CILIP | July/August 2004 : Library + Information Update.

Features

Summer reading: a selection from some of CILIP's Councillors.

The five purposes of metadata: David Haynes.

Metadata and the e-GMS: Liane Broadley.
Carnegie and Greenaway: flagships for the profession: Sharon Sperling.

A reflective librarian's bookshelf: Matthew Mezey.
Don't get by, get on at Croydon: Fiona Tarn.
Information flows and the Black community: Karen Chouhan & Bobby Miles.
Taking the drudgery out of book acquisitions: Update visits Dawson Books.
IDOX and the information continuum: Tony Burton and Noeleen Schenk.
'We're all doing Framework': Andrew Stevens and Sarah Wilkie.
From (and to) Russia with love: Andrea Barker.
Supporting informed health care: Caroline Plaice et al.
Building the Vital Link: Genevieve Clarke.

News

Carnegie and Greenaway: the winners, and shadowing success.
DCMS: report from libraries seminar, dubbed the 'crisis summit'.
Public: visionary report warns of image change danger.
Statistics: Latest Cipfa figures show visits hike.
Reader development: Demos report on 'creativity agenda'.
KM: Prusak, Snowden, Denning at KM UK conference.
RNIB: Gateshead an access winner.
People's Network: John Pateman on new PN impact report.
History: boost for Edzell study.
Iraq: science libraries rehab plan.
New Zealand: £8.5m trusted digital repository go-ahead.
Open access: latest developments.
BBC: Creative Archive progress.

Conferences

Seize the power: Ian Snowley at the US Medical Library Association.

Opinion

Pragmatism is not enough: Bob Usherwood.

Columns

Clip Board: Edward Dudley.

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