Information Scotland The Journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland ISSN 1743-5471 Journal contents | About the online edition of the journal April 2003 Volume 1 (2)

Issue contents

• Claiming out territory
  A conference in Wales and other events highlight that IT capability is as crucial as literacy and numeracy, finds Alistair Campbell.

• Remote Access
  Running a rural library service that reaches right into the community.

• How reader-centred are you?
  Matthew Perren explains how to make choosing easy for your readers.

• The more we are together
  To coincide with the celebrations of 150 years of public libraries in Scotland a series of articles will look at how libraries from other sectors have fared over that period. Stuart James starts with higher education.

• Embedding a vision
  ICT literacy must start at school. Carol Doig reports on the recent 'Masterclass' training of leaders to take it through education across Scotland.

• A load of froth
  Coffee draws new users, but Graeme Hawley urges you to look beyond high street names.

• On and off the shelves
  Brian Osborne ponders on writers going in and out of fashion, and on one Scottish author he hopes will stay in favour.

Information Scotland Vol. 1 (2) April 2003

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