...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...

...Khalid Mahmood Chapter 3 focuses on catalogues and shared cataloguing. The chapter looks at various forms of library catalogues in use and at attempts by librarians to pool their cataloguing efforts through the formation of bibliographic networks. The use of MARC formats is also explained...

...Gobinda G. Chowdhury © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Computer systems Libraries Information retrieval Management Internet The previous edition of this book, entitled Computers for Libraries, appeared in 1992. The author justifies the change of title in this fourth edition...

...Alastair Smith Edited by Milton T.   Wolf , Pat   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...

...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 --> Libraries Professionals China...

...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 Edited by Terry   Hanson , Joan   Day . Managing the Electronic Library: A Practical Guide for Information Professionals . East Grinstead : Bowker Saur   1998 . 742 pp , ISBN: 1857391845   £45.00 hard © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Electronic...

...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...

...M.P. Satija © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Operations management Libraries This basic introduction to the routine procedures in managing a library explains not only the “how” but also “what” and “why” of various library operations. Written as a textbook for the students...

...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...

...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...

...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. DELNET has 86...

...Philip Calvert There is value to Asian librarians in this volume. It sets a fine example of the way to collect and present large sets of data from libraries. It also gives very useful data for managers wishing to compare the performance of their library to that of others. This is the stage...

...Liu Wei © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Books Digital signal processing Information resources management Libraries Shanghai Liu Wei Shanghai Library,Shanghai, China Keywords Books,Digital signal processing, Information resources management, Libraries, Shanghai...

...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...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Information management The Guidelines offer a framework for creating an RFP. Used in conjunction with the RLG Model Request for Information (RFI) and RLG Model Request for Proposal (RFP), the Guidelines can assist RLG member institutions...

...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...

...Margaret Butterworth © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Information management Co-ordinated by Margaret Butterworth Articles about libraries and information management in Asia and the Pacific region are not plentiful in the mainstream literature. This column...

...Gobinda G. Chowdhury Leigh W.   Healy . Library Systems: Current Developments and Future Directions . Washington, DC : Council on Library and Information Resources   1998 . 186 pp. , ISSN: ISBN 1887334580   US$25.00 spiral bound The library interviews focus on what...