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Public Libraries: Creating Websites for E-citizens -The Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2002

editor — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Penny Garrod reports on the Public Library Web Managers workshop, November 2002, held in Bath.

Background to the workshop

The third Public Library Web Managers workshop to be organised by UKOLN was held at the University of Bath on the 5th and 6th of November 2002. This year’s event aimed to provide public library web managers with a brief respite from the trials and tribulations of the workplace, and the chance to share networking experiences with colleagues up and down the country. It also aimed to bring together some key speakers on this year’s hot topic –e-government (electronic government).

Public Libraries: Building Better Library Services

editor — Sun, 07 Jul 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Penny Garrod on the recently published Audit Commission Report: Building Better Library Services.

I have decided to be highly topical in this edition’s Public Library column. I have chosen as my topic -finger on buzzer - the recently published Audit Commission Report: Building Better Library Services. It has, after all, caused a bit of a stir. Just when you thought it was safe to abandon the rolling stacks and had won the battle to be regarded as ‘cool’ and ‘sexy’ with all those flat screen terminals, scanners, and keen silver surfers, a brickbat is lobbed at your firewall, and, goodness gracious me, its books that are important after all!.

Public Libraries

editor — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Penny Garrod's second outing in Ariadne as Public Libraries Focus.

I purchased the Guardian newspaper to read on the train from Bath to Birmingham the other day. It was the Thursday edition, so the tabloid-sized Online section was sandwiched between the folds of the main paper – a sort of light digital filling in an otherwise heavy snack of wars abroad and spin at home. “Why sex still leads the net”, ran the Online headline, with the byline: “porn websites are making millions. Now mainstream dot.coms are asking them for advice”.