Public Library Journal

Contents

Editor's Letter

Live and loud in Lancashire: STEWART PARSONS describes Lancashire’s innovative Get it Loud in Libraries initiative.

Medicine for the soul: LIZ BREWSTER explores the rise of bibliotherapy in libraries.

Reading the game: How do you get boys to read more? By using sport, says TOM PALMER.

HELEN CARPENTER takes an international perspective on libraries in multicultural relationships.

EILEEN HYDER shares her research findings on reading groups for visually-impaired people.

From Mecca to the Midlands: NIKKI BI demonstrates how private-sector support has contributed to a writing project for Muslim communities.

Interview: ROY CLARE, Chief Executive, MLA, on his vision for libraries.

Social exclusion: In his regular column, JOHN VINCENT considers what our values are.

ZEHRA NEWMAN goes behind the scenes of the Public Libraries Group Committee.

Public Libraries Group: Annual Report & Annual General Meeting, 2007.

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