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AMIDST OTHER preoccupations, the Library Association is again considering its internal structure. A modified version of some of the proposals of the former Branch and Group…
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AMIDST OTHER preoccupations, the Library Association is again considering its internal structure. A modified version of some of the proposals of the former Branch and Group Structure working party has been produced by an Ad Hoc Sub‐Committee chaired by Alex Howson. Your groans on hearing that ‘the structure’ is being trotted out for another airing are understandable.
I MEAN the self‐styled ‘British Authoress’ with the smell of death about her; George Schneider and his oranges; the Drunken Pilot; Fez; the Retired Parson and Trotsky; the Man in…
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I MEAN the self‐styled ‘British Authoress’ with the smell of death about her; George Schneider and his oranges; the Drunken Pilot; Fez; the Retired Parson and Trotsky; the Man in Black (homburg, overcoat and boots) who was in and out saying a hundred good mornings and good afternoons and insisting on a polite response every time; the Clock Lady; Mr Clayton and a number of others.
THE WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS TO BE RECONSTITUTED AS THE WELSH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION—New library world January 1972.
PETER PLIMSOLL, JOHN ALLRED, ALAN R THOMAS, FRANK JANNOCK, FRANK ATKINSON, COLIN OFFOR, IMOGEN DALEY, MALCOLM CAMPBELL and CLIVE BINGLEY
THE CIVIL CODES of most European countries have, for several decades, required official publication of company details in government gazettes. Thus librarians in each EEC country…
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THE CIVIL CODES of most European countries have, for several decades, required official publication of company details in government gazettes. Thus librarians in each EEC country have enjoyed the availability of an official bulletin, published daily or bi‐weekly: in France, for example, it is called Bulletin officiel des annonces commerciales, a daily document of 70–80 double column pages containing full details of registrations, changes and cessations of all forms of business enterprises, (not only limited companies), together with an index to all personal and business names mentioned. The publication started in 1926 and now costs 50 centimes per issue or Frs 60 in France (c £5) per year. Similar documents at comparable prices are published by the other EEC governments and Denmark too.
ERIC MOON is this year's President of the American Library Association, having been an ala Councillor from 1965 to 1972.
Frank Atkinson and Wilfred Ashworth
Those of us who work, or have ever worked, in academic or public libraries know “Granger” — formerly Granger's Index to Poetry and now The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry …
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Those of us who work, or have ever worked, in academic or public libraries know “Granger” — formerly Granger's Index to Poetry and now The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry — which is almost as old as this century. As it is the only substantial index to verse for adults, it cannot be evaluated by comparison; so a reviewer is already halfway to redundancy.
Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are…
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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.
GODFREY THOMPSON, JACK DOVE, P LAYZELL WARD, DONALD DAVINSON, HAROLD SMITH, PHILIP HEPWORTH, NORMAN TOMLINSON, FRANK ATKINSON, HELMUT RÖTZSCH and BOB USHERWOOD
PUBLIC LIBRARIANS outside London watch with attention/pleasure/alarm the results of governmental thinking on the re‐organisation of local government. Londoners will be more…
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PUBLIC LIBRARIANS outside London watch with attention/pleasure/alarm the results of governmental thinking on the re‐organisation of local government. Londoners will be more detached but, remembering 1965 and fingering their old scars, will have sympathy.
John Kirby, Amy O'Neill, Don Davinson, David Radmore, Philip Sewell and Frank Atkinson
CHANGE, whether we like it or not, is a major element in twentieth century life. Every organisation is likely to be forced into radical change, and a failure to respond adequately…
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CHANGE, whether we like it or not, is a major element in twentieth century life. Every organisation is likely to be forced into radical change, and a failure to respond adequately to this demand, whether it comes from within the organisation or from outside, is likely to lead to a loss of effectiveness; the organisation will then either fossilise as an obsolete structure, functioning in a barely relevant way, or it will disintegrate completely. In library terms such demands for change might be exemplified by the increasing strictures on local budgets by central government, by technological developments, particularly on‐line computer systems, and by the changing needs and aspirations of contemporary society.
JON ELLIOTT, AB CRAVEN, BERNARD HOUGHTON, GLYN ROWLAND, J GRAHAM FISHER, C JOHNSON, AUDREY HALL, ALAN DAY, DONALD DAVINSON and FRANK ATKINSON
IN YOUR rather emotional outburst on PLR (NLW 865) you made some serious errors of fact. PLR is not directed solely against public libraries. Section 5.12 of the Working Party…