>
>
> Current Awareness, 14-20 September 2002
>
> CULTURE
> * Free resources to help you promote National Poetry Day
> From From LIS-PUB-LIBS, message posted 19 September
> See
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-pub-libs&D=1&T=
> 0&O=D&P=7170>
>
> * These readers are eager to pass the book
> Details of a scheme in the States in which people register books
> with a website, put a sticker inside them and leave the books in public
> places so that others can read them.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 20 September -
> <http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/nation/3823144.htm>
>
> EDUCATION
>
> * UC&R Award for Innovation
> Announcing the recipients of the first winners of the award.
> From LIS-LINK, 17 September
>
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-link&D=1&T=0&O=
> D&P=15993>
>
> * UWM [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee] dean steps down amid bias
> allegations
> Mohammed Aman has resigned after a member of staff in his faculty
> pressed charges of discrimination on multiple bases.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 17 September -
> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep02/80536.asp>
>
> EMPLOYMENT
>
> * Simpler regulations come into force today
> New legislation aimed at clarifying and simplifying elements of
> health and safety law came into force on 17 September, covering areas such
> as first aid, display screens, personal protective equipment, manual
> handling and work equipment.
> HSE Press Release from 17 September
> <http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2002/c02041.htm>
>
> EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
>
> * Opportunity for all: fourth annual report 2002
> This document sets out the government's commitment to eradicating
> poverty and promoting equality.
> From Department for Work and Pensions What's New, 18 September
>
> <http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2002/oppal-fourth/opp_summ.pdf>
> [links to summary and report]
>
> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
>
> * Greater guidance needed on how to post sensitive information
> Assesses the difficulties of striking a balance between providing
> useful information on the Internet and the need to suppress potentially
> sensitive material.
> From RLG ShelfLife, no. 72 (19 September 2002)
>
> <http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=191005
> 682>
>
> * Code of practice on access to Government information
> From August 2002.
> <http://www.lcd.gov.uk/foi/codprac01/codprac01.pdf> - report
> www.lcd.gov.uk/foi/foidpunit.htm
> <http://www.lcd.gov.uk/foi/foidpunit.htm> - Freedom of Information website
> From BOPCAS-SOCIAL-ISSUES, 9-13 Sept,
> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BOPCAS-SOCIAL-ISSUES.html
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BOPCAS-SOCIAL-ISSUES.html>
>
> GOVERNMENT
>
> * Government consults on council performance measures
> The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has outlined its proposed
> changes to Best Value Performance Indicators for 2003/04. These are set
> out in Best Value Performance Indicators 2003/2004.
> From Office of the Deputy Prime Minister News, 17 September
> <http://www.odpm.gov.uk/news/0209/0077.htm>
>
> * Sue Duncan named as first Government Chief Social Researcher
> Cabinet Office Press release, Wednesday 18 Sept
> From the Cabinet Office website,
> <http://www.nds.coi.gov.uk/coi/coipress.nsf>
>
> * Resource advertises for Senior Policy Advisor (Libraries)
> Resource is looking for someone to manage and develop various
> projects such as the publication of the DCMS/Resource Strategic Framework
> for Public Libraries, the implementation of the programme arising from
> Resource's Action Plan for Public Libraries and the results of the
> Resource study on the Wider Information and Library Issues Project
> (WILIP). Closing date: Monday, 30 September 2002.
> From ResourceNews Digest 11-19 Sept
> <http://www.resource.gov.uk/news/email.asp>
>
> ICT
>
> * How to build a successful intranet
> Tips on constructing and maintaining a site.
> From RLG ShelfLife, no. 72 (19 September 2002)
>
> <http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=191005
> 682>
>
> * Librarianship after Google
> Article in American Libraries by Joseph Janes.
> <http://www.ala.org/alonline/netlib/il1002.html>
> From ResourceShelf, Wednesday 18 Sept
>
> <http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/archives/2002_09_01_resourceshelf_archi
> ve.html/#85464374>
>
> * Deep links spark fight at content on Web site
> By Mike Wendland. In The Freep, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sept.
> <http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mike16_20020916.htm>
> From ResourceShelf, Sunday 15 Sept
>
> <http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/archives/2002_09_01_resourceshelf_archi
> ve.html/#85456409>
>
> LIBRARIES
>
> * Library of Congress
> Highlights from the Library of Congress annual report are available
> from the following news release:
> <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2002/02-132.html>
> From ResourceShelf, Tuesday 17 Sept
>
> <http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/archives/2002_09_01_resourceshelf_archi
> ve.html/#85459759>
>
> * Historic books "sold to plug budget gaps"
> The Parliamentary Librarian in the Australian state of New South
> Wales is at the centre of a row over why rare books were sold to offset
> holes in the overall budget of the parliament.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 18 September - see
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020918192559> for links to the
> article
>
> * Libraries as babysitters
> Public libraries in the USA are increasingly faced with the
> situation of parents leaving their young children unattended for long
> periods of time.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 17 September -
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020917153731>
>
> * Flooded Municipal Library in Prague
> From LISNews.com, message posted 17 September -
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020917101132>
> Also, The Managing Director of the Municipal Library appeals for
> assistance in the aftermath of the floods in Prague
> From LIS-LINK, message posted 17 September
>
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-link&D=1&T=0&O=
> D&P=15148>
>
> * Immigrants transforming D.C. area public libraries
> Public libraries in Washington, D.C. are busier than ever, with more
> and more immigrants using their services in order to acclimatise to their
> new culture and to learn English.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 16 September -
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020916130012>
>
> * UC&R Award for Innovation
> The University, College and Research group have announced the first
> winners of this award.
> From LIS-LINK, message posted 17 September
>
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209&L=lis-link&D=1&T=0&O=
> D&P=15993>
>
> LITERACY
>
> * Chapter and verse: a look at reader development
> It is being acknowledged in several countries that reader
> development does not stop at the early school years.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 17 September -
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20020917153541>
>
> PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
>
> * Data extinction
> By Claire Tristram in Technology Review, October 2002. How to
> preserve digital materials as they age.
> <http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/tristram1002.asp>
> From ResourceShelf, Saturday 14 Sept
>
> <http://resourceshelf.freepint.com/archives/2002_09_01_resourceshelf_archi
> ve.html/#85446106>
>
> * PUBLISHING
> Electronic books appear stalled at technology gate
> Further evidence, this time from an American survey, that electronic
> books have yet to take hold among readers.
> From LISNews.com, message posted 18 September -
>
> <http://www.globeinvestor.com./servlet/GIS.Servlets.WireFeedRedirect?cf=Gl
> obeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20020918&archive=gam&slu
> g=MEBOOK>
>
>
>
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