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THIS MONTH'S HEADLINES:
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
ID Cards Bill reintroduced
Electronic health records
Library usage figures
Public perceptions of libraries, museums and archives
Office of Public Sector Information
British Library supporting SMEs
UK elections test e-democracy
FOI Act is vigorously tested in Scotland
Mylocal kiosks
AOL Innovation in the Community Awards 2005
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
e-government and customer service
ICT for Capacity-Building
India's Right to Information Bill
Proposed Access to Knowledge Treaty
e-Readiness rankings
Success Stories Database - call for contributions from libraries
World Summit Awards
LATEST WORLD NEWS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
ICT in rural India
Hole in the Wall project
EU DEVELOPMENTS
Safeguarding e-communications services
ICT usage statistics
Pan European Business Co-operation Schemes
Europe Direct
European Centre of Excellence for SmartCards
Preservation of Europe's written and audiovisual heritage
eParticipate
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Google Print Project
Museums, libraries and archives' contribution to social policy
Workshop on Free and Open Source Software and International Cooperation
DAREnet
GroupServer tool for online groups
Mobile e-learning
Open document format standard
Open source software in schools
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
Longitude toolkit
ObsMedia
Work-Life Balance
UK sites win Webby Awards
UK's G8 and EU presidency Web site
Find your councillor
Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
KM-Forum
Best Museum Web site awards
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
Public libraries and community cohesion: developing indicators
Cataloging and organizing digital information: a how-to-do-it manual for
librarians
Delivering digital services: a handbook for public libraries and learning
centres
BS 8419-1:2005. Interoperability between metadata systems used for learning,
education and training. Code of practice for the development of application
profiles.
BS 8419-2:2005 Interoperability between metadata systems used for learning,
education and training. Code of practice for the development of
interoperability between application profiles.
Linux desktop hacks: tips & tools for customizing and optimizing your OS
WSIS: Whose vision of an information society?
APPOINTMENTS
New UK ministerial responsibilities for information and ICT related
activities
New director of health IT
Elected ALA President
New Socitm president
AND FINALLY
Crazy Frog
Beating the couch potato
A digital picture of Britain
Weee man with computer mouse teeth
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Sue Childs
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Information Society Research Community
School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
Northumbria University
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