**apologies for cross-posting**<br><br>Sample articles from the Summer, Autumn and Winter 2009 issues of Public Library Journal are now available online!<br><br>The articles are:<br><br><br>Summer 2009<br>--------------------<br>
<br>Time to meet the neighbours: Neil MacInnes and Linsey Heald hit the Manchester streets to meet the neighbours<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242macinnes.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242macinnes.pdf</a><br>
<br>On crime and on budget: Madeleine Bentley discusses managing the first Reading Festival of Crime Writing<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242bentley.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242bentley.pdf</a><br>
<br>Power to the (young) people: Stella Thebridge presents findings from a project with looked-after children in Warwickshire<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242thebridge.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/plg/plj242thebridge.pdf</a><br>
<br><br>Autumn 2009<br>--------------------<br><br>Getting ready to work: Genevieve Clarke shows how The Reading Agency’s Six Book Challenge can help libraries to reach new audiences in workplaces<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09SixBookpp2-3.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09SixBookpp2-3.pdf</a><br>
<br>Opening up libraries for D/deaf people: Steve Crump, from Action Deafness Books, encourages greater consideration of the needs of D/deaf library users<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09Deafnesspp4-5.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09Deafnesspp4-5.pdf</a><br>
<br>A fresh start: Ayub Khan and Janet Everett describe how they went about designing and 
delivering a new fleet of mobile libraries in Warwickshire<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09KhanMobilepp16-18.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJAutumn09KhanMobilepp16-18.pdf</a><br>
<br><br>Winter 2009<br>------------------<br><br>Exploit your power: In an edited version of a speech made at the 2009 PLA Conference, Dame Liz Forgan shows how Arts Council England and libraries can work together<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09PLAForganMcKearneypp5-8.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09PLAForganMcKearneypp5-8.pdf</a><br>
<br>Why is poo brown?: Paul Sturges explains the child&#39;s right to information<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09Sturgespp15-18.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09Sturgespp15-18.pdf</a><br>
<br>Still barriers to overcome: Nicola Harris and Anoush Simon discuss public library provision for homeless people in Wales<br><a href="http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09Harrispp25-27.pdf">http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/public/journal/24/Documents/PLJWinter09Harrispp25-27.pdf</a><br>
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