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Focuses on the People's Network Internet access program in Great Britain. Total number of public libraries provided by the program; Source of funding for the program; Impact of computer technology on the learning of school children.

Points out that teachers in Great Britain lack sleep and this makes them irritable, less effective in the classroom and more likely to succumb to stress, which results in finding it even more difficult to sleep. Effect of the relentless pressure of the job and the computer; Suggestion to take a nap after lunch; Effect of free Internet access at libraries.

Provides information on Quality Assurance Agency's code of practice on assessing students' use of materials downloaded from the Internet in Great Britain. Bases of the code of practice; Responsibilities of universities to students outlined in the code; Educational strategies that should be considered by universities.

Presents information related to universities and colleges in Great Britain as of February 25, 2000. Study on electronic publishing and publishers' Web sites by researchers at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland; Translation of an Irish-language online public access catalogue into English; Development of storage technology that may lead to miniature devices; Conference hosted by the University of Bergen from May 4-6, 2000.

Reports on the criticism to British Telecom's (BT) offer to provide cheap Internet access to college, libraries and citizens. Number of schools who signed up; Restrictions on the cheap Internet deal to term time; Cost of the proposed tariff for all Great Britain public libraries.

Discusses how the library in Luton, England is a model for the 21st century at the launch of the government's strategy for information and communications technology (ICT). The strategy, which envisages a central role for libraries in widening access for all to ICT; The desire to have every library to be connected to the National Grid for Learning by 2002; Comments of Chris Smith, the Culture, Media and Sport secretary.