Following on from Bob's most recent blog about the other Bob's book, which he linked to CILIP and professionalism in public libraries (he did get a bit carried away in the middle with Che Guevara and James Bond(!), but the essential message that in 2008 CILIP will make professionalism a major issue is very clear)... I wanted to point to a ...

In mid-June Talis began a series of 'Talking with Talis' centred on the current debate about Public Libraries in the UK. Do get things off to a good start, Richard Wallis talked to Tim Coates. I summarised the talk here. As I noted in earlier postings the MLA and the recently-closed Laser Foundation, as well as CILIP's Public Libraries Group ...

A quick link to the Talis Panlibus blog which in turn links to the first 'Talking with Talis' podcast. This is the first in a series of podcasts looking at the landscape of opinions about the future of public libraries. The subject of the 55-minute interview is Tim Coates, who - unsurprisingly, given his ''strong opinions about, and proposals for, ...

Over at Panlibus, Richard Wallis has risen to the challenge! Topping his posting with a superb Flickr jibe (''There's too many chiefs and not enough Indians around this house'' as Dean would have said), Richard writes: we at Talis are very committed to libraries, and very committed to doing what we can to help bring them, and the services they ...

Most readers of iNG will be aware of concerns voiced here in the past about what is happening (or not) to public libraries in the UK. Those same readers cannot fail to be aware of the continuing onslaught from Tim Coates in The Good Library Blog on any body which has any responsibility for public libraries: from CILIP to MLA; from Demos to the ...