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104 years of phone books online |
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saw the launch online of the British Telephone books, 1880–1984 by Ancestry.co.uk in association with BT. |
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Piercing the firewall - LG Intranets is born |
| As many web managers and communications professionals turn their attention to internal audiences, specifically intranet development, a promising new community of practice has emerged from the front lines. It’s called LG Intranets, and if you’ve not already visited the website, Stuart Webster explains what you need to know about this ‘musthave’ resource... | |
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Barriers to e-Government progress |
| An EU-funded research project on ‘Barriers to eGovernment’, led by the Oxford Internet Institute, has identified seven top barriers to success in eGovernment | |
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communities represent a support network that must be plugged into
the web if it is to thrive in an online world, and to do so help
may be needed. The SurreyCommunity.info project tackles this head
on, empowering local groups to achieve an online identity –
quickly and without the need for technical expertise or resources.
Surrey ePartnership’s Lucy Micheni talks us through the potential of their growing online community. |
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Flu jabs and taxi cabs - ask Brent Council |
| How do authorities market online self-service? Who do they tell? Communications Officer Jonathan Lawn explains Brent Council’s latest campaign to make it as easy as ABC. | |
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Finding your VOICE |
| A surprising number of communities, from sports clubs to parish councils, still don’t have a website. What’s stopping them? Helen Leech looks at a new project which sets out to overcome the barriers. | |
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Only connect : Successful e-partnerships – Oxfordshire provides role model for shared benefits |
| Steve Crowder, from South Oxfordshire District Council and Chairman of the Partnership Project Board, describes the challenges and rewards of implementing a joint public portal. The project managed to cement long-term relationships between a group of local authorities that had different interests, without sacrificing each other’s autonomy. | |
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Take-up campaign has positive effect |
| The latest results to be published from the Socitm Insight Website Take up Service show the Government’s take up campaign has had a positive impact on awareness of council websites and referrals to them from other sites including www.direct.gov.uk/mycouncil. Usage of some specific services highlighted by the campaign, including library book renewals schools information and job vacancies, also appears to have risen during the campaign period. | |
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E-user types |
| People in Great Britain can be assigned to one of twenty-three ‘e-user types’, according to research funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) | |
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