...Evgenia Vassilakaki; Valentini Moniarou-Papaconstantinou Purpose – This paper aims to provide a systematic review on library and information science (LIS) profession’s image and stereotypes from 1999 to 2013. In particular, it aims to identify and analyze the prevailing images of librarians...

...Branka Badovinac; Primož Južnič Purpose This paper seeks to deal with the “image problem” in the library and information science (LIS) profession from the cultural studies viewpoint. It aims to explore representations of LIS in LIS itself and to research the representation practices of LIS...

...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...

...David Fisher I expect many librarians would sympathise with Mr Lee's predicament. As a profession, we are trying to create a sparkling, technological image. In contrast, public conceptions of librarians tend to remain embedded within what might be called the book stamping paradigm. The senior...