In the lead up to the local government election in May CILIP in Scotland will be campaigning for libraries across Scotland and showing why #LibrariesMatter. SWOP members can help with this campaign.
If you would like to know more and become more involved take a few minutes to visit:
http://www.cilips.org.uk/advocacy-campaigns/campaigns/libraries-matter/help-us-show-librariesmatter/
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This year will see some fundamental changes to the way in which Parliamentary Papers are made available to the public and in light of this, we have been given permission to reproduce a statement issued by TSO on their future plans for the publication of hard copy Parliamentary Papers.
“After 31st March 2016, TSO/Williams Lea Tag will no longer be printing the full range of papers for the House of Commons and House of Lords own use.
However, we will still be printing House of Commons Bills, Explanatory Notes and some Select Committee Reports for the House of Commons until 31st December 2016 and at the same time continue to supply these materials in print format to our external customers.
The House of Commons Daily Hansard and Bound volumes will continue to be supplied, as now in print format, to our external customers.
After 31st March, 2016, The House of Lords Bound Volumes will continue to be supplied in print format to our external customers. However, there will be no supply in print format of other House of Lords materials.
The TSO online library www.officialpublicationsonline.co.uk will be offered with more flexible options to purchase download of PDFs as a means of sourcing materials no longer to be supplied in print format.
Update newsletters will shortly be released confirming the arrangements for supply of House of Lords and House of Commons materials after 31 March 2016. The newsletters will be issued to all TSO external customers (including suppliers) and the Chairs of the various “Library Groups” we support.”
Access to the electronic editions of Parliamentary Papers will continue to be available via the various online sources, such as the Gov.Uk Official Publications portal, the Publications and Records section of Parliament.Uk, the TSO’s own Official Publications Online (referenced above), Dandy’s Public Information Online, and ProQuest’s Parliamentary Papers website.
Helping you contact GOV.UK in the way you need –
“Our end goal is to make GOV.UK joined up and really easy to understand”
Those struggling to find information on Gov.uk will be pleased to know that steps are being taken to address this. Read more here
Launched 2 years ago, GOV.UK brings together government services and information online. As the first ever single domain for government, it replaced DirectGov, Business Link and over 250 separate department and agency websites.
The top 3 most visited pages are find a job, renew your vehicle tax, and calculate your state pension.
A consolidated proposition for GOV.UK has just been published in alpha form. It is hoped that this will help make it clearer which content and services are in scope for GOV.UK, and which are not.
For information…
The Government Digital Service has published a blog which may be of interest to SWOP members. The entry discusses the GOV.UK search facility; how it works and the steps being taken to improve search results. The blog can be read here: https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2014/06/13/how-gov-uk-site-search-works/
via: Graeme Paterson
Official Publications Adviser
National Archives, Kew
Gov.uk will replace Directgov on the 17th Oct. 2012
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