New Library World: Volume 87 Issue 6
Table of contents
Philosophy On The Public Library Shelves
RJ DUCKETTAs a teenager, and beyond, I benefited greatly from the philosophy shelves of my local public library. Later, as a philosophy undergraduate, the local library was useful in…
Librarians at Leisure: Partnerships and historical accidents
RICHARD BARLOWWhat is the function of the annual Public Libraries Group Weekend School, other than to prove that even if our public libraries are not all‐singing, all‐dancing, our chief…
April LA Council Meeting
WILFRED ASHWORTHBeginning with the end, I report that the most notable feature of the Council Meeting on 17 April 1986 was that it finished before lunch. It is evident, as pointed out by Max…
Women in libraries
JANE LITTLEThe last taboo — still taboo Spring has come to South London and a strange sound fills the air. Not the thwack of leather on willow, nor the whirr of lawnmower blade on long…
Level vibes
VERENA THOMPSONNo matter the title of the post or the library, one part of the job description remains the same — to assess the need for, devise ways of implementing, provide services to members…
Research
TONY WARSHAWPamela Graddon recently left BLRDD, having been promoted to head of the Industrial Property Section in the British Library's Science Reference and Information Service (SRIS). Her…
Commerical & Technical
EDWIN FLEMINGAs was predicted, the Patent Office White Paper Intellectual property and innovation (Cmnd 9712, HMSO, £6.70) was published in April. Bold type is used in the White Paper to…
Community information
ALLAN BUNCHThere's a poster going around with the surprising question “Can you tell a clean story?”, since it's usually only dirty ones that people want to tell you. The poster is inviting…
Alerts
WILFRED ASHWORTHLearned Information Ltd, Besselsleigh Road, Abingdon, Oxford OX13 6LG has launched Information World Review now as a regular monthly newspaper for the European information…