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Library Association Record

  • Vol 105 No 3 March 2002 features Internet QandAs, Adele Gerard talks about her books, Michael Holroyd on choosing people to write Biographies for, and Elspeth Hyams meets the new director of the Berlin State Library.
  • Vol 104 No 2 February 2002 features Internet QandAs, the implications for information professionals of teenagers' use of the mobile phone, the balance between intellectual property rights and the public good, and a challenge to the idea that the professional librarian is no longer useful.
  • Vol 104 No 1 January 2002 features Internet QandAs, classification principles which are paving the way to more sophisticated retrieval on the Web, the LA strategy for lifelong learning, and collaborative collection schemes to meet medical information needs.
  • Vol 103 No 12 December 2001 features Internet QandAs, using linking technology, best practice at the Royal College of Nursing, and information skills, information literacy: a higher education campaign.
  • Vol 103 No 11 November 2001 features Internet QandAs, bridging the digital divide, why we are the agents of access to a basic human right - information and healthcare information trends in Australia and the USA.
  • Vol 103 No 10 October 2001 features Internet QandAs, startling findings about document delivery, how to create a good learning environment for students, and the new senior team at the British Library.
  • Vol 103 No 9 September 2001 features Internet QandAs, measuring the effective use of ICT, librarians as curators, and information literacy.
  • Vol 103 No 8 August 2001 features Internet QandAs, best practice in disability access, meeting the needs of visually-impaired people and the £50m NOF Digi programme.
  • Vol 103 No 7 July 2001 features Internet QandAs, Web site content management, consortium buying and Tom Wilson on research, academia and the future of the information professional.
  • Vol 103 No 6 June 2001 features Internet QandAs, the challenges of being a media librarian, the use of digital resources by students, and ways of protecting children who access the Internet.
  • Vol 103 No 5 May 2001 features the migration from UKMarc to Marc21, the role of the RDN hubs within the Distributed National Electronic Resource, the integration of use of the Internet with lectures and traditional learning methods, the art of successful proposal writing.
  • Vol 103 No 4 April 2001 features Internet Q&As, the EU Copyright Directive compromise, the problems of searching medical databases and the digitization of 'Poverty in Victorian London' by the BLPES.
  • Vol 103 No 3 March 2001 features Internet Q&As, public library standards, metadata for legal resources, cross-sectoral working with pre-school children, and adult reader development.
  • Vol 103 No 2 February 2001 features Internet Q&As, ICT training - as the first cohort of school librarians complete their NOF-funded training, developing a pricing mechanism for electronic materials in the HE sector and a look at how older customers use the Internet.
  • Vol 103 No 1 January 2001 features Internet Q&As, a project looking at the design of teaching materials on the Web, a comparison of our primary school provision with that in the USA, and the role the regions can make towards a national information strategy.
  • Vol 102 No 12 December 2000 features Internet Q&As, a new Library of Congress digital copyright ruling, the use of touch-screen kiosks for health information, and the Public Library Authorities conference.
  • Vol 102 No 11 November 2000 features the Invisible Web - the part of the Internet that cannot be retrieved through conventional search engines, the processes and costs involved in acquisition work, a report of the Virtual Communities conference, and the Internet Q&As column.
  • Vol 102 No 10 October 2000 features knowledge management, a report of the IFLA 2000 conference, and columns on 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As.
  • Vol 102 No 9 September 2000 features plans by Tower Hamlets for street-corner universities in shopping centres, a report of the International Congress on Medical Librarianship, and the latest Internet Q&As column.
  • Vol 102 No 8 August 2000 features the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals winners, how the British Institute of Radiology's catalogue was put on the Web, and columns on 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As.
  • Vol 102 No 7 July 2000 features advice on managing subscriptions to e-journals, and columns on 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As.
  • Vol 102 No 6 June 2000 features the consultation on the first government definition of what public libraries must provide by law, judging this year's Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, Sosig's development of a national Internet catalogue for the social sciences, and columns on 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As.
  • Vol 102 No 5 May 2000 features public libraries look forwarding again, the Keystone for the Information Age conference, the battle to put a stop to music file sharing and cataloguing software, and columns celebrating 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As.
  • Vol 102 No 4 April 2000 features columns celebrating 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As. 
  • Vol 102 No 3 March 2000 features columns celebrating 150 years of public libraries and Internet Q&As
  • Vol 102 No 2 February 2000 features a new column celebrating 150 years of public libraries, Internet Q&As, the success of last year's campaign in promoting awareness of workplace libraries, and the Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project at the University of Hull.
  • Vol 102 No 1 January 2000 features Internet Q&As, the top secret Echelon global eavesdropping system, and Sylvia Simmons talking to new Library and Information Commission Chief Network Advisor, Chris Batt.
  • Vol 101 No 12 December 1999 features Internet Q&As, the People's Network, and the role of the library and information services sector in helping Britain become a successful information society.
  • Vol 101 No 11 November 1999 features search engines, Web languages and the best free ISPs, and one of Europe's prime resources for Romani studies at the University of Liverpool.
  • Vol 101 No 10 October 1999 has Workplace Libraries as a special theme; it features Web page editors, IT news and Internet freedom.
  • Vol 101 No 9 September 1999 features the Library of Avalon, Glastonbury.
  • Vol 101 No 8 August 1999 features Chris Smith's announcement  at UmbrelLA 5 of a new prize for grassroots IT initiatives; David McMenemy reports on how Heron is facilitating electronic short loan collections.
  • Vol 101 No 7 July 1999 features the announcement that Chris Batt is to head the team that will oversee the implementation of the New Library Network and Ayub Khan's view of the implications of the Stephen Lawrence report for public services.
  • Vol 101 No 6 June 1999 features the role 'partner libraries' and the Internet will play in Scotland and Wales's democratic future and a pilot copyright licensing scheme to impose some order and standards on print digitisation.
  • Vol 101 No 5 May 1999 features the public library as the gateway to the Internet: Frank Webster on the case against, and Lorcan Dempsey on the case for.
  • Vol 101 No 4 April 1999 features the government announcement of £200m for 1,000 IT-based learning centres and £400m for IT in education and a letter from David Copsey arguing the case for Level 4 NVQ's.
  • Vol 101 No 3 March 1999 features black underground and crime writing, and news of public libraries threatened with closure and government demands.
  • Vol 101 No 2 February 1999 features the New Library Network: the new north of England regional information system and a course revealing some chastening findings on the levels of knowledge of network issues.
  • Vol 100 No 12 December 1998 features the proposed IIS/LA unification, new statistics of workplace libraries and the People's Network.
  • Vol 101 No 1 January 1999 is a special centenary issue which features how the Record has treated women workers of the profession, the National Grid for Learning, and Internet censorship.
  • Vol 100 No 12 December 1998 features the proposed IIS/LA unification, new statistics of workplace libraries and the People's Network.
  • Vol 100 No 11 November 1998 features European Parliament's plans to develop a filtering and rating system for Internet content, and conference reports for the Health Libraries Group, Public Library Authorities and the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians.
  • Vol 100 No 10 October 1998 features an article by Bob Fryer on The Learning Age green paper, and news of research grants under the British Library's Value and Impact programme.
  • Vol 100 No 9 September 1998 features articles on using networking to support literature activities in public libraries, the impact of Croydon Online on the local community, and the Tesco SchoolNet 2000 initiative.
  • Vol 100 No 8 August 1998 features a report on the Government's Comprehensive Spending review (not included in the printed Record), a list of user education resources on the Internet and a piece on the political uses and abuses of the WWW.
  • Vol 100 No 7 July 1998 includes a feature article on the Big Idea Web site project.
  • Vol 100 No 6 June 1998 includes feature articles on WebTV  and on The People's Network.
  • Vol 100 No 5 May 1998 includes feature articles on the government response to New Library: The People's Network and on libraries and Europe.
  • Vol 100 No 4 April 1998 includes two feature articles on Internet filtering.
  • Vol 100 No 3 March 1998 is a special books issue.
  • Vol 100 No 2 February 1998 includes a feature article on the government's white paper on Freedom of Information.
  • Vol 100 No 1 January 1998 includes a feature article on literature on the Web.
  • Vol 99 No 12 December 1997 is a special National Libraries Week issue; there is also news of threats to freedom of expression on the Internet.
  • Vol 99 No 11 November 1997 includes information about the public library networking plan and wiring up libraries and colleges in London.
  • Vol 99 No 10 October 1997 is a special issue on continuing professional development.
  • Vol 99 No 9 September 1997 includes everything you need to know about the Dearing Report plus news of new publishing resources on the Internet and Mediawatching takes a look at librarians in the movies.
  • Vol 99 No 8 August 1997 includes news of the US Communications Decency Act, the 'additionality principle' in lottery funding, and the French court's decision on political interference in stock selection
  • Vol 99 No 7 July 1997
    includes news of the French National Front sacking chief librarians, a feature on intelligent agents and a review of The Internet, Networking and Public Libraries
  • Vol 99 No 6 June 1997
    features libraries and internet censorship; also, news of possible charges at Aberdeen and the British Library, and the new DNH Secretary, Chris Smith.
  • Vol 99 No 5 May 1997
    a proposal to make every library a 'Poetry Place'.
  • Vol 99 No 4, April 1997
    news of National Lottery grants, homework centres and a National Libraries Week research project.
  • Vol 99 No 3, March 1997
    news of the public libraries policy review report and information about books on the Internet.
  • Vol 99 No 2, February 1997
    a report of the WIPO Conference in Geneva and a list of books reviewed.

An article from the Library Association Record by Alison McNab and Ian Winship on some of the more interesting and innovative applications of Internet technology and networked information in academic libraries is available.

The full text of the October 1996 'Library Association record' article on Internet censorship is available. The printed version was truncated because of a printing error.