New Library World: Volume 93 Issue 5
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Making a business of it — UK Style!
Wilfred AshworthOn 2 May 1992, Westminster City libraries welcomed a number of senior librarians to share in a launching ceremony for two initiatives. The first was the introduction of two…
News
Wilfred Ashworth, Ian PettmanA new, fully‐searchable database of complete facsimile US patents (with all structures and drawings) on CD‐ROM is offered, under the name Patentlmages, by MicroPatent. The service…
A model for evaluating user satisfaction with government libraries in Saudi Arabia
Jamal Abbas TameemProvides a model which can be used to measure user satisfaction oflibrary services and also provides the instrument which could be used toevaluate any government library in Saudi…
A scientific solution to librarian burnout
Craig S. ShawConcern over stress and burnout in library service has grown, aslibrarians have had to deal with increased publishing, decreasingbudgets, and new technologies. Stress is seen to…
Post‐apartheid Southern Africa: A glimmer of networking
Dianne Leong ManBlack Southern African librarians have, up to now, shied away from contact with their white counterparts in South Africa. Who could blame them for this, when the South African…
Australia's Dream: The national approach to bibliography in a federal structure
Toby BurrowsIn 1974, at the height of the French revolutionary terror, the abbé Henri Grégoire, a member of the Convention and of its Committee of Public Instruction, presented a report to…
Essentials for school library development: some worthwhile considerations for an African nation
Dennis N. OchollaAddresses the purposes of school libraries by pinpointing theiremotional, mental, and spiritual benefits for young learners. Discussestheir requirements by considering typical…