Journal of Documentation: Volume 42 Issue 1

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DEVELOPMENTS IN INFORMATION EDUCATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOLS OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION STUDIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

DONALD DAVINSON, NORMAN ROBERTS

As a follow‐up to a study carried out in 1984 of the constraints upon curriculum development in Schools of Librarianship and Information Science (SLIS), the British Library…

WRITING ABSTRACTS FOR FREE‐TEXT SEARCHING

RAYA FIDEL

A survey of abstracting policies used by producers of bibliographic databases examined abstracting guidelines which aim to enhance free‐text retrieval. Of the 123 database…

LIBRARY CIRCULATION DISTRIBUTIONS: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLR SAMPLE

K.W.R. BROWNSEY, Q.L. BURRELL

The frequency‐of‐circulation distributions from each of the sixteen libraries participating in the initial period of operation of the Public Lending Right are discussed…

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ISSN:

0022-0418

Online date, start – end:

1945

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof David Bawden