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THIS MONTH'S HEADLINES:
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Police powers and libraries
Librarians respond to Terrorism Bill
Winners of the Public Library Buildings Awards
Enquire, discover and read
The Wright Stuff
About Me project
Brighton's Jubilee Library wins award
Public Libraries Challenge Fund awards
Terrorism bill and its effect on librarians
Evidence via video
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
WSIS Phase II is nearly here!
World Library and Information Congress 2006
International Library Forum, Shanghai
World Usability Day
WSIS Challenge Award
IFLA honours and awards 2006
WSIS Wire
Libraries in the digital age, 2006
Blooker Prize
International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries
WSIS PrepCom-3 ends with issues still to be resolved
LATEST WORLD NEWS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Microsoft digital inclusion research funds
A journey towards an information society
Stockholm Challenge Award 2006
Digital philanthropy
Sign Video Contact Centre
Why should countries embed ICTs into SME policy
Internet Discussion Forum on Open Course Content for Higher Education
EU DEVELOPMENTS
EU Commissioner's speech on Internet governance
Music copyright
European Biometrics Portal
Plans for European digital libraries
Proposal for single market for radio spectrum use
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
CREE Project outputs available
The Common Information Environment and Creative Commons
New Open Source Academy
Adelphi Charter
BioMed Central's response to ALPSP report
ICT and productivity
OpenDocument
Study on the effects of open access to research
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
Free information science e-journals
i-Witness
PAStexplorers
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
The Google Print Controversy: A Bibliography
Building online communities of practice: the international open source
network model
Connecting agricultural sector through electronic governance models
Information Society: the next steps
Towards knowledge societies
Public service broadcasting
E-metrics for library and information professionals
Designation Challenge Fund Report 2002-04
Weblog usability: the top ten design mistakes
World Disasters Report 2005
Implementing a holistic approach to e-learning accessibility
Developing the new learning environment
Managing electronic records
Articles on Internet issues
Why should countries embed ICTs into SME policy
The virtual customer
The commercialized Web: challenges for libraries and democracy
APPOINTMENTS
No stories this issue.
AND FINALLY
Virtual gifts
What does a book say about you?
It's a small world
'It's good to talk'
Banned Books Week
Classic ringtones
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Sue Childs
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School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
Northumbria University
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