caa a22 4500 378914723 CHVBK 20180305123550.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e200408 xx s 000 0 ger 10.1515/BFUP.2004.193 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/BFUP.2004.193 Muscat Ruth University of Malta Library, Tal Qroqq, MSDO6, Msida, Malta. E-Mail: ruth.muscat@um.edu.mt Libraries and Librarianship in Malta [Elektronische Daten] [Ruth Muscat] Bibliotheken und das Bibliothekswesen in Malta Bibliothèques et la lecture publique à Malte The Maltese archipelago has around 400 libraries, the bulk of which are school and public libraries. There is also one National library, one University library, and a number of special libraries of varying sizes. There are two professional bodies, the Malta Library and Information Association and the Malta School Library Association, which both organise short professional development courses for workers in the field. Locally available professional library education takes the form of a part-time Diploma course offered by the University of Malta. While libraries have undoubtedly been given a boost thanks to an improved telecoms infrastructure, increased local council involvement and their use in the delivery of e-government services, many are still held back from reaching their full potential by inadequate budgets, lack of professional status for qualified staff, and very little inter-library collaboration. New legislation in the pipeline may address some of these problems. K • G • Saur • München BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 28/2(2004-08), 193-196 0341-4183 28:2<193 2004 28 BFUP https://doi.org/10.1515/BFUP.2004.193 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/BFUP.2004.193 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Muscat Ruth University of Malta Library, Tal Qroqq, MSDO6, Msida, Malta. E-Mail: ruth.muscat@um.edu.mt NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 28/2(2004-08), 193-196 0341-4183 28:2<193 2004 28 BFUP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter