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In 1988 there were in England and Wales 28,714 laboratory‐diagnosed cases of campylobacter enteritis (diarrhoea), 24,123 cases of salmonella diarrhoea and 291 cases of listeria infection. Actual numbers of cases of food‐borne infection are not known, as many cases are not recorded and not laboratory‐confirmed, either because people do not consult their doctor because symptoms are very mild, or because the doctor does not send specimens to the laboratory.

President Bill Clinton has had many opponents and enemies, most of whom come from the political right wing. Clinton supporters contend that these opponents, throughout the Clinton presidency, systematically have sought to undermine this president with the goal of bringing down his presidency and running him out of office; and that they have sought non‐electoral means to remove him from office, including Travelgate, the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster, the Filegate controversy, and the Monica Lewinsky matter. This bibliography identifies these and other means by presenting citations about these individuals and organizations that have opposed Clinton. The bibliography is divided into five sections: General; “The conspiracy stream of conspiracy commerce”, a White House‐produced “report” presenting its view of a right‐wing conspiracy against the Clinton presidency; Funding; Conservative organizations; and Publishing/media. Many of the annotations note the links among these key players.

ONE OF OUR readers has suggested that, to help a busy eye scan the pages of this section of NLW for instant recognition of topics of interest to it, these notelets should highlight in bold type certain keywords which give a clue to their content. Then harassed children's librarians, for example, can ignore the small type immediately surrounding the accentuated words ‘opulent bosom’ as being quite obviously beyond his/her realm of professional interest.

Having played a very minor role by suggesting part of the conference content, I am really ineligible to evaluate it. However, my friend, Julius Pikenpack, has suggested that the following six points be mentioned.

WE publish this issue on the eve of the Brighton Conference and our hope is that this number of The Library World will assist the objects of that meeting. Everything connected with the Conference appears to have been well thought out. It is an excellent thing that an attempt has been made to get readers of papers to write them early in order that they might be printed beforehand. Their authors will speak to the subject of these papers and not read them. Only a highly‐trained speaker can “get over” a written paper—witness some of the fiascos we hear from the microphone, for which all papers that are broadcast have to be written. But an indifferent reader, when he is really master of his subject, can make likeable and intelligible remarks extemporarily about it. As we write somewhat before the Conference papers are out we do not know if the plan to preprint the papers has succeeded. We are sure that it ought to have done so. It is the only way in which adequate time for discussion can be secured.

AS A RESULT of present economic problems in Britain and attendant cuts in spending, there is a need to achieve maximum cost‐effectiveness in all sectors of public spending including libraries. This article examines a simple method by which economies could be made in buying multiple copies of books. It is assumed that unless librarians have freedom to buy a single copy of any book they choose, they will not achieve the breadth and depth required of first‐class libraries, be they in the public sector or in academic institutions. Perhaps second copies need cause little concern, but a pilot survey of a polytechnic library revealed cases where as many as four, six or even eight copies of the same edition had been bought on one occasion before the effectiveness of a lesser purchase could have been evaluated.