PIO NEWS - PIO is now Federated Search Compliant

August 2010

PIO is now Federated Search Compliant


You can now include PIO in the simultaneous search of your multiple online databases or web resources



We have implemented an SRU interface to PIO which can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.publicinformationonline.com/sru/

To take advantage of our federated search, please contact your federated search provider and complete a resource request submission.

Public Information Online Tel: 020 7624 2993

PIO NEWS - Dandy Booksellers Sponsors REFER

March 2010

Dandy Booksellers is proud to co-sponsor the 30th Birthday edition of REFER* which contains a review of Public Information Online www.publicinformationonline.com by Rob Phillips, Accessions Librarian Official Publications and Voluntary Deposit, National Library of Wales.

This is the first time in its history that REFER has been printed with a colour cover and we are delighted to have been featured.

*REFER is The Journal of the Information Services Group at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) It circulates directly to over 3,000 professional librarians in libraries of all kinds.

The readership comprises; public librarians, academic and special librarians, students and retired as well as overseas readers.

Promotional Material

We can provide posters to display within your library/organisation to raise awareness of the resource.

We also provide help guides, online demos and more in the way of training and promotional material in addition to the context sensitive help embedded within the database.

RSS Feed Based Website 'Widgets'

We can also provide 'Widgets' based on Publiic Information Online's RSS Feeds which can be embedded on your own website or intranet.

Simply paste the supplied HTML code into your website and your users can see the automatically updated information without anyone having to maintain the page.

Scottish Parliamentary Publications Widget