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 2008 Volume 6(6)

Issue contents

• Don’t let the ideas slip
  Alan Hasson suggests that our diversity can make libraries’ mission hard to grasp by some.
  
  
• Public libraries: political footballs?
  Libraries could benefit from playing a major role in re-engaging people with politics, say Kathleen Menzies and Richard Fallis.
  
  
• Meeting varied needs
  Christopher Phillips replies to ‘Public libraries: political footballs?’ with his views on the current strategies public libraries are employing.
  
  
• Observing dynamic behaviour
  Jill Evans sums up recent events in education and looks back on a year full of opportunities.
  
  
• Lessons in strategy
  David Kenvyn thinks that all leading librarians (and leaders to be) should read this excellent text on the way forward for libraries and reading.
  
  
• I am a book
  The ‘Living Library’, the initiative in which people ‘borrow’ a person to learn from their experiences, Ewan McCormick and Linda Constable explain the concept.
  
  
• A model for success
  Helen Dewar describes the service model for libraries in Aberdeenshire that is reaping rewards and helping to build stronger communities.
  
  
• All together now
  Alan Reid and Rennie McElroy discuss developing advocacy and partnership in the final instalment of the history of CILIPS and the SLA, started by the late Brian Osborne.
  
  
• Libraries do the ton
  A poem by Colin Will, written for, and read at, the CILIPS/SLA Centenary Dinner, 24 Oct 2008.
  

Information Scotland Vol. 6(6) December 2008

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