Vol 24 No 1, Spring 2009

COVER: The T-Zone Club, held in a new children and young people's library space at Hull Central Library

Contents

Editor's Letter

Turning Japanese
All you need to know about manga collections and library events, by MATTHEW IMRIE.

Narrowing the gap
JUDY GOODSON describes Bridging the Gap, which is helping library services in Staffordshire support young people with learning difficulties.

MIKE MORE and BOB JANES call for better advocacy for public libraries, and offer suggestions for grabbing attention.

Is it time for fines to be scrapped? CARL CLAYTON and ELIZABETH L. CHAPMAN look at the current thinking.

Matches made in Essex
ELAINE ADAMS, JUNE TURNER and ANNASTASIA WARD describe how the commissioning process is working in Essex.

Raising awareness
SIMON WALLACE reflects on mental health training for Southend Libraries in partnership with Rethink Good Companions.

ROS EDWARDS and ELEANOR ROBERTS describe their successful partnership project, Hallé 150.

SARAH HORTON and ANOUSH SIMON on the evaluation of library development in Wales.

PLG Annual Report 2008

News

PLJIndex 2008