Information Scotland The Journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland ISSN 1743-5471 Issue contents | Journal contents | About the online edition of the journal April 2006 Volume 4(2)

Issue contents

• Time to make an impact
  Ivor Lloyd says librarians risk losing profile if they don’t see the big picture.
  
• Students wanted
  Jill Evans reports on how universities in Scotland are working to widen access to higher education.
  
• New learning centre
  Saltire Centre, the new Learning Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University.
  
• MANDATE for the future
  A new toolkit on digital preservation and asset management for the education and LIS communities offers practical support and real life examples. Craig Green reports
  
• Career development
  Teaching computer skills to Gambian students taught Jan Crosthwaite some valuable lessons about herself. Here she reports on a life-changing experience.
  
• Online resources
  Free access to online resources is an excellent service for Scottish public library users and something they should all be aware of. But are they? Hazel Lauder gives some practical advice on how to promote this valuable service .
  
• Information literacy
  Kirsty McEachern reports on how a new course is improving research skills and raising the library profile in her school.
  
• Anybody out there?
  Brian Osborne is happy to have touched somebody with something he has written, and calls for more interaction – but please be gentle.
  

Information Scotland Vol. 4(1) February 2006

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