CILIP | January 2003 : Library + Information Update

News

Professional development: first-ever awards.
Scotland: new Director, new offices.
PFIs: ground-breaking new deal.
Information ‘fishing’: CILIP backs ‘no’ campaign
NHS University: great future?.
KM: KM Europe gets the message.
BL: e-document security problems solved.
Awards: Rotherham sweeps the board; librarians wield the Dagger.
PLR: database on borrowing gains new life as a book promotion tool.
International: PubScience dies; censorship battles; IFLA news.
People’s Network: ready to make waves.
Gats: more fears for public services.
Children’s books: forum aims to bring back the thrill.

Columns

Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley.
Just a minute...: Bernard Naylor.
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield.
Opinion: Fine words but false ideas Martin Molloy on Anne Fine.

Conferences

A global knowledge renaissance: Ruth Creamer reports from the World Library Summit.

Profile

Cathel Kerr, ex-scientist.

Features

Virtuous virtual: Elspeth Hyams & Matthew Mezey.
Weblogs: the new internet community? Hazel D’Aguiar.
VLEs and information delivery: Ian Winship.
Redefining the library website: Peter Bolger.
Taking information literacy seriously: Sheila Webber.

Why should we worry about privacy?: Paul Sturges.

Making your website accessible: Juliet Owen.
A Slic act: Update talks to Robert Craig, a Scot who made a difference.

Getting it right: Debby Raven on the Public Library Authorities Conference.
Don’t let our children down: Anne Fine thinks that some public libraries have lost the plot.