CILIP | November 2003 : Library + Information Update

News

Public Library Building Awards: bright ideas honoured.
Arts Council: libraries part of major review of children's reading.
Copyright: update on the law.
Information society: CILIP and IFLA at World Summit.
Reference Awards: shortlist.
Laser: new Chair for board.
Workforce: not easy to develop.
Diversity: events nationwide.
Families online: win a prize.
Community: local information online; extended role for schools.
Hearts and Lives: the 2003 PLA conference.
ICT: national campaign too rushed; information visualisation is new tool.
Special collections: Women - and Man Booker.
Affiliated members: hands across the sea.

Columns

Clip Board: Edward Dudley.

Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley.
Just a minute...: Bernard Naylor.
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield.

Opinion

The whole cheese: Hannah Kent takes issue with the FE college inspection system.

Features

A museum library in transition: Victoria Stott.
Information architecture - the logical way to content management: Barry Mahon and Alan Gilchrist preview their new book.

Getting down to business: Catherine Prosser on giving Birmingham businesses the information they want.
What do you like to read?: Briony Train on what factors affect reading choices in the East Midlands.
'Develop the job': Ingrid Hopson.

Developing accessible library services: Karen Hannah on what Gateshead can offer to users who are disabled.
Learn-in, sleep over: Black Country school children just loved learning at the University of Wolverhampton, says Clive Evans.