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An overview of cooperative and ICT-based projects in British libraries is provided. Many of the early projects of the 1970s and 1980s have ceased but some have developed into current working services. During the 1990s the UK government funded various initiatives to improve the learning opportunities for its citizens whether through formal education courses at colleges or universities or by 'lifelong learning'. Descriptions are given of the Electronic Libraries Programme in Higher Education Institutions and the People's Network in public libraries, and current developments in these sectors as well as in the national libraries of Britain, Scotland and Wales are provided. Sources of further of information are also given.

Detailed information of education and training, for the library and information professionals can be found. Case studies based on experiences by Mr.Tedd, in education and training programmes in Wales, Slovakia and the Asia-Pacific region are included.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Program: A Record of the First 40 Years of Electronic Library and Information Systems Program," by Lucy A. Tedd, which appeared in the 2006 issue of "Program, Electronic Library and Information Systems." It focuses on the developments of the periodical from 1966 to 2006. It recalls issues on information science tackled in the periodical from 1966 to 2005. It cites that the publication became a significant journal for international librarians and authors.

The UK’s Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA) of 2001 places new duties on bodies responsible for providing post-16 education and related services. In particular, this means that appropriate access to electronic information sources needs to be provided for all those with disabilities. This paper concentrates on the needs of the visually impaired and covers the blind, the partially sighted and those with colour blindness. Following a brief overview of the technology available (both hardware and software), issues related to appropriate interface design are described. The infrastructures to support the provision of such facilities in three of the constituent institutions of the University of Wales (the universities at Aberystwyth, Cardiff and Swansea) are then outlined.

Networked information resources for medical librarians: an overview and some case studies in the UK. Examines some of the information resources available to medical librarians via the Internet and describes the use of these by 3 UK medical libraries: for sending and receiving electronic mail locally, nationally and internationally; for transferring documents, images and sets of records from a remote computer to a local one (file transfer protocol (ftp)); and for logging on to other computers and online services (telnetting). Other applications of the Internet for medical librarians described include: gopher; World Wide Web (WWW); the use of mailing lists for medical information; announcement of meetings and conferences; job advertisements; electronic bulletin boards; access to remote databases; and electronic periodicals. Reports on case studies involving visits to: the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR); the Wessex Medical Library; and University of Wales, College of Medicine. Concludes with a summary of contemporary Internet ini tiatives by UK medical dlibraries and related organizations.