...Martyn Wade Purpose The purpose of the paper is to explore the impact of strategic planning, marketing and external relations, and shared services on library development. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the National Library of Scotland as a case study. Findings The introduction...

.... , ISBN: ISBN 9781584562467   $65.00 (hardback) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Literature Scotland Bibliographies To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in 2009, the Masonic Temple, the Supreme Council of the Ancient & Accepted...

... . The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Volume 3: Ambition and Industry, 1800‐1880 . Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press   2007 . xxxiii + 542 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐7486‐1779‐1   £95.00 hardback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> History of publishing History of the book...

... in Scotland, in a globalized context, with a brain drain, with financial challenges, many small companies with low recruitment opportunities, facing the hegemony of world‐wide companies and chains, faced with an enthusiastic but volatile readership and an uneven cultural polity post‐devolution. Indeed...

... of students towards e‐book in terms of how they interact with them, the features they value and their preferences between e‐books and paper books in a university library. Originality/value This paper provides useful information on students’ attitudes towards e‐books. Electronic books Scotland Higher...

...; investigate how e‐books were being used; and identify the reasons why students did or did not use e‐books. Forbes Gibb can be contacted at: forbes.gibb@cis.strath.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Electronic books Students Customer surveys Scotland There have also...

...Stuart Hannabuss It is a joy – and a surprise – to see this work. The original work is held by The National Library of Scotland (as MS.6140/ii‐vi) and was scanned for this modern facsimile reprint. Financial assistance for the project was given by the Russell Trust. An earlier fascimile edition...

... and establish an effective brand extension for the service. Christine Rooney‐Browne can be contacted at: christine.rooney@cis.strath.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Public libraries Festivals Marketing Brands Scotland The modern public library serves as a destination...

.... Findings That many public libraries in Scotland have a virtual identity problem brought about by being part of larger websites for their parent bodies. It is argued that this identity problem is to the detriment of the service, and that models of good practice should be urgently considered by public...

... alternative publishing and public libraries in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach Two surveys (based on the 1979 Alternative Acquisitions Project) were carried out of alternative publishers and public libraries in Scotland. Questions were based on those in the 1979 survey, except where updated...

... instructive. Janet Seaton can be contacted at: janet.seaton@scottish.parliament.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Parliament Research libraries Scotland The Scottish Parliament was established on the cusp of the 21st century. Members of the first Scottish Parliament for 300...

... Limited 2005 Disabled people Libraries Scotland Over the last 10 to 15 years, libraries in Scotland, the UK, and across the world, have experienced a significant change in expectations about how they deal with disability issues. Broadly speaking, librarians have been asked to raise...

... the learning experience for users with special needs. Originality/value The paper is written from the academic user's perspective, and demonstrates the importance of the staff‐user interface, as much as of specific assistive technology. Academic libraries Scotland Disabled people...

... approximately 2.6 per cent in 1994/95 to 5.3 per cent in 2003/04. The increase in dyslexic students appears to be particularly dramatic. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Academic libraries Scotland Disabled people Quality audit The SCURL[1] Special Needs Group comprises...

... of Glasgow, Scotland: the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, and the University of Glasgow. Pricing in the electronic information environment is likely to remain a complex and difficult area for the foreseeable future and academic library budgets will need to be sufficiently flexible...

... Scotland The title of this book, Advocating Libraries, says in two words what all librarians do and what Robert Craig, the first Director of the Scottish Library Association (SLA) and then of its successor, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS...

... online serial publications by providing server space, technical support, a high‐profile gateway and various value‐added services, thus, heightening Scotland's cultural presence in the global information environment. This not only increases the visibility of Scottish knowledge and research...

...Gobinda Chowdhury; Simone Margariti Discusses the current practices followed by some major libraries in Scotland for providing digital reference services (DRS). Refers to the DRSs provided by three academic libraries, namely Glasgow University Library, the University of Strathclyde Library...

...Stuart James Ian C.   Cunningham (Ed.) . The Nation Survey’d: Essays on Late Sixteenth‐Century Scotland as Depicted by Timothy Pont . East Linton : Tuckwell Press   2001 . xviii+172 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 1 86232 198 1 (paperback)   £20.00 (paperback) Maps Scotland...

...Alexander Hutchison Poetry Literature Scotland This attractively presented book is a good platform for William Neill to give voice to his verse and to engage with those who would neglect or disdain the things he values. Neill, writing in English, Gaelic and Scots, and ranging freely...