(7) Need for a Municipal Library System for the City of Calcutta

Abstract

A study of the development of third generation Nigerian university libraries established between 1980-1984 was conducted during the latter part of the 1990/91 session. The study, which was carried out through the use of a questionnaire, personal visits, as well as informal discussions with the staff, had the objective of determining the similarities and dissimilarities in the growth of the libraries using indices such as governance, finance, stock and services, etc., as well as problems affecting their effective performance. The outcome of the study showed that there are more areas of similarities than dissimilarities in the ways they operate. Poor funding, scarcity of foreign exchange for the purchase of library materials from abroad, near absence of modern information retrieval technologies as well as theft and mutilation of materials, were found to constitute major problems to their rapid development. The recently negotiated World Bank loan for the Nigerian university sector designed to inject some US$120m for the purchase of books, journals and library equipment among others gives a ray of hope, though on a short-term basis. It is suggested that to take the university libraries out of the woods, massive injection of funds on a long-term basis is required.     

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■档案库房修建时应注意什么 ?答 :档案库房是维护档案完整与安全检查的重要物质条件。因此 ,在修建档案库房时就要充分考虑档案的安全保管。从总体来讲 ,库房应按照国家有关规定单独兴建。单独兴建 ,要有适当的地址、专门的建筑规范要求和必要的设置等。但企业档案室一般不具备这样的条件 ,绝大多数是从现有办公用房中选取一间或数间而成 ,因此要注意挑选和改造。首先在档案库房的选址上 ,要避免选在底层或顶层 ,因为底层不仅存在难以解决的安全问题 ,而且比较阴暗潮湿 ,容易使档案发霉生菌。而顶层受阳光辐射的影响 ,夏天温度较高 ,存在雨…     

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最近一个时期，全国各地都在推进文化体制改革，作为公益性文化事业单位，图书馆的改革已经列入议事日程，有些图书馆已经进入改革试点。图书馆将参照其他公益性文化事业单位的做法，按照“加大投入、转换机制、加强管理、增强活力”十六字方针，进行管理体制与机制的改革。     

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Escaping Lenin's library: Library and Information Science education in independent Ukraine

This article examines historical developments and current trends in Ukrainian library education. It gives a synthetic overview and comparison with US library education, based on a review of the Ukrainian literature, a survey of Library and Information Service (LIS) curricula and interviews with senior figures in Ukrainian LIS education. Ukraine became an independent state only in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Previous to independence, Ukraine's LIS education was integrated within the Soviet system. After independence the system evolved slowly, but with the recent Orange Revolution, reform efforts have increased pace. Ukrainian LIS education remains more vocational than in the US, with a two-year non-degree certificate as the most common training, and a four-year bachelor's degree offered by elite institutions. One emerging trend in LIS education stresses the new opportunities for librarians and information professionals opened by Internet technologies. Another is part of a more general shift, inspired by a new Ukrainian higher education law, stressing the country's independent culture and formalizing standards for different degrees. LIS education has now reached a turning point, as reformers grapple with the limited resources, power of inertia, and remnants of Soviet culture in their efforts to meet current challenges and prepare a new generation of information professionals.     

Mayo Clinic Library education programs.

The health-related sciences programs of Mayo Foundation, including those related to librarianship, are conducted in an internationally known center for medical education, clinical practice, and medical research. Students have access to all the educational resources of Mayo Clinic. Appointees to the programs enjoy the benefits of more than half a century of experience in medical education that includes the training of residents, research fellows, interns, and medical students. The health-related sciences programs, like the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and the Mayo Medical School, are part of the Division of Education of the Mayo Foundation, a nonprofit charitable corporation responsible for the support and conduct of education and research as an integral part of medical and health care.     

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本文从用户需求对文献单元的性能要求、用户知识需要过程分析以及图书馆工作的具体目的等方面阐述了可获得性理论的真正含义。     

论图书馆精神(之二):图书馆精神的整体性——纪念黑格尔《精神现象学》发表203周年

本文认为图书馆精神的整体性是由感觉的爱、知性的爱和理性的爱这三大环节有机构成的,理性的爱虽然要在图书馆时间较晚的时候才会出现,但它完全应该甚至必须逻辑在先地作为第一性的东西去诱导或指导图书馆精神的建设和发展,本文还对四爱精神的内涵简要地进行了阐述。     

地市级少年儿童图书馆建立绘本馆（室）的思考

文章从绘本的概念、类型出发,根据绘本的特点和民间绘本馆的发展启示,提出了地市级少儿图书馆建立绘本馆（室）的必要性,并从如何创建绘本馆,绘本的选书,绘本阅读推广服务形式等方面进行了探索。