Library+Information Update 5(4)

Library+Information Update
No.5 Vol.4 (April, 2006)

http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2006/april

NEWS

Digital preservation: Doomsday looms.

Public: Libraries Minister power breakfast.

LIS roles: research project.

Chartership: tribunal victory for CILIP member. Government: survey reveals satisfaction levels.

Public: cuts latest.

Stock: a national book procurement agency?

Research: the library role in supporting informal learning. Health: GPs scheme spreads.

Public: culture must change.

Sixth-form colleges: survey reveals libraries renaissance.

Tables of content: RSS solution.

VIPs: Argos funds study.

Library & Information Show: don’t miss it.

Public Library Service Standards: top scorers.

Scotland: call to keep broadband access free.

Schools library services: S. Tyneside SLS to close.

FEATURES

Preservation: the future of collections: A. Walker.

Preservation milestone: how Ratcliffe set the agenda: John Feather.

Institutional archives: where are we now? Tom Wilson.

Are you stuck in first-generation mode? Chris Collison on three levels of knowledge management.

Proving your worth as a Clinical Librarian: Bill Collinge on how to gather evide
nce of the benefits of the role.

Mystery shopping: improving enquiry techniques: Simon Beards.

Mystery shopping: improving services in Liverpool Libraries: Linda Ashcroft.

Foundation degrees: tackling the issues: J. Warner.