This article, the second of two, deals with the training needs of general library workers in the South African public library sector. The first appear in this Journal 76(1). This one considers the ...types of tasks that general library workers perform, the skills required, and the standards and expectations within the working environment. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire directed at supervisory staff of provincial and municipal libraries. Interviews conducted with supervisors and a careful study of job descriptions was compared to the results of the survey to ensure validity. The findings revealed that supervisory staff members who used to offer in-service training to general library workers now increasingly have trouble with new entrants who are not "work-ready". The results show a preference for a learning programme - either formal or non-formal - with a strong vocational component. A need for closer relations between practitioners and educators to negotiate logistics in terms of the completion of the practical component of the programme is envisioned.
The Spectral Domain Method is powerful technique to analyze planar microwave circuits. But available conventional programming languages used in the literature does not give the enough speed to use ...the Spectral Domain Method to develop package analysis program. Functional approach to Spectral domain Method gives a high level of programming and a variety of features which help to build elegant yet powerfully and general libraries of functions.
Pakistan is in dire need of a functioning public library system. A profile of the country of Pakistan, and a history of the library in Pakistan, is offered. Pakistan's literacy rate is one of the ...lowest in the world: 37 percent. In rural areas, it is 27 percent; in urban areas, 58 percent. Literacy is defined by the government as the ability to write one's name in any one of Pakistan's languages or in English. The general library history is short-lived. The current system needs much improvement. The author identifies five major factors responsible for the unsatisfactory state of affairs of Pakistan's public libraries.
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