The Manchester Community Information Network Available to Purchase

The Electronic Library spoke to Alec Gallimore, who is Central Library Manager of Manchester Public Libraries. In Manchester the public library has joined with the Citizens Advice Bureau, a national firm of management consultants, local voluntary groups and city council departments to establish the Manchester Community Information Network (http://www.poptel.org.uk/mcin/), a project designed to provide community information through public terminals in the form of World Wide Web pages with access to local databases. There is also a project to develop public information touch screen kiosks.