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Are information services fighting for survival?

• As, Intute enters its final maintenance year, I have spent a long time reflecting on the events that led us here.  With public sector organisations and higher education facing the possibility of further cuts, I think that it is timely to share some of those reflections in the context of demonstrating value for money and

A tribute to Intute staff

• I remember the 1st October 2004 vividly – it was the day I started work for Intute as the new Executive Director. On that first day, I was ushered into my office, presented with a shiny new laptop, introduced to the Mimas Manchester based staff, and bombarded with information. As the day

New Social Science research publications this week

• Here are the latest social science research publications. As listed by the LSE Library International organisations Media Education Social policy Economics

New UK government publications this week

• Here is the list as selected by the LSE Library You can view our main listing at http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.com/2010/07/government.html Police Service Strength England and Wales: 31 March 2010 Home Office statistics. Liberating the NHS: Report of the arms-length bodies review Department of Health Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2009-10 British crime survey England and Wales Home Office statistics. Citizenship Survey:

Engineering, Social Justice and Peace Conference

• Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace Conference will run from 4th to 6th August in London from August 4th to 6th 2010 in collaboration with the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre and Engineers Against Poverty. Topics to be covered include critical thinking, sustainability and the contexts of technology. This will be my final post here. As I’m

Working Together – Intute’s Partnerships

• In the fourth of our series of posts looking back at the work of Intute we wanted to focus on some of the valuable collaborative work that has taken place between the service and the wider education community, dating back well over a decade. In addition to the seven universities that formed the Intute consortium, our

Social science sites of the week

• European e-Justice portal The European Internet portal e-Justice, was launched this week as an electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice throughout the EU. It is intended to help citizens and practitioners in locating information about European law and law of individual member states. It includes links to the main EU primary law databases: EUR-Lex, Summaries of

New UK Government publications this week

• Here is the latest weekly round up from the LSE Library Big Society: Speech by David Cameron National Survey of Investment in Adult Mental Health Services 2009-10 Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12/10: Crime in England and Wales 2009-10 – Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime What Does the Distribution of Wealth Tell Us About

New social science research this week

• Here is the latest round up from the LSE Library International organisations Economics Social policy Development studies Higher education Media