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THIS MONTH’S HEADLINES:
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
PFI funding for libraries
Shortage of public librarians
Seven Stories
Challenge Fund for ICT innovation in public libraries
Better promotion of council Web sites is needed
Impact of ICT on health and healthcare
WEEE directive back on track
Online survey of OPDM Web sites
National procurement model for public libraries
CILIP response to PKF report
Adding value to public sector information
ONS data to be ‘captured’ in India
ID cards not a panacea
Are hyperlinks legal? Aslib response to DTI consultation
Right to access information
MLA’s response to the report of the Culture, Media and Sport Select
Committee on public libraries
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Reach out: an online dialogue between UK and Arab youth
WSIS PrepCom 3
Applications to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global Public Policy Conference 2005
Grants from the Endangered Archives Programme
Deadlock on a development agenda for WIPO
LRC 2005 Best Global Website Award
France makes donation to IFAP
WSIS thematic meeting reports now available
ICT teacher training project in Asia-Pacific region
LATEST WORLD NEWS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
AOL Innovation in the Community Awards 2005
APDIP e-Notes
Access to Learning Award 2005
Funding for ChangeUp hubs
Mobile Internet classroom
Flatmates
Grassroots video festival in Bangladesh
ICT for education and development in Southern Africa
Indian e-literacy project wins award
EU DEVELOPMENTS
German e-government initiative meets targets
Biometric ID cards in Italy
EC investing €1 billion into ICT research
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Mobile phones and cancer risks
WiFi in Glasgow
My Book Your Book
Candidates receive exam results by text message
Challenges to implementing the national programme for information technology
(NPfIT): a qualitative study
Gibson Index
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
New portal for Latin-American and Caribbean youth
LIBRI on the Web
British Library’s Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
Online debate on Google and book publishing
Chief Information Officer Council
Choike
E-LIS
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS…)
A global imperative
Open-access initiatives in India
Neighbourhoods on the net
Genre under construction: the diary on the Internet
Digital copyright (e-book)
Libraries, national security, freedom of information laws and social
responsibilities
Articles on Internet issues
From university to village hall
Special issue celebrating Maurice B. Line
Web accessibility articles
APPOINTMENTS
New Chief Executive of the National Archives
Advertising for House of Lords Librarian
New National Statistician appointed
New Deputy Commissioner at the ICO
AND FINALLY
Uniforms anyone?
Comic book hero
Kafkaesque
Web sites are, mostly, from Mars
Public library at festival
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