British Official Publishing: an overview
A half day seminar
Held:
11 October 2005 pm in London
&
18 October pm in Birmingham
This half-day seminar is intended for professionals and para-professionals who wish to learn more about British official publishing. It is intended to increase participants’ knowledge of this vital area and assumes no prior knowledge of the sources or processes. It provides an understanding of the many ways in which official information is currently published in the UK, remembering that there have been many changes in the past twenty years or so.
This seminar will consider why official publications are important and the types of information which are best taken from official resources: e.g. education, health, transport, economics, statistics etc. Basic to this is an understanding of the way in which government is organised, and the sections responsible for various policies at any one point in time.
The organisation of British official publishing will be discussed, both in the 21st and 20th centuries to ensure there is a basic understanding of the ways in which specific publications can be located as well as tracking the potentially useful titles where data on a topic is sought. Many resources are now Internet based (see the parallel seminar) and these will be tracked with the earlier print resources. Ways of locating copies of specific titles to borrow or purchase will also be covered.
Updated: 12 November 2005