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     New Response Issued
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     LIC responds to MLAC consultation
     
     The LIC response to the Consultation on the work of the new Museums,
     Libraries & Archives Council welcomes its statement of vision, aims
     and objectives for MLAC, and calls on MLAC to build on the
     achievements of both the LIC and MGC, as well as developing new
     cross-domain activities.
     
     Full response at:
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/mlacresp.html
     
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     New Paper Issued
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     International roles for MLAC
     
     The LIC International Committee and the LIC staff involved in
     international activities have prepared a paper to help MLAC design its
     international role.
     
     
     Full paper at:
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/other/international.html
     
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     National Information Policy
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     Keystone for the Information Age
     
     The LIC is collaborating with the British Council and the Library
     Association on a major international conference, to be held at the British
     Library on 16/17 March 2000, to raise awareness of how a coherent National
     Information Policy framework can help the development of the UK as an
     information society and knowledge economy.
     
     There are some places left for this important event.
     
     Further details and registration forms can be found at:
     
     http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/conf01.html
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     New Grants Awarded
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     State of the Sector: Stage one - analysis of the sector workforce, and
     skills foresight exercise
     
     For more details go to:
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/mlis.html
     
     Community and region: scale economies and public libraries
     
     For more details go to:
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/pubaward.html
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     New Publication
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     UKOLN annual report 1998/99: presented to the Library and Information
     Commission and to the Committee on Electronic Information of the JISC
     by Lorcan Dempsey and Sally Criddle
     LIC research report 18
     
     The report covers the period 1 August 1998 to 31 July 1999.
     
     Available from: UKOLN, The Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
     Tel: +44 (0) 1225 826580 Fax: +44 (0) 1225 826838
     
     
     Futures Together
     by Geoff Warren and Chris Dodd
     LIC research report 25
     
     This study was proposed as a result of the first (1996) Futures
     Together conference which identified the need for staff and users to
     be more aware of the region's collections if improved access to
     specialist resources is to be achieved. It also aimed to encourage
     better collection management ans set clearer criteria for assessing
     the value and significance of specialist resources across a whole
     region. The importance of this work has been highlighted by recent
     Government strategies on access and the new agendas for culture,
     learning and regionalism. PRICE £25-00
     
     Available from: West Midlands Regional Library System
     2nd Floor, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ
     Tel: +44 (0) 121 303 3533 Tel: +44 (0) 121 303 2613
     Email: [log in to unmask]
     
     Review of research funding for LIS
     by David Haynes, David Streatfield and Noeleen Cookman
     LIC research report 40
     
     This study was commissioned by the Library and Information Commission and
     the British Library Research and Innovation Centre in the Autumn of 1998
     and was conducted between December 1998 and April 1999 with supplementary
     work between May and September 1999. The overall aim of the study was to
     provide the baseline about funding of library and information research in
     order to inform the work of the Commission and others on encouraging
     investment in such research and collaboration across sectors. PRICE £12-00
     
     Available from: British Thesis Service, The British Library Document Supply
     Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
     tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229 fax: +44 (0)1937 546286
     email: [log in to unmask]
     
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     Henry Girling
     Library and Information Commission
     19-29 Woburn Place
     London
     WC1H 0LU
     
     Tel: 0171 273 8746
     Fax: 0171 273 8701
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