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The authors address the training needs of archivists, librarians and museum staff involved in preserving the national heritage and consider how these domains' needs might be met in a co-ordinated and collaborative manner across the cultural heritage sector, and within the context of educational provision. The paper draws on a recent Library and Information Commission funded research project, "Review of current preservation management training in the UK and abroad", and the 1999 National Preservation Office seminar on the subject. It relates this to work of the National Preservation Office, Resource, and other professional initiatives, and suggests how sector-wide training and education might be developed. It poses questions for the consideration of LIS educators. Recommendations encourage the development of existing links and training initiatives, widening involvement and collaboration within and without the sector, and co-ordination of preservation management training nationally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argues that there are certain areas of traditional classification, knowledge management and physical library arrangement that have special applicability to electronic collection building. Problems with the approach of librarians to electronic collection building; Examination of knowledge management at British academic libraries; Common features of the traditional and the electronic library.

Examines the current state of interlending and document delivery from a UK perspective. In particular, focuses on four trends that have recently gained momentum and come to the fore – international interlending, resource discovery, online access to full text and the problem of monographs, and unmediated requesting. Reports on developments in these areas and the way one area will influence another. Document delivery is widening in scope and meshing with serials and acquisitions in an electronic environment, while traditional ILL is focusing on more problematical areas. Also looks at how the activities of the British Library are shaping events. This is the latest in a series of articles which have appeared in the journal over the years. The last was published in Vol. 27 No. 2, 1999. Looking back on the interlending and document delivery world in 1999 and 2000 from a UK perspective, I believe there are four trends that seem to have gained added momentum, trends which should be of interest and relevant outside the UK as well. They are: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the origins and development of conservation profession in Great Britain. Basis of the findings on a number of surveys conducted by the professional bodies and by government agencies; Comprehensive overview of the number, location and variety of conservation specialists; Survey of conservators by the Museums & Galleries Commission.

Discusses the history of psychology in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. British-authored undergraduate writings on the topic of psychology; Comparison of the history of psychology with medicine and psychiatry; Problems in the accessibility and storage of the resource materials on psychology; Developments in the history of psychology by mid-1980s; Fundamental problem with the field of history of psychology in Britain; Factors which affect the process behind institutional change and development of the history of psychology in Great Britain.

Discusses the formation of English departments in colleges in Great Britain. Condition of the English grammar during the eighteenth century; Role of the Oxford and Cambridge universities in England in the formation; Difference between the study of English in Scotland and Ireland.

This section introduces a checklist that provides a comprehensive guide to the provincial newspaper press of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in Great Britain from 1893 to 1906. The first problem is to define an ILP newspaper. Newspapers have been included when it is certain that they were published by branches of the ILP or when it is reasonably certain that they were published in the interest of, and with the approval of, the local ILP. The overwhelming majority were published as the official organs of branches, but there are some doubtful cases. Neither the newspapers Pioneer nor the Socialist were actually published by the ILP but in each case the only socialist party or organization advertised in them was the local ILP and in the case of the Socialist, the paper and the local ILP shared the same address. Four were imprinted with the name of specific ILP branches, who had joined the scheme, and it must be assumed that the other two were also published on behalf of the local ILP branch. A number of local ILP newspapers may have escaped attention altogether. Whereas the majority of papers were periodicals, a small number were published for a specific purpose, such as an election, and there may have been many other similar ventures which did not attract the attention of librarians or the editors of other newspapers.

Copyright is a central issue when considering document supply electronically because actions seen as simple in themselves are technically complex and raise many legal issues. The basic concepts of copyright law apply whatever the situation but trying to map these on to the electric situation can be difficult. Proposals from the European Commission to change the law will make the provision of document supply services even more difficult. The use of vehicles such as the World Wide Web for delivering documents and information generally while offering exciting opportunities, is full of obstacles. Recent legal cases give little reason for optimism in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the wages fund theory and popular influence of economists. Aside from discussions over technical aspects of the theory, economists as social scientists have always been concerned with public questions of their day. Although the wages fund is mainly of historical interest in economic theory, it has generally been supposed that it represented a subject on which professional economists made a contribution to public opinion of mid-nineteenth century Great Britain. Study of the views of great variety of individuals as presented in reports of a British Royal Commission in 1867-68 indicates that the discouraging conclusions of economists on the success or justice of trade-union action raise wages were not widely known. In the history of the development of economic theory it has been represented that this theoretical argument of the ranking economists was used by the general public to demonstrate the futility of strike action over wages. The author further discusses theory proposed by various economists and suggests that historians of economic thought have been wrong in ascribing to economists a leading influence on the popular opinion of mid-nineteenth century Great Britain in regard to trade unions and their efforts to raise wages.

The article focuses on status of public libraries in Great Britain. It informs that local governments in the country have faced with slowly increasing or declining revenues and rising costs for services; and "Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016–2021" action plan developed by librarians for helping reinvigorate the public library sector in England.

Highlights the importance of research evidence to public service. Impact of the aging society on Great Britain's public service; Actions taken by the government to adopt its system for the need of the older people; Efforts made by the Centre for Policy on Ageing to address the issue.

The article explores the history and progress of moving image archives. According to the author, the moving picture archives are a recent phenomenon resulting from various technological innovations that existed during the 19th century. During the mid-1890s the movies came into being. Both William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, an Englishman who worked for U.S. inventor Thomas Edison, played a key role in the development of motion pictures and supported the validity and usefulness of the moving image archive. The first successful film archives were established after the U.S., Great Britain, France and Germany collaborated to form an International Federation of Film archives (FIAF).

Background: The release of internal documents now available in the Truth Tobacco Documents Library has offered important insights into the machinations of tobacco companies. These documents potentially offer additional insights into the nature of the alcohol industry, due to co-ownership and collaborative working across industries. This proof of concept study aims to build on the few examples of internal tobacco company documents being used to study alcohol industry activities, to identify the scope of information available on the UK alcohol industry.Methods: We identified the principal company names of the major national brewers, including predecessor company names, until the late 1990s, contemporaneous to the bulk of the tobacco documents. Using these names as initial search terms, we searched the Library to identify relevant material. Documents returned were then analysed for evidence of alcohol industry connections to the tobacco industry in the UK.Results: We found evidence of significant relationships between the two industries including previously unidentified data on co-ownership and cross industry shareholding; informal help-seeking between sectors; collaboration on issues of common interest; and cross industry ties via third party service providers, membership of common organisations and participation in shared events and platforms.Conclusions: These findings call for further research to analyse in greater depth the information identified here, and to explore alcohol industry activities and links with tobacco companies in other national contexts. This preliminary investigation suggests there is much valuable data available in the Truth Tobacco Documents Library that can serve to guide research on the alcohol industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kevin Kilburn reports on the discovery of a long-forgotten star atlas at Chatsworth House. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]