New Library World: Volume 105 Issue 9/10

Change and innovation in European LIS education

This paper examines current trends and developments in higher education (HE) and the responses of HE institutions to these changes. The contribution of Library and Information…

The legitimacy of public libraries: cross‐pressures and change processes

This paper aims to explore the concept of political legitimacy in relation to change processes in the public library sector. The concept of legitimacy consists of stakeholders’…

Developing the multicultural school library: Vahl Primary School, Oslo

Norway is becoming increasingly multicultural, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the capital Oslo. While immigrants only make up 7 per cent of the population at the…

A study of international issues in library and information science education: survey of LIS schools in Europe, the USA and Canada

Internationalization of Library and Information Science (LIS) education is not only desirable but also critically necessary. The education of future library and information…

Information needs of the Romany minority in Eastern Croatia: pilot‐study

Croatia is a multinational and multicultural country. According to the 1991 census there are 21.9 per cent various ethnic and cultural minorities in Croatia. Osijek‐Baranya county…

Continuing education of librarians in Croatia: problems and prospects

Prior to the recent establishment of the Training Centre for Continuing Education of Librarians, training of librarians in Croatia had been organized sporadically by several…

Whither library education?

This paper advances the idea that there is a crisis in library education, varying in severity from country to country and calls for a new (or resuscitated) model of library…

Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide to Implementing the Act

The Accidental Systems Librarian

Historical Aspects of Cataloguing and Classification

Empowering Your Library