New Library World: Volume 100 Issue 7

Shaping the future of libraries

Brian Stern, Lynn Silipigni Connaway

Highlights the power that electronic books (e‐books) give traditional libraries to more effectively use their resources to serve their patrons by improving the quality of their…

Choose wisely: making the library’s money work for the library in the system procurement process

Carl Grant

Procurement processes for automated library systems need examination to determine if libraries are choosing the best methods for getting the best return on their investment…

Marketing for information professionals in the Caribbean

Ownali Nurdin Mohamedali

Highlights some of the common problems of library planning in the Caribbean and elaborates on the steps involved in the marketing planning process. Responds to the desire for…

Info Alert Facility for Research (IAFR): an Indian attempt

V.K.J. Jeevan

Awareness of the latest publications is vital for science and technology research and, in inter‐ and intra‐disciplinary research coupled with the so‐called information explosion…

Humanities Collection (Vol. 1 No. 1)

Mike Freeman

Success at the Enquiry Desk (2nd rev. ed.)

Helen E. Chandler

Managing Library Services for Children and Young People: A Practical Handbook

Richard Turner

A Directory of Acronyms and Abbreviations (3rd ed.)

Margaret Gregory