... taking into account the fact that there is a perennial teacher shortage (Wambui, 2013) in the country making books a necessary alternative in, especially, primary schools; teachers are overloaded and so they may not be always available to work as library assistants; and government capitation to schools...

...Alison Wiercinski Kenneth   Lavender and Artemis   BonaDea . Book Repair: a How‐to‐do‐it Manual . New York, NY : Neal‐Schuman Publishers   2011 . 265 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐55570‐747‐7   £56.79, Paperback 2nd edition revised © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012...

...Amy Barker © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Reading Reading lists Libraries Classrooms Teachers Books Learning Literacy Read To Succeed promises to discuss “strategies to engage children and young people in read for pleasure”, editor Joy Court opens...

...Nola Farman Purpose The artists' book is a hybrid art form: it has no home, no shelf upon which to comfortably reside. Nor is its readership easily described or accounted for. It is a book art form that is in transition; it is still evolving. This paper maps attempts to define the artists' book...

...Xuyan Chen; Liyun Shen Purpose The paper aims to focus on the “Window of Shanghai”, a cooperative program initiated by Shanghai Library that aims to connect people and promote understanding, by the donation of new books published in China to foreign libraries, especially those that are functioning...

...Clement Olujide Ajidahun The Nigerian copyright Decree No. 47 of 1988 gives protection to copyright owners with stiff penalties in the event of violations and piracy. This paper considers these provisions of the law in relation to the persistent book famine in the country, and offers suggestions...

...L. Egghe Discusses the number of actions (or time) needed to organize library shelves. Studies two types of problems: organizing a library shelf out of an unordered pile of books, and putting an existing shelf of books in the right order. Uses results from information theory as well as from rank...

..., it has taken a wise manager interceding at the right time to keep business‐critical data on‐site. There are many misconceptions about library disasters and methods of restoration and reinstatement. Contrary to popular belief, books do not burn easily. The lack of circulating oxygen between tightly...

... editions were available. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Academic libraries Books Collection management Information services Reading Universities During May 1993, a project was set up at the University College of North Wales, Bangor (UCNW), the aim of which was to set in motion a system...