The Summer / Autumn 2011 double issue of Refer has been published as two PDFs on the MEMBERS ONLY section of the CILIP website (http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/information-services/refer-journal/pages/refer-eversion-members-only.aspx). Those who have arranged for a print edition to be sent will receive them week commencing Monday 20th June. Members wishing to receive this double issue of Refer in print format should send a cheque for £5 (payable to ISG) to the Hon Editor, c/o 4 Nursery Drive, Handsworth, Birmingham B20 2SWEditorial Intangible benefits: bringing online resources into the open Ali Holder The future of reference service in public libraries Jouni Juntumaa Finnish virtual reference services in short Nina Granlund The world turned upside down Peter Brown SCL Reference Survey Report: The State of Public Library Reference & Information Services MLA Reference Online: the story so far Susi Woodhouse Nominate now for the ISG Reference Awards / Walford Award Using online reference services with sight loss Simon Morgan
Resources for the Year of the Bible Graham Hedges Poetry Please: Enquiries at the Scottish Poetry Library Lizzie MacGregor The National Autistic Society (NAS) Information Centre SCOOP News Gloucestershire Libraries & Information – helping with the creation of the social care database, Your Circle. Edinburgh libraries moves onwards through virtual space “Triples” for information research skills: a multi-disciplinary approach Alan Poulter Social media and librarianship: a whistle-stop tour Sarah Hammond (Examples attached below) European Information Association update: May 2011 Review Article (this article and the two book reviews can be read in the attached PDF) “The Rolls Royce of the Library Reference Collection”: The subject encyclopedia in the age of Wikipedia. By John East. Reviewed by Katharine Schopflin Reviews Members of Parliament 1979-2010 Reviewed by Gary Archer News search, blogs and feeds: a toolkit Reviewed by Helen Edwards |