NEWS
CSR: Chancellor’s choices.
Public: Love Libraries winner.
Schools: grim picture of ‘under-used, under-valued’ libraries.
Awards: Regeneration, poetry and collections care.
Special: library survival strategies - ADLG seminar report.
Public: Talis Insight conference gathers leading library voices.
RFID: CILIP’s 3rd annual RFID conference, 13 November.
Public: statistics reveal the library gravy train has crashed.
Web advertising: ‘unethical’ practices work best.
Wikipedia: still ‘wide open’ despite changes, says Jimmy. E-learning: Social Care Institute for Excellence wins award.
PL Buildings Award: winners revealed at PLA conference.
Advocacy: CILIP compiles skills checklist.
Reading: teachers under-using library expertise.
ONLINE PREVIEW
Update previews Online Information 2007: your four-page guide to what you can’t afford to miss at the December conference.
FEATURES
‘Travelling is learning’: the IFLA experience:
Maria Cotera, Joanna Ball and Liz Lewis report from Durban.
E-books: how are users responding? David Nicholas et al report on the SuperBook project at UCL.
E-books: setting up the national observatory project: Caren Milloy on Jisc’s project.
Risk, relevance, roles in the Information Age: Lynne Brindley addresses the challenges.
Supporting the social work/care agenda: Elspeth Hyams.
Local Area Agreements – get involved: John Pateman on how to carve a central role in meeting local goals.
Reader development - planning and teamwork: Christine Tootill on Worcestershire’s county-wide approach.
COLUMNS
Company Club: Annabel Colley
From the President: Ian Snowley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
LIS Blogwatch: Matthew Mezey
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton
REGULARS
Interview: Rowena Macrae-Gibson, President of the CDG.
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Updated: 12 November 2008