LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research
Electronic Journal ISSN 1058-6768
1999 Volume 9 Issue 2; September
Bi-Annual LIBRE9N2 NEWS
Editorial note:
This section contains items culled from various Internet news services, discussion lists and other announcements. Unless specifically noted, I have not visited the sites, used any of the software, reviewed the literature, or written the news items. I present this digest to you in good faith but cannot vouch for the accuracy of its content.
Kerry Smith
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1. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INDEXERS
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:14:01 -0700
Reply-To: kbuxton@pullman.com
Sender: Solo Librarians Listserv <SOLOLIB-L@LISTSERV.SILVERPLATTER.COM>
From: Karen Buxton <kbuxton@PULLMAN.COM>
Subject: Re: Name publishers
To: SOLOLIB-L@LISTSERV.SILVERPLATTER.COM
Solos:
The URL for the American Society of Indexers is
http://www.asindexing.org/ and the URL for the online publishers list
is http://www.asindexing.org/publish.htm. This is a great site for
anyone looking for indexing resources; check it out.
Karen A. Buxton
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
2350 NE Hopkins Court
Pullman, WA 99163-5600
Phone: 509-336-4411
Fax: 509-336-4430
email: karen_buxton@selinc.com
Willa MacAllen wrote:
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2. CIRCIT Policy Forum Report-Designing for Australia's Online Future
Return-path: <pseeney@circit.rmit.edu.au>
From: "Seeney, Pam" <pseeney@circit.rmit.edu.au>
To: "'kerry@biblio.curtin.edu.au'" <kerry@biblio.curtin.edu.au>
Subject: CIRCIT Policy Forum Report-Designing for Australia's Online Futur
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:16:47 +1000
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Designing for Australia's Online Future - CIRCIT Policy Forum Report
by Claudia Slegers, Dianne Northfield and Ross Kelso
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This report examines the insights and conclusions of the CIRCIT Policy
Forum conducted in November 1998. The Forum focused on Linking Design
and Development of Information and Communication Services to Effective
Use. Around thirty invited industry, government and community leaders
and researchers workshopped the topic, considering in particular the
domains of electronic commerce, new media and rural Australia.
This report examines in depth the following insights from the Forum:
* User-centred design is crucial to the acceptance of new
services.
* Successful design requires the right human infrastructure in
place: improving skills of designers, developers and users; including
utilising the talents of young people.
* Holistic regional strategies must accompany the introduction of
online services in rural areas.
* New models of business and collaboration are required for the
development of Information and Communication Service industries.
Price: $45.00
To purchase this publication please contact Pam Seeney on 03 9925 2829
or pseeney@circit.rmit.edu.au
CIRCIT at RMIT
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne, Vic 3001, Australia
Phone: 03 9925 2829
Fax: 03 9925 3122
Email: circit@circit.rmit.edu.au
Pam Seeney - Administration Officer
CIRCIT at RMIT
GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001 Australia
Tel: +613 9925 2829, Fax: +613 9925 3122
Email: pseeney@circit.rmit.edu.au, URL: http://www.circit.rmit.edu.au
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3. CLIR REPORTS
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:53:32 -0400
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From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
Subject: [DOC] New CLIR reports available
Comments: To: DIGLIB Mailing List <diglib@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca>
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
From: Anne Muller <ECPA@BUREAU.KNAW.NL>
Subject: New CLIR reports
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) recently published
two new reports. The full text (html) of these reports is available online
and they are also available in PDF format. Take a look at the list of CLIR
reports at:
<http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html>
Publication number 83
Preserving the Whole: A Two-Track Approach to Rescuing Social
Science Data and Metadata
by Ann Green, JoAnn Dionne, and Martin Dennis
ISBN 1-887334-68-8
Published in June 1999, Preserving the Whole appears as the
second publication of the Digital Library Federation and reflects the
Federation's interests both in advancing the state of the art of social
science data archives and in building the infrastructure necessary for the
long-term maintenance of digital information. The paper is especially
valuable as a meticulously detailed case study of migration as a
preservation strategy. It explores the options available for migrating both
data stored in a technically obsolete format and their associated
documentation stored on paper, which may itself be rapidly deteriorating.
The obsolete data format known as column binary was born in the same era of
creatively parsimonious coding techniques that have given rise to the
widely publicized Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problems.
Publication number 84
Securing Our Dance Heritage: Issues in the Documentation and Preservation
of Dance
by Catherine J. Johnson and Allegra Fuller Snyder
ISBN 1-887334-69-6
Published in July 1999, Securing Our Dance Heritage addresses the full
range of issues involved in evaluating, documenting, preserving, and making
accessible the history of dance. It will be of interest not only to members
of the international dance community, but also to libraries and archives
that house dance materials, many of which are dispersed throughout
collections of sport, anthropology, and religion. It will also interest
historians and funders of the performing arts, scientists, and scholars of
all types, who will find in dance documentation rich new resources for
investigating this uniquely expressive human activity, and, more broadly,
the managers of research institutions that hold or are acquiring
collections in nonprint form.
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European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam,
visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
tel. +31 - 20 - 551 0839 fax +31 - 20 - 620 4941
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/
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4. EXPLOIT INTERACTIVE WEB MAGAZINE
From: Bernadette Daly <lisbmd@ukoln.ac.uk>
To: kerry@biblio.curtin.edu.au
Subject: News item about Exploit Interactive web magazine
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:42:59 +0100
Exploit Interactive is a new pan-European web magazine, funded under the
European Commission's Telematics for Libraries Programme. The partners
involved in its production are UKOLN: UK Office for Library & Information
Networking from the University of Bath, the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
(DBI) from Berlin, and the British Council.
The URL for the magazine is: http://www.exploit-lib.org/
Bernadette Daly
Information Officer
Co-Editor of Ariadne and Exploit Interactive
UKOLN: UK Office for Library & Information Networking
c/o The Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 323 343 Fax: +44 (0) 1225 826838
Email: b.m.daly@ukoln.ac.uk URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
Ariadne: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/
Exploit Interactive: http://www.exploit-lib.org/
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5. FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REPOSITORY LIBRARIES –
Proceedings
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 14:02:18 +0300
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From: Pentti Vattulainen <pentti.vattulainen@NRL.FI>
Subject: First International Conference on Repository Libraries
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
The first international conference of repository libraries took place in
Kuopio, Finland on 9-11.5.1999. Conference was organised by The National
Repository Library of Finland in co-operation with Universal Availability
of Publications Core programme of the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA), The Center for Research Libraries
(Chicago, USA) and Kuopio University Library. The theme of the conference
was: "Solving collection problems through repository strategies".
A repository is a storage facility to which libraries can transfer books
and periodicals which are no longer required by their readers. By
transferring such materials to a repository the libraries can reduce their
storage costs and the pressure to expand library buildings, while the
transferred materials can still be retrieved if required by library users.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss how repository strategies can
contribute to managing collections and the availability of less used
materials on a regional, national or local level. The conference also aimed
at revising the UAP publication about National Repository solutions. More
than 50 delegates from Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, representing
different library types, had a chance to listen to 21 papers.
Keynote speakers were Don Simpson, Center for Research Libraries, USA and
Peter Lor, State Library, South Africa, the chairman of the Conference of
the Directors of the National Libraries (CDNL). Simpson's paper discussed
the role of a repository in co-operative collection management. He stressed
the importance of active repositories in contrast to passive storage
libraries. Peter Lor spoke about the need of a repository strategy in a
national library network. His conclusion was that repositories can take
care of many functions that are listed as national library functions in
UNESCO's Guidelines for Legislation for National Library Services. He ended
in stressing that national libraries should be involved with repository
strategies. The matter will be on the agenda of the next CDNL meeting in
Bangkok, in August.
Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) Programme of IFLA has
undertaken a survey on repository solutions in different countries. The
results indicate that there is a need for a research agenda that starts by
defining what is a repository library today and how will it change in the
electronic era. There is also a need for standard methods of measuring the
efficiency of differing repository solutions along with a list of best work
practices with comparable cost data.
The first conference showed that there is interest to share experiences and
plan forms of co-operation. It was agreed to continue co-operation between
repository libraries and other interested parties. A meeting of all
interested parties will be held at the Bangkok IFLA Conference. The next
conference is scheduled for the year 2001 as a satellite conference to the
Boston IFLA conference.
Further information:
Pentti Vattulainen, National Repository Library of Finland
Pentti.Vattulainen@nrl.fi
Pentti Vattulainen
Director e-mail: pentti.vattulainen@nrl.fi
National Repository Library (NRL) tel: -(358)-17-26 46 007
P.O.Box 1710 fax: -(358)-17-26 46 008
70421 Kuopio
Finland
http://www.nrl.fi
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6. GL'99 VIRTUAL DISCUSSION
From: GreyNet <Dominic.Farace@inter.NL.net>
To: "Natural Resources Librarians List" <NRLib-L@library.lib.usu.edu>
Subject: GreyNet Press Release
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:22:55 +0200 (MET DST)
Reply-To: NRLib-L@library.lib.usu.edu
Sender: Maiser@library.lib.usu.edu
PRESS RELEASE
PRESSEINFORMATION
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE
August 19, 1999
Today, the GL'99 Virtual Discussion goes live on the Internet. This
Virtual Discussion will seek to enhance the program for the Fourth
International Conference on Grey Literature, which will be held on
October 4-5, 1999 in Washington D.C.
The topics of the GL'99 Virtual Discussion already include comments
by leading contributors in the field of grey literature. Take advantage
of this global forum not only to agree or disagree with their ideas but
to also to contribute your own ideas and special interests in the field
of grey literature.
For those interested in commenting/subscribing to the Virtual Discussion:
http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/webforum/greynet-liblink-forum/
GL'99 VIRTUAL DISCUSSION THEMES:
1. ACCESS TO GREY LITERATURE IN THE 21st CENTURY:
A Shift from issues of Cataloguing and Bibliographic
Control to issues of Promotion, Marketing, and Pricing
Grey Literature.
2. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND GREY LITERATURE:
The Policy and Management of Grey Literature Collections
requires both designated Budgets and Human Resources.
3. PUBLISHING AND ARCHIVING ELECTRONIC GREY LITERATURE:
The Corporate Authors and Producers of Grey Literature
are also responsible for indexing and archiving these
materials.
4. COPYRIGHT AND GREY LITERATURE:
Authorship, Ownership, and Property Rights influence the
very Processes of Knowledge Generation and Information
Dissemination.
5. EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF GREY LITERATURE:
Schools of Library and Information Science continue to
neglect the importance of Grey Literature in their
Curriculum Programs.
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LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (August 1999)
http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/gl99-organisations.htm
THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREY LITERATURE
New Frontiers in Grey Literature
Kellogg Conference Center, Washington D.C. USA, October 4-5, 1999
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AWI Science and Innovation Administration BE
BIOSIS Publisher of Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record US
BLDSC British Library Document Supply Centre UK
>> British Columbia Office of Health Technology Assessment CA
>> Camera dei Deputati, Biblioteca IT
CASI Center for AeroSpace Information US
CCC Copyright Clearance Center US
CERIST Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique & Technique DZ
CERN European Centre for Higher Energy Physics, Library CH
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online, Columbia Univ. Press US
CLRC Central Laboratory of the Research Councils UK
CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IT
CNRS Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, see INIST FR
CORD Centre on Rural Documentation IN
>> Cornell University US
>> CYBEK of New York US
DOE U.S. Department of Energy, see OSTI US
DTIC Defense Technical Information Center US
EAGLE European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation UK
FID International Federation for Information and Documentation CA
FIT Florida Institute of Technology US
GREYNET Grey Literature Network Service NL
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center, See NASA US
GUKCC Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Center US
>> Harvard University US
HP Hewlett Packard Company US
ICSSR Indian Council of Social Science Research IN
IFLA Int. Federation of Library Associations & Documentation UK
>> Informed Strategies US
INIST Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique FR
IRC Information Resource Center US
ISI Institute for Scientific Information, Inc. US
>> Island Press US
ISPESL Istituto Superiore per Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro IT
ISRDS Istituto di Studi sulla Ricerca e Documentazione Scientifica IT
IVIR Institute for Information Law NL
IZ InformationsZentrum Sozialwissenschaften DE
JDC Japan Documentation Center US
JST Japan Science and Technology Corporation JP
KORDIC Korea Research and Development Information Center KR
LaRC NASA Langley Research Center US
LC The Library of Congress, see JDC US
LW&W Lippincott Williams & Wilkins US
>> Maryland Department of Natural Resources, see IRC US
MASC Mountain Administrative Support Center, see NOAA US
MCB University Press UK
>> Ministry of the Flemish Community BE
>> Moi University KE
MSU Michigan State University US
NAL National Agricultural Library, see USDA US
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration US
NASSDOC National Social Science Documentation Centre IN
NCI Information Systems Inc., see NASA US
NIRD National Institute of Rural Development IN
NLC National Library of Canada CA
NLE National Library of Education US
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration US
NYAM New York Academy of Medicine US
ODU Old Dominion University US
OPI Osrodek Przetwarzania Informacji/Information Processing Centre PL
OSTI Office of Scientific & Technical Information US
PBI Punjabi University IN
PCIERD Philippine Council for Industry and Energy R&D PH
>> Pennsylvania Transportation Institute US
>> Portland State University US
>> Princeton University Library US
PSU Pennsylvania State University US
>> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, see CLRC UK
SAIC Science Applications International Corporation, see NASA US
TCG The Copyright Group US
UB University of Bergen NO
UB University of Botswana BW
UCI University of California, Irvine US
UFMA Universidada Federal do Maranhão BR
UMD University of Maryland US
UMN University of Minnesota US
>> United States Department of Commerce, see NOAA US
>> United States Department of Education, see NLE US
>> University of Constantine DZ
>> University of Madras IN
>> University of Montreal CA
UNZA University of Zambia ZM
USDA United States Department of Agriculture US
UvA University of Amsterdam, see IVIR NL
VNTIC Scientific and Technical Centre of Russia RU
VT Virginia Polytechnic Institute US
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GL'99 - CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/gl99-registration.htm
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The conference fee includes attendance at the Main Sessions, Breakout
Sessions, as well as, the Information Market and the Product and
Service Reviews. The fee also includes a copy of the GL'99 Program,
the conference badge and pouch. Lunches and Coffee & Tea Breaks during
the two-day conference are also included in the registration fee.
PAYMENT RECEIVED BEFORE 31 AUGUST 1999: (CHECK ONE OF THE BOXES, BELOW)
Nb! Payment Received after 31 August 1999: (Add 50 NLG/30 USD Surcharge)
* Conference Fee * Conference Fee for GreyNet Subscribers
[ ] USD 395 [ ] USD 335
[ ] NLG 695 [ ] NLG 590
Participant's Name (Title): ___________________________________________
Organization: _________________________________________________________
Address/P.O. Box: _____________________________________________________
Postal Code/City/Country: _____________________________________________
Tel: __________________________________________________________________
Fax: __________________________________________________________________
Email: ________________________________________________________________
URL: __________________________________________________________________
PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE BOXES BELOW FOR THE METHOD OF PAYMENT:
[ ] Bank check/draft enclosed and payable to GreyNet.
With reference to GL'99 and Participant's name.
[ ] NLG Account:
Please remit to GreyNet | ABN-AMRO Bank No. 52.93.61.841
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. With reference to GL'99 and
participant's name.
[ ] USD Account:
Please remit to GreyNet | ABN-AMRO Bank No. 52.93.63.526
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. With reference to GL'99 and
participant's name.
[ ] MasterCard/Eurocard [ ] VISA/JCB Card
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If the name on the credit card is not that of the participant, print
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PLEASE RETURN TO:
GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service
Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel/Fax : 31-20-671.1818
Email : greynet@inter.nl.net
URL : http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet
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7. G L - C O M P E N D I U M
From: GreyNet <Dominic.Farace@inter.NL.net>
To: "Natural Resources Librarians List" <NRLib-L@library.lib.usu.edu>
Subject: Press Release "GL-Compendium"
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 13:21:30 +0200 (MET DST)
PRESS RELEASE
PRESSEINFORMATION
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE
Amsterdam, 17 September 1999
G L - C o m p e n d i u m
A Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections
On September 1st 1999, the European Association for Grey Literature
Exploitation (EAGLE), signed an agreement with GreyNet, Grey Literature
Network Service for permission to use their SIGLE Subject Classification
Scheme within the GL-Compendium Project. The agreement was signed by
Dr. David Wood, President of EAGLE and Mr. Andrew Smith, Chair of the
EAGLE Technical Committee.
"The Association looks forward to the opportunities which
this venture may present for further raising awareness
about EAGLE and SIGLE (System for Information on Grey
Literature in Europe) and to exploring the possibilities
for developing our co-operation."
Last month, Dr. Dominic Farace, Head of GreyNet, submitted together
with MCB University Press the GL-Compendium proposal:
One of the initial problems encountered in the search for information is
finding the right source(s) to enable further searching. Internet access
to special collections of grey literature, regardless of the type of
documents or the subject areas covered, will no doubt both challenge and
enable librarians and researchers alike. The challenge to become aware of
the very existence of these collections and the subsequent ability to
access them worldwide. The GL-Compendium, a unique networked resource in
and for grey literature, will not only act to control information
overflow but will, at the same time, confront and deal with information
underuse.
This grey literature netbased directory, which we call the GL-Compendium,
will be multidisciplinary in scope, providing a standardised, descriptive,
hyperlinked record produced, edited, and updated electronically with the
support of state-of-the-art software and classification tools developed
and maintained specifically for scientific and technical grey literature.
The partners in this new and unique venture, as well as their roles and
responsibilities constitute the remainder of this proposal." To access
the full-text: http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/GL-Compendium.htm
At GL'99, the Fourth International Conference on Grey Literature scheduled
on 4-5 October 1999 in Washington D.C., GreyNet will provide a Product and
Service Review covering the GL-Compendium Project. Dates will be targeted
for distribution & retrieval of this Netbased Directory of Grey Literature
Collections. See, http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/GL'99.htm
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GL-COMPENDIUM AND GL'99 CONTACT:
GreyNet,
Grey Literature Network Service
Koninginneweg 201
1075 CR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel/Fax : 31-20-671.1818
Email : greynet@inter.nl.net
URL : http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet
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8. THE JOINT NSF/JISC INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARIES INITIATIVE
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:14:17 -0400
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From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
Subject: [FYI] The Joint NSF/JISC International Digital Libraries
Initiative
Comments: To: DIGLIB Mailing List <diglib@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca>
Apologies for any cross-posting
The following press release is forwarded to the list as the six
projects are likely to be of interest to list members.
Press Release
Friday 11 June 1999
The Joint NSF/JISC International Digital Libraries Initiative
The National Science Foundation and the UK Joint Information Systems
Committee
today (Friday 11 June 1999) released a joint statement announcing the
first 6 projects which have been recommended for funding under the
International Digital Libraries Initiative NSF/JISC Joint Program.
Among the most exciting of opportunities offered by a global
information infrastructure are international digital libraries; -
content-rich, multimedia, multilingual collections created from
globally distributed resources by international groups engaged in
collaborative efforts. While there are now uncoordinated efforts in
many countries, cooperative programs of research and intellectual
infrastructure development can help avoid duplication of effort,
prevent the development of fragmented digital systems, and encourage
productive interchange of scientific knowledge and scholarly data
around the world. The digital libraries area is one in which all
countries stand to gain from coordinated, cooperative activities.
To begin to address some of the research challenges associated with
creating international digital libraries the Division of Information
and Intelligent Systems and the Division of International Programs of
the National Science Foundation issued a call for proposals in
October 1998 for multi-country, multi-team projects involving at
least one research team in the United States and one in another
country (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf996/nsf996.htm). The NSF
would support the US part of a joint project while the non-US parts
needed to gain its support from other sources. NSF wished to
co-ordinate review with the foreign funding agency and make joint
decisions, when possible.
The UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) was the first to
join the NSF in this endeavour and issued a matching call
(JISC Circular 15/98 - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub98/c15_98.html). JISC
has committed £500,000 per year for three years to fund
new development work in this programme. The NSF has committed a
similar amount.
The JISC/NSF arrangement was opportune for both organizations. It
allowed NSF to broaden its traditional basic research focus, and JISC
to draw on and connect with, in a direct way, the large set of
research activities being sponsored under Digital Libraries
Initiative Phase 2. The joint JISC/NSF projects are considered an
integral part of this larger multi-agency program.
Michael Lesk, Division Director of the National Science Foundation's
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems said, "The National
Science Foundation is very excited at this new step in international
scientific cooperation. We look on this as an example of the
worldwide advantages and synergies from which all countries will
benefit."
Reg Carr, Director of University Library Services, University of
Oxford and Chair of the Joint Information Systems
Committee's (JISC's) Committee on Electronic Information said, "I am
delighted with the joint programme of bilateral digital projects
which has been arranged by agreement between the National Science
Foundation and the JISC. The rigorous selection process has led to a
well-balanced range of projects which promise to achieve much of mutual
benefit for the US and the UK in the digital library arena."
Six projects were recommended for funding, sharing a total of almost
$5million over the three year project term. The six joint projects
are:
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Cross-Domain Resource Discovery: Integrated Discovery and use of
Textual, Numeric and Spatial Data: University of California,
Berkeley / University of Liverpool.
The University of California, Berkeley and Special Collections and
Archives, the University of Liverpool Library are collaborating on
a project to enable cross-domain searching in a multi-database
environment. Their aim is to produce a next generation
online information retrieval system ("Cheshire") based on
international standards that will facilitate searching on the
internet across collections of original materials, printed books,
records, archives, manuscripts, and museum objects), statistical
databases, full-text,geo-spatial, and multi-media data resources.
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HARMONY: Metadata for resource discovery of multimedia digital
objects: Cornell University / ILRT / DSTC
HARMONY, a three-way international partnership between Cornell
University, the Australian Distributed Systems Technology Centre and
the University of Bristol's Institute for Learning and Research
Technology, will be devising a framework to deal with the challenge
of describing networked collections of highly complex and mixed-media
digital objects. The work will draw together work on the RDF, XML,
Dublin Core and MPEG-7 standards, and will focus on the problem of
allowing multiple communities of expertise (e.g. library, education,
rights management) to define overlapping descriptive vocabularies for
annotating multimedia content.
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Integrating and Navigating Eprint Archives through Citation-Linking:
Cornell University / Southampton University / Los Alamos
National Laboratory
In a 3-way partnership, Southampton University, Cornell University,
and the Los Alamos National Laboratory will hyperlink each of the
over 100,000 papers in Los Alamos's unique online Physics Archive to
every other paper in the archive that it cites. It is hoped that the
power of this remarkable new way of navigating the scientific journal
literature will help induce authors in others fields to join to
create interlinked online archives like Los Alamos across disciplines
and around the world.
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Online Music Recognition and Searching (OMRAS): University of
Massachussetts / King's College, London
Online music recognition and searching (OMRAS) is led by King's
College London in partnership with the Center for Intelligent
Information Retrieval at the University of Massachusetts. OMRAS is a
system for efficient and user-friendly content-based
searching and retrieval of musical information from online databases
stored in a variety of formats ranging from encoded score files to
digital audio. The overall goal of this cross-disciplinary research
is to fill a gap in the provision of online facilities for musical
collections: the inability to search the content for 'music' itself.
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Emulation options for digital preservation: technology emulation as
a method for long-term access and preservation of digital
resources: University of Michigan / CURL
A team of researchers at the University of Michigan and research
staff in the UK from the Cedars project, being run at the
Universities of Leeds, Oxford and Cambridge under the aegis of CURL
(Consortium of University Research Libraries) will investigate the
potential role of emulation in long-term preservation of information
in digital form. The project will develop and test a suite
of emulation tools, evaluate the costs and benefits of emulation as a
preservation strategy for complex multi-media documents and objects,
and develop models for collection management decisions about how much
effort and resources to invest in exact replication within
preservation activity. The project team will assess options for
preserving the original functionality and 'look and feel' of
digital objects and develop preliminary guidelines for the use of
different preservation strategies (conversion, migration and
emulation).
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The IMesh Toolkit: An architecture and toolkit for distributed
subject gateways: University of Wisconsin-Madison / UKOLN /ILRT
Recent years have seen the emergence of the subject gateway approach
to Internet resource discovery and leading gateway initiatives have
recently been collaborating informally under the name IMesh. The
IMesh Toolkit project, a partnership of the UK Office for Library and
Information Networking at the University of Bath, the Institute for
Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol and the
Internet Scout Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, aims
to advance the system framework within which subject gateways and
related services operate by defining an architecture which specifies
individual components and how they communicate.
Notes for editors
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government
agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through
programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000
research and education projects in science and engineering.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/
The Joint Information Systems Committee is funded by the four UK
Higher Education Funding Bodies to stimulate and enable the cost
effective exploitation of information systems and to provide a high
quality national network infrastructure for the UK higher
education and research councils communities. URL: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
For further details of the NSF/JISC joint program contact:
Mr Stephen M. Griffin, Division of Information and Intelligent
Systems (IIS), Program Director: Special Projects, Digital
Libraries Initiative, National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Room 1115, Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 306-1930 Fax: (703) 306-0599 Email sgriffin@nsf.gov
Mr Chris Rusbridge, Programme Director, Electronic Libraries
Programme, The Library, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL,
UK
Phone: 01203 524979 Fax: 01203 524981, Email C.A.Rusbridge@Warwick.ac.uk
Mr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, C35 Cherry Tree
Buildings, University of Nottingham, University Boulevard,
Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Phone: 0115 951 4790 Fax: 0115 951 4791 Email head.programmes@jisc.ac.uk
For further information about each of the projects contact:
Cross-domain resource discovery
Dr Paul Watry, Automated Projects Manager, Special Collections and
Archives University of Liverpool Library, PO Box 123,Liverpool L69
3DA, UK
Phone: +44 151 794 2696 Fax: +44 151 794 2681 Email: P.B.Watry@liverpool.ac.uk
HARMONY
Mr Dan Brickley, Institute for Learning and Research Technology,
University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH, UK
Phone: +44 117 928 7096 Fax: +44 117 928 7112 Email:
daniel.brickley@bristol.ac.uk
ePrint Citation linking
Professor Stevan Harnad, Professor of Cognitive Science, Department
of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton,
Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
Phone: +44 1703 592-582 Fax: +44 1703 592-865 email: harnad@cogsci.soton.ac.uk
OMRAS
Mr Tim Crawford, Music Department, King's College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Phone: +44 171 848 1821 Fax: +44 171 848 2326 Email: t.crawford@kcl.ac.uk
Emulation options
Ms Kelly Russell, CEDARS Project Manager, Edward Boyle Library,
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Phone: +44 113 233 6386 Fax: +44 113 233 5539 Email: k.l.russell@leeds.ac.uk
IMesh toolkit
Mr Andy Powell, UK Office for Library and Information Networking,
University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
Phone: +44 1225 323933 Fax: +44 1225 826838 Email: a.powell@ukoln.ac.uk
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Contact:
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London WC1H 0LU
tel:0171 273 8733
fax:0171 273 8701
email:simon.matty@lic.gov.uk
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 08:40:53 +0100
Subject: report details from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting.**
Immediately prior to its transfer to the LIC, the research grants
function of the British Library Research and Innovation Centre
published a number of research reports. Brief details are included
below; full details of all LIC publications (and RIC publications
1997-1999) are available from the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/
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People, politics and hard decisions: an investigation into the
management of public library closures
by Sylvia Simmons and Richard Proctor
42p
BLR&I report 132
ISBN 0712397574
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Available from: Centre for the Public Library in the
Information Society, Department of Information Studies, The
University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United
Kingdom. Tel: (0114) 222 2662,
Fax: (0114) 278 0300, e-mail: y.brindley@sheffield.ac.uk
Price in the UK: stlg15 inc. post and packing.
This is an account of a study into the decision making process involved
in closing public library service points. The research investigates the
experiences of 20 authorities which closed libraries between 1991 and
1997. It examines reasons for closure decisions and identifies and
discusses criteria for closure adopted by these authorities. It
investigates relationships between management, elected members and users
and considers the influence that each party may have in the eventual
decision to close. It explores the communication process throughout the
decision-making process, examining both consultation and information
giving processes. The results of the study are intended to help inform
the decision making of those authorities considering the closure of
public library service points.
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Investing in LIS people: the impact of the Investors in People
initiative on the library and information sector
by Anne Goulding...[et al.]
142p
BLR&I report 141
ISBN 07123974345
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document Supply
Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229; fax: 01937
546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price in the UK:
microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
This report presents the findings of research which aimed to analyse the
reception and penetration of the Investors in People (IIP) Standard in
library and information services (LIS) in the UK, and assess its merit
as a framework for the development and implementation of staff training
policies and plans. The report concludes that both employees and
managers in library & information services see considerable value in the
Investors in People standard but that accreditation can take
considerable time and effort.
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Staff in the new library: skill needs and learning choices: findings
from Training the future, a public library research project
by Bronwen Jones...[et al.]
238p
BLR&I report 152
ISBN 0712397418
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Available from: Marje Westley, Bookings and Sales, Floor 2, Central
Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ tel: 0121 303 2868.
Price in the UK: £5.00
The report contains the findings of a one year public library research
project into the impact of new technologies on staff and ways to
re-skill the library workforce. Training the future aims to be
practical research that can be applied to real situations in public
libraries today and in the future. The overriding message from the
research is the importance of creating a 'learning culture' in
libraries. If we are to meet the challenges of rapid technological and
cultural change and take advantage of the opportunities it brings, we
need to achieve a change in the way we do things. Organisations that
are able to learn from their mistakes and experiment with new
approaches are the ones that will survive in this rapidly changing
environment. Staff who are able to adapt to the changes by keeping
their skills up-to-date will be at a distinct advantage. The report
recommends that technology-based learning methods are incorporated
into library learning or training strategies, and treated as integral
to the staff development process. However, the research also shows
that if these learning methods are to be successful, libraries need to
take a considered approach to planning and implementation. The report
recommendations and consultants' guides indicate the way forward.
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Assessment tools for quality management in public libraries
by Margaret Evans, Kathryn Jones and Bob Usherwood
355p
BLR&I report 155
ISBN 0712397442
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229; fax:
01937 546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price in the
UK: microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
The aim of this project was to develop, implement and test a
self-assessment tool-kit for public library services.
The report is split into three sections. The first section outlines
the development of the research and provides the context for
understanding why self-assessment is becoming an increasingly
important management tool for public libraries. The second section
introduces the self-assessment toolkit that was developed and provides
details the self-assessment process the demonstrator authorities
undertook. It concludes by listing the critical success factors for
implementing self-assessment. The third section shows how the results
of self assessment can be used to inform library planning, and offers
recommendations for the use of self-assessment across the public
library and information sector.
Library Association Publishing intends to publish in August 1999 a
resource pack encapsulating the results of this work. The resource
pack will comprise a supporting text (to be read by senior managers
and trainers before implementation) and a fully deliverable ring-bound
training programme. The supporting text describes and discusses the
development of a quality management model and self-assessment
approaches for the LIS sector using the three models of QM to
facilitate comparisions. It makes recommendations and provides
guidelines which take account of the imperatives of library services
within their own institutional context. The training pack contains all
the necessary elements to use in developing a training programme on
self-assessment in the organisation including OHP's, handouts and full
trainer notes.
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Education and training for information work in the voluntary sector
by Rebecca Linley...[et al.]
115,[21]p
BLR&I report 156
0712397450
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229; fax:
01937 546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price in the
UK: microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
The report presents the findings of research which aimed to
investigate the role of the information specialist in the voluntary
sector, and to identify models for the delivery of education and
training. The research survey suggested that a wide range of
postholders carry out information work in the sector, and confirmed
the view that the sector was not significantly professionalised. It
also identified a significant information skills deficit in the
sector. The major barriers to the take-up of education and training
were seen as relating to time and money constraints. A demand for
flexible and context specific models of education and training was
identified in both the survey and interviews with practitioners and
with providers. The report concludes with recommendations for key
stakeholders.
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Skills and competencies in the corporate sector
by Andrew Stenson, Rosemary Raddon, Angela Abell
165p
BLR&I report 162
0712397493
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document Supply
Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229; fax: 01937
546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price in the UK:
microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
The aim of this project was to enable library and information
professionals to identify and develop the skills and competencies
relevant to the corporate sector. The research set out to: identify
the current and emerging positions relevant to library and information
managers in the banking, pharmaceutical and information provision
industries (all three, fast moving industries in highly competitive
markets); identify and profile the skills and competencies needed for
first and second jobs in these sectors; determine how far academic
departments were inculcating these skills.
The overall findings suggest that at first job level a mix of
interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills, team skills
and computer literacy are high on the employers' list of requirements.
These remain a core requirement for second posts with the addition of
some management skills and a demonstration of business or sector
awareness.
An understanding of library and information issues appears to
contribute to employability at first job level. At second job level,
information skills together with industry specific knowledge are
expected.
The report recommendations include: further research to increase
awareness of career paths within the corporate sector; the promotion
of links between employers, educators and professionals in other
sectors; the development of a national education and training centre
as a distance learning university for information professionals in the
corporate sector; development of a mentoring network and broader based
accreditation framework.
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Understanding digital libraries: towards a conceptual framework
by David Bawden and Ian Rowlands
44p
BLR&I rpeort 170
0712397523
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229;
fax: 01937 546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price
in the UK: microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
This report seeks to clarify our understanding of the 'digital
library' construct. The report is in two main sections. The first part
examines twenty commonly-held assumptions about the digital library
which are evident in the professional and academic literature. An
attempt is made to clarify the meaning of 'digital library' and related
concepts such as the 'hybrid library', the 'electronic library', the
'library without walls' and the 'library of the future'. The report
highlights a schism between how the digital library concept is
understood and employed within library and information studies and
within the computer sciences. It suggests that the term 'complex
library' may be a more meaningful way to look at contemporary
developments in library practice.
The second part of the study develops a conceptual framework for
making sense of digital library developments. This locates information
and communication technologies within a work-oriented perspective and
uses a simple model to show how that research into the digital library
embraces social as well as systems and informational perspectives.
This model is further extended by considering the dynamic nature of
digital library projects and how they roll out in stages, marked by
the extent of their organisational impact.
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Citizenship information
by Rita Marcella and Graeme Baxter
161p
BLR&I report 173
0712397558
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Available from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document
Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ tel: 01937 546229; fax:
01937 546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. Price in the
UK: microfiche £5.00; photocopy £12.00
Citizenship information is information produced by or about national
and local government, government departments and public sector
organisations which may be of value to the citizen either as part of
everyday life or in the participation by the citizen in government and
policy formulation. This report describes a research project which
investigated the extent to which members of the UK public have
expressed or unexpressed needs for citizenship information, their
preferred routes to the acquisition of such information, and the
suitability and approachability of the public library, among other
agencies. for the user seeking citizenship information.
The project found clear evidence that the public encounter situations
in which information is required to help solve problems, and that they
feel that access to information and freedom of information are very
important to them in exercising their rights as citizens. The great
majority of respondents saw public libraries as their preferred option
in seeking citizenship information, although there were still areas of
concern in that there was evidence to show that certain groups, such
as disabled people and jobseekers, are less willing to use libraries.
There was also a clear emphasis on public libraries as an appropriate
location for computerised access to citizenship information, although
other public places such as post offices and shopping centres would
also attract a significant proportion of the public. The data
suggested that no single mechanism for enabling access to information
should be seen as the ultimate solution to the information needs of
the citizen. Rather a complementary range of solutions must be offered
to the citizen.
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:14:30 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
General call for research proposals
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The Commission has issued a general call for research proposals. The
Call requests proposals for research projects that will contribute
towards the successful execution of the Commission's Research Plan
1999 - 2002. The full text of the call is available from the LIC
website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/generalcall.html
Research Plan 1999-2002
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The LIC has published its Research Plan for the period 1999 - 2002. The
Plan describes how the Commission will work to ensure that library and
information services in the UK can move forward into the 21st century
with sound evidence as the basis for their development. The Plan also
aims to develop the research capacity and capability of the library and
information sector and improve the effectiveness, impact and
value-for-money of research activity.
The Research Plan is available from the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/policyreports/researchplan.html
Public Sector Information: a Key Resource for Europe
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Responding to the European Commission green paper Public Sector
Information: a Key Resource for Europe the LIC suggests that a clear
distinction needs to be made between issues of freedom of information
and citizens' access to public information. Solutions need to be
demand-led and event-centred, and not necessarily based on existing
institutional structures. The Commission also believes that mapping
public information provision throughout Europe and identifying gaps
should be an early task which would make it possible to set
Europe-wide minimum standards for provision, access, quality,
navigation and finding aids.
The full text of the LIC response is available from the LIC website
at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/psieurope.html
The Road to Regeneration
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The LIC has responded to the Local Government Association advocacy
paper The Road to Regeneration saying that the key advocacy task is
convincing the Department of the Environment, Transport and the
Regions of the economic value of leisure, culture and tourism and that
sustainable funding for such services is the key argument to be
pursued. The response also suggests that to be effective in releasing
further local government funding, any advocacy will have to be
evidence-based.
The full text of the LIC response is available from the LIC website
at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/responses/regeneration.html
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:21:10 +0100
Subject: LIC - note about a second call for research proposals
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
In October 1998, the British Library Research and Innovation Centre
issued an invitation to tender for a Review of Digital Library
Research. A contract to carry out the Review was awarded to a team
led by Professor Peter Brophy of CERLIM at the Manchester Metropolitan
University. The review will be finished by 30 June 1999 and its
findings will be published in the next few months.
The main aim of this work has been to inform the development of a call
for proposals into further research in the area of digital library
research. The Library and Information Commission is now giving advance
notice that it plans to encourage such proposals as part of the
second, targeted call announced in the Library and Information
Research Plan 1999-2002 which it has produced.
The Call is expected to cover several research themes within the area
of digital library research and will be announced in early August. The
closing date is planned for late October 1999.
The LIC will issue further details about the report when they become
available.
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Adrienne Muir
Research Programme Manager: Digital Libraries
Library and Information Commission
19-29 Woburn Place
London WC1H 0LU
tel: 0171 273 8722
fax: 0171 273 8701
email: adrienne.muir@lic.gov.uk
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:06:47 +0100
Subject: Library and Informaiton Commission: invitation to tender
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
The Library and Information Commission today issued an invitation to
tender for developing a methodological framework for the cost/benefit
analysis of preservation of the recorded heritage. The full document
is available on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/preservation/tender.html
Paper copies are available from the Commission at:
19-29 Woburn Place
London WC1H 1LU
tel: 0171 273 8702/8704
fax: 0171 273 8701
email: libcom@lic.gov.uk
Further information is available from:
Adrienne Muir
tel: 0171 273 8722
fax: 0171 273 8701
email: adrienne.muir@lic.gov.uk
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:19:36 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
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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: lisu@lboro.ac.uk. £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:
dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk. 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 reorganisation 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 millennium: 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 libcom@lic.gov.uk
Title:
First name:
Surname:
Work address:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
WWW:
Delivery address, if different from work address.
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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:35:26 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
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Knowledge management report launched
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Skills for knowledge management, a research report published on behalf
of LIC by TFPL Ltd was launched on Monday at a seminar in London. The
report looks at the roles, skills and training required to successfully
implement a knowledge culture. A press release announcing the launch is
available from the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/knowledg.html and an
executive summary of the report is available at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/executivesummaries/kmskills.html
The full report will be available from TFPL Ltd, 17-18 Britton Street,
London EC1M 5TL. tel: 0207 251 5522 fax: 0207 251 8318. Price £50 (£35
for academic institutions) plus £3 postage & packing in UK and £5
overseas.
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£20,000 in new ICT prizes announced at Umbrella5
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Culture Secretary Chris Smith opened the Umbrella5 conference in
Manchester with an announcement about the New Library Award for ICT
(Ingenious and Creative use of Technology), sponsored by the
Department for Culture, Media & Sport and run by the LIC, with prizes
worth a total of £20,000, in a competition open to individual
public library service points as well as library authorities. A press
release which describes the Award in more detail is available on the
website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/ictprize.html
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Good news for blind readers
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The Commission and Share the Vision have announced how they intend to
spend the £200,000 made available by the Department for Culture, Media
& Sport to ensure that blind and visually impaired people benefit in a
much wider way from access to library and reading services. A press
release detailing the projects to be funded is available on the
website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/shrvision.hmtl
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New research grant awarded
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The Commission has recently awarded a grant to Heriot-Watt University
for a project which will investigate how to define and identify
collections to which shared preservation responsibilities can be
applied within a regional or national context, taking into account the
differing scale and scope of significant collections in different
library sectors. Shared preservation in Scotland (SPIS) will also
investigate how priorities for identifying collections to be included
in a shared preservation programme are to be established across a
region or country; how the scope and content of collections for such a
programme is to be identified and handled; and how special and named
collections are to be treated within a shared preservation programme.
It will also try to identify and define the obligations that accepting
a responsibility for shared preservation imposes both upon individual
libraries and on the libraries working collaboratively as a group; and
it will investigate an effective on-line solution for denoting
information about shared preservation responsibilities across a region
or country and mechanisms for keeping it up-to-date. Full details of
this award and details of other current awards in the preservation of
and access to the recorded heritage research programme are available
on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/presproj.html#re081
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:37:40 +0100
Subject: LIC digital libraries research - call for proposals
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
** Apologies for cross-posting**
The Library and Information Commission has issued a call for proposals
for digital libraries research. The full text of the call is available
on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/digital/digicall.html
The closing date for receipt of proposals is 12 noon, 29 October 1999.
Paper copies of the call are available on request from:
dlcall@lic.gov.uk
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:47:08 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
The Library and Information Commission has recently published two
reports.
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Friends of libraries
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by Capital Planning Information Ltd
ix,56,xxxip
LIC research report 5
ISBN 1898869545
This report describes and assesses the current position of Friends of
Libraries groups in the United Kingdom in the public library, academic
and national sectors. It compares the UK situation with overseas
experience in the USA, Canada and Australia. The report provides
guidelines on best practice for establishing groups and those
considering setting them up.
It examines and supports the case for a national federation or support
group and makes recommendations directed to the main stakeholders
including library users.
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INSIST: the impact of NVQs in information and library services on
staff induction and staff training
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by Sandra Parker, Catherine Hare, Pat Gannon-Leary
166p
LIC research report 6
ISBN 1902394070
This report presents the findings of the INSIST project which took
place between May 1998 and April 1999. The objective of the project was
to ascertain to what extent the introduction of ILS NVQs had impacted
on staff training and development in the library and information
sector. The research objectives were to investigate the development of
the occupational standards and NVQs across the sector; measure the
impact of their implementation; investigate the opportunities they
provide for co-operative training and their effects on the career
opportunities of the candidates; and to consider the operational models
and effectiveness of existing NVQ assessment centres. Conclusions have
indicated that the infant qualifications will have a strong future. The
flexible, structured and recognised training that they provide have
been needed and valued by both staff and managers. There are still some
problems however, and the qualifications will need continuous
monitoring to ensure that these are addressed.
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 08:07:39 +0100
Subject: Library and Information Commission research reports
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
Details of all new Library and Information Commission research reports
are posted to a number of LIS Mailbase lists. List subscribers might
also like to know that the "research reports" page on the LIC website
is now live.
The page contains bibliographic details of all published research
reports, abstracts of all published research reports, links to
ordering information and links to executive summaries of published
research reports.
The page is arranged by research report number and, in what is hoped
to be a useful feature, lists forthcoming research reports as well as
published reports.
The URL for the research report page is as follows:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/researchreports/index.html
(note in response to a specific question)
The Commission itself does not make available online the full text of
research reports. However, as part of a Grantees dissemination
activities, final reports are sometimes made available on
institution/organisation websites. When this happens a link will
always be made from the LIC website to the full text of the report.
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:58:02 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
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New grants awarded
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Full grant details for four 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 grants have been awarded to the following projects:
A multi-disciplinary framework for the evaluation of Internet search
engines
Retrieving multimedia objects: an approach through synchronisation
VIRAMI: Visual Information Retrieval for Archival Moving Imagery
Image indexing and retrieval in the compressed domain
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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Research reports
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The Library and Information Commission has recently published two
reports. The details are as follows:
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Public library materials fund and budget survey 1998-2000
compiled by Alison Murphy
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265p
LIC research report 11
ISBN 190178620X
£27.50
Available from: LISU, Publications Section, Loughborough University,
Loughborough LE11 3TU. tel: 01509 223071; fax: 01509 223072; email:
lisu@lboro.ac.uk
This publication is a compilation of public library authorities' recent
spending results, together with budgets for 1999-2000. It covers all
the key components which affect, and are affected by budgetary changes:
total expenditure; materials expenditure, including books, audio-visual
materials, and CD-ROM and online information sources; staff, service
points and opening hours.
Information on these themes is presented in three main sections: a
commentary, which includes summary tables by "type of authority", for
each theme; summary tables by theme, each table listing every
authority under its sector; authority tables, including all the
information submitted by authority.
Themes are summarised by "types of authority", viz: London boroughs,
metropolitan districts, English unitary authorities, English counties,
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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A survey of NHS libraries: statistics from the NHS Regional Librarians
Group 1997-98
compiled by Alison Murphy
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41p
LIC research report 12
ISBN 1901786218
£17.50
Available from: LISU, Publications Section, Loughborough University,
Loughborough LE11 3TU. tel: 01509 223071; fax: 01509 223072; email:
lisu@lboro.ac.uk
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the provision of
library services within the NHS and, for each NHS region, includes
information on: expenditure on staff and materials; sources of
funding; provision of services, including interlending, photocopying
and mediated searching; resources and use, including book and journal
stock, acquisitions, loans and end-user searching; breakdowns of
potential and actual user populations; floor space, staffed opening
hours and study space.
Derived statistics such as expenditure per potential user, loans per
actual user, cost per journal title, etc., allow comparisons to be
made between service points and between regions.
Details of all published research reports and forthcoming titles are
available from the website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/researchreports/index.html
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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:20:35 +0100
Subject: news from the LIC: BL Research & Innovation Centre reports
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
A number of British Library Research and Innovation Centre research reports
were delivered to the Centre during and after its transfer to the Library
and Information Commission. I am not sure these reports have been widely
reported on so I have listed them below, by title and report number. Full
report details are available on the LIC website:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/ricarchive/index.html
This index page gives you the option of publication lists for reports
dated 1999, 1998 and 1997. I have grouped the titles below by the
publication date listed on the item and then in ascending order of report
number.
Except where noted, all the titles are available to order from the British
Thesis Service, The British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa
Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ. tel: +44 (0) 1937 546229; fax: +44
(0)1937 546286; email: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
The charges for on demand copies are:
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
photocopy £12.00 UK: £17.00 overseas
Publications dated 1999
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Knowledge lost in information: patterns of use and non-use of
networked bibliographic resources
BLR&I report 105
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Digital archaeology: the recovery of digital materials at risk
BLR&I report 108
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Business information and the Internet: use of the Internet as an
information resource for small and medium-sized enterprises: final
report
BLR&I report 136
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Investing in LIS people: the impact of the Investors in People
initiative on the library and information sector
BLR&I report 141
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Beyond access and awareness: evaluating electronic community networks
BLR&I report 149
Also available on the Internet at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/cicn/beyond/
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Interactive multimedia in primary schools: children's use and
understanding of information texts on CD-ROM, and implications for
teachers and designers
BLR&I report 157
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Perspectives of public library use 2: a compendium of survey
information
BLR&I report 166
Available from LISU: Publications Section, LISU, Loughborough University,
Loughborough LE11 3TU. Tel: 01509 223071; Fax: 01509 223072;
Email: lisu@lboro.ac.uk
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The role of information in the strategic management process
BLR&I report 171
Also available on the Internet at:
http://www.dil.aber.ac.uk/dils/Research/RFocus5/5sub2/Resource/BANK0X.
htm
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What makes a digital librarian? A critical analysis of the management
culture needed for effective digital library development
BLR&I report 174
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Publications dated 1998
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Access to public libraries: the impact of opening hours reductions and
closures 1986-1997
BLR&I report 90
Available from: Centre for the Public Library in the Information
Society, Department of Information Studies, The University of
Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom. Tel: 0114
222 2662; Fax: 0114 278 03001; e-mail:y.brindley@sheffield.ac.uk
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Impact of devolved budgeting on library and information services in
universities in the UK
BLR&I report 138
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Household library use survey 1998
BLR&I report 144
Available from: Book Marketing Ltd, 7a Bedford Square, London WC1B
3RA. Tel: 0171 580 7282; Fax: 0171 580 7236; email:
bookmark@londonweb.net
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Access to research material
BLR&I report 147
Available from: LISC(Northern Ireland) Tel: 01232 335020
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Publications dated 1997
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Index to children's information books: a study of the provision and
quality of book indexes for children at National Curriculum Key Stage
2
BLR&I report 129
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Children's PLUS: a national standard for surveying children and young
people in public libraries and the community
BLR&I report 148
Available from: IPF Ltd, Suffolk House, College Road, Croydon CR0 1PF.
Tel: 0181 6671144
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All LIC research reports, including forthcoming titles, are listed on
the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/researchreports/index.html
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:54:07 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund 1999-2000
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The list of successful applicants for the 1999-2000 Challenge Fund was
announced by the DCMS on 3 August and made available via a DCMS press
release and the LIC website.
The LIC website has now been updated to include project descriptions
for 17 of the 18 projects that will receive funding (the final one
will be added as soon as possible). The direct URL is:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/dcms/dcms99.html
New grants awarded (1)
----------------------
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport made available to the
Library and Information Commission a £200,000 grant for the year
1999/2000. The grant is to be used "to ensure that blind and visually
impaired people benefit in a much wider way from access to library and
reading services". Working in partnership, the Commission and Share
the Vision have determined how to make best use of the grant by
identifying several essential building blocks for the improvement of
services. Further details are available from the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/research/visualaccess/index.html
The Commission has already awarded a number of grants in this area and
descriptions of the projects are available on a separate awards page:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/visualaccess.html
New grants awarded (2)
----------------------
Details are now available of one more project that was successful
under the recent Information Retrieval call for research proposals.
The project, entitled "Effects of spatial-semantic interfaces in
visual information retrieval: three experimental studies" is listed
along with all other current IR projects on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/awards/ir-curpj.html
Research bulletin
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The first issue of the Commission's Research Bulletin is now available.
Paper copies can be obtained from the Commission (contact Henry Girling:
tel 0171 273 8746; fax: 0171 273 8701; email henry.girling@lic.gov.uk).
Two versions of the Research Bulletin are also available from the LIC
website: a PDF file of the full issue and a link to HTML versions of the
substantive articles. The direct URL is:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/bulletin/index.html
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:46:21 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**Apologies for cross-posting**
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Education Taskgroup established
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Mark Wood, Vice Chair of the Library & Information Commission, has
announced the formation of a taskgroup to advise the Departments for
Culture, Media & Sport and for Education & Employment on ways in which
public libraries and education can work better together to improve
lifelong learning. A press release which details the members of the
Taskgroup is available on the LIC website at:
http://www.lic.gov.uk/publications/pressreleases/990922.html
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New LIC research reports published
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The Commission has recently published two reports:
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CIRCE: better communities through better information
by Helen Leech
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187p
LIC research report 1
ISBN 1902394046
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: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
photocopy £12.00 UK; £17.00 overseas
Also available on the Internet at: http://www.gloscc.gov.uk/circe/
Project CIRCE was an 18-month research project looking at the
feasibility of networking community information between public library
authorities in the UK. It ran from December 1997 to May 1999 and
studied the technical and practical issues involved in networking
materials in the light of developments in the public library sector,
including the New Library Network.
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Likely to succeed: attitudes and aptitudes for an effective information
profession in the 21st century
by Anne Goulding...[et al.]
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97p
LIC research report 8
ISBN 1902394097
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: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
photocopy £12.00 UK; £17.00 overseas
The report details the findings from a research project which compared
the personal qualities demanded by employers with the actual
attributes of Information and Library Studies (ILS) students. The
project found that employers across sectors identify the ability to
accept pressure, deal with a range of users and respond to change as
most essential for information work. The project also discovered a
significant overlap between the most 'essential' and 'lacking'
qualities, which raises the concern that qualities that are high in
demand are also in short supply. The report concludes that there is
evidence of a mis-match between employer requirements and expectations
and the attributes and attitudes displayed by ILS students.
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Other reports recently published
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Skills for knowledge management: building a knowledge economy
by TFPL Ltd
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This research report, which is based on research jointly funded by the
Commission and TFPL Ltd, looks at the roles, skills and training
required to successfully implement a knowledge culture. It is available
from TFPL Ltd, 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5TL; tel: 0207 251
5522; fax: 0207 251 8318; email: central@tfpl.com. Price: £50.00
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RUDI: Resource for Urban Design Information
by William Worthington
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1v. various pagings
BLR&I report 176
ISBN 071239740X
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: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
microfiche £5.00 UK; £6.00 overseas
photocopy £12.00 UK; £17.00 overseas
The final report of a project funded by the British Library Research
and Innovation Centre prior to its transfer to the Commission. RUDI is
a World Wide Web site that aims to provide a single point of reference
for all students, educators and professional practitioners with an
interest in the various disciplines of urban design and the built
environment. The report offers a brief background to the project,
detailed descriptions about the tasks carried out and a discourse of
lessons with regard to the creation and dissemination of large scale
multimedia resources on the Web.
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:24:18 +0100
Subject: news from the Library and Information Commission
From: Simon.Matty@lic.gov.uk (Simon Matty)
Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk
Sender: lis-fid-request@mailbase.ac.uk
**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: dsc-british-thesis-service@bl.uk
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: simon.matty@lic.gov.uk
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10. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA INFORMATION SERVER METADATA STRATEGY
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:26:54 -0400
Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list
<IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA>
From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
Subject: [FYI] NLA Information Server Metadata Strategy
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
From: Debbie Campbell <dcampbel@nla.gov.au>
Subject: NLA Information Server Metadata Strategy
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 19:01:13 +1000
Recently, the National Library of Australia launched two "new" Web sites - a
new version of its information server, at http://www.nla.gov.au and
MetaMatters, at http://www.nla.gov.au/meta/.
On both sites we have implemented our new formal metadata guidelines, based
on the Australian Government Locator Service. Please see
http://www.nla.gov.au/metadata.html for more details.
Debbie
--
Debbie Campbell, Metadata Coordinator, Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2601
ph: +61 2 6262 1673; fax: +61 2 6273 2545
mailto:dcampbel@nla.gov.au http://www.nla.gov.au/meta
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11. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION OF LIBRARY AND
ARCHIVE CATALOGUES
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:21:15 -0400
Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list
<IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA>
From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
Subject: National Strategy for Retrospective Conversion of Library and
Archive Catalogues
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Dear Colleagues
The study on a national strategy for retrospective conversion of library and
archive catalogues, (undertaken by UKOLN and the National Council on
Archives) was completed at the end of May 1999.
A report on the study, including recommendations for a national strategy,
was submitted to the commissioning group (BL, LIC and LINC) and accepted.
The report title is 'Full Disclosure: releasing the value of library and
archive collections'. A copy of the full text of the report (in pdf format)
is now available at the UKOLN website at the following URL:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/lic/fulldisclosure/report.pdf
A printed version of the report is in preparation and details of its
availability will be circulated when they are known.
Nick Kingsley
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12. PUBLISHER/LIBRARY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:14:54 +0800 (WST)
Reply-To: Terry.Kuny@xist.com
Originator: wain@info
Sender: wain@info.curtin.edu.au
From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com> (by way of Kerry Smith <kerry@biblio.curtin.edu.au>)
To: Multiple recipients of list WAIN <wain@info.curtin.edu.au>
Subject: [DOC] Publisher/Library Relationships in the Digital
Environment.
From: Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
Subject: STM Releases Document
For those of you interested in reading it, the Library Relations Committee
of the STM Group of Publishers has made available a commissioned
discussion document written by John Cox, international publishing
consultant. The document is entitled "Publisher/Library Relationships in
the Digital Environment."
To locate the document, please visit: http://www.stm-assoc.org/
Click on "Committees" and look for the "STM Library Relations Committee"
Summary of the Document
STM represents 250 publishing companies and learned societies, and
recognizes that the advent of digital networks affects authors,
publishers, librarians and readers. Dialogue between publishers and
librarians is essential to creating the sense of partnership and
open-mindedness needed to meet the future needs of scholarship and
research:
· Publishers and librarians have complementary roles and responsibilities,
serving the same needs and facing similar challenges.
· The interests of publishers and librarians need to be re-balanced in
order to seize the benefits of digital information flow.
· Legislation provides a framework of copyright, privacy, competition and
consumer law that protects against misuse while facilitating the flow of
information from author to reader. If laws need to be amended, such
changes should be made on the basis of the mutual agreement of all members
of the community.
· There is much to be achieved without legislative change. Neither
publishers nor librarians should shy away from the issues that divide
them, especially the scope of fair use and the exchange of copyright
information between libraries. A more detailed analysis of the impact of
copyright exemptions is needed.
· The development of a predictable licensing environment and the testing
of new business models requires cooperation between publishers and
librarians, and leads to better mutual understanding.
STM seeks dialogue with libraries and with other members of the research
and scholarly communities in order to meet the challenges, opportunities
and expectations created by the digital environment.
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TM Library Relations Committee
Chairman: Pieter Gispen (Brill Academic Publishers)
Brief: This Committee which grew out of our very active Library Project
Team (an initiative of the relevant STM Committees) intends to improve
relations between STM publishers and STM librarians worldwide, and to
raise the level of mutual understanding. Workshops and seminars have been
held and are being prepared, attendance in one another's meetings is
promoted, and stronger liaison with other STM and Library Committees and
Groups is being both prepared and established. Practical experiences in
the various fields (serials, marketing, copyright...) will be exchanged,
and training and education make up part of the Committee's brief.
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13. REPOSLIB
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:40:13 +0300
Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list
<IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA>
From: Pentti Vattulainen <pentti.vattulainen@NRL.FI>
Subject: REPOSLIB - a new discussion list
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
A discussion list on repository matters REPOSLIB is an open, unmediated
list-serv managed by the Center for Research Libraries on behalf of persons
located worldwide interested in discussing repository libraries and related
issues.
The genesis of REPOSLIB is the first international conference of repository
libraries that took place in Kuopio, Finland on 9-11.5.1999. This
conference was organised by The National Repository Library of Finland in
co-operation with the Universal Availability of Publications Core programme
of IFLA, Center for Research Libraries (Chicago, USA) and Kuopio University
Library. The theme of the conference was "Solving collection problems
through repository strategies".
Resulting from the conference is a renewed interest in developing an
international repository strategy. There is also a need for a research
agenda that starts by defining what is a repository library today and how
will it change in the electronic era. Standard methods of measuring the
efficiency of differing repository solutions are necessary along with a
list of best work practices with comparable cost data.
To order it send an e-mail to the address
Majordomo@CRLMAIL.UCHICAGO.EDU
with the following command in the body of your email message:
subscribe reposlib
More information:
Pentti Vattulainen
Director e-mail: pentti.vattulainen@nrl.fi
National Repository Library (NRL) tel: -(358)-17-26 46 007
P.O.Box 1710 fax: -(358)-17-26 46 008
70421 Kuopio
Finland
http://www.nrl.fi
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14. SUBJECT INDEX TO LITERATURE ON ELECTRONIC SOURCES OF
INFORMATION - June 1st, 1999
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:13:55 -0600
Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list
<IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA>
From: Marian Dworaczek <marian.dworaczek@USASK.CA>
Subject: Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
The June 1st, 1999 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on
Electronic Sources of Information" is available at:
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM
The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of
Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A
Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of
electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials,
periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected
works. Over 900 titles were identified and indexed in great detail for
this project. Thousands of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) were added to
various entries. Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously
updated.
Introduction which includes sample search and instructions how to use the
Subject Index and the Bibliography is located at:
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM
This message has been crossposted to several mailing lists. Please excuse
and duplication and inconveniences caused by it.
---------------------------------------------
Marian Dworaczek
Head, Acqusitions Department
and Head, Technical Services
University of Saskatchewan Libraries
Phone: (306) 966-6016
Fax: (306) 966-5919
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze
SUBJECT INDEX TO LITERATURE ON ELECTRONIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION
August 1, 1999
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:53:48 -0600
Sender: "ASIS-L: American Society for Information Science"
<ASIS-L@asis.org>
From: Marian Dworaczek <marian.dworaczek@USASK.CA>
Subject: Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
The August 1st, 1999 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on
Electronic Sources of Information" is available at:
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUB_INT.HTM
The page-specific "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of
Information" and the accompanying "Electronic Sources of Information: A
Bibliography" (listing all indexed items) deal with all aspects of
electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials,
periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected
works. Over 1,000 titles were identified and indexed in great detail for
this project. Thousands of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) were added to
various entries. Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously
updated.
This message has been crossposted to several mailing lists. Please excuse
any duplication.
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*Marian Dworaczek *
*Head, Acquisitions Department *
*and Head, Technical Services Division *
*University of Saskatchewan Libraries *
*E-mail: dworaczek@sklib.usask.ca *
*Phone: (306) 966-6016 *
*Fax: (306) 966-5919 *
*Home Page: http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze *
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15. TACHYON PUBLICATIONS
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:25:44 -0800
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From: cisler <cisler@POBOX.COM>
Subject: New sources of information
The Tachyon community networking database of annotated resources has four
recent additions:
*Telecentres: project model by IICD A short guide by the Dutch agency for
those planning public access centers
*BEV Community Networking Briefing Book: free publication from Blacksburg
Electronic Village. This 80 page book will be mailed to those filling out a
web form.
*The Humanities Library Project: low cost CD-ROM and web site with more
than 1200 full text publications. Organized by a Belgian doctor with the
assistance of many organizations, this is a very impressive collection for
places without access to much print material.
*The Dialogue Handbook - Empowering Citizens in Society This resulted from
a European project involving libraries in Sweden, the UK, and Italy. Good
lessons for neighborhood facilitators.
For more details on these resources go to this URL and search on one of the
terms (IICD, BEV, Humanities, Dialogue, etc).
http://www.tachyon.net/cnet/search.html
Steve Cisler
Tachyon, Inc.
www.tachyon.net
cisler@pobox.com
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