... on this topic among stakeholders in their efforts to reach a satisfactory resolution. Originality/value The value in addressing this issue is to acknowledge the library's position as a stakeholder in the exchange of ideas on textbook affordability. Libraries Textbooks Affordability Cost E‐books...

...Carly Grace Akers Purpose This paper aims to compare the American Library Association's statistics on the most frequently challenged books in the years 2000‐2010 that appear on the ALA's “Banned and Challenged Classics” list versus those that are contemporary that are found in the ALA published...

... miles distant. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the impetus for, and experience of, introducing to the USA familiar ATM‐style technology adapted to lend books. Findings The paper suggests ways to correct inequities in delivery of library services to those who are disadvantaged...

...Ron E. Scrogham Purpose To argue that the future of the US public library depends on a commitment to the library as a place within the public sphere for the intellectual development of a community primarily through books and reading, where service to the public is framed by professional librarians...

... alongside personal views on the current trends. Findings A downturn in literary reading, as noted in the survey, is countered when compared with library circulation statistics over the same period. A major consideration is that many people now listen to their books, instead of reading them...

...P.J.M. Marks; David Grinyer The image database of British Library bindings, created with the help of iBase, is a stand alone system installed in the Rare Books and Music Reading Room in April 2001. It was designed as a finding aid to bookbindings in the BL printed book collections. The requirement...

...Michael Ryan This article uses a narrative to describe the way in which one project, centred round the restoration of a collection of historic children’s books, developed into a much wider international project. It looks at the managerial issues and some of the technical issues concerned and draws...

...Karin Fitzsimons Fitzroy Dearborn has designed and presented this work effectively. It is informative, entertaining and actually quite interesting. As this publication covers an array of topics and subject areas from entomology to French history it would undoubtedly be absorbing to the avid book...

...Mike Freeman Janice M.   del Negro and Deborah   Stevenson (Eds) . The Bulletin Storytelling Review . Champaign, IL, USA : Center for Children’s Books: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign   1999 . 98 pp. , ISBN...

...Brian Stern; Lynn Silipigni Connaway Highlights the power that electronic books (e‐books) give traditional libraries to more effectively use their resources to serve their patrons by improving the quality of their collections and access, while saving on the expense of maintaining paper‐based books...

...Paula L. Williams; K.G.B. Bakewell Discusses some of the findings of a British Library sponsored investigation of indexes to children’s information books with particular reference to the importance of book indexes, the impact of the National Curriculum on teaching index use, the benefits of book...

... that the articles most pertinent to the question are ranked first. This works successfully on such questions as “What is the sacred book of Islam?”; “Where are the Andaman Islands?”; “What division of the High Court deals with commercial litigation?”; “What is the capital of Andhra Pradesh?”, where in each case one...

... literature. Books Children Libraries Multi‐cultural society National cultures Too often, even well‐intentioned teachers or librarians make the mistake of falling into the “particularist” trap, assuming that the only purpose of reading and using multicultural literature is to bolster esteem...

.... By providing working examples of how so‐called“difficult” stock can be successfully exploited, encourages book selectors to be more adventurous in their purchases; arguing that librarians need to take a more proactive role in the development of creative reading in order to become the literature centres...

... in the development of a more balanced collection than presently exists in most libraries in developing countries. Also, suggests ways whereby materials could be acquired at minimum cost. Indicates the various means through which books and other library materials could be purchased and shows the advantages...