Culture, Media and Sport - Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 May 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
II. MONITORING AND MAINTAINING LIBRARY STANDARDS
III. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
(i) The library and the community
(ii) The book and new technology
(iii) Book stock and book funds
IV. ACCESS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
(i) Libraries as a physical entity
(ii) Libraries as a virtual entity
(iii) Opening Hours
(iv) Library Closures
(v) Social Exclusion and Social Inclusion
Libraries: a history of combatting social
exclusion
Unemployed and low waged
Disability
Ethnic minorities
Rural communities
Conclusions
V. LIBRARIES AND LEARNING
(i) Libraries and school-age children
(ii) Higher education
(iii) Lifelong Learning
VI. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROVISION
(i) The promotion of access to and awareness
of new technology
(ii) The People's Network
(iii) The role of the British Library
VII. FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
(i) Local Authority funding for public
libraries
(ii) Funding for regional cultural centres
(iii) Local authority income from libraries
(iv) National Lottery funding
VIII. CONCLUSION
IX. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES
OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED TO THE HOUSE BUT
NOT PRINTED
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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