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 2005 Volume 3 (2)

Issue contents

• Old friends and new partners
  Alastair Johnston finds a lot of professional enthusiasm at the home nations conference in Wales.

• Let me tell you a story
  With more than 9000 participants, the first East Renfrewshire Storytelling Festival was declared a great success. Janice Weir reports.

• A special focus on social inclusion and libraries, with a look at activity around Scotland: Supporting learning in the Gorbals
  Closed in 1984 due to a decline in use, the new Gorbals Library and Real Learning Centre lies at the heart of offering new opportunities to local people. Wilma Moore explains how the three year Gorbals Digital Inclusion Project is aimed at the most excluded members of the community.

• Grants for equity and access projects
  Successful applicants for grants from the SLIC Innovation, Development and Research Fund 2005 have been announced. This year, they focused on library and information projects in the field of improving equity and access.

• Sites of special interest
  East Renfrewshire's community websites include the internationally acclaimed Holocaust Memorial site. Liz McGettigan introduces them.

• Bridging the missing link in North Ayrshire Libraries
  Susan Hall reports on how North Ayrshire meets the needs of users with ICT.

• Are you accessible and approachable?
  'Access for all' is something that all services aspire to, but perhaps don't always achieve. One speaker at a recent seminar, focusing on students' needs, took things back to basics - are you 'approachable at all'?

• A fresh start to work
  Already proactive in providing open learning services, Charlie Bennett describes a new initiative by North Lanarkshire Libraries to improve the employability of residents in areas with high unemployment and social problems.

• Success in print
  Storylines in an innovative creative writing project in Fife aimed at helping groups of Adult Basic Education students to improve their literacy and ICT skills with the support of library staff, ABE tutors and professional storytellers. It is proving to be highly successful.

• Endpiece: Aye Write!
  Brian Osborne reports that Glasgow’s first city-wide book festival was lively and well run.

Information Scotland Vol. 3 (2) April 2005

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