NEWS
MLA: new action plan signals local focus; plus – ‘library’ policy posts to go.
Outsourcing: Hounslow move heralds a trend?
Public: libraries’ quality is at risk, says CILIP.
Award: SLA School Librarian of the Year ceremony.
Skills: CILIP agrees BME workforce pilot scheme.
Censorship: CILIP warns of self-censorship after MLA draft guidance on controversial material.
Conference: this year’s Library & Information Show.
HE: Senate House budget slashed.
KM: KnowledgeBoard.
Archives: Calls for US to return Iraqi documents.
Open access: new guide follows Harvard’s ‘landmark step’.
Image: Francis Muzzu reviews The Hollywood Librarian.
Search engines: conference spotlights analytics, PR 2.0.
Records management: EDRMSs slipping down agenda?
Community engagement: easier said than done...
Children: TRA gets libraries working with publishers.
FEATURES
Implementing an EDRMS: tales from the front line: Marion Peulevé provides practical tips.
Public libraries and social inclusion: how empathic are we?: Briony Birdi and Kerry Wilson.
And then he kissed her... 100 years of Mills & Boon: Joanna Bowring looks at a UK success story.
Knowledge management: making use of hidden staff talent: Karolien Selhorst.
Teachers’ reading and links with libraries: Teresa Cremin et al present recent research findings.
COLUMNS
Clip Board: Edward Dudley
Company Club: Annabel Colley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
LIS Blogwatch: Matthew Mezey
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
National Year of Reading update: Michele Jones
Opinion: Richard Fallis asks why LIS professionals are not finding the jobs for which they qualified, and Sheila Corrall, Marion Huckle and Francis Muzzu offer their perspectives.
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton
Talking Heads: Update’s vox pop column
REGULARS
Conferences: data librarians Stuart Macdonald and Luis Martinez-Uribe report from the open repositories conference.
Interview: Macdonald and Martinez-Uribe have a serious message for the research community.
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Updated: 23 May 2008