...Leah P. Mensah Susan   Hornby and Rob   Glass . Reader Development in Practice: Bringing Literature to Readers . London : Facet   2008 . 240pp , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐624‐4 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Readers Literature On a chapter...

...Patricia Layzell Ward Reviews the general literature of management relevant to the information and library professions, and that of the management of information, knowledge‐based and library services published in 2002. Themes emerging at major conferences are noted and issues of growing concern...

...Laurel A. Clyde The 14 contributors to this collection of papers include biographers, translators, museum specialists, teacher educators, and scholars of English literature and library science. In this one volume, we can gain some appreciation of the wide variety of contemporary scholarship...

...Reason Baathuli Nfila; Kwasi Darko‐Ampem Traces the term “library consortium” as a form of co‐operation among libraries. Focuses on reasons for forming consortia and types, ranging from highly decentralised to highly centralised. Literature on consortia is mostly reported in four sources...

...Patricia Layzell Ward Reviews the general literature of management relevant to the information and library profession, and that of the management of information and library services, published in 2001. Themes emerging at major conferences are noted. Issues of growing concern are identified together...

...Patricia Layzell Ward Focuses on the year 2000, reviewing the periodical literature of information and library services management, and of the relevant literature from the field of management in general. Notes the themes of major conferences in the field of information and library services...

... for criticism’s sake (and that some children’s books do not really seem to be for children at all), but research like this is worth it. It reaffirms the place children’s literature has at the cultural and ideological centrepoint of national identity. It’s value for money, too, given the price. © MCB UP...

... by modern standards, intended for young readers as a distinct readership. Even so, there was a strong earnest (by modern standards) tone to them, reflecting the tradition in children’s literature that, ultimately and originally, they were intended to keep children good and quiet. If we remember...

...Maurice B. Line The literature of management has grown rapidly. Most of it is written by academics or consultants. It tends to be repetitious and overlong, and ranges between the popular and the academic. It is bought by libraries and by individuals, but it is not clear how many read it,or how much...

...Stuart Hannabuss The management of children′s literature is a search for value and suitability. Effective policies in library and educational work are based firmly on knowledge of materials, and on the bibliographical and critical frame within which the materials appear and might best be selected...