European information in public libraries in the United Kingdom: the implementation of the public information relay.

Marcella, Rita; Baxter, Graeme

Abstract

In the early 1990s, during the lengthy and often heated debate over the United Kingdom's ratification of the Maastricht Treaty, the European Commission became increasingly aware of a communication gap between itself and the British public. Mindful of the need to bridge this gap, the London Office of the Commission convened a National Consultative Conference at Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham, in January 1993. This conference, entitled 'Britain in Europe - filling the information gap together', assembled a wide variety of information providers who recognised that if the lack of consensus between Brussels and the general public was to be overcome, then a more decentralised approach to EC information provision was necessary. This article examines how the response to this was developed.

• Other Type: Newspaper Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1996
• Print ISSN: 0268-893X
• Publisher: Library Association (UK)
• Institution Citation: MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 1996. European information in public libraries in the United Kingdom: the implementation of the public information relay. Public library journal, 11(1), pages 11-12.
• Keywords: European Union information; Public libraries; United Kingdom; Public information relay