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 December 2006 Volume 4(6)

Issue contents

• Be active for your own good
  In his final message as President, Ivor Lloyd urges all members to get involved in CPD.
  
  
• Ways to give your career wings
  Jill Evans looks at activities that can enrich your career.
  
  
• ACLIP – what’s all the fuss about?
  Gillian Devonshire and Aurora Mackintosh give us a personal view of the benefits of taking part in CILIP’s Certification process.
  
  
• What’s the population of Ghana (got to do with professional librarians)?
  There’s no future in being territorial about our role, says Paul Hambelton. We have to find out where we can make a positive contribution.
  
  
• Trying to get to a higher level?
  Nicola Franklin takes a look at career progression in the higher education sector in Scotland.
  
  
• Are you down with the kids?
  Working with young people can be daunting for some library staff, but the right attitudes are crucial, says Jane Milne.
  
  
• A new way to use digital space
  Lauren Forbes discusses the sixth annual E-Books Seminar (2006), held in Glasgow.
  
  
• The copyright conundrum
  Librarians seem to be the ‘unpaid foot-soldiers in the copyright war’, which is absurd, says Donald Maclean.
  
  
• More dynamic than calm
  At this summer’s IFLA conference in Seoul, Rhona Arthur had the opportunity to discover how an impressive Korean public library is run.
  
  
• The University of where?
  In August 2005, Gillian Anderson became the first Librarian of the UHI Millennium Institute. Here she outlines the remit and challenges of developing a library service.
  
  
• Hieroglyphics
  Brian Osborne suggests that access to some information is becoming restricted with the growth of resources online.
  
  
• Obituary: Andrew Miller MA, FLA 1936-2006

Information Scotland Vol. 4(6) December 2006

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