I thought that this Current Awareness Digest might be of some use to
Chartership candidates and am happy to send it to the list on a regular
basis unless there is some objection.
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Current awareness digest 31 Aug - 6 Sep
ARCHIVES
* Elsevier teams up with Dutch National Library on archiving
Elsevier and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek have gone into partnership
in electronic archiving. The agreement will see the publisher supplying the
library with electronic versions of 1,500 journals, and will digitise past
issues of journals. The electronic issues will be stored at the library.
From RLG Shelflife, no. 70 (5 September)
http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=190060331
CULTURE
* Museums and Galleries to Lead on Innovative Learning
The DfES has promised 1 million pounds, to be managed by Resource,
for the second phase for the Museums and Galleries Education Programme. The
programme is being channelled through the nine English regional agencies.
http://www.resource.gov.uk/documents/mgep2.doc (summary of regional
agencies' proposals and list of criteria for funding)
http://www.resource.gov.uk/links/areaorgsuk (details of the regional
agencies)
From Resourcenews Digest, 22 Aug-2 Sep 2002
* Resource News
Resource News, issue 4 (July 2002) is now available online at:
http://www.resource.gov.uk/documents/resnews04.pdf
* Resource appoints Justin Frost as Senior Policy Adviser
Press release from Resource, 6th September 2002.
http://www.resource.gov.uk/news/press_article.asp?articleid=416
COPYRIGHT
* Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) - UK Implementation
Information from the UK Patent Office, from 13 Aug 2002.
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/index.htm
From Internet Resources Newsletter, issue 96,
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
* QLP Update
An update on the progress of the Quality Leaders Project for Black
LIS workers.
From Diversity list (www.jiscmail.ac.uk
<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk>), 31.8.02
* Website information
The following site offers suggestions for alternative ways of
accessing computers for those with a disability that prevents them from
using conventional methods.
http://www.abilityhub.com/
From http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DIVERSITY.html, 3.9.02
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
* Public libraries caught in intricate web in policing Internet use
In April 2001 the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) came into
being in the USA, which required access to the Internet in public libraries
to be filtered in order to protect children. However, the American Library
Association (ALA) challenged the legislation and won. This has placed many
librarians in the States in a dilemma: whether to abide by the ruling or
flout it in order to safeguard children from inappropriate material.
From LISNEWS, 4 September -
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic/090302LIBRARIES_WKD.html
GOVERNMENT
* Raynsford invites views on access to information
The Local Government Minister has published a policy paper entitled
Access to Information in Local Government, A policy paper on the current and
future framework governing access to information for Local Authorities in
England in order to gather the views from a wide range of stakeholders by
2nd December 2002.
From Office of the Deputy Prime Minister news releases, 2 September
-
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/news/0209/0064.htm
* Best value seen as positive force for change in local government
75% of senior employees in councils think that Best Value is
fundamental to improvements in local services. This finding is part of the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's first national census of local
authorities' attitudes to Best Value. See the link for access to the census
reports.
From Office of the Deputy Prime Minister news releases, 2 September
- http://www.odpm.gov.uk/news/0209/0063.htm
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
* How Academic Librarians Can Influence Students' Web-Based
Information Choices
An OCLC white paper on the habits of college students.
http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/pdf/printondemand/informationhabits.pdf
From Internet Resources Newsletter, issue 96,
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
* Answering quick reference enquiries using Google
An article in Free Pint, by Terry Kendrick.
http://www.freepint.com/issues/080802.htm?FreePint_Session=2f1db92dc48d8b27c
58f537449ae43c6>
From Internet Resources Newsletter, issue 96,
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
INTERNATIONAL
* A futuristic library
An article by Paula Musich in eWeek, on the new Millennium Library
opened in Cerritos, California.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,508960,00.asp
From Resourceshelf, 6th September,
<http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/archives/2002_09_01_resourceshelf_archive
.html/#85421185>
LIBRARIES
* Genesis project
Funded by the Reseach Support Libraries Programme, this database
holds descriptions of women's history collections in British libraries,
archives and museums.
http://www.genesis.ac.uk
From Internet Resources Newsletter, issue 96,
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
* Info@UK - your guide to major UK Information Society developments
and news is available from:
http://infoatuk.britishcouncil.org
The bulletin is designed primarily to meet the information needs of
British Council staff.
LIS-LINK Digest 30 Aug-2 Sept
* A new jiscmail list called 'duplicate-journals' has been set up. It
is intended as a forum for the exchange of unwanted journals and is
primarily for libraries in the UK and similar institutions. To join go to
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DUPLICATE-JOURNALS.html.
LIS-LINK Digest 3-4 Sept
* The British Library has added images of a copy of the Koran which is
700 years old to its collection of its digitised library, its latest edition
to the "Turning the Pages" initiative.
From LISNEWS, 5 September -
<http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_664682.html>
* Charging to use the People's Network - can we?
Question about charging library visitors to use facilities such as
extended Internet access, which has provoked some responses.
From LIS-PUB-LIBS, 5 September -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-pub-libs&D=1&T=0&O
=D&P=1575
* Resource designation scheme review
Resource operates a designation scheme for museums, and is
considering widening the initiative to cover libraries and archives.
Information about this is at
www.resource.gov.uk/action/designation/desig_review.asp
http://www.resource.gov.uk/action/designation/desig_review.asp. Nick Fox,
poster of the message, has called for comments.
From LIS-PUB-LIBS, 2 September -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-pub-libs&D=1&T=0&O
=D&P=527
PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
* National Preservation Office Annual Conference 2002: Managing
Library and Archive Collections in Historic Houses
The conference is being held at the British Library Conference
Centre on 5th November. Register online at
http://www.bl.uk/services/preservation/conf02_reg.html.
From Resourcenews Digest, 2-3 Sep 2002
* "Universal Virtual Computer" battles obsolescence
Dr. Raymond Lorie, a researcher at IBM's Almaden Research Center,
has written some software which, it is hoped, will overcome the problem of
old digital documents becoming unreadable. Dr. Lorie's programme does away
with complicated language and concentrates on telling future readers of the
information what the document is about, rather than try to preserve the
document in its original form.
From RLG Shelflife, no. 70 (5 September)
http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=190060331
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