Belgium: Royal and Other Adventures of a Librarian Worldwide

Peter Limb

Classical Readings in African Library Development

Peter Limb

The Making of Marsh's Library: Learning, Politics and Religion in Ireland

J. Malcolm Allan

Libricide: The Regime‐sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century

George Macgregor