New Library World: Volume 94 Issue 2
Table of contents
Organizational Change at the State Library of New South Wales and the University of Canberra Library: Perception and the broader picture
Toby BurrowsTo the front‐line soldier, war is far from being the kind of experience described by military historians and analysed by the strategists and generals. From the memoirs of those…
Virtual Reality — The “Thing” of the 1990s
Sandra VogelMy own interest in VR stems from the fact that, in 1984, I was bought a Sinclair Spectrum as an “unbirthday” present. Since then I have been hooked on computers, and my partner…
Government Libraries in Saudi Arabia
Jamal Abbas TameemGovernment libraries in Saudi Arabia are attached to the Ministries which organize and administrate them. They serve a specialized body of users by means of special collections…
Factors affecting qualified communication through intelligent interfaces
Jette HyldegaardA theoretical approach, describing the factors which may affect theservice quality related to communication through intelligent interfaces.Considers service quality in general and…
Library Support for Franchised Courses in Higher Education
Peter BrophyThe British Library Research & Development Department is funding a two‐year study of library support for franchised higher education courses in the UK. “Franchising”, in this…
Introducing multimedia technology: Setting up a new course for librarians
Haakon LundOutlines the establishment of a course in multimedia technology,which forms part of the curriculum for librarians at the Royal School ofLibrarianship in Copenhagen, Denmark. The…
Indexing African newspapers and magazines
Michael AfolabiIdentifies and describes the essential factors to be consideredwhen embarking on a manual newspaper or magazine indexing project inAfrica. Broadly groups factors as being…