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Managerialism: a threat to professional librarianship?
David McMenemyThe paper seeks to discuss the potential impact of managerialism on public libraries in the UK, and to suggest a potential methodology to investigate the reality of the situation…
Data preservation, the new science and the practitioner librarian
Nicholas JointThis paper aims to outline the information management principles of the so‐called “new science”, and to attempt to put these in the context of traditional library and information…
Consumer advice in the library: The case for the direct involvement of libraries in training adult readers to use their reading skills more effectively Winter 1966
Gordon WainwrightThe paper is presented as part of the 80th birthday commemorations of Library Review. It seeks to discuss taking a more interventionist line in helping library users develop their…
On reading: consumer advice in the library
Alan PoulterThis paper seeks to reflect on an earlier paper “Consumer advice in the library”, by Gordon Wainwright, Library Review, Winter 1966.
Internet adoption and assimilation in Kenyan university libraries
Damaris Odero‐Musakali, Stephen M. MutulaThis paper sets out to discuss internet adoption and assimilation among university libraries in Kenya.
Making choices: research paradigms and information management: Practical applications of philosophy in IM research
M.E. BurkeThe purpose of this paper is to examine a variety of research approaches which information managers may find useful to meet the needs of working in the networked, digitized age.
Knowledge‐sharing patterns of undergraduate students in Singapore
Ting Jer Yuen, M. Shaheen MajidThe objective of this study is to investigate the knowledge‐sharing behavior of undergraduate students in Singapore and to cover areas such as the purpose of sharing knowledge…
Age and exposure to computers as determinants of attitudes of librarians towards automation in Nigerian universities
Stephen Osahon UwaifoThe paper seeks to examine age and exposure to computers as determinants of librarians’ attitudes towards library automation in Nigerian universities.