London Libraries Development Agency led the development of this resource on
behalf of the 33 London local authorities
http://www.londonlibraries.org.uk/will/default.aspx
It includes maps, opening hours, access information, details of any special
collections and is linked to a search tool for all London public library
catalogues (well, almost all - it will shortly be completed with the
addition of the remaining couple of authorities not currently on board).
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Miller
Sent: 20 May 2005 16:17
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Subject: Reliably locating UK libraries for the public ?
All
can anyone who provides such data for their own institution give me an idea
of the range of places
to which UK libraries routinely send things like their address, opening
hours, etc? Is the picture
very different for public and private institutions?
On the flip-side, does anyone have anything better than a gut feel for how
their visitors discover
where they are? Is there a single definitive source to which someone might
turn in search of a
library (how comprehensive are some of the paper directories, for example,
and do members of
the public use the service finders on their local authority's web site)?
Does the Public Sector Information Directive coming on-stream in July change
anything?
I'm interested in the ways in which the cultural sector disseminates basic
information about itself,
and if the rise of third party services such as Google Maps (and the
interesting applications people
are beginning to build upon it) perhaps offers tools that we might harness
to our advantage.
There's a more detailed post on this topic, with some examples, on one of
the Common
Information Environment's (CIE) blogs at
www.common-info.org.uk/thoughts/archives/2005/05/more_thoughts_o_1.html
Thanks in advance for any information that you can provide.
Paul
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