New Library World: Volume 103 Issue 7/8

Learning in libraries: lessons for staff

The mere provision of resources is rarely sufficient to meet the learning needs of library users. Learners also require assistance from staff, first to identify their needs, and…

Historic libraries and their enduring value

The preservation of historic library buildings can produce results that meet or surpass expectations. Discusses key features that greatly impact on the renovation of libraries in…

How Buckinghamshire’s Early Children’s Book Collection found a place in cyberspace: Florence Nightingale would be amazed

This article uses a narrative to describe the way in which one project, centred round the restoration of a collection of historic children’s books, developed into a much wider…

Book Express: a mini‐library for rail commuters

This paper discusses the development and operation of a new and unique public library service in Gosford, Australia. It explains that although the library had been thriving for 50…

Young adults and virtual libraries: a case study

The Cartagena Public Libraries Network has seen how young adults have been leaving the library, seeking more attractive services. In this paper, we analyse the reasons for the…

Digital Futures: Strategies for the Information Age

The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

Successes and Failures of Digital Libraries

The Information Society: A Study of Continuity and Change (3rd ed.)