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
It is a matter of sad record that the author of the memoirs from which this
account of Cardiff in the 1930s has been extracted died while his work was still
in the press. As “Files on parade” it is scheduled to appear in book form this
year. By arrangement with Scarecrow Press, LR prints this extract in tribute to
one of the most individual of its occasional contributors.
THE WEST RIDING COUNTY LIBRARY celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1971. Its
history has already been written, and adds considerably to our understanding of
the development of library services during the present century. The present
study seeks to add some local detail to the story of that great library system,
by following the development of one of its branches.
Islington adopted the Public Libraries Acts in 1904, and in December of that
year James Duff Brown, Librarian of the adjoining borough of Finsbury, was
appointed first Chief Librarian (at a salary of £300 per annum) and a programme
for the erection of library buildings was planned. Following an architectural
competition, Islington Central Library opened its doors in October 1907.
IN Moscow, this summer, whenever the weather was fine, the benches in the parks
and public gardens were occupied often by readers—youths and girls and a good
many school children.
The extent to which the various schools of management thought are applicable in
the management styles adopted in university libraries in Tamil Nadu is examined.
It is concluded that these libraries are ideal bureaucracies and that they lead
to a closed “mechanistic climate” which does not provide a healthy environment.
Authorities are therefore urged to change their attitude to management style in... hiện toàn bộ