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Vol. 15, No. 2, January 1998


Contents


ASSIG/ALISS

Towards affilitiation

John Naylor, ALISS Chair

Market Trends

Trends in the European information market

Nick Moore, Policy Studies Institute

Consumers and telecommunications: the need for debate on a fast developing picture

Terry Walker and Barbara Powell, ACT Secretariat

Library Policy

The new library at the hub of the information society

Anne Fisher, Library and Information Commission

Developing a national policy on libraries and information services for Ireland

John Cullen, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna

Practical Dimensions

The social impact of public libraries: a practitioner’s perspective

Lindsay McKrell, Moray House Institute

Access to public libraries: closures and opening hours

Richard Proctor and Hazel Lee, Sheffield University

Early retirement in local government: a potential drain on library funding?

Paul Orrett, Audit Commission

Community Initiatives

Hereford and Worcester Community Resource Centres

Ruth Reed, Community Council of Hereford and Worcester

Horley local history centre: a partnership approach to community history

Hilary Ely, East Surrey Libraries

Let us eat cake: challenging the myths about food poverty

Jacqui Webster, National Food Alliance

Service Developments

National libraries week: report from the Department of Health

John Scott Cree and Melanie Peffer, DH Library and Information Services

Unlocking the Internet for social scientists: new developments at SOSIG

Heather Dawson, BLPES

Notes and News


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