Finding official British information : official publishing in the digital age / Jane Inman ; with contributions by Howard Picton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inman, Jane.

Contributor:

Picton, Howard J.

Series:

Chandos Information Professional Series

Chandos information professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic government information--Great Britain.

Electronic government information.

Government publications--Great Britain.

Government publications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Official publishing in the digital age

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examining the different bodies that publish official material, this book describes the types of material published, how it is made available and how it is recorded. Finding Official British Information focuses on the digital availability of official information and considers how much is now freely available on the web and how to locate it as well as addressing issues of web only publishing. It covers public bodies in the UK and includes publications issued by central and local government as well as the devolved assemblies and the many other organisations that issue official publications.<b

Contents:

Cover; Finding Official British Information: Official publishing in the digital age; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1The digital environment; What is the digital age?; E-government; Other technologies and communications methods; Print to digital publishing; Digital divide; References; 2 Definitions and why official information is published; Scope; Why public sector bodies publish information; References; 3Parliament at Westminster; Structure and role of the UK Parliament; Parliamentary business and procedures; Legislative process

European Parliament and WestminsterVisiting Parliament; Key Parliamentary information resources; References; 4Devolved Parliament and Assemblies and regional government; Introduction to the devolved Parliament and Assemblies; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland; Regional government; References; 5Central government departments at Westminster; Introduction; Structure, role and functions; Publications and information; Key central government information resources; Case studies; References; 6Other public bodies including the National Health Service and the Police; Introduction

What is a public body?The National Health Service; Police; References; 7Local government including the Fire Service; Introduction; Structure of local government; Responsibilities of the different types of local authorities; The way local authorities function; Publications and information; The Fire Service; Finding local authority information; Information for local government; Case studies; References; 8Statistics; Introduction; History of official statistics; Overview of official statistics; National statistics on the web; Using official statistics; Issues affecting official statistics

Housing statistics - case studyReferences; 9 The future of access to official information; Information versus publications; Technology; Society; Government; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 20, 2013).

ISBN:

9781780632926

1780632924

9781306171564

1306171563

OCLC:

865332820