New Library World: Volume 92 Issue 1

Alerts

Wilfred Ashworth

The British Library Document Supply Centre has always accepted that part of its function is to carry out, or commission, research into the needs of its users and their patterns of…

Flexibility: A Threat or a Promise for Women in the Library Profession

Mary Stanyon

Notes the recent media attention given to the way in which womenare being wooed back to the workforce. Discusses job‐sharing, parity ofpay, child care provision and deregulation…

Columns

Sarah Cowell, Mike Cornford, Edwin Fleming, Allan Bunch, Tony Joseph

Through this column I will be exploring the field of environmental information and its provision in this country. I will do this by tackling the subject from the user's point of…

Reviews

Wilfred Ashworth, Ian Pettman

Microcomputers are now vital tools in many libraries and information centres and they are used not only to facilitate administrative and clerical operations but also as a means of…

From France: The Bibliotheque Nationale

Marion Mouchot

Briefly discusses the origins, history and current working of theThe Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Notes the computerisedbibliographic database linked to the computerised…