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------APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS-------- Dear All, This month's Info@UK is now available from the Info@UK website: http:[log in to unmask] Info@UK is your guide to major UK Information Society developments and news. The bulletin is compiled by the Information Management Research Institute, School of Informatics, Northumbria University on behalf of the British Council and is designed primarily to meet the information needs of British Council staff. However we recognise that it will be of interest to a wider audience and are happy to share Info@UK with you. All articles contained in this bulletin, past copies and additional news and resources can be located at the British Council's Info@UK website: http:[log in to unmask] THIS MONTH'S HEADLINES: UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Progress towards e-Government 2005 targets Enabling a digitally United Kingdom: a framework for action Building e-Government change competencies Defra Survey of Rural Customers' Satisfaction with Services Kingston e-petitions Inquiry into Freedom of Information implementation INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WIPO and developing countries WSIS follow-up conference in Africa and the Arab States Medical library partnerships across the world Working Group on Internet Governance IFLA position on the Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO LATEST WORLD NEWS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE One million PCs for African schools Developing Nations Creative Commons License The Open Knowledge Network India Pilot Project Digital inclusion in Scotland Adults learning at home - ICT makes no difference EU DEVELOPMENTS How to complain to the European Ombudsman Open access publishing in Norway Recommendations for e-government in Europe The European Library Office RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS Google Desktop Search Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about the Semantic Web School Names on the Net project INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS) Alliance for Digital Inclusion European Open Source Observatory Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia WISE KIDS International union catalogues PINAKES: A Subject Launchpad NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...) Enabling a digitally United Kingdom: a framework for action Progress towards e-Government 2005 targets A quiet revolution Implementing the Freedom of Information Act: topic briefing Weblogs and libraries Effective information retrieval from the Internet: An advanced user's guide APPOINTMENTS New Executive Director of the Resource Discovery Network New Secretary General for IFRRO New Director of External Relations at MLA AND FINALLY Booker prize shortlist in Braille format Videos of veins Crawling robot to check intestines 'Welcome to the Library' - in many different languages 'Eat up your greens' You can now submit your feedback of the Web site or the bulletin to us using the 'FEEDBACK' link on all pages. You can also subscribe to receive a monthly Word version of the bulletin in your e-Mail inbox by sending an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the words "join infoatuk firstname lastname stop" in the body of the message. PLEASE NOTE: Some servers will not allow e-mail subscriptions through their filters. If you think this may be the case please contact your system administrator or try using a different e-mail address. Susan Childs Research Fellow Information Management Research Institute (IMRI) School of Informatics Northumbria University Lipman Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST Tel: 0191 227 3761 Fax: 0191 243 7203 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site: www.northumbria.ac.uk/imri/