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Info@UK - is your guide to major UK Information Society developments and
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This month’s headlines….
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Latest developments in ID card debate
Liverpool local council services available through TV
New Government web site usability design guidelines
New guidelines to improve access to libraries
eVoting unlikely to increase turnout
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
EBLIDA publishes position on Intellectual Property Rights – not specific
enough; open to misuse
Latest world news on the digital divide
WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS)
Informing Civil society: the British Council new WSIS web pages
WSIS - bridging the digital divide
New WSIS web site for volunteers
EU DEVELOPMENTS
New EU Online forum
Commission reviews eEurope
EU reports digital divide still growing
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Resource report says libraries need ‘Innovation, creativity and good design’
New report says re-think eGovernment
MPs call for Broadband intervention - urban/rural divide
New research could speed up narrowband Internet access by 35 times - no
graphics
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
7 steps to effective library research
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS…)
Resource publishes report on digital archives
CILIP Yearbook 2003-2004
New report on eBooks in public libraries
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Delivering the National Strategy for local eGovernment: Transforming local
services
Libraries Without Walls 5
The European Library (TEL) final conference
Creating knowledge III: information literacy, bridging the gap between
teaching and learning - promoting the educational role of the librarian
Towards an Information Society for All 3
Libraries @ the heart of the Information Society:
IFLA Pre-World Summit Conference
IADIS International Conference www/Internet 2003
eGovernment UK
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Breakthrough thinking in knowledge and information strategy
Fundraising For Library And Information Services
Assessing the quality of information
Internet tools for the advanced searcher
Research skills for library and information staff
News and Media Information on the Internet
Using Internet Search Tools
Information Audit
The Invisible Web : where search engines fear to go
APPOINTMENTS
New Director of Arts and Culture at the Department of Culture Media and
Sport
New Resource Regional Policy Adviser
AND FINALLY
Texting is the new postcard
Tony Blair’s eMail publicly available - but don't tell anyone
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