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Barriers to career development within the LIS profession
Peter Dalton, Glen Mynott, Michael ShoolbredThe paper, based on the findings of the Library and Information Commission (LIC) report on Cross‐sectoral Mobility in the LIS Profession, considers some of the barriers to career…
Scientific electronic publishing: European policy strategies
Kate BloorThis paper focuses on academic, scientific publishing, as a form of documentation and communication of scientific findings in the changing world of converging information and…
Access to Asian serials in Australian libraries
Andrew GoslingThe past decade has seen considerable achievements by Australian libraries in improving access to Asian serials. This has been largely the result of cooperative effort. However…
The National Library of Australia’s rare book and manuscripts collections, with special reference to the Asia‐Pacific region
Peter HaddadThe National Library of Australia has a small but interesting collection of rare books and manuscripts. These collections are the legacy of a remarkable period of growth in the…
The origins of the Library Association
Eric GlasgowReviews the context of the establishment of rate‐supported public libraries in Great Britain leading up to the establishment of a Library Association in 1877. The major figures…