NEWS
Public: Hampshire ‘de-professionalisation’ strike. International: CILIP supports Book Aid International over funding cut.
Libraries Change Lives: refugee scheme wins coveted award.
MLA: Chief Executive Chris Batt to depart.
CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals: shortlists announced, plus online vote on best-ever winners.
Rare books: Medieval masterpieces on show at BL.
Reference Awards: Update’s Diana Dixon among winners.
Academic communication: future challenges and trends.
Comprehensive Spending Review: Work Fdn goals.
Special: revamped Wellcome Library opens its doors.
Public: drastic changes to performance measurement regime.
Learning and teaching: ‘digital natives’ challenge HE.
CILIP Executive Briefing: re-imagining library futures.
Jisc conference: new strategy, libraries’ role, e-networking.
FEATURES
Towards a 21st-century association: Carla J. Funk and Derek Law look at new trends in governance and CILIP’s changes, respectively.
Salaries and conditions: Life@Work 2006: Claire Creaser analyses results from the latest survey.
70 years of the best children’s books: Eileen Simpson and Louisa Myatt on how the anniversaries of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are being used to explore past winning books in new and exciting ways.
Email: best practice advice: Records manager Suzy Taylor looks at solutions.
Copyright and images: Paul Pedley gives valuable advice on copyright issues relating to images published on the web.
The Campbell Collaboration: improving social policy: Philip Davies looks at a key tool – systematic reviews of social and behavioural science research.
Demonstrating social impact: a blueprint for partnership: Helen Milner on the social impact of connecting people to ICT – and the potential for partnership between libraries and UK online centres.
COLUMNS
Clip Board: Edward Dudley
Company Club: Annabel Colley
From the President: Ian Snowley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
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Updated: 11 November 2008