NEWS
MLA: Roy Clare reveals his plans.
Advocacy: Bob McKee meets the libraries minister.
BL: funding boost in CSR due to new ‘gateway’ role.
Terrorism: ‘guidance’ on stock planned.
Conference: Talis Insight draws many voices.
Government: DFID library goes online-only.
NHS: ‘Search 2.0’ replaces problematic federated search.
Review of 2007 ... and what’s next for LIS – hear from key voices including Bob McKee, Lynne Brindley, Chris Smith, Will Hann, Tom Forrest, Sheila Cannell, Derek Law, Peter Brophy and Sue Jones.
Legal sourcing: how it will affect legal LIS professionals.
International: Julia Chandler reports from the Web2forDevelopment conference.
Promotions: Edinburgh’s first Festival of Libraries.
Income generation: secrets of DVD income and beyond.
Public: 40 ‘net’ closures revealed in government response.
Members’ Day: Presidential address, flat fee and more.
FEATURES
Tech guru tells libraries to reposition: Stephen Abram’s keynote speech at Internet Librarian International.
Business bonanza: Neil Infield and Elspeth Hyams on the British Library’s Business & IP Centre.
The Encyclopedia of Life: a website for each species: Natural History Museum’s Graham Higley talks to Elspeth Hyams about the Biodiversity Heritage Library project, part of one of the most important global digitisation projects ever to be undertaken.
Winning the lottery: the successful Community Libraries: Sarah Wilkie and James Nichol look at where the £80m will be spent.
The Reading Agency is five: Miranda McKearney looks back to achievements and forwards to goals.
Metrics: tools for service improvement: James Mullan on specific purposes – and tools – for gathering metrics.
COLUMNS
Clip Board: Edward Dudley
From the President: Ian Snowley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
LIS Blogwatch: Matthew Mezey
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
New: National Year of Reading update: Michele Jones
Opinion: Bob Usherwood: ‘Ignorance is not our heritage’.
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton
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Updated: 27 November 2007