New Library World: Volume 76 Issue 6
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DON REVILL, GODFREY THOMPSON, ALAN DAY, ALAN DUCKWORTH, BRIAN GRIFFIN, PETER JORDAN, JOHN TEAGUEONE CAN BE forgiven for worrying about the ‘Peter principle’ when taking up a post on the practising side of the profession after nine years teaching librarianship.
The theft problem in libraries
DON REVILLTHE CAUSES of losses of library books may include restrictive loan policies, insufficient copies of in‐demand items, the configuration of the library building—especially secondary…
People and events
YOU KNOW, of course, what happens when, epigrammatically at least, you have finished going round and round in ever‐diminishing circles. There is a parallel of a kind with copy…
Industrial library news
ALAN ARMSTRONGTHE FUTURE FORM of publications is an enormous subject which intrigues us all, occupying our professional and private interest. As librarians we must be continually open to the…
Don't worry, it's all being looked into
ROBERT SHALLOWIT IS SAID that the more management research and management theory develop, the worse everything is managed. Before long, someone is sure to suggest that vandalism and other…