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Press Release
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ICT Prize - winners announced
The ICT Prize for Ingenious and Creative Use of Technology has been
won by Balham Library for its Electronic Promotion of Stock in
Libraries (EPOSIL) project. Runners up were Alien Abduction: a story
on the Web (from Northamptonshire Libraries & Information Service) and
Readers Without Walls (from Essex County Council Libraries)
Full Press Release at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/000207.html
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LIC Annual Report published
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The 1998/1999 Library and Information Commission annual report has been
published. Hard copies are available from Henry Girling (details below).
The electronic version is available at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/policyreports/annual9899/index.html
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Three New Grants Awarded
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Outsourcing and Externalisation by libraries, museums and archives
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/mlis.html
Navigation Preliminary Study
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/valproj.html
Sustainable models of learning cultures and resource-based learning for the
21st Century
Further details at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/valproj.html
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New Publication
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A Survey of Library Services to Schools and Children in the UK
1998-1999
by Claire Creaser
LIC research report 28
This is the tenth report in the annual LISU series of surveys of
library provision to schools and children, which began with a survey
of services in England and Wales in 1989-90. It has since expanded to
cover the whole UK, and now includes valuable summaries of recent
trends in both provision and use. The report covers both public
library services to children and the support provided by local
authorities to schools via the schools library service. It gives
details for individual authorities as well as sector totals and
overall estimates of provision, covering staffing levels, service
provision, resources and expenditure in both services. For schools
library services there is additional detail on organisation and
management structures, and the extent of service take-up. There is a
comprehensive summary of trends in the main areas, and several
appendices giving data on populations, comments on staffing, copies of
the questionnaires, lists of non-respondents and details of local
government re-organisation. PRICE £27-50
AVAILABLE FROM
Publications Section, LISU, Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3TU
Tel: 01509 223071 Fax: 01509 223072
Email: [log in to unmask]
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People's Network Online
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The People's Network Online website continues to grow. Information on
projects and people is being added all the time. Take the Grand Tour
and learn what it is all about.
It 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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