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The library‐faculty connection: starting a liaison programme in an academic setting
Raghini S. Suresh, Cynthia C. Ryans, Wei‐Ping ZhangThe primary function of an academic library is to serve as aninformation resource centre for the entire academic community. In orderto provide better service to academic patrons…
Assessing an academic library liaison programme
Cynthia C. Ryans, Raghini S. Suresh, Wei‐Ping ZhangLiaison programmes have been in existence in academic libraries fora number of years. A liaison programme is a co‐operative agreementbetween the library and academic units to…
From storekeeper to salesman: implementing the marketing concept in libraries
J.E. RowleyAll libraries are concerned with customer satisfaction. A powerfulphilosophy to assist an organization towards customer satisfaction isthe marketing concept. This involves…
The Langholm Library Project
John C. CrawfordThe Langholm Library is a historic subscription library inDumfriesshire, Scotland. The aims of the project were to record theLibrary′s stock, to store and conserve its important…
Library computerization: an inexpensive approach
Satish Kumar, Debal C. KarDescribes the use of the CDS/ISIS bibliographic database packagewithin the Tata Energy Research Institute Library in Delhi. Indicatesthe capabilities of the package and states the…
Library associations in Africa and the case for professionalism
A. Anaba AlemnaThe library associations in several African countries have beeninactive for some time. In those countries where they do try to survive,economic and social constraints are a…