People's Network Information on the MLA Site

Contents found in the People's Network section of the MLA site combines new information relating to the People's Network as well as former project-related information which used to reside on the People's Network website domain www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk .

All sector-related information from the People's Network domain has been migrated to this section of the MLA site to reflect the shift currently taking place to deliver national public library web services to the public. The People's Network website now primarily targets members of the public who wish to find out about or use the People's Network web services as these develop. This section of the MLA site features news and information which is designed to inform museum, library and archive staff about such developments.

Section overview

We appreciate that much of the material that used to be available on the PN site is still valuable to the sector and you may still want to access resources to inform your work. The following section overview is designed to help you to find information which is available in this section. This information will be updated to reflect changes made on the site on an ongoing basis.

• Home page of People's Network section
  • People's Network section site information (current page)
• News and events
• People's Network Service (overview)
• Wireless hotspot projects
• Resources for library staff
  • People's Network Change Management Toolkit
  • People's Network Streaming Media Diagnostic Toolkit
  • People's Network Media Relations Toolkit
  • People's Network Internet Acceptable Use Toolkit
  • Longitude Toolkit
  • Delivering Content for the People's Network Service: a policy for English library authorities and content providers ( Word 699KB).
  • Research report: Consortium purchase of electronic resources in public libraries ( PDF 558KB).
  • Research report: The People's Network, public libraries and e-books ( PDF 566KB).
• Advisory groups
  • People's Network Service Steering Group
  • Networked Services Policy Task Group (includes links to published issue papers)
  • Procurement Strategy Group in England
• Impact of the People's Network section includes:
  • Full evaluation report by the Tavistock Institute: "Books and Bytes: new service paradigms for the 21st century library" ( PDF 731KB).
  • Summary report by the Tavistock Institute: The People's Network: Evaluation Summary ( PDF 160KB).
  • 'Evaluation of the People's Network and ICT Training for Public Library Staff Programme - Interim Report for the New Opportunities Fund' ( Word 290KB) also by the Tavistock Institute.
  • Brophy, P. (2004). 'The People's Network: Moving Forward' ( PDF 874KB). This reports highlights the impact of the project’s first full year.
  • Brophy, P. (2003). 'The People's Network: A turning point for public libraries' ( PDF 314KB) is an early assessment of the impacts that this service was having on its users.
  • Issue Paper: 'The evaluation of public library online services: measuring impact' by Peter Brophy ( PDF 411KB).
    
• People's Network archive
  • Fast facts about the People's Network
  • People's Network infrastructure programme (for information about the CALL Programme, Excellence Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gift, BT LearningStream offer and details of how to find your nearest public library ICT centre)
    • Public library network infrastructure trends (features information relating to broadband access, connection to external networks, acceptable use policies, filtering and charging)
      • Examples of cooperative working
      • Acceptable use policy toolkit
    • Exemplar PN infrastructure plans
  • ICT Training for Public Library Staff programme (features links to a number of downloadable documents relating to the programme)
    • Summary of best practice found in staff training plans
    • Exemplar staff training plans
  • nof-digitise digital content creation programme (features links to a number of downloadable documents such as nof-digi newsletters, FAQs, resources relating to the application process, workshop materials, monitoring and evaluation information, examples of good practice and useful links relating to digitisation)
    • nof-digitise technical standards
    • nof-digitise technical support service (hosted on the UKOLN website)
    • Examples of good practice in digitisation
  • Impact of the People's Network (points to same links listed above)
  • Frequently asked questions about the People's Network (on the topics of general policy, funding for the project, infrastructure programme, training programme, nof-digitise programme (content creation) and impact of the project)
  • Useful links (relating to network infrastructure, staff ICT training, digital content creation, evaluation and impact and articles and publication sources about the People's Network)
  • Funding for the People's Network project
  • Links to a number of printed and online sources relating to the People's Network project
  • The People's Network team
  • People's Network film information (includes downloadable case study movie files)

If you would like further help trying to locate information in this section please contact the webmanager@mla.gov.uk .