**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 Summer 2008 are now available! This issue includes:
Live and loud in Lancashire: Stewart Parsons recounts the ongoing success of Lancashire’s Get it Loud in Libraries project, an innovative programme of rock and pop gigs in public library settings
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BD749D82-FCAF-4B50-B372-19AE9B67DF9B/0/plj232parsons.pdf
Medicine for the soul: In the first of a three-part series, Liz Brewster explores the rise of bibliotherapy and its role in the modern public library
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4F06AF36-05EF-45FC-8E49-7666C8909403/0/plj232brewster.pdf
Reading the game: Tom Palmer highlights ways of using sport to encourage boys to read more and provides a very personal case study
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1D2FD0D5-E673-49BF-94CC-B08993839B3A/0/plj232palmer.pdf
People, places and relationships: Helen Carpenter reports on her international findings exploring the role of public libraries in multicultural relationships and reflects on opportunities and challenges in the UK
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/069D6A9F-AD50-43B1-A1D1-F1C1B14BDCE1/0/plj232carpenter.pdf
Play it by ear: Eileen Hyder shares her research findings on reading groups for visually-impaired people, and makes recommendations for provision
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/078583C3-1C05-421D-86BB-42A9F116D2C8/0/plj232hyder.pdf
From Mecca to the Midlands: Nikki Bi demonstrates how working with the private sector has helped to deliver a successful grassroots writing project for Muslim communities
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D795980E-BDBF-4DAF-8569-8298E5312713/0/plj232bi.pdf
Informing the future: PLJ spoke to Roy Clare about the prospects for the public library sector over the coming decade. This article reports the main points of our discussion, including the People's Network, performance measurement and the new MLA Action Plan
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DA6AD610-07E8-4F08-8EC6-767793A6ED41/0/plj232clare.pdf
Do we have values for what we do? In his regular column, John Vincent considers what values public libraries need to have to tackle social exclusion and develop community engagement successfully
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7DDDDF3A-6AE3-46CF-9AA1-7B2CB6CF376F/0/plj232vincent.pdf
Behind the scenes of PLG: Ever wondered what Public Libraries Group committee members do? Zehra Newman went to find out...
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F54DAD85-92FC-47E2-89DF-82DD02342880/0/plj232newman.pdf
Annual Report 2007
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A9744D16-141B-47D7-8F09-1BE4CE7016BA/0/plj232tulloch.pdf
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