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Important announcement:
UKOLUG has decided to extend the deadline for the Public
Sector Award, originally announced in the following news
release, until the end of February.
You still have plenty of time to nominate!
Chris Armstrong
UKOLUG Chair
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News Release: New UKOLUG award for public sector
UKOLUG Announces Award for Innovative Use of Electronic
Resources in the Public Sector
NOVEMBER 2001 - UKOLUG is pleased to announce an addition
to its set of awards and bursaries. A one-time award is
being offered to a public sector library or library
authority to celebrate innovative use of electronic
resources.
UKOLUG is encouraging members to nominate libraries to
receive the £2,000 award. If you know of a particular
worthy service offering electronic resources to members
of the public, you may nominate it for the award.
The award, as well as a smaller award to the nominator,
will be presented during the UKOLUG Conference in
Birmingham in June 2002. A panel of judges will select
the most innovative, noteworthy and useful application.
While setting no limit on the range of uses that may be
nominated, UKOLUG suggests that innovative means of
presenting or delivering information to particular user
groups, significant electronic resources presenting an
unusual range or type of information, or innovative
electronic ways of drawing in users may be the kinds of
activity to attract the award.
Nominations should take the form of a brief description
(perhaps one A4 page) of the resource and its intended
users, as well as details of the location and the library
or authority, and contact names and details for both the
nominator and the nominee. Please try to make your
descriptions as detailed as possible and specify both the
type of resource and the target user group; it may help
to offer some assessment of its success.
Nominations should reach the UKOLUG administrator at the
address below no later than the 31st January 2002 [now:
28th february 2002]. A winner will be announced during
the following May.
UKOLUG is the national user group for online, CD-ROM and
Internet searchers. The Group lobbies on behalf of its
membership, provides networking opportunities, and
organizes meetings, training seminars and conferences.
See how you can take advantage of member services such as
the email discussion list (lis-ukolug) and group
publications, including the highly acclaimed newsletter.
For further information, contact:-
Christine Baker
UKOLUG Administration
The Old Chapel
Walden
West Burton
Leyburn
LE8 4DL
Tel/fax: +44 (0)1969 663749
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