CILIP | Public Library Journal

Published by the Public Libraries Group of CILIP, PLJ is the leading periodical produced specifically for local authority libraries. With a circulation of almost 6,500 in the UK and abroad, the journal is published four times a year, and sent free of charge to members of the Group.

PLJ Online

The PLJ Editorial Board, with the support of the Public Libraries Group, has decided to make PLJ available online with a view to improving accessibility and attracting new readers. The online articles will be freely available to all, in order to disseminate best practice, research findings and new ideas throughout the public library community. However, the online version is not intended to replace the print publication.

How it will work: Three to four articles from each issue will be published online simultaneously with the release of the print version. The remaining articles will be published nine months later, so subscribers will still benefit by receiving all articles immediately in the form of the print version, delivered to their doors. The back catalogue will also be published online progressively over the coming months.

We hope that these articles will be useful and interesting, and we encourage readers to post their comments and responses in the PLJ discussion fora, linked from each article.

The aims of the journal are:

to provide high-quality material documenting issues regarding the public library service in the UK
to provide an international perspective on public library issues, as appropriate
to promote and disseminate examples of best practice
to disseminate academic research in the field of public librarianship.

Editor: Liz Chapman
Department of Information Studies
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
211 Portobello Street
Sheffield S1 4DP

Email: chapman.liz@gmail.com

Managing Editor: Debby Raven

Advertising: Neil MacInnes
Email: n.macinnes@manchester.gov.uk

Editorial Board: Adrienne Adair, Madeleine Bentley, Briony Birdi, Kirsty Blyth, Peter Gaw, Mark McCree, Anne Sherman and June Turner.

Subscriptions and claims:
World Wide Subscriptions Ltd., Unit 4, Gibbs Reed Farm, Ticehurst, East Sussex TN5 7HE
Tel: 01580 200657 Fax: 01580 200616
Europe £70
Outside Europe £75

Published by the Public Libraries Group of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Printed by Headley Bros Ltd, The Invicta Press, Ashford, Kent, and London.

The views expressed in this journal are not necessarily those of the Public Libraries Group, or the editors.

Copy deadlines

Autumn 2008 issue: 21 July
Winter 2008 issue: 27 October

Advertising copy deadlines

Autumn 2008 issue: bookings to be made by 6 August; to be submitted by 18 August
Winter 2008 issue: bookings to be made by 12 November; to be submitted by 24 November