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Evaluating library software and its fitness for purpose
Nicholas JointTo adapt general principles used for evaluating software quality to more specific requirements characteristic of information retrieval and educational applications in library…
Gender, flexibility and opportunity: best use of human resources in UK HE libraries
A.D.B. MacLeanTo give an overview of some recent research into human resource (HR) deployment in library services in UK universities and colleges of higher education.
The decline in book borrowing from Britain's public libraries: a small scale Scottish study
Frances Breslin, David McMenemyTo discuss and investigate the reasons for the decline in book borrowing in UK public libraries.
“Technostress” A literature survey on the effect of information technology on library users
Lalitha K. Sami, N.B. PangannaiahThe purpose of the present paper is to review the impact of information technologies on users of libraries and to understand the problems encountered in their information…
Freedom of information in the SADC region: implications for development and human rights
Stephen M. MutulaTo argue that developing countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region should embrace the concept of freedom of information to enable better human rights…