'Spreading the word: how public libraries are helping to extend digital inclusion' LIR Special issue: public libraries

Looking forward to reading Community of Practice (CoP) member Lindsay McKrell's report on 'Spreading the word: how public libraries are helping to extend digital inclusion' in the latest issue of Library and Information Research on public libraries. The special issue was edited by John Crawford another CoP member.

Library and Information Research
Vol 38, No 117 (2014): Special issue: public libraries
Table of Contents
http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/issue/view/68

Editorial
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Editorial (1-4)
        John Crawford


Refereed Research Articles
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"You don’t come to the library to look at porn and stuff like that":
Filtering software in public libraries (5-19)
        Louise Cooke,   Rachel Spacey,  Claire Creaser, Adrienne Muir

Public libraries in the "age of austerity": income generation and public
library ethos (20-36)
        Hartwig Pautz,  Alan Poulter

"The love in the room": Evaluating the National Year of Reading in an
Australian public library (37-53)
        Sue Reynolds,   Bernadette Welch

Using social media to create a participatory library service: an Australian
study (54-76)
        Kathleen Smeaton,       Kate Davis


Reports
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Spreading the word: how public libraries are helping to extend digital
inclusion (77-84)
        Lindsay McKrell

The Ever-Changing World of Libraries: Six Years of “Treffpunkt
Bibliothek” (“Meeting Point Library”) (85-88)

        Maiken Hagemeister,     Guido Jansen

Comments

[Claire Roberts]

Interesting article from Lindsay McKrell - she shows just how diverse the digital landscape is. It's a real challenge to work within funding and resource restraints to assist rising numbers of library users with a wide range of needs.

She is spot on in highlighting the challenge faced by libraries in dealing with enabling digital access and teaching information literacy skills.