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The scientific information environment in the next millennium
Rafael BallThe evolution of the information environment in research and development at the beginning of the next millennium is dominated by the change of medium from printed to digital…
Wanting it all: the relationship between expectations and the public’s perceptions of public library services
Emma Lilley, Bob UsherwoodDiscusses research that examines the relationship between user perceptions and expectations of the public library service. Emphasis is not on what expectations and perceptions of…
Public library closures: the management of hard decisions
Richard Proctor, Sylvia SimmonsReports on management issues arising when authorities decide to close public library service points. The data come from two British Library funded projects. The first used a…
Change and conflict in the academic library
Catherine Edwards, Graham WaltonIt has been observed that “the libraries of colleges and universities are changing faster than their respective parent institutions. Essentially everything in and around the…
Libraries as bureaucracies: the viewpoints of librarians
Richard OlorunsolaBureaucracy is usually associated with the negative consequences of large organisations such as “red tapeism”, unexplained delays, and general frustration. Max Weber assumed that…
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