...Lan Anh Tran; G.E. Gorman Based on a survey administered to 36 information professionals in Vietnamese libraries, this paper discusses progress in the implementation of IT in the library and information sector. It describes a number of emerging networks and services with potential for further...

...M.P. Satija Elaine   Andersen , Mary   Gosling , Mary   Mortimer . Learn Basic Library Skills . Canberra : DocuMatrix   1998 . 296 pp , ISBN: 1876283092   A$29.95 spiral bound Library Education Series © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Operations management...

...M.P. Satija M.K.   Jani . Library Manual: A Practical Approach to Management (2nd rev. ed.) . New Delhi : Shipra Publications   1999 . 323 pp , ISBN: 8175410345   Rs480 hard © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Management Operations management Procedures...

...Jennifer Burrell The production is great, but the content is disappointing. The editors have confined their case studies almost wholly to UK academic libraries. Their presumption is that the principles of managing electronic libraries can be readily transferred to other countries and library...

...Philip Calvert Edited by Judy   Watkins , Pauline   Connolly . The Role of Libraries in Economic Development: Papers from the Conference Held in Ljubljana, April 1997 . Boston Spa : IFLA Offices for UAP and International Lending   1997 . 183 pp , ISBN: 0712321535   (price...

...   Ensor , Mary A.   Thomas . Information Imagineering: Meeting at the Interface . Chicago, IL : American Library Association   1998 . 253 pp , ISBN: 0838907296   US$36.00 (US$32.40 ALA members) soft © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Museums Professionals New...

...Shi Zengzhi Sharon   Chien Lin . Libraries and Librarianship in China . Westport, CT : Greenwood Press   1998 . 241 pp , ISBN: 0313289379   (price not reported) hard Guides to Asian Librarianship © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> There is also a three‐page conclusion...

... UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Computers Communications technology Australia This second edition of Computers for Australian Librarians is an eight‐chapter introduction to computer applications and communication technology in libraries. Chapter 1 is devoted to the Internet...

...Tokiko Y. Bazzell Miriam B.   Kahn . Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries . Chicago, IL : American Library Association   1998 . 128 pp , ISBN: 0838907164   $38.00 ($34.20 ALA members) soft © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Disaster planning Libraries Disaster...

...Gobinda G. Chowdhury This book, like its earlier editions and other works by Jennifer Rowley, is an excellent addition to the library and information science literature and should be read by all library and information science students, as well as practising professionals. The second part...

...Khalid Mahmood Computer technology in libraries has revolutionised the concept of rapid and accurate information services. In Pakistan, though, computer technology is new and is being successfully introduced in all types of libraries and information centres. This article reviews the literature...

...Ming‐yueh Tsay The purpose of this study is to describe the causes, nature, extent and effect of the influence of the American Library Association (ALA) on the development of modern Chinese librarianship from 1924 to 1949. This study was based primarily on documents located in the ALA archives...

...H.K. Kaul This paper describes the development of the Delhi Library Network (DELNET) and its various services. DELNET is a growing resource sharing service in the Delhi region, offering a range of products and services to facilitate the exchange of information among libraries. © MCB UP Limited...

...Gobinda G. Chowdhury Catherine   Mambretti . CD‐ROM Technology: A Manual for Librarians and Educators . Jefferson, NC : McFarland and Company   1998 . 299 pp , ISBN: 0786405015   US$39.95 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> CD‐ROM Design Libraries Schools...

...Philip Calvert Claire   Creaser , Jane   Scott . LISU Annual Library Statistics 1998; Featuring Trend Analysis of UK Public and Academic Libraries 1987‐97. Including Public Library Statistics Reports, 12 . Loughborough : Loughborough University, Library and Information...

...Liu Wei Facing the opportunities and challenges of the twenty-first century, the Shanghai Library and ISTIS have already mapped out their medium-term strategic development programme. The following four projects are the beginning of the SDLI. Some have already been started but still require...

... can assist RLG member institutions in developing their own RFPs for digital imaging services. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Information management The purpose of this section is to alert readers of Asian Libraries to new products, services and resources that may...

...Margaret Butterworth © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Information management Noerr, Peter, The Digital Library Tool Kit, Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA, 1998. http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/libraries/ digitaltoolkit.htm This article...

...D.J. Foskett Against the background of China’s long cultural history, this article provides a Western view of Chinese libraries in the 1990s, including efforts to practise more “open door librarianship”. It surveys the national library system, the National Library of China, public libraries...

... --> Librarianship Libraries This is the sixth volume of the increasingly acclaimed Librarianship and Information Work Worldwide and the last with which John Feather of Loughborough University will be associated. He and the other members of the editorial team have helped establish this title as one...