Aslib Proceedings: Volume 43 Issue 9

Information and the information professional

Kevin P Jones

Librarians are in the fortunate position of having a firm institutional foundation. Books and libraries can exist without librarians or readers, but few would question the nature…

Expanding the information horizon: alternative careers for information professionals

Roger Bowes

On some occasions some people are wont to say, “There is no alternative!” I don't agree. There is almost always an alternative. For example, I believe that there is an alternative…

Factors affecting the future of libraries

John Martyn

As some of you may know, I was involved in the British Library Information UK 2000 project, the report of which has recently been published. This project was basically a…

Librarianship as a profession in Ghana

Anaba A Alemna

The aim of this paper is to review the development of the library profession in Ghana from its inception during the colonial period to the present day. It discusses the…