Information for Social Change Issue 3 Editorial

Abstract

This issue is published to coincide with the first ISC/LINK joint conference 'Better read than dead: libraries in Cuba, China, North Korea and Vietnam', held in at VSO HQ, London on 16th March, 1996. Two papers from this conference, on Cuba and North Korea are published here as part of the proceedings. The international theme is continued by a pair of articles on Poland, and information on radical library organisations in Germany and Austria. The burgeoning field of zines creates its own problems for established library acquisitions policies and these are addressed from a U.S. perspective by a prime mover in this area. Closer to home, our Sheffield correspondent offers a radical proposal for the re-invention of our public libraries. Papers include: In Cuba They’re Still Reading; Scientific and technical information activities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Alternatives In Poland; A Few Words About Akribie; Kribibi; Zines in Libraries; Easy listening for the hard of hearing.

Keywords

• link
• libraries in cuba
• china
• north korea
• vietnam
• poland
• radical library organisations in germany and austria
• zines
• library acquisitions
• public libraries
• scientific and technical information
• democratic people’s republic of korea
• akribie
• kribibi
• zines in libraries