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The reform of University studies contemplated in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Affairs of Malta, which was published in 1838, included arrangements for the provision of a University Library accessible to the public and housed outside the University building. Education in all its stages was under the control of the University. In those days and the Commissioners hit upon the idea of incorporating the Government Library in Valletta with the educational establishments making up the University of Malta. This idea was not quite new, for Napoleon's Order of the 18th June 1798 had likewise provided for the attachment of the Government Library to the Ecole Centrale that was to replace the University. However, Napoleon's decree had never been put into practice, and the Commissioners' recommendation in 1838 gave rise to an interesting experiment in library administration whose failure was due more to weakness in executing the educational reforms contemplated in other fields than to any defect inherent in the conception of the idea itself. ; N/A

The concept of lean production, the history of its creation, philosophy, main principles and tools are presented. Today technologies of lean production have become an essential part of manufacturing systems of many companies all over the world, including the sphere of health care and culture. Projects, implemented in libraries with the help of lean technologies, are aimed at optimization of some particular operations or technological processes, quality and terms of users servicing, elimination of problem segments in library activities.

Mode of access: Internet. ; Issued by Serials Section, Air University Library (called Oct./Dec. 1949, Dept. of the Air Force Library)

1962- also called v. 15, no. 4- ; Cumulative issues published triennally through 1967. The beginning date was changed to reflect this schedule. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Vol. 15, no. 4 cumulates v. 13-15, including earlier title. ; Vols. for 1981?- no. 4 is annual cumulation, called Jan.-Dec. ; Microform. ; Mode of access: Internet.