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Information World Review

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Byline: Tracey Caldwell

End of Circle line as government librarians revamp image

By Tracey Caldwell

The Circle of State Librarians is set to change its name to either the Network of Government Information Specialists, or the Network of Government Library and Information Specialists.

The options were presented to the membership in a postal ballot, the results of which were to be made known at an EGM on 7 July.

Maewyn Cumming, chairman of the professional networking group, said the present name "has run its course -- it is old fashioned and becoming misleading".

She said the Circle of State Librarians, a membership organisation consisting mainly of librarians and information workers from the government sector, was ...

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