British official statistics in 2005: Proceedings of a one day seminar in February 2005. ISG. ISBN 0946347 41 7 £20 [£16 to ISG members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
There have been many changes in the publication of official statistics since the development of web publishing. The Internet has revolutionised the way in which statistics are presented to the user – publications in the book sense are no longer even the primary method. The Census for 2001 is examined as are the full range of ONS figures and communications strategies. The role of the Statistics Commission is examined before investigating the direction in which publishers need to look when making figures available.
Looseleaf publications: guidance for publishers on issue formats and updating. ISG. ISBN 0 946347 39 5 £5 (£4 to CILIP members. [Overseas supplied in PDF format only by email £5 + VAT]
Publication schemes: access to official information in the 21st century. Proceedings of a one day seminar 17 November 2003.
Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 38 7 £18 [CD-ROM version .pdf £18+ VAT] (£14.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) DUE March 2004
The Freedom of Information Act requires all government departments and agencies to produce Publication schemes. This day addressed the implications for the retrieval of official information in the future as well as at this stage in the preparation for implementation in 2005. Speakers from central and local government addressed the development of strategies and uses of the web in preparing and publicising plans. HMSO and TSO also outlined their role in the future, particularly in the use of Digital Object identifiers (DOIs).
Open Parliament: a guide to Parliamentary information in the 21st century. Proceedings of a one day seminar held at the House of Commons 22 September 2003. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 37 9 £18 [CD-ROM version .pdf £18+ VAT] (£14.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) DUE Feb 2004
Speakers from the House of Commons Library and Information Office, and from SCOOP addressed the developments over recent years which have improved the information resources offered from Parliament to the public. The way in which the Library assists Members and the public. The development of a Parliamentary website covering not just Statutes but Statutory Instruments and Select Committee proceedings were discussed prior to the visits to the House itself which could not be covered in the proceedings.
Accessing EU documents: new initiatives and developments from the EU institutions: a one day seminar with EIA
9 June 2003. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 36 0 £18 [CD-ROM version .pdf £18+ VAT] (£14.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) Jan 2004
The instruments and mechanisms which the EU uses in its policy-making activities are ever changing and developing. Speakers from Brussels and the UK presented an overview of administrative reform alongside papers on New dissemination methods, Gateways, The EU law portal EUR-Lex, the EULEX project and the various Registers of documents.
Electronic sources of UK legislation: proceedings of a one day seminar with BIALL
22 April 2002. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 35 2 £18 [CD-ROM version .pdf £18+ VAT] (£14.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) Jan 2004
A review of the changing sources of legislation available for the UK. Electronic resources are developing and changing. New means of linking resources are revolutionising the way we access legislation and case law. A number of suppliers came together to compare their products with the expressed desires of the information professionals.
Official publishing: past present, and future. SCOOP 30 years on anniversary seminar.
Proceedings of a seminar held in London on 6 June 2001. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 34 4 £18 [CD-ROM version .pdf £18+ VAT] (£14.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
While reviewing the work of thirty years speakers were able to present many new developments and future plans to the capacity audience on this occasion. The speakers came from the SCOOP committee itself and from the House of Commons, the Bank of England, HMSO and TSO, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Employment. Having considered the developments of the three decades the problem of archiving the present output of official publishing, largely on the web was addressed from the user and the provider standpoint. Unfortunately print cannot do justice to the amazing presentations.
Publishing of the Parliaments and Assemblies of the British Isles: proceedings of the seminar held at the Library Association on 22 November 1999.
Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 31 x £15 [CD-ROM version .pdf £15] (£12.00 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
The first attempt to consider the situation at the beginning of the 21st century covering all organisations from Westminster, through Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast to Dublin, Douglas, and the Channel Islands. Many of the speakers hail from the official libraries of the parliaments and assemblies presenting an authoritative review of recent developments.
Official publishing in the 1990s: proceedings of two seminars in 1997 with an appendix of specialists in official publishing.
Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 28 x. £16.00 (£12.80 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
An overview of the changing face of official publishing in the UK. Main topics include: The policies and reality of the privatisation of HMSO; The role of HMSO, the residuary public sector body; The work of the CCTA in developing government internet policies; Parliament as publisher in the nineties; Other providers of official publications’ information: Chadwick-Healey and Context; Internet resources for official publishing; A review of policies past and present with a discussion of possible future developments. Also included, as an appendix to the text, is the latest edition of Directory of Specialists in Official Publishing.
Official publishing in business and industry: proceedings of a one day seminar held at the Library Association, London, November 1996. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 27 1. £10.00 (£8.50 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) [Out of print – Print on demand copies available at the original price]
SCOOP combined with ISG’s other standing committee, SCOBI (…Business Information) to present this seminar which discussed some of the latest developments in the field including an overview of the information role of DTI and its agencies; the current work of Companies House; statistics for business and industry; and the work of Business Links.
Official publications and statistics in health and medicine: proceedings of a one day seminar held at the Library Association, London, June 1996. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 25 5. £10.00 (£8.00 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
This seminar was arranged with the assistance of the Information for the Management of Healthcare Group (a sub-group of the Library Association’s Health Libraries Group) and covered a wide range of topics on health and medical information and statistics. These include Department of Health publications; the work of the Office of National Statistics and the Office of Health Economics; an overview of international statistical official publications, particularly from the World Health Organisation; a report on activity at community level on health statistics; the role of both HMSO and the Radical Statistics Group; and a useful discussion on the problems of access to health statistics.
Official publications in education: proceedings of a one day seminar held at the Library Association, London, November 1994. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 24 7. £10.00 (£8.00 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
These proceedings provide an up to date survey of the impact of the changes in recent years in the field of education. They cover not only an overview of official publications relating to education and the role of HMSO (now TSO) but also include information on the publishing output of SCAA, FEU, NFER, HEFCE and NCVQ. There is also a paper on local education statistics from CIPFA and a note on the availability of OFSTED publications.
Laws in the making: proceedings of a one-day seminar held at the House of Commons 6 September 1993: organised jointly by House of Commons Public Information Office and SCOOP. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 21 2. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
"Legislation affects us all, and our users and clients very often come in at the coal face of legislation – from the bewildered owner of a leasehold flat who wonders whether the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 will affect her … to the barrister preparing a case, who wonders … what was said in Committee on Section 202 of the Companies Act 1948. …Our speakers have provided something for everyone – the novice and the expert alike." (Chris Pond)
Environment & leisure: proceedings of a two one-day seminars held at the Library Association, London, June & November 1993. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 22 0. £12.00 (£10.00 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
The two seminars covered in these proceedings discussed a very wide range of publications relating to various aspects of the environment and leisure. Since the two interact considerably it was felt useful to bring together some of the regularly used resources and their means of retrieval, with the more obscure, or even fugitive, ones and is itself a useful resource in an area where few guides to resources exist.
R & D and OPs: sources of publications on & resulting from officially funded research and development: proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, November 1992. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 20 4. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
Whitehall and Westminster reviewed: proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, November 1991. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 15 8. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
Who publishes what on the 1991 Census? Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. 1991. 0 946347 15 8. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
British official publications online: a review of sources, services and developments: proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, 20 September 1989 and 4 October 1989. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 14 x. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
Brussels : Whitehall : Westminster : Proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, 22 November 1988. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 12 3. £8.00(£6.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00)
Who publishes official information on Business & Industry: Proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, 22 September 1988. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 11 5. £8.00 (£6.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Who publishes official information on Statistics: Proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, 2 March 1989. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 13 1. £9.00 (£7.20 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Who publishes official information on Health, Safety & Social Services: Proceedings of a one-day seminar held by ISG, SCOOP, London, 20 June 1988. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 10 7. £8.00 (£6.40 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Access to Local Authority Official Publications. Proceedings of a seminar, London, 14 March 1985. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 946347 07 7. £11.50 (£9.50 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Whitehall and Westminster. Proceedings of the seminar on official publications, London, 21st March 1984. Edited by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0846347 05 0. £8.50 (£7.25 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Proceedings of the Conference on British Government Publishing. Blackpool. 16-17 September 1982. Edited by Valerie J Bradfield. ISBN 0 946347 01 8. £10.00 (£8.00 to CILIP members. Overseas handling charge £5.00) OP
Published by SCOOP Publications
Directory of Specialists in Official Publications. 3rd ed. Compiled by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 9512011 4 x. 1992. £7.00. OUT OF PRINT
Local Authority Information Sources a guide to publications, databases and services. 3rd ed. Compiled by Valerie J Nurcombe. ISBN 0 9512011 5 8. 1992. £9.00. OUT OF PRINT
Guidelines on the preparation of local authority official publications. Compiled by the Local Authority Official Publications Working Party of SCOOP. ISBN 0 9512011 2 3. £5.00
Guidelines on the preparation of local authority official publications. Leaflet. Free on request.
Code of practice for Government Department or Agency Documents issued to the public. Leaflet. Free on request.