Reports the results of a survey of library assistants in 32 university libraries in the United Kingdom that investigated pay satisfaction, its influence on job satisfaction, and perceptions of promotional opportunities. Use of the Job Content Analysis Index (CAIn) is explained, and recommendations for libraries' reward systems for assistants are…

Summarizes the results of a study of students' attitudes toward a library orientation/bibliographic instruction and user education course at Bendel State University in Nigeria. These results indicate that the students found the course very useful both in academic work and in social life. Suggestions are made for the improvement of the course. The…

Discussion of the activities of academic libraries focuses on a survey of 27 English-speaking West African university libraries. The effects of technology are discussed, activities in West African university libraries are compared with activities in other African countries, and implications for West African librarians are suggested. (12…

This survey and questionnaires addressed to library personnel in the 51 arts and science colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut (India) and interviews with a representative group of students and teachers to assess the status and grades of librarians, their educational and professional qualifications, supporting staff, and their…

This survey of professional librarians in four Nigerian universities reveals that: librarians are willing to acquire and make media technologies available to patrons; they believe main solution to instructional problems is use of media technologies; only 0-33% agreed that a portion of total library budget should be allocated to media technologies.…

This research article concentrates on two major aspects of an investigation of communication patterns in four Brazilian universities during 1979/80: internal communication patterns in regard to library and campus community (user manuals, orientation activities); and external communication patterns between university library and other libraries in…

Discussion of library cooperation focuses on a survey that investigated cooperation among university libraries in Ghana. Library cooperation in the United Kingdom, United States, and Nigeria is described; areas of cooperation in Ghana are discussed, including interlibrary loans, cataloging, and acquisitions; and recommendations for library…