New Library World: Volume 98 Issue 1

The future of academic journals: considering the current situation in academic libraries

Linden Sweeney

Describes the current situation affecting academic publishing today by looking at the economic, sociological and technological changes that have affected the academic journal over…

Information retrieval services: role of optical technologies

S. Subba Rao

Outlines information access through the right mixture of technologies namely, online and CD‐ROM. While mentioning the electronic databases, electronic information path and…

Accessibility of information: a myth for developing countries?

Ify E. Aguolu

Discusses the importance of information to personal and national development and emphasizes that apart from access problems created by the rapid growth of information for the…