New Library World: Volume 97 Issue 3

Part of the job: violence in public libraries

Hannah McGrath, Anne Goulding

Discusses some of the issues surrounding violence in the library workplace, analysing violent behaviour in libraries and the various types of “problem users” public library staff…

Taking stock: career planning for isolated, middle‐level professionals

Jane Farmer, Grainne Ward, Lawraine Wood

Middle‐level professionals working in one‐person library or information units, usually women, frequently experience obstacles to career progression, which are seen as…

The myth of material knowledge: reading the image of library buildings

Chris Hart, Manmohan Bains, Kathryn Jones

At the centre of most cities and towns in the UK, public library buildings form a significant part of the civic landscape. No other country has such an extensive collection of…

Learning and changing

Stuart James

In an era of constant change, discusses the social, national and local factors affecting higher education in the UK, and the University of Paisley in particular, in relation to…