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Info@UK mid-month Web site update
Info@UK Web site: [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
The latest Information Society news stories are now available on our Web
site at [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
More stories will be added to the Web news pages at the end of this month
when the Info@UK bulletin will also be issued.
The top stories so far this month are:
National procurement model for public libraries (UK news)
Right to access information (UK news)
Indian e-literacy project wins award
Online debate on Google and book publishing
These can be accessed from:
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Contents so far this month are:
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
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
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
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
Biometric ID cards in Italy
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Candidates receive exam results by text message
Challenges to implementing the national programme for information technology
(NPfIT): a qualitative study
EC investing EUR1 billion into ICT research
Gibson Index
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
Online debate on Google and book publishing
Chief Information Officer Council
Choike
E-LIS
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
Articles on Internet issues
From university to village hall
Special issue celebrating Maurice B. Line
Web accessibility articles
APPOINTMENTS
New National Statistician appointed
New Deputy Commissioner at the ICO
AND FINALLY
Web sites are, mostly, from Mars
Public library at festival
[End]
Sue Childs
Research Fellow
Information Society Research Community
School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
Northumbria University
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