Published by the Public Libraries Group of CILIP, PLJ is the leading periodical produced specifically for local authority libraries. With a circulation of almost 6,500 in the UK and abroad, the journal is published four times a year, and sent free of charge to members of the Group.

The aims of the journal are:

• to provide high-quality material documenting issues regarding the public library service in the UK

• to provide an international perspective on public library issues, as appropriate

• to promote and disseminate examples of best practice

• to disseminate academic research in the field of public librarianship.

The Public Library Journal 

The key publication documenting issues regarding the public library in the UK, championing best practice
and covering academic research in the field.

Next copy dates:
22 April (Summer 08 issue, 30 May)