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Apologies for cross posting ----------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom of Information: what relevance to researchers? A Research Information Network workshop 9 September 2008, 10:00 - 16:00 Royal Institute of Public Health, 28 Portland Place, London W1 The Freedom of Information (FoI) Act came fully into force in 2005. The Act imposes significant duties and responsibilities on public authorities to give access to information. Together with the Data Protection Act and the Environmental Information Regulations, FoI is a significant part of the wider government agenda to increase openness, transparency, trust and accountability in the public sector. In this context, the Research Information Network is organizing a workshop to raise awareness of FoI as a resource discovery tool for the research community; to help researchers become 'informed consumers' under the new access regime; and to look at instances where use of the FoI Act has been beneficial to researchers. Speakers at the event, to be chaired by Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, will include Professor Duncan Tanner (Bangor University), Steve Wood (Information Commissioner's Office) and Teresa Bastow (The National Archives). Further information, programme and registration at http://www.rin.ac.uk/foi-workshop ################################################ Dr Elizabeth Shepherd PhD, MA, BA, DMS, DAS, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), RMSA Reader in archives and records management Departmental Graduate Research Tutor School of Library, Archive and Information Studies University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT tel: +020 7679 2945 fax: +020 7383 0557 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/elizabeth-shepherd/ Please note that Elizabeth works part-time. Her usual work days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.