**apologies for cross-posting**
To improve accessibility and attract new readers, Public Library Journal is making all its articles fully available online, nine months after publication of the print version. Articles from Spring 2008 are now available! This issue includes:
Wisbech wins the Lottery: Lesley Noblett celebrates Cambridgeshire’s Big Lottery Fund Community Libraries Programme success
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4E631C3-E36B-4E96-8228-24C6C11ED9A0/0/plj231noblett.pdf
Transformation in Torbay: Katie Lusty charts the progress as Paignton Library prepares to be transformed via the Big Lotteries Fund Community Libraries Programme
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/90767772-49C8-4AAA-95DC-222F0A6B1544/0/plj231lusty.pdf
Fiction for all: Elizabeth L. Chapman and Briony Birdi report on research investigating attitudes to LGBT-related fiction for children and young people
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E1F08891-A050-4C7A-B0F1-01F4A9E00FB8/0/plj231chapman.pdf
How ethical are we? Alexandra Pooley and Briony Birdi reflect on training in censorship and intellectual freedom in the public library
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5AA77F9E-B662-4B94-AD0F-BE5C5ECF8AA5/0/plj231pooley.pdf
Engaging events: Debbie Hyde and Sandeep Mahal review The Reading Agency’s activity in 2007
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/53AB2088-F5BA-48E0-B446-D452BB986138/0/plj231hyde.pdf
Shared passion and mutual interest: Simon Smith reports on the 2007 PLA Conference
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/14AB2A57-79D1-4EEC-A34C-3133F5E19CEB/0/plj231smith.pdf
Daleks invade Essex: Sarah Moth describes a successful package of Doctor Who-themed events run by Essex Libraries in 2006-07
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B53EA541-78ED-49DE-9C56-376BA6D8D428/0/plj231moth.pdf
Information on Prescription: Alison Wheeler and Sue Nicholson describe the information on prescription service, funded and supported by the Department of Health
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/28511741-C1F3-4FF0-8AF3-0F610D9FA8A6/0/plj231wheeler.pdf
More questions than answers: Rob Froud addresses some key issues facing public libraries now and in the future
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B9B10B62-FB3A-4FFC-908B-0CEC1FFF1DE8/0/plj231froud.pdf
Liz Chapman
PLJ Editor
www.cilip.org.uk/plj
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