> Current Awareness Digest 23-29 November 2002
> 
> COPYRIGHT
> Melanie Johnson launches overhall of patents law
> The Minister for Competition, Consumers and Markets has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the 1977 Patents Act.
> From DTI press releases, posted 29 November 2002-12-02
> <http://www.nds.coi.gov.uk/coi/coipress.nsf/4eb388ccc4bff3e880256bf4003360fb/7aab4018f154d3f580256c80004c728c?OpenDocument>
> 
> Progress report on EC Copyright Directive
> The Patent Office has issued a progress report on the UK Implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) saying that the large volume of replies to the consultation document mean that the directive will not be implemented until March 2003 rather than December 2002 as first anticipated.
> Patent Office Copyright Notices, 19.11.02
> <http://www.patent.gov.uk/copy/notices/report.htm>
> 
> Open access movements gaining ground and supporters
> The Library Director at the Western State University College of Law comments that many organisations are freely sharing their information with others in a bid to circumvent copyright legislation.
> From RLG ShelfLife no. 82 (27 November)
> <http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=197393422>
> 
> EMPLOYMENT
> Demand explodes for librarians with high-tech skills 
> From LISNews.com, posted 25 November
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20021125114753>
> 
> EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
> Libraries and disabilities
> Information about CILIP> '> s briefing paper about the employment of people with disabilities. See <http://www.cilip.org.uk/practice/equalopps.html> for details.
> From LISNews.com, posted 25 November
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20021125142857>
> 
> GOVERNMENT
> Leslie: national strategy will drive forward local e-government
> The strategy for e-government has been published in conjunction with the Local Government Association.
> From the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister news section, posted 27 November
> <http://www.odpm.gov.uk/news/0211/0129.htm>
> 
> Local authorities progress in search for Beacon status
> The latest news about the scheme.
> From the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister news section, posted 27 November
> <http://www.odpm.gov.uk/news/0211/0132.htm>
> 
> INTERNET
> Poor Intranet design hampers corporate productivity
> A new study by the Nielsen Norman Group has found that corporate efficiency and effectiveness is often compromised by badly designed Intranets.
> From RLG ShelfLife no. 82 (27 November)
> <http://lists2.rlg.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?visit=shelflife-from-rlg&id=197393422>
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> LIBRARIES
> People> '> s Network online media toolkit
> The toolkit has been launched to celebrate the success of the People> '> s Network. It is available at <http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/progress/toolkit.asp>. 
> From LIS-PUB-LIBS, posted 29 November
> <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0211&L=lis-pub-libs&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=15639>
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