Alberto Petrucciani, 'Continuing education in Italy'. In: Blanche Woolls, ed. Continuing professional education. A publication of the Continuing Professional Education Round Table (CPERT) of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (IFLA Publications55). Munich: K.G. Saur, 1991, p. 125-126.
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URL: http://www.aib.it/aib/form/form.htm.
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Vittorio Ponzani, ed. 'Report on Italian libraries 2001', Bollettino AIB, 42 (4) (December 2002 ): p. 475-504.
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For a summary of this debate see: Vittorio Ponzani, 'Quale formazione per bibliotecari e documentalisti?' AIB Notizie , 15 (3) ( 2003), p. 7. URL: http://www.aib.it/aib/editoria/n15/03-03ponzani.htm.
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URL: http://www.aib.it/aib/corsi/99c-06.htm.
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URL: http://www.aib.it/aib/corsi/c02g.htm.
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The references to the proceedings of these three conferences edited by Vilma Alberani and Paola De Castro are available on the ISS website URL: http:// www.iss.it/publ/cong/index.html.
For a general description of the main Italian official publications see in English: 'Italy', in: Guide of official publications of foreign countries, 2nd ed. Bethesda, Md.: CIS, 1997, p. 202-209; and Vilma Alberani, Pubblicazioni ufficiali italiane, Roma: AIB, 1995. See also: Fernando Venturini, ed. Le fonti per lo studio dell'amministrazione pubblica italiana: guida bibliografica, 1848-1992. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1994, particularly for the section on official publications and grey documentation.
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On this matter a conference was organized in 2000. The proceedings were published in: Dalle pubblicazioni ufficiali alla documentazione di fonte pubblica: il ruolo delle biblioteche tra controllo bibliografico e diffusione dell'informazione. Roma: Camera dei deputati, 2000.
This is the title of a booklet published by the Minister for Innovation and Technology: URL: http://www. innovazione.gov.it/ita/news/click2003.shtml. It presents the online services offered by the central government and local authorities.
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A website completely dedicated to the electronic protocol has been set up by the Italian Authority for IT in public administrations: URL: http://protocollo. aipa.it/. See also an English version of the decree No. 513 of 10 November 1997 URL: http://www. aipa.it/english [4/law[3/pdecree51397.asp.
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See the news in EU E-Government observatory: URL: http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuse Action=showChapter&chapterID=140&preChapter ID=0, where it is also possible to have a synthetic view of the Italian situation.