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WELCOME TO PARLANET

Dear Friends and Colleagues from Information, documentation, library and Research services for parliaments,

 These are weblog pages designed as working tools to exchange information, ideas, experiences, share concerns and developments in our working areas, as they happen in our environment.

These pages were designed and are technologically supported with the generous contribution of the ECPRD. The relevance of this site depends on us, and our contributions, as these pages belong to all of us.

As all of us know, the permanent update of the information is of utmost importance for web information.

Editorial policy

1.During the first year of operations, Marialyse Délano from the Chilean Library of Congress will act as editor of the pages.

2. The initial procedure is to send Marialyse Délano your postings, and they will be published during the next 72 hours after receiving your input.

3.After three months of test run, everyone will have access to publish directly on the pages.

4.Some of the contents of interest, to share, are:

a)Developments in services, products, technologies, training, research, preservation, processing, electronic resources, staff development, and many others.

b)Professional meetings, participation, coming events.

c)Copyright issues, policies

d)Concerns, future outlook,

e)Any other issue of interest.

5.All submissions must have an illustrative title and must include the name and organization of the author. Some restraint in length is recommended, so as not to exceed two A.4 pages or equivalent.

6.Submissions in Word or compatible word processing software.

7.The submissions must be in English and if possible in another language, as deemed useful.

8.The editor will not make any amendments to the original document. If required, minor adjustments may be suggested to the author before publishing.