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agents: they have been called the 'greatest current and future threat to the
work of the librarian', but what are they, and what do they do? Don Watson looks at the
software that could be after your job. Youth: how do you find out what children think of your services? Ask them? Yes, but how exactly? Jonathan Gordon and Vivien Griffiths report on development of a national standard for surveying children's use and non-use of libraries. Schools library services: a new survey by the LA shows just how close many services are to collapse. |
Effective merging: Bill
Raschen describes how two library service departments from separate companies were
combined into a single, better service with no loss of staff and with considerable budget
savings. New library, new system: World Book Day: Christopher Norris reports on the plans for the future after the success of the first event. |
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SmithKline Beecham is matching a new library with a new automated
system providing information to the desktop of its pharmaceutical researchers.