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Get PDFWebb, Trevor J. Researching for business: avoiding the
\u27nice to know\u27 trap.
Owen, Tim Success at the enquiry desk: successful
enquiry answering - every time.
Megill, Kenneth A. and Schanzt, Herb. Document Management:New Technologies for the Information Seryices Manager.
Murphy Alison, Davies, David and Cox, Gavin [LISU] Public library materials fund and budget survey 1997-9
Research activities in public libraries-findings from fieldwork: Facts and methods
Get PDFReports current research activities in public library
services drawing from a series of interviews with 20
chief librarians. Findings reinforce earlier perceptions
and findings about public library research activities. Of
particular concern is the fact that research activity and
method is largely confined to\u27simpler\u27 issues of
operational service development and does not extend
to \u27harder\u27 research addressing the social and
economic impact of the service. To assess
trustworthiness and make best use of the data the
interview transcripts are analysed using three
techniques: initial data analysis by coding down,
dilemma analysis, and intensive analysis carried out
using the constant comparative method. Concludes
that the restricted research capacity within the public
library sector may endanger the realisation of its
strategic potential
Research in public libraries: finding a way forward.
Get PDFTo review the present state of public library research, to debate what research is needed in the future
and what structures to support it might be required
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No full textFeeney, Mary and Grieves, Maureen (eds.) Changing information technologies: research challenges in the economics of information....
Weingand, Darlene E. (ed.) Marketing of library and information services
East, Harry, Sheppard, Elaine and Jeal, Yvette. A huge leap forward: A quantitative and qualitative examination of the development of access to database services by British universitives, 1988-1994
Hanson, Terry (ed.) Bibliographic software and the electronic library.
Sutton, Brent (ed.) Literary texts in an electronic age: scholarly implications and library services: papers presented
at the 1994 Clinic in Library Applications of Data Processing
Cotton, Bob and Oliver, Richard.The Cyberspace lexicon: an illustrated dictionary of terms from multimedia to virtual reality
Evaluating the use of electronic networking for continuing professional development.
Get PDFThis article reports on the British Library funded research project \u27The use of information networking for continuing professional development\u27 in progress at the University of Brighton. The project aims to survey and review the current extent of, and promote interest in, the delivery
of programmes of continuing professional development (CPD) for information professionals by means of computer networks, network-based course materials and computer conferencing. it will assess the degree of professional demand for programmes of this nature and evaluate the
opportunities for, and barriers to, future development in this area with a particular emphasis on the support of European collaboration
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No full textCouncil of Academic and Professional Publishers. University libraries: a report on book and journal spending I978/9 to 1992/93
Losee, Robert N Jr and Worley, Karen A. Research and evaluation for information professionals
Allen, Barbara and Livesey, Brian. How to use Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts and Index Chemicus 2nd ed.
Strickland-Hodge, Barry. How to use Index Medicus, Psychological Abstracts and Excerpta Medica 2nd ed.
Barker, Keith and Lonsdale, Ray (ed). Skills for life? The meaning of value of literacy.
Prytherch, Ray. Information management and library science:
a guide to the literature.
Gurnsey, John. Copyright theft