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Learning direct: lifelong learning on the telephone. Legal deposit: Chris Smith launches a working party on extending deposit for electronic material. Replacing CCT: how the Government's new regime for local government will impact on libraries. Plus how Liverpool Reference Library helped a couple to make a small fortune by linking their wood panelling to the Titanic. World Book Day: events around the country and a celebration at the Globe Theatre. Health News: a new Green Paper, Contract for Health , sketches a vital role for information and launches the Healthy Living Centres concept. After-school centres: libraries are set to benefit as homework clubs gain lottery funding. Public library cuts: the DCMS receives complaints over Oxfordshire,
Nottinghamshire and Shropshire library services, but the worst cuts are avoided. |
 National Year of Reading: Secretary of State David Blunkett outlines the transformation the Year will make - and how librarians can help. Internet Filtering: Matthew Mezey looks at the legal challenges to stop the use of censoring software in libraries. Academic News: Extra funding on hand for some HE libraries. Special libraries: Mark Field puts IBC's Knowledge Management conference in context. Information groups' Declaration: 28 signatories highlight the role of the information profession in the learning society. Plus a new survey of skills profiles required for LIS posts in the corporate sector. Mediawatching: the Pooh Five, the Lindisfarne Four and Mr Punch's battle against the censors. |
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