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 April 2009 Volume 7(2)

Issue contents

• Seeing libraries come to life
  Margaret Forrest reports on her varied first few months as President of CILIPS.
  

• Exploring libraries, literacies and learning
  Catherine Kearney reports on CILIPS’ conference ‘Information Literacy, Libraries and Learning’
  

• Farewell CASS and welcome SHEDL
  Jill Evans updates us on policies for collection preservation and development in Scotland.
  
  
• Open to change
  Kathleen Menzies believes that it’s time to think seriously about Open Source systems.
  
  
• The original is best
  A school librarian and a records manager in publishing collaborated on a school project, Cathy Armstrong and Felicity Windmill give their accounts of the experience.
  
  
• Heated debate in the library
  Mark Russell gives a personal account of the Reading Group he runs in his secondary school, and discusses the importance of the librarian’s role.
  
  
• Socially (un)acceptable
  Access to social media sites via public libraries is patchy in Scotland, says Christine Rooney-Browne, and it’s time to bring them all into the world of shared communities.
  
  
• Lifelong co-operation
  Libraries already play a big role with young people but, Jamie Wakefield asks, should they establish a more formal partnership with community learning & development?

Information Scotland Vol. 7(2) April 2009

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