New Library World: Volume 104 Issue 10

Time for a change: co‐operative reader development working in the North West of England

Julie Spencer, Jane Mathieson

This article describes in some detail reader development project work targeting 16‐25 year old young people carried out in 18 library authorities in the North West of England…

Electronic resources for Chinese studies and East Asian libraries

Ka Wai Fan

This paper examines electronic resources, including journals and databases for Chinese studies, collected in North American East Asian academic libraries. A small survey of 26…

Staff attitudes to the development and delivery of e‐learning

Robert Newton

Reports the outcome of research conducted as part of a project funded by the Learning and Technology Support Network – Information and Computing Studies Group (LTSN‐ICS). The…

Student perceptions of the effectiveness of Web‐based distance education

Vicki L. Gregory

Web‐based distance education is rapidly vying to become one of the preferred norms for teaching in many library and information science programs, especially in the USA. Within the…

Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet

Karyn Meaden

Super Searchers Make It on Their Own: Top Independent Information Professionals Share Their Secrets for Starting and Running a Research Business

Barbara Sen

Statistics in Practice – Measuring and Managing

Niels Ole Pors

Seven Metaphors on Management: Tools for Managers in the Arab World

Mike Freeman