Finding official British Information
eBook - ePub

Finding official British Information

Official Publishing in the Digital Age

  1. 332 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Finding official British Information

Official Publishing in the Digital Age

About this book

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.- Quick 'how to find' section for each area- Designed for the non-specialist- Covering central and local government, the devolved assemblies and other public bodies in the UK

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of abbreviations
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. About the author
  10. Chapter 1: The digital environment
  11. Chapter 2: Definitions and why official information is published
  12. Chapter 3: Parliament at Westminster
  13. Chapter 4: Devolved Parliament and Assemblies and regional government
  14. Chapter 5: Central government departments at Westminster
  15. Chapter 6: Other public bodies including the National Health Service the Police
  16. Chapter 7: Local government including the Fire Service
  17. Chapter 8: Statistics
  18. Chapter 9: The future of access to official information
  19. Index