New Library World: Volume 102 Issue 11/12
Table of contents
On continuity, culture, competition – cooperation and convergence, too
Peter EnserThis keynote paper considers each of the three facets included in the title of the conference: continuity, culture and competition. Each facet, it is argued, challenges the…
Measuring students’ performance and perceptions: empirical studies in different dimensions of quality assurance at a library school
Niels Ole PorsThis paper is concerned with dimensions of quality assurance in learning. It focuses on three questions. The first concerns students’ performance in formal exams. The second…
Mapping the curriculum in information studies
T.D. WilsonA model is proposed, based on four “foundation fields” (information content, information systems, people, and organizations) which may assist the process of curriculum development…
Preservation management training and education: developing a sector‐wide approach
Graham Matthews, Stella ThebridgeThe authors address the training needs of archivists, librarians and museum staff involved in preserving the national heritage and consider how these domains’ needs might be met…
Adding value to learning through cultural change: the Northumbrian experience
Margaret Watson, Linda BanwellThe 1990s in UK Higher Education have seen far reaching changes throughout the sector, which have impacted in many and beneficial ways on the individual learner. The paper will…
The attributes of information as an asset
Charles Oppenheim, Joan Stenson, Richard M.S. WilsonThis paper reports first stage findings from an ongoing three‐year research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB). The research is being conducted…