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 February 2004 Volume 2 (1)

Issue contents

• Strong spirits in Dundee
  Moira Methven starts her year as new CILIPS President in praise of her home city and other things to admire about libraries and reading.

• Role definition
  Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services at Edinburgh University, on responding to changing user needs and redefining what is meant by ‘collecting’.

• Losing the secrecy culture
  Molly Magee gives an overview of Freedom of Information legislation.

• Getting ready for Freedom of Information
  January 14 saw delegates from public authorities across Scotland descend on Murrayfield for the second of two conferences.

• Breaking through the walls
  The National Library of Scotland is about to break through the grey stone walls of its building in Edinburgh in a bid to become a library for all of Scotland and beyond, writes Fiona Morrison.

• Selecting the right tools
  Catherine Kearney tracks the development of the new Toolkit for quality resource provision in the FE sector, and explains what it means to be in practice.

• Developing e-content
  What comes next after the NOF-funded services in all Scottish public libraries? Hazel Lauder explains.

• Acquiring knowledge
  Dorothy McLelland and John Crawford describe the Drumchapel Project, an important study of the ICT skills of school pupils.

• Moving images online
  Ann Beaton describes the project to put the Scottish Screen Archive online, which was launched recently.

• Patterns in poetry
  Japanese forms of poetry seem to appeal to young Scottish writers, says Colin Will, explaining all.

Information Scotland Vol. 2 (1) February 2004

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