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The issue of responsibility and accountability is central to the development of New Ways of Working (NWW), and has also been central to the concerns that members of some professions have expressed about it. Clarity about who is responsible for what, and who is accountable to whom, is particularly important when there are new types of worker roles in the team, and when existing workers are working in a different way or extending their role. NWW emphasises the appropriate distribution of responsibility and team decision‐making, which together are designed to promote patient safety. Distributing responsibility and accountability does not mean diluting or diffusing it; this model supports all workers being responsible for the standards of their own practice, and moves away from the ill‐defined, and perhaps unrealistic, notion of the doctor being ultimately responsible for all patients.The National Workforce Programme has worked with a wide range of stakeholders, including professional regulators and employers, to produce guidance on responsibility and accountability. This guidance is currently in draft form and will be published on the New Ways of Working website (www.newwaysofworking.org.uk) as soon as the final version is published.

In recent years, Malaysia has seen a dramatic change in the landscape of financial transactions due to the fast growth of mobile payment systems. This study aims to examine the technological, organisational and environmental (TOE) factors of merchants’ adoption intention to use mobile payment platforms essential for the continuing development and profitability of these cutting-edge payment options.

The research model was developed from the TOE framework and tested with the data collected from 120 merchants in Malaysia. The partial least squares structural equation modelling technique was used in analysing the collected data.

Technology readiness and competitor pressure were directly related to merchants' mobile payment adoption intention and indirectly through perceived strategic value. Also, perceived ease of use and perceived strategic value were significant predictors of the adoption intention of mobile payment.

This model demonstrates the relevance of TOE in explaining merchants' mobile payment adoption intention, with implications for policy and strategy to support the broader adoption of mobile payment platforms in Malaysia.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a selected bibliography of recent resources on library instruction and information literacy.

The paper introduces and annotates periodical articles, monographs, and audiovisual material examining library instruction and information literacy.

The paper provides information about each source, discusses the characteristics of current scholarship, and describes sources that contain unique scholarly contributions and quality reproductions.

The information may be used by librarians and interested parties as a quick reference to literature on library instruction and information literacy.