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Dear all,
Info@UK February 2003 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
Information Commissioner calls for more open public information 4
Local elections - test for eVoting
4
Post Office in the eRevolution
4
ID card plans could be scrapped 4
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
EBLIDA publishes response to GATS
5
Latest news on the World Summit 5
EU DEVELOPMENTS
European database discontinued 6
TEL Newsletter and update
6
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB SITES, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
World Library Associations web site
7
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Resource report - Internet terminals important to public libraries
7
Radio spectrum opened out for wireless growth 7
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks explanatory notes.
8
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS (FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL)
BOBCATSSS symposium 2003
8
Knowledge Management 9
IT4ALL Congress
9
Intranets, extranets and portals in the public sector
9
CALIBER 2003
9
Second annual eGovernment summit 10
The JISC conference
10
eGovernment UK Conference
10
Challenges and opportunities for library and information professionals 11
Internet Librarian International conference 2003
11
Culture: from information to knowledge 11
eLit2003
12
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 12
EDUCATION AND TRAINING (FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL)
Introduction to the Internet
12
The invisible web: where search engines fear to go
13
Advanced Internet searching
13
Creating strategic marketing plans to build better public library services
13
Maximising web presence
14
Data Protection 14
Training for tomorrow
14
Content Management in the Public Sector 14
Freedom of Information: accelerating effective action plans
15
selling the benefits of library and information services
15
Freedom of Information 15
APPOINTMENTS
Resource new appointments
16
... And Finally...
Public sector open source march continues
16
Free web research link closed under pressure from pay sites
16
Belgians get ID cards
17
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