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> WEEKLY INFORMATION WORLD 9-16 April
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> CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION
> Seymour Lubetzky, 104, librarian, dies
> Mr Lubetzky, who for many years worked at the Library of Congress, developed new methods of cataloguing.
> LISNews.com, 12 April
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20030412211645>
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> CULTURE
> Iraq> '> s National Museum looted
> Reports about what one correspondent called > "> ...> one of the greatest cultural disasters in recent Middle Eastern history> "> .
> LISNews.com, 13 April
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20030413095908>
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> Major cash boost for Museums and Galleries: North East, South West and West Midlands
> Resource has announced the funding for its programme to modernise and reinvigorate England's regional museums and galleries.
> <http://www.resource.gov.uk/news/press_article.asp?articleid=535>
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> EMPLOYMENT
> Public consultation on balancing work and family life
> This consultation is open until 31 August this year.
> DTI Current Consultations, 9 April
> <http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/inform.htm>
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> More support for volunteers
> Young people from low income backgrounds are to get extra Government support to become volunteers for a year after they finish school, college or training.
> Department for Education and Skills press release, 11 April
> <http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2003_0066>
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> Pay and Status Survey 2002
> A report on the results of the CILIP Pay and Status survey 2002 is available online.
> CILIP latest news, 9 April
> <http://www.cilip.org.uk/jobs_careers/paysurvey2002.html>
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> LEGISLATION
> UK publishing backlash against electronic deposit
> The proposed Legal Deposit Libraries Bill has provoked objections from the publishing industry, as it says it was not consulted about the effects it would have on publishers.
> LISNews.com, 9 April
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20030409125351>
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> LIBRARIES
> Smelly feet man loses court appeal
> A man who persistently entered a university library in Delft until he was banned for upsetting other users has lost his appeal against a £70 fine for trespass.
> LISNews.com, 14 April
> <http://www.lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20030414102626>
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> Bill McNaught appointed to the Resource board
> Bill McNaught, Head of Cultural Development at Gateshead Council, joins Lynne Brindley and Bob McKee as a new appointee to the board of Resource. He has also become Chair of the newly constituted Advisory Council on Libraries.
> Resource press release, 10 April
> <http://www.resource.gov.uk/news/press_article.asp?articleid=532>
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> ESU/CILIP Travelling Librarian Award
> The English speaking Union and CILIP invite applications for the 2003 Travelling Librarian Award from professionally qualified librarians working in British libraries or information centers.
> CILIP latest news, 14 April
> <http://www.cilip.org.uk/advocacy/esu.html>
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> PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
> The incentives to preserve digital materials: roles, scenarios and economic decision-making
> A new paper from Brian Lavoie at OCLC.
> <http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/digipres/incentives-dp.pdf>
> From ResourceShelf, 15 April
> <http://www.resourceshelf.com/archives/2003_04_01_resourceshelf_archive.html/#200148539>
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> RESEARCH
> Get rich slowly
> An article on a new framework for funding scientific research lays down exactly where EU research and development will be allotted. £11bn is up for grabs but it comes with a heavy bureaucratic burden> ...> ..
> Guardian Education, p10-11, 15 April
> <http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,936535,00.html>
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