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NEWS 4 National card
Public libraries in Scotland begin trial of the One Card to give nationwide access.
5 Public service Community team wins national award for customer service.
6 School support
Minister urged to back school libraries to help improve literacies.
7 Design
Carnegie library opened in 1883 is named as Scotland’s Best Building for 2017.
8 Global view
Millions of libraries added to IFLA’s World Map advocacy tool.
9 Diversity
Interim report identifies new opportunities for CILIP’s Carnegie & Kate Greenaway awards.
10 Science literacy
Searching for the best ways to improve health and science . understanding 11 Oil free
Qatar continues to invest in knowledge as alternative to oil economy.
12 Advocacy
Funding for global projects that highlight libraries’ roles in the Sustainable Development Goals.
IN DEPTH
20 Crucial role of the library in OU transformation. Rob Green talks to Rosie Jones about building a sense of community in the digital learning space.
26 Want to work Stateside? Emma Stirrat shares her experience of getting a job as a librarian in the USA using her CILIP-accredited Masters from a UK university.
32 Why REF matters Rita Marcella gives ten compel- ling reasons why research evaluation is important for the information community as a whole.
36 Get involved in research Gillian Siddall talks about new tutorials on the CILIP VLE which offer a starting point for your research journey.
38 Carnegie Library Lab: inspiring projects
Jenny Peachey and Rachel Heydecker introduce the fi nal round of applications, with up- dates from the programme’s second cohort.
Ciara Eastell OBE, Chief Executive of Libraries Unlimited, received her honour from Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
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44 Examining Perec’s masterpiece
Daniel Gooding meets the librarians in Life: a user’s manual
December-January 2017/18 Qatar National Library. 13 Open data
Natural history archive brings open access benefits.
14 Library future
All Party Parliamentary Group discusses the next steps for public libraries.
and finds out more about its author, a “virtuoso of the manual information-retrieval system”.
46 Designing information systems
Christine Urquhart et al off er analysis, design and creative solutions for eff ective infor- mation systems, as their new book on the topic is published.
48 A fresh look at literature searching at the Royal College of Nursing Julie Key and Mandy Watson look at how the RCN Library and Archives Service renewed its literature search service.
51 The benefi ts of collaboration
Hilary J. Oakley and Laurence Elliott talk about a collaboration between two adult education colleges to fi nd a new VLE host.
54 Help in time of need Nick Poole reminds us of the valuable help that the CILIP Benevolent Fund can off er to members who are experiencing fi nancial hardship.
COMMENT 56 Mediawatching
Law and disorder as libraries aid and abet.
PEOPLE 30 People News
The latest members to achieve Fellowship, Chartership, Certification and revalidation, plus 60 seconds with City’s Ernesto Priego.
55 Obituaries Rowena Macrae-Gibson.
INSIGHT 18 K&IM Matters
Open data opportunities are beckoning, predicts Sandra Ward.
24 Internet Q&A
Phil Bradley on how to keep your Secret Santa shopping a surprise.
28 Professional Development End the year by getting your files in order with tips from Nicola Forgham-Healey.
42 Book reviews Designing a new library? Ayub Khan takes a look at a book which aims to cover the principles of library design.
Why REF matters to us all, pages 32-35.
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