Library Management: Volume 19 Issue 6

The city library and scholarly research

Paul Sturges

European public libraries frequently have to reconcile the continuance of a traditional scholarly role with the provision of modern public library services. In Britain the great…

Czech libraries half way towards transformation

Jarmila Burgetová

Czech librianship finds itself at the half way point in an overall transformation. Describes the positive and negative sides of the developments during the last six years, and…

Information, reference and document supply ‐ new priorities for national libraries

Marina Mihalic

Discusses the fact that national libraries are mainly thought of as symbols of national pride but otherwise may be considered to be incapable of meeting a nation’s information…

The British Library at St Pancras

Press, Public Relations Office

Describes the British Library’s new building and its collections, together with the timetable for making the services available to users.

Library security, materials theft and mutilation in technological university libraries in Nigeria

M.A. Bello

Librarians across the world are increasingly concerned with the safety and physical integrity of valuable intellectual properties. The scenario in developing countries is…