New Library World: Volume 94 Issue 5

Promoting mass literacy campaigns through library service in Nigeria

Gbadebo Oyeniran Oyelekan

The ultimate aim of \ill\ mass literacy campaigns by the FederalGovernment \ill\ Nigeria in September 1982 was to eradicate illiteracyin Nigeria by the year 2000. Subsequently…

Sex and personal space

Stuart Larner

Men and women use the space at library tables differently. Knowledge of this can be used in the design of libraries.

News

Wilfred Ashworth, Ian Pettman

FEE OR FREE? The debate continues! The issue of Inform for July/August 1993, No. 156, published by the Institute of Information Scientists is largely devoted to the question of…

The school library in Nigeria: The need to develop reading culture

Yusuf Makinta

Examines the philosophy of Nigerian education with particularreference to primary and secondary school levels. Identifies the schoollibrary as an instrument for developing reading…

Project 2000 and nursing college libraries in Scotland: The experience of development and implementation for the first wave of project 2000 students

Helen Clish, Jane Farmer

Sets out to examine the \ill\ of how nursing college libraries inScotland developed \ill\ services to cope with the new demands impliedin the \ill\ 2000 curriculum. Looks at the…

Ignorance of bliss is no defence

Frances Dawbarn

My undergraduate career at Lancaster University began shortly before my 43rd birthday. Even though Lancaster boasts a very high percentage of mature students, this made me well…