New Library World: Volume 100 Issue 2

Homework clubs in public libraries

Darren Bevin, Anne Goulding

Reports on a study investigating homework clubs in public libraries in the UK. Describes the national social and political background against which homework clubs have been…

COLLAGE: the Corporation of London Library and Art Gallery Electronic

Oliver Vicars‐Harris

The Corporation of London (the local authority for the city) has unveiled a remarkable new tool which is set to transform accessibility by the public to the extensive visual…

Universal information service and increasing tasks of libraries

Edvins Karnitis

The evolution of information processing and deep integration of social structures and information systems are raising the significance of information and knowledge to a new higher…

Confronting crisis: the importance of measuring the use of paper journals in academic libraries

Linden Jane Sweeney

Describes the continuing “cancellation crisis” in academic libraries in both the USA and the UK. Gives current prices of academic journals in the UK. Outlines methods used to…