**Apologies for cross-posting**
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New publication
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The Commission has recently published the following report:
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Digital library research review
by Peter Brophy
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75p
LIC research report 17
ISBN 1902394003
Available from: British Thesis Service, The British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ.
tel: 01937 546229; fax: 01937 546286;
email: [log in to unmask]
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
photocopy £12.00 UK; £17.00 overseas
The report of a review commissioned to provide input to the
formulation of the Library and Information Commission's Digital
Libraries Research Call for Proposals. The work identifies several
different digital library models, describes a number of digital
library research and development agendas, highlights other major
issues and influences and concludes with a statement on the general
digital library research agenda.
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New grants awarded (1)
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Full grant details for another of the projects that were successful
under the recent Information Retrieval call for research proposals are
now available on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
The grant has been awarded to the following project: Concept-based
Interactive Query Expansion Support Tool (CIQUEST)
The complete list of successful proposals is available on the website
at: http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/information_retrieval/ir-calla.html
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New grants awarded (2)
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The Commission has awarded four new grants for work under the
Improving access for blind and visually impaired people scheme. All
four are part of a range of initiatives that are proposed to
facilitate improvements to the National Union Catalogue of Alternative
Formats (NUCAF). The grants have been awarded to the following
projects:
Improvements to the National Union Catalogue of Alternative Formats -
Phase 1 (three grants awarded)
A Technical specification of the metadata requirements for the
National Union Catalogue of Alternative Formats
A full list of grants awarded under this initiative is available on
the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
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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
email: [log in to unmask]
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