ProfDev 27/06/05

Lionel Shriver wins tenth Orange Prize for Fiction
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Serpent’s Tail)

(CILIP Information Services)

Brighton rocks
With near-blanket coverage, no Brighton resident is more than 10 minutes from a free internet connection.

Teen spirit
Thirty years on from its publication, Forever, Judy Blume's candid portrayal of a teenage sexual relationship, is still causing controversy.

Keeping libraries safe for children
The revised edition of 'A Safe Place for Children' now available to CILIP members via the CILIP website.
(CILIP Information Services)

Libraries to pilot "Mylocal" kiosks
Libraries will be one of the places where 'Mylocal' kiosks service will provide free access to government information, as well as advertising of local commercial services, from interactive, touch screen kiosks across the UK.
(CILIP Information Services)

Make a Noise In Libraries awareness campaign extended
The National Library for the Blind's 'Make a Noise in Libraries Week' will become 'Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight' this year and will run from 9 - 23 July 2005.

A turn-up for the books
Article on the regeneration of libraries despite the challenges of the internet.

Serpent's Tail
Article on Serpent's Tail, the independent publisher of this year's Orange Prize, Nobel Prize and Man Booker International Prize.