Guest Editorial: Mark Field's guide to this Workplace Libraries special issue.
Digitisation: New Opportunities Fund launches £50 m digital content programme. Social exclusion: preview of this month's policy announcement.
West Midlands: regional library system wins major grants for IT links to support economic development. British Library: collaborative ventures planned - by popular request.
IT News: freedom of information battles line up in UK and US.
International: Cuba's 'independent libraries' come under scrutiny.
And the British Council celebrates 50 years in South Asia. Outrage at charges for libraries in South Africa.
School books: no need to spend it all at once, after all.
Best Value: culture organisations club together to make the most of it. Public libraries: big boost for Bridgend; bad break for Bristol.
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Mediawatching: Don Watson revels in the valedictory luxury of visiting the librarians who want to 'pie' America's most controversial talk show therapist.
Broadcast News: Fiona O'Brien previews the BBC's back-up for National Poetry Day - and literature in general.
Special libraries: Lyndsay Rees-Jones assesses the achievements - so far - of the LA's Workplace Libraries '99 campaign.
Q&A: Phil Bradley's Internet column turns to html and the inexpensive support available.
Libraryland: Edward Dudley is unkind enough to revive some past history to greet the LA's new Chief Executive.