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UMBRELLA5
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The Library and Information Commission will be attending Umbrella5.
Margaret Haines, LIC Chief Executive, will be speaking in session 3
(Friday 2 July 11:30 - 12:45) for the Multimedia Information and
Technology Group. The title of her talk is "The importance of a
co-ordinated national information policy framework in library network
development". Tim Owen, Head of Policy and Communications, and Barbara
Buckley, Research Programme Manager, will be giving a presentation at
15:00 on Thursday 1 July entitled "What's new at LIC". The Commission will
also have a stand at the exhibition. Visit stand 56 to meet LIC personnel
and also pick up free copies of a number of LIC publications, including:
20/20 vision; Libraries the lifeforce for learning; Research Plan
1999-2002; General call for proposals; Current awards for library and
information services research.
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PRESERVATION COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS: INVITATION TO TENDER
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On Friday 25 June, the Commission issued an invitation to tender for a
cross-disciplinary study that will identify all cost elements and benefits
associated with the preservation of the recorded heritage. The study
should also develop a methodological framework to help preservation
managers quantify both costs and benefits. The full tender document is
available from the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/preservation/tender.hmtl
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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Two new Library and Information Commission research reports have been
published recently:
PAPERBACKS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES
by Joan Reuben and David Spiller
58p
LIC research report 2
ISBN 1901786161
Available from: Library and Information Statistics Unit, Publications
Section, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU. tel: 01509
223071; fax: 01509 223072; email: [log in to unmask] £17.50
This work reports research into several aspects of paperback provision
in public libraries, and is the first substantial investigation into
the subject for twenty years. It will be of particular interest to
public librarians and to the book trade. There are four main lines of
enquiry: 1) paperback publishing patterns: the sequence of publication
for hardback and paperback versions of the same title, the time
intervals between the formats, and the price differences; 2)
paperbacks in public library practice: a survey reporting current
practice in UK public libraries of acquiring, reinforcing, cataloguing
and displaying paperbacks; 3) paperbacks and library users: surveys
reporting library user preferences for hard and paperback formats; 4)
paperback durability and cost-effectiveness: the performance of
different paperback reinforcing methods - in terms of loans and shelf
life - and their cost-effectiveness. A concluding section relates the
four sets of findings and presents them in a form of practical use to
public librarians involved in the provision of materials. The findings
will also help to inform decision making by publishers, booksellers,
library suppliers and bookbinders.
JOINT SERVICE DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS AS THE BASIS OF COOPERATION
BETWEEN LIBRARY AUTHORITIES
by Margaret Hawkins and Ian Malley
214p
LIC research report 4
ISBN 1902394062
Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ. tel:
01937 546229; fax: 01937 546286; email:
[log in to unmask] photocopy £12.00 UK; £17.00 overseas
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
The Executive Summary of this report will be made available on the LIC
website.
Using Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland as its case study, this
project examines the philosophical, political and technical background
against which joint arrangements, which are defined as two or more
local authorities working together to provide a service in some sort
of partnership, have arisen in the 1990's. The experience of
authorities which have undergone reorganisaiton in the last four years
is used to achieve the following aims: 1) assess the value of joint
arrangements in building a stable framework for library co-operation
in the public sector; 2) examine the potential of contractual
frameworks for joint arrangements; 3) assess the economic value of
joint arrangements.
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RESEARCH BULLETIN
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The first issue of the Library and Information Commission Research
Bulletin is due to be published at the end of July. This free new
title aims to provide a similar range of information, features, news
and reviews as the title it has succeeded - the British Library
Research and Innovation Centre Research Bulletin.
Items in the first issue include:
NEWS
* Museums, Libraries and Archives Council - the story so far
* an update on a number of key LIC policy initiatives
* DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund 1999/2000
* a list of the successful projects from the information retrieval
call for research proposals
* a report on the Career Development group conference - E-lucidate.
The electronic library in the new millenium: new directions and
initiatives
FEATURES
* Knowledge Management. The key issues and their relevance to the LIS
profession
* Research into practice for public libraries. The significance of the
effective use of research by public library managers
* Best practice in partnerships between libraries and the cable
service industry. Exploring factors in successful partnerships between
cable providers and libraries
* Young people's reading habits at the end of the century. Looking at
how and where young people come into contact with the books, comics
and magazines they read and discovering what young people think about
the relationship between what they read and how they understand the
world.
REVIEWS
* New research in preservation management. A review of the LIC
preservation research programme detailing all the current projects
* Research in the Telematics for Libraries Programme. An overview of
the European Commission's Telematics for Libraries programme.
If you would like to subscribe to the Research Bulletin please forward
the following information to [log in to unmask]
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Simon Matty
Information Officer
Library and Information Commission
19-29 Woburn Place
London WC1H 0LU
tel:0171 273 8733
fax:0171 273 8701
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