NEWS
Public: National offer for youth; plus new Culture Secretary.
Public: CILIP’s Libraries Change Lives shortlist.
HE: Athens-Shibboleth switchover – online resources in peril?
Government: Knowledge Council strategy.
Lifelong learning: Inspire project must go on.
Business: LIS professionals are key factor in success.
Joint services: Glasgow’s public/college service success.
Preservation: microfilm out in Dutch national programme.
Info literacy: Google-basher Tara Brabazon ready for Lilac.
Supply chain: Push to promote EDI messaging.
Search Engine Strategies: conference highlights.
Income generation: new thinking needed.
London Book Fair: free seminar programme.
After PL standards: the new ‘Library Benchmark’.
Leadership: youth services can blossom, but it’s a challenge.
FEATURES
Does information always want to be free? Hugh Look and Sue Sparks say it is a complex issue.
Why have a central open access fund? Matthew Cockerill explains. What skills and qualities are employers seeking? Verity Orme finds demand for both generic and professional skills.
The customer journey – the Moments of Truth: Fi Emberton and John Stanley on improving perceptions.
Recent developments in federated searching: Penny Bailey reports from Internet Librarian International.
Make a Book: hands-on reading: Antonia Gray on inspiring ways of working with children who can’t read.
Class visits: a partnership to broaden horizons: Sarah Mears describes a programme at Essex Libraries.
COLUMNS
Clip Board: Edward Dudley
Company Club: Annabel Colley
Internet Q&A: Phil Bradley
Mediawatching: Laura Swaffield
National Year of Reading update: Michele Jones
Opinion: John Pateman: ‘Hey, Minister – leave those books alone
Scoop! Jane Inman and Howard Picton
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Interview: Tony Durcan on current challenges for PLs.
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Updated: 18 February 2008