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Cooperative storage is essentially the sharing of a space within a facility, while collaborative storage implies a shared approach to the collection in terms of growth, shape, management and access. Collaborative storage provides a more efficient use of resources. This study is an investigation of the physical options, rather than of digital storage. However, the study does reflect on the prospective relationship between these two responses. The tension is an emerging issue and one which is not yet placed in the policy context of a local, regional or national perspective.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Spirituality and learning disability: a review of UK Government guidance” by Sango and Forrester-Jones.

The commentary examines the interplay between spirituality and health care in caring for people with a learning disability from a personal perspective and considers the reasons why healthcare professionals and caregivers may not facilitate expression of spirituality in this group.

Carers with a religious affiliation of their own are more likely to engage people with learning disability in exploration of religion and spirituality than those with no religious affiliation. Although government policy in this area is limited, spirituality is an integral part of holistic care and should be addressed by all healthcare professionals and paid carers.

This paper explores reasons why carers may find it hard to talk about spirituality and provides guidance and resources for talking about spirituality to people with learning disability.

Most business contracts are meant to be in writing, on standard terms. However, with the facilities of communications, businesspersons will talk business on the phone. With this, contentions will arise, whether they were only negotiating or had gone the distance and made a contract. If they have contracted, what are the terms of the contract? The case explores the judgement of the United Kingdom Supreme Court judgement, Wells v Devani, which is on the theme of oral contracts.

Highlights some issues surrounding the UK value added tax treatment of transactions involving land and buildings. Discusses the problem concerning the making of exempt or partially exempt supplies, the option to waive the VAT exemption in respect of land and buildings, and the scheme designed to deal with changes in the extent of taxable use of significant capital purchases.

Analyses facets of taxation which relate to leases and lease premiums in particular. Considers tax relief, lease premium value shifting, sale and lease‐back, reverse premiums and Capital Gains aspects from the property manager′s perspective. Concludes that there are both pleasant and unpleasant surprises in tax legislation which is technical and not widely known.

During the mid 1990s, it was predicted that the library as physical place was doomed. A dualism emerged – the virtual library vs library as place – and it was assumed that the virtual library would prove to be the most popular. In 1995, the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, produced four scenarios presenting alternative library futures in the twenty‐first century, specifically the year 2010. Only one of these scenarios predicted a reinterpretation and corresponding revitalisation of “library as place”. The author initiated and led this process in 1995 and revisited these scenarios in 2010 with a view to comparing current practices in library design with the attributes described in this lone scenario; the aim of this paper is to focus on this scenario.

Library leaders in Australia, many of whom participated in the 1995 scenario development process, are interviewed, along with a number of architects specialising in contemporary library design. This qualitative process is complemented by an international literature search. Three library sectors are surveyed – collecting institutions, academic and public libraries.

Fifteen years on the dualism between virtual and physical is less stark; a convergence has occurred that would have been unthinkable then. A hybrid has emerged with digital and place‐based notions of a library holding equal currency. Interviewees confirm that “library as place” has never been so popular. This trend is international and emerges from the inter‐weaving of the digital, social and aesthetic that has generated new loci for solitary and collective learning and interaction.

The paper asks questions about what has happened to unsettle predictions conceived in the mid 1990s; what is happening now in terms of new modes of learning and knowledge exchange; and what kind of library spaces and uses can be expected in the future.

The interview traces the early discussions in the context of disasters as developmental failures.

The transcript and video was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the history of DRR.

The interview traces the development of disaster risk reduction discussions in different contexts such as “LA RED” network in Latin America.

The interview clearly highlights the need to not forget the early thoughts on vulnerability and disaster risk.

Corporations and businesses have been a major influence on society since before the industrial revolution, but academic focus on corporate responsibilities is a recent phenomenon which focuses predominantly on globalised multi-national corporations of the late twentieth century. The purpose of this paper is to consider the evolution of the corporate responsibility and community involvement tracing the development of corporate behaviours in the UK from medieval guilds to the modern form of corporation seen at the end of the last century.

The analysis considers the institutional forces which have shaped responsible business behaviours in a context of changing power and influence.

Drawing on Weber's notion of the ideal-type, this paper demonstrates that many “modern” corporate social responsibility (CSR) concepts such as codes of conduct, stakeholder consultation, and corporate donations have considerable heritage.

This paper develops an important precedent by examining the evolution of CSR and other aspects of corporate engagement. It develops a long-term instrumental context for corporate donations, whilst revealing that practices such as employee volunteering are considerably more recent, and less institutionally developed.

Considers the valuation of blocks of flats as a result of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act, 1993. Qualifying residents of blocks of flats now have the collective right to acquire the freehold and intermediary interests provided procedure is followed and price is agreed. Gives a critical analysis of the rules for valuation set out in Section 32 and Schedule 6 of the Act and by use of worked examples, gives guidance on the three constituent elements of the required valuation. The valuation of the freeholders′ existing interest, the split of marriage value and the compensatory issues are all considered. As well as giving the general background to leasehold reform and enfranchisement since the Leasehold Reform Act, 1967, also considers some of the management and practical issues affecting a compulsory freehold purchase of this nature. The right of appeal to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and ultimately the Lands Tribunal are also considered.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of organizational change at an academic library.

The change process employed scenario modelling techniques.

The scenario modelling technique was found to be effective in developing shared understandings about the future directions of an organization. The next stage involved identifying the implications involved in implementing organizational change to achieve the future organization outlined in the scenario. This stage identified three issues that would need significant investment before the scenario could be realized. They were: skills development; management practices; and the structure of the library. Re‐organization requires attention to cultural and personal issues to enable an organization to undergo major change.

A range of techniques, tools and experiments were used. There would be limitations in applying these in a general way to other organizations.

The scale of the change process is significant in terms of the size of the undertaking and the time taken to achieve it. This paper describes the process. It is too early to predict whether the organizational change is successful.