New Library World: Volume 102 Issue 7/8
Table of contents
In with the new: reviewing library induction practices at Loughborough University
Elizabeth Gadd, Ruth Stubbings, Max Hunt, Carol NewboldDescribes the joint Library, Computing Services, and Learning and Teaching Development induction review at Loughborough University. Considers alternative Higher Education Library…
Legal information literacy: a pilot study
Susie AndrettaPresents the claim that information literacy skills are an essential characteristic of the independent learner and examines the development of the Information Literacy module…
Three Rs of Web‐based fund‐raising: virtual donations for libraries
David KingThe three Rs of Web‐based fund‐raising are discussed: raising money; recognition; and reaching out. Raising money describes and provides examples of online Friends of the Library…
Mentoring: a natural act for information professionals?
Judith FieldProvides some historical context for mentoring programs, including how mentoring has been used by the business world to develop potential future executives. Explains the benefits…
The renaming of library schools in China and the effects
Jingli ChuThe names of library schools were changed from library science to library and information science in the mid‐1980s, and to information management a decade later. This paper…
A national library association for Vietnam
Vinh‐The LamVietnam has a fairly large body of dedicated library professionals working in a well structured library system. It is an anomaly that Vietnam does not have a national library…