Official Publications in BritainThe pattern of official publishing in Britain continues to change. This second edition aims to present a concise and up-to-date overview of the range of current official publishing. It is intended for practising librarians, students in departments of library and information studies and users of official publications to help them to discern the pattern of official publishing today. Her Majesty's Stationary Office is the largest single general publisher of official material, but its output represents only a small proportion of the total. The great majority of official publications are published directly by government departments, public bodies and local authorities. Despite advances in bibliographic control, some of these publications are still relatively little known and underused. Developments in electronic publishing have begun to have a significant impact in the offical publications field with online and CD-ROM databases becoming more common. |
Contents
The scope and structure of official publishing in Britain | 1 |
Parliamentary publications | 2 |
Government department publishing | 3 |
Copyright | |
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advisory bodies agencies Annual catalogue annual reports authorities bibliographic control bills Britain British Library British official publications Business Statistics Office Cadw CD-ROM COBOP collections Command Papers commercial publishers Commission consultative Countryside Commission coverage database departmental Development Directory documents edited by Valerie English Heritage government departments government publications Hansard Health and Safety HMSO publications HMSO's Home Office House of Commons House of Lords individual Information Services Group issued leaflets legislation Library Association major material minister monthly non-HMSO publications non-parliamentary publications Northern Ireland Nurcombe official bodies Ordnance Survey organizations Parliament parliamentary papers parliamentary publications patents planning printed produced programme public bodies publications list published by HMSO publishes official information range record regional responsible SCOOP Scotland Scottish Scottish Office searching sources statistics statutory instruments Survey titles topics tribunals UKOP updated users Wales Welsh Office