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 2007 Volume 5(1)

Issue contents

• Keeping my head up
  Christopher Phillips, the new President of CILIPS, looks forward to changes and chellenges.
  
  
• Striking similarities 20 years on
  Rhona Arthur was at the picket line 20 years ago protesting against pay and conditions. But how have things improved?
  
  
• Many routes to discovery
  A number of recent developments behind the screen have the potential for improving access to the content of collections, writes Gordon Dunsire.
  
  
• Leading the way with style
  A new current awareness service at the Glasgow School of Art Library harnesses the technologies of Web 2.0, Duncan Chappell explains.
  
  
• Right on target
  Aye Write!, Glasgow’s now annual book festival. Mary Greenshields explains how such festivals can both promote and engage more people with libraries.
  
  
• Addressing the gaps
  We are generally too intuitive about stocking public libraries, says George Kerr. An evidence-based approach can get what users really want on to the shelves.
  
  
• A voicefor the invisible
  Jacq Goldthorp describes her research into lesbian fiction and Scottish Public Libraries.
  
  
• Screening your messages
  Neil Wishart describes his company’s work in installing screens in libraries and setting up web TV to help them promote their services to the public.
  
  
• Getting the measure of the bridge
  The joint use library at the Bridge in Glasgow’s Easterhouse is being studied carefully as a way forward for service provision, Craig Green and Cathy Kearney explain.
  
  
• Of books and gardens
  Colin Will finds he can’t get away from things botanic – and getting his hands dirty.

Information Scotland Vol. 5(1) February 2007

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