New Library World: Volume 74 Issue 8

Off the cuff

‘An editor is a man of the first consequence in the republic of letters—equal at least to any theatrical manager. Has he not, like the latter, to furnish a pleasing variety, to…

Comment

P HAVARD‐WILLIAMS, RJ PRYTHERCH, ERIC STEVENS, TED GOODLIFFE, DORIS PALMER, MONICA HUMPHRIES, RL DAVIS

THE MIXED reaction to the proposal for a diploma of higher education appears to be based not on the qualities or defects of the curriculum for the diploma—for no‐one yet really…

Public lending right: the story so far

ALAN DAY

IN THE LIGHT of their subsequent close harmony, it is strange to recall that it was an impending royalty dispute between authors and publishers that provoked John Brophy's…

Finding out in Brazil

CAVAN McCARTHY

‘To hell with comparative librarianship!’ I groaned, as I writhed in agony on the pitching deck. The captain's pet leopard cowered under the table, spitting and snarling as the…

People and events

THREE new appointments are announced to the Polytechnic of North London School of Librarianship. T J Beck, who was a student at the school in 1969/70 and is currently a branch…

The shallow end

ROBERT SHALLOW

I HAVE IT on good authority that publishers think librarians are an odd lot. The general opinion among librarians is that publishers are a mysterious crowd, so I am saying…