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NEWS
Young people: Culture Minister Margaret Hodge’s libraries message.
Schools: CILIP schools ‘summit’ plans action.
Government: join up the professional roles or face disaster.
Knowledge Management: innovative work in the NHS.
Health: NHS’s Hill Review urges ‘Knowledge Officer’ roles. Business: impact research.
Library film: UK premiere.
London: library change programme focuses on efficiencies.
Legal: new roles in view for law librarians.
Books: two firms now dominate library supply market.
HE: report on Sconul/Jisc access management briefing day.
Library & Information Show: preview of the April conference and exhibition.
CILIP Policy Forum: first meeting in Birmingham.
FEATURES
Aggre-culture: what do e-book aggregators offer? Ray Lonsdale and Chris Armstrong provide an in-depth, comparative view of the market and of the latest trends. Software asset management in education: Emily Goodhand offers advice in an increasingly complex
environment.
A year at a time: the annualised librarian: Elizabeth Malone on why ‘hard-core’ flexible working –
annualised hours – can be a creative approach.
‘The simple sword of truth’: ensuring the quality of a digital newspaper archive: Katy Heslop of the Guardian’s Research Department.
‘How to copy right!’ getting the message across to students and teaching staff, with Scott Marsden.
Collaborative communities: new service delivery models for lifelong learning: C. Kearney.
COLUMNS
Company Club: Annabel Colley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
LIS Blogwatch: Matthew Mezey
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
National Year of Reading update: Michele Jones
Opinion: excellence is for everyone, says Bob Usherwood.
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton
Talking Heads: Update’s vox pop column NEW
REGULARS
Conferences: reporting from Cofhe South West’s training day, and on black and ethnic minority readers, and reading as the key to community engagement.
Interview: Stephen Abram, SLA President.
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Obituaries: There are no obituary pages this month. Obituaries will be printed in the next issue of Update (May).
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Updated: 03 April 2008