PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the current state of digitisation
initiatives by cultural institutions in Malaysia. Evidently no research has been
conducted to investigate the state of digitisation initiatives by cultural
institutions in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts an
exploratory survey, to explore the state of cultural heritage digitisation. A
total of 60 ... hiện toàn bộ
In some ways the popularity of John Fowles is surprising. His two best‐sellers,
The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman, exemplify strengths and weaknesses
unusual in so widely‐read a writer. His virtues shade into his faults. His
uncompromising determination to write the kind of novel that interests him,
regardless of the expectations of his readership, has made each of his books
excitingly d... hiện toàn bộ
The career of Cecil John Rhodes is described, leading to the establishment by
his bequest of the Rhodes Scholarship programme. The building of Rhodes House at
Oxford is described and an account given of the library established in it and
the development of its collections into one of the world′s finest repositories
of British colonial history.
ATKINSON was mainly about space. However, certain very important general
principles emerge in the report, firstly that the allocation of limited
resources among universities cannot be decided without “making assumptions about
the role and operation of libraries”. The report was not concerned with these
assumptions, although it noted, secondly, that in deciding how much space should
be allocated fo... hiện toàn bộ
THOMAS Carlyle's personal crusade for the opening of a lending library in London
and his enlisting for the support of that cause influential and wealthy patrons
such as Lord Clarendon, Bulwer‐Lytton, Lord Lyttelton, Dean Milman, Lord
Houghton, W. E. Gladstone, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Henry Hallam—amongst a host
of other now forgotten early Victorian luminaries—is well documented. According
to Robe... hiện toàn bộ
Based on the seven articles on the Republic of Ireland in the Summer 1985 issue
of LR, the need for a national information policy is identified as an urgent
priority. Some steps which might be taken to establish such a policy are
suggested; certain difficulties to be faced in its implementation are outlined.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of cataloguing
training for professionals at the St Augustine Campus Libraries of the
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, with emphasis on the
cataloguing of special formats and the overall importance of continuing
education.Design/methodology/approachThe research methodology is based on a
questionnaire which involved ... hiện toàn bộ