On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote: >> > Not CCed since I have a UK point to make. Which is that government these > days have budgets to spend on website mass subscriptions for schools (as > here) or libraries. This doesn't get much scrutiny. > > This is something to research. I benefit through my library card in > Cambridge by having about 20 online subscriptions. I'm not ungrateful, > but this is taxpayers' money, and there is politics attached. Can we > find out, in the UK, which ministry is paying? Out of what budget? How > much do they spend? What arguments do we have of the type "this money is > propping up an older model, could be spent better"? > > There will be an election by May, and we know public spending is under > pressure. A position paper for WMUK would be good. >
I'd suggest that some FoI requests to likely ministries/departments asking how much they spend annually on such subscriptions, and which budget it comes out of. I'd suggest the Home Office; Communities and Local Govt; Business, Innovation and Skills; Children and Schools; Culture, Media and Sport; Health; Wales and Scotland. Chris ---- Chris McKenna cmcke...@sucs.org www.sucs.org/~cmckenna The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart Antoine de Saint Exupery _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
