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The article announces that researchers Miranda Bevan, Chloe Peacock, and Emma Young have received the 2014 John Sunley Prize award for their Masters dissertations which shows insights into the justice system and penal reform in Great Britain.

The article presents the author's views about the importance of individualized professional learning for teachers in creating a relevant education system and individualized learning for students.

The article discusses the 50th anniversary of publication of the Alberta Teachers' Association's (ATA) "ATA News." Topics covered include the 1999 proposed amendment to the School Act abolishing the Board of Reference through which teachers could appeal a suspension or dismissal, the publication of the newspaper's first issue in 1967 which featured the dispute between ATA and the Alberta School Trustees' Association, and Tom McConaghy's idea of publishing "ATA News."

In this paper we use a literature review to analyze the authority control and the role of authority data in book and cardcatalogs. Considering the ambiguity in the relation among the entities used as access points in catalogs (persons, corporatebodies, concepts, etc.) and the names by which these entities are known, we discuss authority control and the conceptsrelated to it. Then, we describe book catalogs and card catalogs focusing on their arrangement and access points, and wehighlight the main contributions of Panizzi, Jewett, Cutter, and American Library Association related to authority control. Asconclusions, we point out that current authority records had their functions and elements defined in analogic catalogscontext, especially in card catalogs. The results presented in this paper contribute to understanding of the current authorityrecords and files and of the authority control concept itself, as well as they support the discussion about new descriptiverules, data interchange standards, practices and technologies used in the publication of bibliographic and authority data.

An introduction is presented in which the editor explores the changes to the publications, challenges on published for systematically news content on social media and web and education issues.

The article presents the results of the 2015 reader survey of the periodical on customer readership on connecting teachers to their profession. The survey reveals that teachers has faced struggles in finding time to read the news papers and cites the aspects for improvement to the periodical. The survey also indicates the readers interest in reading information about teaching tips, trends in teaching technology and national education.

This paper tries to contrast digital decay with paper decay, explains how digitisation further accelerates accessing information through the trio factors accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility. Also discusses related issues including proliferation of gray content on the Web.

This paper discusses certain issues of Public Library Act implemented in Karnataka state, particularly about collection of Library cess, delay in transfer of collected cess amount to the department, non-use of the accrued fund and lack of adequate library services in rural areas. With more than half of population residing in rural areas and having lower than average literacy rates and per capita income, without adequate funds rural libraries have not been able to provide services comparable to those in urban areas. At the present rate, the Department may take a couple of hundred years to establish public libraries in all Gram panchayats in the State. As against the norm of every 3000 people should have a Library, the state has a library for every 15,600 people. The paper analyses the per capita library membership, book borrowing, books in stock and compares the same with that of developed countries. Part-time untrained staff with meager honorarium and poor collection reflects the pathetic condition of rural public libraries in the State. Few private trusts and foundations have been making significant impact on library movement with considerable success in promoting library services in the rural areas. Paper concludes stating that public-private partnership is likely to prove more efficient and a better alternative model to present government-run public libraries.

"The book: from papyrus to bytes" deals with the definition of book (in paper or electronic), starting from the concepts stablished in 1965 by the french sociologist Rober Escarpit. The next section "The book until yesterday" describes the "old" definition of the (paper) book, from cost and benefits to printing presses and a brief history from Gutenberg to the Americas. Wondering about a "electronic book", we ask ourselves: what is an electronic book? To respond with some consequences of these change. The paper continues with metaphores about the electronic [digital] revolution: coexistence with the traditional paper form; traditional and customized liaison with the printed information and the mandatory mediation. We conclude that the old fashioned relation between book and reader remains unchanged: free and freedom to choose; knowledge search and hoarding.

At the end of the 20th century it was common to hear voices announcing the extinction of libraries. Undoubtedly, these omens were related to the imminent disappearance of paper books and, more generally, to the dematerialization of the world and the ways in which information and culture were transmitted and stored. But if we stick to the facts, things have not been like that. Quite the opposite.

This paper gives an overview of Koha Open Source integrated library system, its general characteristics, and the major modules available for handling the housekeeping operations of a library. Also, discusses the surveys popularity of the usage of Koha software in Indian libraries.

The article explores the impacts to the decline of teachers' contribution to the Alberta Teachers Pension Plans in 2016. It cites the two mode of payments for the teachers pension plans, the fundamentals of teachers pension plans and actuarial valuation of pension contributions. It also highlights the deficiency in teacher pension contribution rates from September 2015 to September 2016.

A list of the highlights of the Alberta Teachers' Association's (ATA) Provincial Executive Council meeting held in Edmonton on June 11 and 12, 2015 is presented which includes the fall multimedia campaign, ATA's centennial celebration, and the establishment of the King's University College, Education Students' Association, Student Local No. 13.