October Update 2004 - Contents
NEWS
Professional image: brainy BL team is victorious.
Public: where extra £2m will be spent.
KM: legal librarians stride ahead.
Learning: wooing the ‘rejectors’.
Reader development: black writers’ Big Read set for launch.
Local studies: Poe illustrations bring relatives to Hackney.
Talking newspapers: faster e-editions. Public: Hull take-over.
Open access: Scottish declaration of support. Social inclusion: ICT role findings
US: librarians line up in the Presidential election. Germany: fire disaster.
Censorship: Patriot snoop fears.
Adult Learners’ Week: innovators sought.
Reader development: sexy.
Work: feeling motivated.
MLA: data readied for advocacy role.
Public: volunteers are the future.
FEATURES
Pictures in the mind: Shirley Hughes.
Slipping slides into your VLE: Jenny Godfrey.
An integrated library for the NHS: Ben Toth reports.
The digital age and the changing profession: Luke Tredinnick.
Public libraries for the future: Anne Peoples reports on US programmes.
Why F4F matters: Miranda McKearney.
Pick up a portal: Lorcan Dempsey on one step towards
creating a network presence.
Breaking the cycle of poor literacy: Nicola Baker on an award-winning service to traveller sites.
New knowledge for old: George Mallen.
Valuing the intellectual assets of the law firm: Heather Robinson.
OPINION
STM research literature and the general public. Carl Clayton looks at the HoC report.
CONFERENCE
Demonstrating value at the BL: Update reports.
Updated: 20 January 2005