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Dear all,
Info@UK XXX edition is now available from the address below.
http://infoatuk.britishcouncil.org
Info@UK - is your guide to major UK Information Society developments and
news. The bulletin is compiled by the Information Management Research
Institute, University of Northumbria on behalf of the British Council and is
designed primarily to meet the information needs of British Council staff.
However we recognise that it will be of interest to a wider audience and are
happy to share Info@UK with you.
This month's headlines....
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Police to reform using IT
UKOnline via SkyTV success
Government urged to get online
Welsh Assembly live online through BBC
Museums and Archives get 'high speed Internet access'
Government open source working group begins
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Terrorism spurns restriction of information
Americans say remove public information from Internet
49% of Irish have net access at home
Afghan's turn to web
Latest world news on the digital divide
EU DEVELOPMENTS
EU funds flow to open source
NEW PUBLICATIONS
The library and Information Professional's guide to plug-ins and
other web browser tools
British Library 29th Annual Report and Accounts
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
War on terror is a threat to net freedom
Internet means more people using the public library
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
eWork 2002
EEI21 Memphis 2002: The ethics of electronic information in the 21st
century
1st Eurasian Conference on Advances in Information and Communication
Technology
The European eGovernment 2002 conference and exhibition: making
digital government work for you
The IST 2002 Conference
KM Europe 2002 Conference & Exhibition
IADIS international conference WWW/Internet 2002
5th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries ICADL02
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The EU and how it works
Utilising new technologies to add value for people and communities
Copyright for beginners
Proving the value of library and information services
Building quality government websites - developing a content driven
website
APPOINTMENTS
New European Commission Director General for the Information Society
Jonathan Drori appointed Director Of Culture Online
Resource appoints Justin Frost as Senior Policy Adviser
British Library's new head of Publisher Relations
Canadian Library Association appoints new Executive Director
...AND FINALLY...
Prague Municipal Library flood appeal
14th Century Koran digitised by British Library
Captain James Cook letter found in UK library
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