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This month's headlines....
WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS)
Useful WSIS Web links
Over 50 Heads of State / Government to participate in Summit
Summit - an opportunity 'to share Information Society visions'
Participants struggle to reach agreement on the draft principles
ITU highlights its commitment to the World Summit on the Information Society
ICT Development Platform at WSIS
WSIS teaching materials for students
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Code of Practice on Records
Management
Annual library statistics 2003 - book spending down, electronic resources
up
Office of National Statistics (ONS) to set up personal data system
Oftel latest statistics - half of UK homes online
New broadband report - spam threatens broadband
Government Web sites fall short
Legal Deposit Law to save electronic publications for future generations
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Biometric screening at US borders
Sri Lanka and e-government
Pakistan to launch digital library
Latest World News on the Digital Divide
EU DEVELOPMENTS
EU open source drive
Pan-European public services portal
European cyber-detective
EU Copyright Directive has come into effect in the UK
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
People prefer phone to e-mail for public services
Information overload becomes 'information pollution'
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
UK Freedom of Information Act blog
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
Libraries and information services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland 2004
Local government IT in use
Creating a successful e-information service
The UK government response to the report of the commission on intellectual
property rights
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Information for all
World Summit on the Information Society
International conference on digital library's
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Online information 2003
Internet tools for the advanced searcher
Government and politics on the Internet
Breakthrough thinking in knowledge and information strategy
Copyright
APPOINTMENTS
IFLA appoints new Secretary General
Resource appoints new Library's Policy Adviser
AND FINALLY
Submit your library world records
The Canterbury tales are online at the British library
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