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     New Response Issued
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     LIC responds to 'Libraries for All'
     
     The LIC response to the DCMS consultation document 'Libraries for All: 
     Social Inclusion in Public Libraries' has welcomed the idea of 
     collaborative activity with other community services - especially 
     libraries' role in support of lifelong learning - and identifies a number 
     of tasks that could be taken forward in promoting the value of libraries 
     to the social inclusion agenda. The Commission is currently drawing up a 
     separate policy statement on libraries and social inclusion, to be 
     published in due course.
     
     For the full response go to:
     
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/libsforall.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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     Research Bulletin Issue 2 published
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     The second Library and Information Commission Research Bulletin has been 
     published. Hard copies are available from Henry Girling (details below). 
     A HTML version of the substantive articles are available at:
     
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/bulletin/index.html
     
     A complete pdf version will be available soon.
     
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     New Grants Awarded
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     Provision of the Talking Eyes Information Service for visually 
     impaired members of the Asian community to all public library 
     authorities
     
     Go to: http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
     
     The Bidding Culture and Local Government: Effects on the Development 
     of Public Libraries
     
     Go to: http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/pubaward.html 
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     New Publication
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     User passports and visas: understanding the role of identification 
     metadata
     by Liz Potter and Mark Bide
     LIC research report 22
     
     This paper surveys current practice in the identification, 
     authentication and authorisation of users of electronic 
     resources in the UK. It focuses on access to academic journals, 
     researching the ways in which access to those journals is managed both 
     by their academic and by their commercial user communities. 
     
     Available from:
     Book Industry Communication, 39-41 North Road,London N7 9DP 
     Tel: +44 (0) 171 607 0021  Fax: +44 (0) 171 607 0415
     Email: [log in to unmask] 
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     Latest news from the People's Network Development Team 
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     People's Network Development Team Admininstrator appointed
     
     Helen Baigent has joined Chris Batt, David Potts and Susi Woodhouse as 
     Administrator for the People's Network Development Team. Helen is a 
     familiar figure on public library networking stage, having been 
     working with EARL as Liaison Officer for the past 18 months.
     
     The People's Network Online can be found at: 
     http://www.lic.gov.uk/pno/index.html 
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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
        Email  [log in to unmask]
     
     


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