A Note on Scottish Executive Publications

Scottish Executive departments together publish over 1,000 items each year. Decisions on what is published and publication design is devolved to the departments. Current corporate policy is for all of the publications to be available on the Scottish Executive website. In addition the majority of them are also available as paper publications from The Stationery Office Bookshop (details below).

Crown Copyright

The material on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. It (other than departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any medium or format for research, private study or internal use within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context.

Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. For any other use of this material please apply for a Click-Use Licence on the HMSO website, or by writing to HMSO at The Licensing Division, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail: HMSO Licensing.

Permission to reproduce Crown Copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which is the copyright of a third party as is the case with some photographs. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned. The copyright status of items can be checked in advance of use by contacting Executive Online at 0131 556 8400 or 08457 741741 (UK local rate) or at newswebsite@scotland.gov.uk.

The Scottish Executive encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site.

For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see the guidance featured on HMSO's website.

• The website currently holds full-text publications from 1997 onwards. From 2001 all publications will be available in both HTML and PDF formats. On the website publications are listed under What We Do, subdivided by category, or listed alphabetically in the Publications Archive. New publications are also provided as a separate listing and the pages are updated on a daily basis.

• In addition the Scottish Executive Library and Information Service produces an annual register of bibliographic details of Scottish Executive publications which is available in paper and on the website.

  SE publications 1998

  SE publications 1999

  SE publications 2000

  SE publications 2001
  
  SE publications 2002

• Details of Scottish Executive publications are also available on UK-wide official publications listings such as UKOP

Bibliographic control

• Bibliographic details for SE publications, including ISBNs, can be obtained from both print and PDF versions of the publication and from the annual register of publications. Current corporate policy is for an ISBN to be allocated to all paper publications.

• HTML versions of publications may differ from print/PDF versions for example in exclusion of graphics/tables etc. References made using the HTML version should ensure that HTML referencing guidance is followed to minimise confusion.

• Where possible HTML versions will contain references to the ISBN of the Print/PDF version to ensure the relationship is clear.

Coverage of the publication listings

• The SE web site publication pages and related listings do not include Bills, Acts, Statutory Instruments or papers presented to the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Executive other than those prepared by the Scottish Executive departments. This material is available either through the Scottish Parliament website or the HMSO web site.

  Scottish Parliament

  Acts(HMSO)

• Publications from Scottish Executive Agencies or other related, but external, bodies are also not usually available on the Scottish Executive web site. A useful site for identifying other government/official sites and their publications is: http://www.open.gov.uk/

• The annual publications register does contain some material published outside the core SE departments but is not comprehensive.

Publications available from The Stationery Office Bookshop

The Stationery Office Bookshop is responsible for selling and distributing Scottish Executive publications (except for circulars and consultation papers). The Bookshop details are:

Scottish Executive Desk
The Stationery Office Bookshop
71 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH3 9AZ

Opening hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday – Friday : 0900 to 1700 hrs
Tuesday : 0930 to 1700hrs
Saturday : 1000 to 1700 hrs

Postage is free on all publications published by The Scottish Executive. The public library discount is available on all priced publications published by The Scottish Executive.

Publications can be ordered in the following ways:

By mail order: send a cheque or postal order to The Stationery Office Bookshop at the above address, providing details of the titles, ISBNs and prices of the required publications.

By telephone: phone 0870 606 5566 and quote your Switch, Access/Visa or Diners credit card number, or your account number with The Stationery Office.

By fax: please provide details of the titles, ISBNs and prices of the required publication, along with your credit card number and expiry date or your Stationery Office account number and fax it to 0870 606 5588

Account holders should note that credit card transactions will not be shown on their statements.

Unpriced Scottish Executive publications available from The Stationery Office may be ordered in the same way.

Loan copies

Loan copies of SE publications may be available from your organisation’s library service or your local public library via the British Library or other co-operative inter-library loan schemes.

Consultation Papers

All consultation papers and their responses are available for viewing in the Scottish Executive Library and Information Services Centre at Saughton House, Edinburgh. Enquiries regarding viewing can be directed to individual departments or to the Library on 0131-244-4565.

Scottish Executive Library and Information Services
February 2001