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 June 2005 Volume 3 (3)

Issue contents

• Co-operation at a local level
  Wendy Ball describes a highly successful Open Day held recently by the collaboration and co-operation network for Edinburgh, ELISA.

• Mapping access
  Stuart James questions whether our HE libraries are making the most of the 'Heinekin effect'.

• Smart, successful libraries
  Alastair Johnston not only identified themes, but developed them, in his fascinating Presidential Address. We present extracts here.

• "Librarians are not to be taken lightly. They are adventurers, explorers, treasure seekers and gun fighters."
  In his Keynote Address, cultural commentator Michael Russell took a theme from the character in the Hollywood film The Mummy who said she was none of the above... but a librarian.

• Libraries still valued as most trusted source of information?
  Professor Bob Usherwood of the University of Sheffield used the conference to present findings from his two-year study on how people perceive libraries.

• Lending a hand
  Dr Jim Parker, Registrar of Public Lending Right (PLR), gave news of a fascinating new service which is being developed to enable better use to be made of the valuable information gathered by the PLR scheme.

• Listening to our users
  Caroline Stirling reports on Glasgow University Library's use of commercially available software to undertake user surveys.

• Managing digital imaging projects
  Kathryn Penfold describes a presentation on digital imaging projects at Edinburgh University Library.

• Bridging the gap
  School liaison schemes in universities help pupils handle the transition between guided study and university. This report looks at such schemes at Glasgow University and the University of Abertay.

• Not just a 'paper exercise'
  A report on much appreciated advice from Michael Wood HMI on self evaluation and the school inspection process.

• Financing frontline services
  Professor Arthur Midwinter, Budget Adviser to the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee, and government expert, sets out to explain why "public libraries face the prospect of spending cuts in a time of plenty".

• Writ Large
  Colin Will rounds up writing competitions, with all their suspense.

Information Scotland Vol. 3 (3) June 2005

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