CILIP | Update - Contents January/February 2008

NEWS
Extremism: guidance under consideration.
New Year Honours: Lynne Brindley, Kathy Lemaire among recipients.
Intellectual property: copyright after the Gowers Review.
Millennials: online generational myths debunked.
Buildings: Bournemouth and Girton are Sconul winners.
De-professionalisation: Bob McKee on CILIP’s action.
Cataloguing: an international controversy is brewing.
Education: is technology the answer to plagiarism?
Web 2.0: IT departments need to ‘loosen up’.
Online Information 2007: conference report.
OCLC: Elspeth Hyams hears CEO Jay Jordan’s vision.

Update Review of 2007: Tony Durcan, Peter Griffiths, Penny Leach, Frances Hendrix and others reflect on LIS trends.

FEATURES
Architecture theme:
Re-thinking Berlin's academic libraries: Alison Wilson
Redefining the library: Martin Lewis on the University of Sheffield’s Information Commons.
'Completing' the University Library at Portsmouth: Timothy Collinson (Link to references only)
Ealing reinvents itself... from passive to active: Sarah Godowski on Ealing’s new look.

A reference room of our own: Jane Seabourne on the entertaining distractions to be found while trying to write a novel.
Trends in e-content management: John Akeroyd looks at recent trends.

Social inclusion theme:
ICT procurement – build accessibility in from the start: Jo Greenwell.
Mental health awareness for LIS staff: Roslyn Byfield on how services can be improved.
Advice and guidance in public libraries: Patty Doran shares a toolkit developed by Manchester Libraries.
Licence to skill: Richard Ashman and Sarah Taggart on supporting basic-skills learners at Southampton.

COLUMNS
Boundary-spanning: Simeon Moore (link to references only)
Clip Board: Edward Dudley
Company Club: Annabel Colley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
LIS Blogwatch: Matthew Mezey
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
National Year of Reading: Michele Jones
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton

REGULARS
Conferences: Performance measurement, Science in Society.
Interview: incoming CILIP President Bruce Madge.
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Updated: 18 January 2008