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The Library World Volume 34 Issue 3
Tập 34 Số 3 - Trang 72-104
ANOTHER Conference has passed, this year in circumstances of national gravity
which made every thoughtful library worker anxious. In such times the word
“economy,” the most familiar of misused words, becomes almost a shriek even upon
the lips of honest thinkers, and is not confined to those persons—the great
majority of its users—who think the word means “making the other fellow do
without somethi...
A view from the floor: Participating in the 2009 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Conference
Tập 111 Số 3/4 - Trang 164-167
– The paper aims to present a short explanation of the complexity of the IFLA
organization and specifically a descriptive account of the 2009 IFLA Congress
held in Milan, Italy, 23‐27 August., – The paper offers the viewpoint of an
attendee with some IFLA experience. The author is an IFLA activist and there is
mention of the work of one specific Standing Committee, as well as the more
general aspe...
Know it All, Find it Fast: An A‐Z Source Guide for the Enquiry Desk (2nd ed.)
Tập 106 Số 5/6 - Trang 292-293
Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era
Tập 112 Số 7/8 - Trang 321-333
– This paper aims to show how implementing new information technology has
expanded the role of librarians as educators and how this role has matched the
evolution of new technology., – The paper looks at librarians' approaches to
their role as educators and explores ways of most effectively implementing
changes. By reviewing the literature and taking the old discourse around library
education and ...
Periodical panel game
Tập 85 Số 5 - Trang 90-91
‘GOOD afternoon gentlemen. This is the only meeting of the periodicals selection
panel scheduled for this session, so we have more than the usual number of
suggestions to plough through this afternoon. First, I would like welcome two
new members, Dr Tyler for Media Studies and Mr Bough from Hospitality
Administration. As a matter of fact Dr Tyler sends his apologies, he has a
studio booking which ...
Towards a conceptual framework for user‐driven semantic metadata interoperability in digital libraries: A social constructivist approach
Tập 113 Số 1/2 - Trang 38-54
– With the aim of developing a conceptual framework which aims to facilitate
semantic metadata interoperability, this paper explores overarching conceptual
issues on how traditional library information organisation schemes such as
online public access catalogues (OPACs), taxonomies, thesauri, and ontologies on
the one hand versus Web 2.0 technologies such as social tagging (folksonomies)
can be ha...
Cảnh báo Dịch bởi AI
Tập 92 Số 6
Hiệp hội Kitô giáo Thủ thư đã tận dụng cơ hội được cung cấp bởi cuối tuần đào
tạo "Dưới Một Chiếc Ô" của Hiệp hội Thư viện để sắp xếp một buổi lễ Tạ ơn và Tái
cống hiến tại nhà thờ St George, Great George Street, Leeds, bắt đầu lúc 5 giờ
50 chiều vào thứ Bảy, ngày 6 tháng 7 năm 1991, nhằm tạo điều kiện cho các đại
biểu có một khoảng thời gian thờ phượng và suy ngẫm ngắn trong một chương trình
hội ...
The Library World Volume 66 Issue 1
Tập 66 Số 1 - Trang 1-28
The re‐organisation of local government in Greater London and the resultant
amalgamation of library authorities is viewed by many with considerable
misgivings. The upheaval of staff, the loss of status for some senior officers,
the general uncertainty for the future—these are very real consequences of the
Act and they cannot be ignored. Many chief librarians will see the work of a
lifetime, perhap...
The Library World Volume 29 Issue 11
Tập 29 Số 11 - Trang 279-304
WE give space this month to practical library binders to describe their work as
they see it. Such an arrangement will commend itself to our readers, we hope, as
there is no more present question with the librarian, and especially the public
librarian. Since the war the quality of book‐papers has been such that binding
has become the most formidable item in his annual budget except salaries and new...