CILIP Cymru Wales Information Day

FREE

Monday 14th Nov 2016

The Media Resource Centre Oxford Road, Llandrindod Wells

http://www.mrc-wales.net/

10am-4pm

Join CILIP’s Information Services Group (London & South East) and CILIP Information Literacy Group for an afternoon exploring how libraries are supporting young people in developing the research and information literacy skills which will help them prepare for further or higher education. Libraries across all sectors have an important role to play in developing and supporting students in the age of the internet and online technologies - thus encouraging effective use of your library! Come along to this interactive seminar to find out what others are doing in this area and share YOUR experiences.

The afternoon will start with guest speakers :

Natasha Skeen - Community Liaison Librarian, The Hive, University of Worcester

Supporting KS5 students with public library resources

This session will give an overview of some of the IL skills library staff can introduce to students undertaking A-levels and other KS5 qualifications, focusing on some of the resources and facilities available to students through their local public library. Natasha will look at quality online resources such as Access to Research, Open Access Journal Providers, Google Scholar and ways of searching them effectively.

David Bowles and Simon Finch - Bexley Libraries

This discussion will focus on David and Simon's work with local 6th form EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) students, enabling them to complete their qualification successfully and helping to improve their information literacy.

Elizabeth Bentley - Teen Tech

Elizabeth will focus on the Information Literacy Group's work with Teen Tech, a national STEM and innovation competition aimed at pupils from Yr7-13.

The rest of the afternoon will be focused on discussion. It can be your chance to talk to others about how you are involved in this area or you can ask for advice from others. You can suggest a topic that you would like to talk about  when you book your place or at the beginning of the afternoon or you can just come ready to join in the discussions and be inspired. You can be as brief and as informal as you wish and you definitely don't need to bring a PowerPoint presentation.

Here are some ideas of topics for sharing:

• Are you working in FE or school libraries and found ingenious ways of teaching study or information literacy and research skills?  
• Are you collaborating with your local college or public library service to promote research skills?
• Do you need tips on how to work successfully with schools and colleges?
• Are you working in public libraries and found ways to support young people with developing information research skills? 
• Have you found ways to encourage use of your online information resources through targeted training for young people?

The following has recently been posted on JISC-REPOSITORIES and may be of interest to members.

For this year’s 9th International Open Access Week, OpenAIRE has scheduled a full week of webinars on various exciting Open Science topics. During the week of October 24-30, join us at lunchtime (12.00 CEST) each day for key insights into the ethics and implementation of Open Science, especially as they relate to the EC’s Horizon2020 programme and OpenAIRE’s mission to foster the social and technical links that enable Open Science in Europe and beyond.

 

• MONDAY: "The fundamentals of Open Science", October 24, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on key introductory themes in Open Science, with Tony Ross-Hellauer (OpenAIRE, University of Goettingen), Paola Masuzzo (Ghent University) and Chris Hartgerink (Tilburg University).
• TUESDAY: “H2020 Open Access mandate for project coordinators and researchers”, October 25, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on Open Access to publications in Horizon 2020, with Eloy Rodrigues and Pedro Principe (University of Minho).
• WEDNESDAY: "Open Research Data in H2020 and Zenodo repository", October 26, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on Research Data Management in Horizon 2020 and the Zenodo repository functionalities, with Marjan Grootveld (DANS) and Krzysztof Nowak (CERN).
• THURSDAY: “Policies for Open Science: webinar for research managers and policy makers”, October 27, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on OpenAIRE’s policy activities building on the PASTEUR4OA project, and how to create/implement policies for open science at a local and national level, with Marina Angelaki and Alma Swan (PASTEUR4OA) and Tony Ross-Hellauer (OpenAIRE).
• FRIDAY: "OpenAIRE guidelines and broker service for repository managers", October 28, 2016 at 12.00 CEST, on Openaire compatibility guidelines and the dashboard for Repository Managers, with Pedro Principe (University of Minho) and Paolo Manghi (CNR/ISTI).

To participate in any (or all) of these webinars, please register here: https://goo.gl/HIcpJT

The recent call for papers for LILAC 2017 - which will take place in Swansea, 10-12 April 2017 - serves as a useful reminder to students and early-career professionals that the Group offers financial support to enable you to attend conferences as a part of your continuing professional development (CPD). The UKeiG Student or Early-Career Professional Conference Grant is offered to enable a student or early-career professional to attend any conference relevant to their professional studies or career (e.g. LILAC 2017, Internet Librarian International …) either in the UK or overseas. Last year we supported half a dozen people for conferences in the UK, Africa and USA.

The grant awarded may not cover all costs, and no more than £250 will be awarded for a UK conference or £500 for a conference overseas.

It is a condition of winning that a short ‘conference report’ is presented for publication in our journal, eLucidate.

Applications are accepted at any time and UKeiG will make a number of awards each year. Nominations should take the form of a letter detailing the justification for, and benefits to be gained from, attending the conference, as well as details of the conference, including date and place, and the costs to be incurred. Additionally, you should provide a letter of support from your university or employer as proof of your status as a full-time student/current position. If you are offering a paper at the conference, a copy of your abstract would help your submission.

Full details at on our awards page.

The Royal Astronomical Society invites you to drop in to the RAS for their 'Ada Lovelace Day' on 11 October 2016 between 2.00 and 5.00 pm.  They will be focusing on Mary Proctor, who did a lot to popularise astronomy in the late 19th- and early 20th-century, and will be displaying some of her books and magic lantern slides. 

The RAS is also one of the main sponsors of Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2016 - an evening of science cabaret celebrating women in science and technology at the IET.

This annual full-day event for new professionals, trainees and students in the information profession will be taking place on Tuesday 11th April 2017 at CILIP.  Put it in your calendar now!

The Chippenham Library Safari will include visits to:

• Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
• Wiltshire College Chippenham Learning Resources Centre
• Chippenham Public Library.

Cost: free of charge although please note lunch is not provided. 

The History Centre and College are very close, but the Public Library is about a 20 minute walk involving steep hills (uphill and downhill both ways), so if anyone has accessibility issues, I’ll need to know about it in advance to ensure they can get between the venues.
 

This event is aimed at those new to library and information work, considering library careers or wanting to find out more about the information professions.

By the end of the day you will have: 

• An improved understanding of library and information work, and the options available 
• Awareness of qualifications and routes to professional registration
• Awareness of typical library roles and workplaces and the variety of different kinds of information work 

The Gloucestershire tour will include visits to :

• Library, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital NHS Trust 
• Library, Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire
• and a presentation on working in government information by Karen McFarlane.

Cost: members and members if applicable.  Free of charge.

Please note that whilst the event is offered free of charge, there may be a cost for transport (e.g. shared taxi) between sites.  Parking at both sites is very limited.  Lunch is not provided but there are facilities on the Francis Close Hall site to purchase lunch.
 

This event is aimed at those new to library and information work, considering library careers or wanting to find out more about the information professions.

By the end of the day you will have: 

• An improved understanding of library and information work, and the options available 
• Awareness of qualifications and routes to professional registration
• Awareness of typical library roles and workplaces and the variety of different kinds of information work 

The Weston Super Mare safari will include visits to (TBC): 

• North Somerset Healthcare Library, Weston General Hospital
• Weston College University Campus (arts, music and a-levels)
• Weston Library/Town Hall Gateway (shared space with public library, police front desk and Council provided services)
• Weston College Knightstone Campus (further education provision)

Cost: members and members if applicable.  Free of charge.

Many thanks to the University of the West of England who will be providing transport between sites.

• Make provision in the Autumn Statement for the emergency relief from closure of public libraries in Local Authorities that are implementing budget cuts.
• Revisit the draft Ambition for Public Libraries in England and to strengthen it through the establishment of a clearly-mandated and appropriately resourced development function for public libraries.
• Restore the Advisory Council on Libraries to provide ongoing expert advice on libraries, books and reading programmes.

The next International Patent Information Conference & Exposition (IPI-ConfEx) will be held 5 to 8 March 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Rome-St. Peter's Hotel in Rome, Italy. The 14th annual conference will continue to highlight best practices utilized by corporate patent information professionals with respect to searching, analysis and management of patent information.

2017 Call for Speakers: Deadline 23 September 2016

IPI-ConfEx is accepting speaker proposals for the 2017 conference. We are particularly interested to hear from patent information users within corporations, law firms, or other organisations who have been faced with a particular patent information challenge and who can make a presentation on how they have overcome the problem, or are working towards a solution.  Proposals on technical “how-to” subjects and case studies are very much welcomed.  A list of some suggested topics for consideration is available online at http://www.ipi-confex.com/call%20for%20speakers.htm.

Anyone wishing to submit a paper to the IPI-ConfEx Organisers for consideration should submit the following information to admin@ipi-institute.com by 23 September 2016:

•             Name and contact details

•             Proposed presentation/poster title

•             Initial abstract (80 - 120 words)

•             Biography (2 or 3 paragraphs)

NOTE: If you have an interest in speaking but require internal approval beforehand please contact us now to make us aware of your initial interest, and the topic so that we can begin considering your potential submission for the programme.

Vendors/suppliers/service providers should contact the conference organisers at admin@ipi-institute.com for details on participation, speaking, sponsor and exhibit opportunities.

Further details regarding the 2017 conference are available at www.ipi-confex.com.

We look forward to seeing you in Rome!

Natasha Fowler

IPI Organisation

Tel +1 (858) 592 9027 ▪ Fax +1 (858) 592 7693

natasha.fowler@ipi-institute.com ▪ www.ipi-confex.com

Europe's Premier Conference & Exposition for Patent Information Professionals

Is there someone who you would like to see recognized for their dedication and achievements in patent information?  That person could be the next IPI-Award honoree if you act now and submit a nomination before the October 23, 2016 deadline.  Eligible candidates must be from the worldwide patent information industry and have made a significant contribution to the advancement of patent information.  

IPI-Award Call for Nominations 
 
Nominations are now being accepted for the prestigious International Patent Information (IPI) Award, established to honor the outstanding professionals of the patent information industry worldwide.  The IPI-Award is aimed at recognizing individual contributions towards the advancement of patent information and to the patent information world in general, and is not limited to producers or service providers.  The Award, established and sponsored by Technology & Patent Research, TPR International, consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3000 or other currency equivalent.  

Please share this news with your colleagues and take the opportunity to nominate the person who you consider to be most deserving of this tribute.  The deadline for receipt of nominations is October 23, 2016.  All nominations will be reviewed by an International Selection Board and the name of the IPI-Award recipient for 2017 will be announced in the coming Spring at the International Patent Information Conference & Exposition, IPI-ConfEx, being held in Rome, Italy, March 5-8, 2017 -- see http://www.IPI-ConfEx.com. 

It is important to remember that nominations come from within the patent information community itself, and that the International Selection Board makes their selection based solely on nominations that have been received.  Nominations should clearly describe the nominee's contribution to the field of patent information, and each submission should include any material in support of the nomination.  Support materials could include a biography and a list of any publications and presentations by the individual.  The nominating person should also ensure that at least two seconding nominations are submitted.

All nominations and seconding nominations should be submitted to the Chair of the Selection Board at the address shown below by October 23, 2016:

IPI-Award Nominations
Attn:  Lucy Akers, International Selection Board Chair
c/o Technology & Patent Research International
17055 Via Del Campo, Ste 200, San Diego, CA 92127
Tel: +1 858 592 9084
Fax: +1 858 592 0045
or email to: lucy.akers@gmail.com 

For details of past recipients, speeches, photographs, etc., visit the Award website at http://www.IPI-Award.com

For questions, please contact: Trudi Jones, Technology & Patent Research, TPR International, Inc.; Trudi@TPRInternational.com; Tel: +1 (858) 592 9084;  Fax: +1 (858) 592 0045.

Trudi Jones
Technology & Patent Research International, Inc.
17055 Via Del Campo, Ste 200
San Diego, CA 92127
http://www.TPRinternational.com
Tel:  +1.858.592.9084

This is a transcript of the speech Nick Poole, CILIP Chief Executive, gave at the CILIP Government Information Group AGM and Members Day on 27 September 2016.

Thank you for inviting me to come and speak to you at the AGM today. As someone who has worked in the Civil Service and in Whitehall I have a particular and personal interest in the work of the Government Information Group (GIG), and so it is good to come and talk a little about what lies ahead for CILIP and for our community. 

 First of all, I wanted to thank you, both as members and as the GIG Committee for the time and effort you put into the group. I have really appreciated GIGs active participation both in our strategic planning, the development of the Membership model and now the implementation of the Knowledge and Information Management Special Interest Group – of which more in a moment. 

I wanted to use today’s presentation to talk a little about the future. When we published the CILIP Action Plan 2016-2020 in June of this year, we chose the title Securing the Future – because it is my view that in the future we’re heading into, society, businesses and Government are going to need our skills and professional ethics more than ever before. But I don’t think we can assume that we will be included in that future – I think we have to go out and secure it for ourselves. 

In the UK and internationally, we lie in turbulent times. For those born in the 1970’s and 1980’s, this period of political and economic uncertainty is unprecedented in their experience. Whatever the outcome of current Party political discussions, we look ahead to a complex process of renegotiating our position not just in Europe but in a changing world. 

Ideas of the future society we want to build should be based on evidence, not prejudice

Looking ahead to that process of renegotiation, I think there is one priority that takes precedence over all others – which is that our ideas of the future society we want to build should be based on evidence, not prejudice.

A Government that is built on knowledge, evidence and data is a Government that makes better, more accountable, more successful decisions. Ultimately, I believe that our democracy is strongest when it is built on a culture of evidence and the free exchange of knowledge. 

The other great, and in my view underestimated, pillar of our democracy is the Civil Service. History tells us that in times of change, it is the Civil Service – with its professionalism and dedication – that keeps the machinery of Government working smoothly and that ensures that policy becomes real measurable change.

And like all institutions, the Civil Service, the structure of Government Departments are themselves experiencing great changes. I actively followed this year’s Civil Service Live conference and was struck by the relevance of their themes – managing change, promoting diversity and equality, leadership, building positive working cultures – to the preoccupations across our profession. 

All areas of Government depend on access to quality information

What really struck me, in all of those discussions, is that there is not one single area of Government, policy or Departmental activity that doesn’t depend fundamentally on efficient access to quality information. 

But having met and spoken with Senior Civil Servants and Parliamentarians and advisors, I think it’s fair to say that they don’t yet make the connection between this need and the skills and competencies which library and information professionals provide. I still meet too many people who believe that a digital box will solve what is fundamentally a human problem. 

How do we link this need to the skills of library and information professionals?

So the question which I wanted to bring to you is how do we – how do we as CILIP, you as the Government Information Group and all of us as individuals – create that connection between the emerging need for quality information and the skills which we have as librarians and information professionals?

I think the Impact Toolkit about which we have heard from Helen Berry is a great start – we have heard from professionals who have used it to strengthen the case for their skills. But we want to go further. 

Priorities

Looking ahead, I see 3 priorities for CILIP and 3 milestones which we need to hit. The priorities are: 

• Continuing to invest in the skills and CPD of information and library professionals, building a thriving and diverse workforce and ensuring that we can continue to attract talent into it;
• Building awareness among managers and decision-makers about how to make use of those skills to deliver their goals and objectives, and;
• Raising the level of information literacy in the general public so that they can be empowered to work with us and take control of the information in their lives

Milestones

And the 3 key milestones which I believe we need to hit in the next 4 years are: 

• Becoming an organisation that looks and feels like the ‘home’ of a profession which spans all types of information professionals, including librarians and knowledge managers;
• Launching a fresh new offer to our membership in January 2018 that offers benefits tailored to the needs of our profession, that is more accessible and affordable and that represents the way our profession works today, and;
• Offering a credible policy programme for the 2020 General Election process (or sooner if necessary) that has the support of policymakers and represents the full extent of the interests of the information and library sector.

We aren’t standing still. We’re working hard to put the building blocks in place which will enable us to deliver on these milestones. These include the new Knowledge and Information Management Special Interest Group, which will enable us to create and sustain a dedicated programme of work around this community. I am delighted that GIG has agreed to play an active role in shaping that Group.

Policy and campaigns

We’re building relationships with policymakers, including rebuilding some bridges that were burnt in our recent past. It is gratifying to have been invited not just to speak with DCMS, but the Departments for Education, Business, Energy, Innovation and Skills, and the Department for Health. We are looking to work more proactively with the Cabinet Office from next year and as part of this process we have provided detailed responses to 14 Government consultations this year covering everything from the Investigatory Powers Bill to the Migration Advisory Committee. 

In Scotland and Wales, our CILIPS and CILIP Cymru Wales colleagues have secured recognition of libraries within their programme for Government. Last year, I attended an event Stormont organised by our colleague Gerardine Blee at CILIP Ireland at which Assembly Member Nelson McCausland spoke eloquently about the importance of accurate information to their deliberations. I note that this was a theme that was picked up in your journal – GKIM Matters in the excellent comparison of Government libraries in Ireland and the United Kingdom.  

We’re looking ahead to our programme of policy and campaigns for 2017 and beyond – including the new campaign promoting the role of information professionals in healthcare, announced at the recent Health Libraries Group conference. 

Investing in our sector’s skills

We’re also investing in our sector’s skills – leading in 2019, we will be working with colleagues across the policy environment to develop a UK Information Skills Strategy which defines how we will open up our profession, attract top-quality talent and meet the future skills needs of employers. We’re kick-starting this with a joint event with CityLis, learning providers and employers in December.

I asked my team for a briefing about their engagement with Government libraries and was heartened to hear that we have been invited to talk to the Committee of Departmental Librarians about the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base and our CPD support. I note that we have had particularly productive discussions with the Ministry of Defence about the emerging role of information skills in their work. 

I have been following two important developments with great interest. One is the Government Knowledge and Information Management Professional Skills Framework – which provides a really important mechanism for embedding information skills alongside wider Civil Service Competencies.

The other is the publication of a set of Knowledge Principles by the Government Knowledge and Information Management Working Group to sit alongside the existing Information Principles – which I think reflects a growing understanding of knowledge and information management and librarianship in Government and how they relate to each other. 

I believe that every Department should have a library, staffed by a team of skilled and professional librarians – information professionals who can help people find the information they need. I have been really struck in the recent political debates in the UK by the consistently high quality of balanced information provided by the House of Commons Library. I have also been struck, as I am sure you all have, by attempts to diminish the role of information, expertise, data and evidence in public life and to replace it with polemic and ideology. This is a fad which I believe we must organise ourselves to counter. 

I welcome this opportunity to learn more about the needs and priorities of CILIP GIG members. We have a stronger voice and we are determined to use it to support you in your work. At the same time, we want to do more to support you in making the case for your skills. I look forward to your questions and ideas. 

Thank you. 

We are pleased to invite you to our Networking: myths and madness event on Wednesday, 9 November. The event is being led by Darryl Howes, learning and development consultant in the field of networking and career management. During the session Darryl will talk about a new way to build effective relationships for professional career development and explain why phrases like 'Work the room' and 'Just be yourself' are terrible pieces of advice to give to networkers.

Come along for a friendly and fun event. If you're allergic to traditional networking but want to find a better way to connect with people and advance your career, this is for you.

30 places are available on a training day on aspects of library skills teaching, aimed at library students, new professionals and early career librarians in FE, HE and research libraries.

Lunch will be included.

To book a place, please send the attached form to K.Turner@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

This event is organised the Yorkshire & Humberside branch of the Academic and Research Libraries Group

• Library service works with Public Health to encourage healthy living and target local health issues
• Libraries host nutritious neighbourhood lunches, fall prevention slipper swaps, hula hooping and a pedal power smoothie bike

Watch the short film (3:46)  | Watch the 60 second film

The Library and Information Service at Norfolk County Council has won the prestigious Libraries Change Lives Award from CILIP for its ‘Healthy Libraries’ initiative; a countywide programme promoting healthy living and targeting the county’s most serious health priorities across the Norfolk library network.

Norfolk’s library service and two finalists, Sefton Libraries and Renfrewshire Library Service, were recognised at Leeds City Museum on Thursday 29 September. A £4000 prize to support the work has been awarded to Norfolk Libraries by CILIP.

Working in partnership with Norfolk Public Health, the Healthy Libraries initiative is delivered across Norfolk’s forty seven libraries. Socially-based group wellbeing activities include a monthly wellbeing or nutrition themed ‘neighbourhood lunch’ and adult colour-me-calm sessions. Exercise based activity has included hula hoop challenges and a pedal-powered smoothie bike, used to raise awareness of the benefits of the government-recommended target of five a day fruit and vegetable portions. Practical sessions include slipper swaps to prevent and reduce falls among the elderly.

Councillor Margaret Dewsbury, Chairman of the Communities Committee at Norfolk County Council, said:

“Congratulations to my wonderfully committed and hard-working colleagues in libraries and public health who are making a positive difference to the lives of people right across Norfolk. We want everyone to live well and for longer. People are not alone in achieving their goals – we’re here to help by providing information and support at their local library, at the heart of their community, so people can make healthier choices, not just for themselves but for their whole family.”

Chair of Judges, John Vincent said:

“What’s really striking is the flexibility of the library service and its capacity to contribute to the local health strategy and extend public health awareness in a way that works for the community, with this work embedded in every single library. Norfolk Council and Norfolk Public Health are making sensible use of the unique strengths of the library service, including unmatched community reach, a trusted and accessible environment for a wide range of activities, and a highly trained workforce who can work in partnership to deliver real change across the county.”

Norfolk library staff have been trained to understand health improvement and mental health first aid and to offer information, advice and guidance on local health services including signposting relevant local health projects.  As well as actively promoting health and nutrition, the service is helping to target the county’s key health challenges including obesity, early years’ health and falls among the elderly, which currently cost local Public Health an estimated £19 million every year. Between May 2015 and April 2016, over two thousand Norfolk residents participated in a dedicated health-based activity under the programme.

Libraries Change Lives is the annual award for best practice in UK library services. Over 24 years, it has recognised a number of targeted initiatives around health and wellbeing, including bibliotherapy and services designed to support local populations dealing with dementia, autism, visual impairment, domestic abuse and mental health issues. Health is one of the public library Universal Offers, five key areas of service in which UK public libraries are committed to quality provision and promotion.

Ongoing initiatives include Bookstart, the Government-backed scheme first piloted by Birmingham Libraries which now reaches 3 million babies and their parents across the UK, and The City of Edinburgh’s HMP Edinburgh Library Partnership; an initiative that has transformed engagement among the prison population, tackling social exclusion and providing education and employment opportunities for a better transition to community life.

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Notes to editors

CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. CILIP’s vision is a fair and economically prosperous society underpinned by literacy, access to information and the transfer of knowledge. CILIP is a registered charity, no. 313014. cilip.org.uk

The CILIP Community, Diversity and Equality Group work towards development of a diverse library and information workforce; one that supports communities to achieve sustainable needs-based services.

The 2016 Libraries Change Lives Award shortlist

Healthy Libraries, Norfolk – an initiative to develop all of Norfolk’s libraries into health and wellbeing ‘hubs’, promoting healthier living to the Norfolk population. Building on the existing universal health offer of UK public libraries, Norfolk’s 47 libraries are now actively promoting public health, with staff trained in understanding health improvement and mental health first aid to offer information, advice and guidance on local health services including signposting suitable local health projects.

Almost two thirds (65.7%) of the adult population of Norfolk are overweight or obese and instances are increasing among the child population of Norfolk, who have one of the lowest levels of childhood activity in the East of England (49.7%). An estimated 16,400 people in Norfolk have dementia (diagnosed or undiagnosed) and the recorded annual number of strokes is very high. Norfolk’s population has an older age profile than England as a whole and falls are estimated to cost Norfolk and Waveney health and social care services around £19 million every year, not including unknown costs such as GP time treating people who have fallen.1

Skoobmobile, Renfrewshire– this mobile library outreach service travels to schools, nurseries and community events where children up to twelve and their families are gathered. It is equipped to promote reading and play combined, stocking a broad range of children’s books and providing flexible space to house a range of activities based around play, activity and exercise.

Lost Voices, Sefton – a library project which goes out into the community to record the oral histories of local people in the early stages of memory loss, in their homes and care homes. The material forms part of Sefton’s oral and local history collections, and the recordings are provided to the subjects and their families as a reminiscence tool to help slow progression of the condition.

Members of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, voted at CILIP’s AGM at Leeds City Museum today to freeze subscription rates for the majority of members in 2017, and to end the trial of providing free student membership returning students to a heavily discounted rate.

Other changes voted in include a minimum annual subscription of £40 for newly qualified members and the removal of access to a 50% discount for newly qualified members if earning over £42,001. Modest fee increases for Professional Registration enrolment and portfolio submission were also approved.

The retaining of the majority of membership rates and small changes proposed in 2017 pave the way for CILIP’s proposed new approach to membership from January 2018. The proposed structure is designed to be more affordable, better value for money, more open to everyone in the sector and provide clearer benefits.  

CILIP Honorary Treasurer, Mike Hoskings said:

“In consultation with the sector to develop CILIP’s strategy to 2020 we heard that membership needs to be more affordable, better value for money, be more open to everyone in the sector and provide clearer benefits. We are proposing a new approach to membership from 2018 that meets these needs.

We have consulted on this new approach over the summer and will present the final version to members in December 2016. If agreed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of members in March 2017 the new approach will begin from 1 January 2018”.

A number of awards and member achievements were celebrated at CILIP's Members' Day, held today at Leeds City Museum. Presentations were made to the Libraries Change Lives Award winner and finalists, the UKeiG Information Manager of the Year, CILIP Mentor of the Year and 2016 Honorary Fellows. Members' who gained or renewed professional registration in 2016 were also recognised.

CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award

The Library and Information Service at Norfolk County Council has won the prestigious Libraries Change Lives Award from CILIP for its ‘Healthy Libraries’ initiative; a countywide programme promoting healthy living and targeting the county’s most serious health priorities through the Norfolk library network.

Working in partnership with Norfolk Public Health, the Healthy Libraries initiative is delivered across Norfolk’s forty seven libraries. Socially-based group wellbeing activities include a monthly wellbeing or nutrition themed ‘neighbourhood lunch’ and adult colour-me-calm sessions. Exercise based activity has included hula hoop challenges and a pedal-powered smoothie bike, used to raise awareness of the benefits of the government-recommended target of five a day fruit and vegetable portions. Practical sessions include slipper swaps to prevent and reduce falls among the elderly.

Also recognised were 2016 finalists: Sefton's Lost Voices from Sefton Library Service and Skoobmobile from Renfrewshire Leisure.

UKeiG Information Manager of the Year

The winner of the 2016 Information Manager of the Year is Marlize Palmer. Marlize is a standout champion of Information Management in Welsh Government as its Head of Library and Archive Services. Marlize’s careful stewardship of the projects mentioned in the nomination has allowed members of the Library & Archive Services Team (and probably many other Welsh Government colleagues) to develop and grow, to achieve excellent outcomes, to learn and share many valued lessons along the way. Marlize is a very worthy winner of UKeiG Information Manager of the Year award for 2016.

Mentor of the Year

Anne Mary Inglehearn, Librarian and Learning Resource Manager at Leeds College of Building, has been named CILIP Mentor of the Year. The honour is given to one professional who has formally mentored another worker in the library and knowledge sector to positively support their career progression. Nominations for Mentor of the Year are based on the real experiences of mentees. 

Honorary Fellowships

Honorary Fellowship of the professional body has been awarded by CILIP and its predecessor the Library Association since 1896. It is the highest recognition given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the library and information world. Recipients of the title join a roll call of influential figures including three time former Prime Minster Rt. Hon Stanley Baldwin, Scottish philantrophist and library founder Andrew Carnegie, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal system used in library classification, Melvil Dewey; the poet, novelist and librarian Philip Larkin, novelist Dame Catherine Cookson and children’s illustrator and author Shirley Hughes. The following members of the library and information community were named Honorary Fellows of CILIP in 2016:

Moe Moe Soe, Chief Librarian at the British Council’s Library in Myanmar
Moe Moe was nominated by colleagues for her impact on and commitment to the British Council Library in Myanmar, which is the public face of the British Council and one of the most respected institutions of any type in the country.  Known to colleagues as ‘Aunty’ Moe, Moe Moe joined the British Council in what was then Rangoon (Yangon) in 1989 and was appointed Chief Librarian by 1991, during a time of great unrest in what was formerly Burma; with the country’s military junta imposing widespread suppression of human rights, including the high profile house arrest and subsequent imprisonment for 15 years of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. During unremitting restrictions on civil liberties, Moe Moe is credited with preserving and developing the library as a vital space to learn, think and discuss ideas without surveillance or censorship; making important decisions to retain and make available for reference sensitive and otherwise inaccessible texts in Myanmar. 

Mark Hepworth, Professor in People's Information Behaviour at Loughborough University
Mark was nominated for his outstanding contribution to the profession as an inspirational teacher and researcher in the field of information literacy for over 25 years. Mark’s research is regarded as having important impact in Higher Education in the UK and abroad, most notably the ongoing African Universities’ Research Approaches programme (AURA), working with nine universities in Sub-Saharan Africa to enrich the research and teaching practices of academics in health, agriculture and the environment. Ultimately, the AURA programme works to support economic prosperity in Africa and better, more democratic national governance. Mark’s canon of work has been cited over 800 times and in a 2007 he was awarded a prestigious Emerald Literati Award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions to scholarly research.

Tricia Adams, School Library Association Director  
School Library Association (SLA) Director since 2008, Tricia will lead the SLA’s 80 year anniversary in 2017 and next year will reprise her 2008 role as Chair of Judges for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards, in what will be the 80 and 60 year anniversary of the prestigious Medals. Tricia was nominated by fellow members of the library and information community for her outstanding advocacy for school, children’s and youth library staff and services. She played a driving role in activity by All Party Parliamentary Groups for Education and Libraries, including a 2011-12 Literacy Inquiry and 2014 report on School Libraries; and has led the development of national awards that recognise excellence in library practice.

Linda Ferguson BA (Hons), MA, FCLIP Deputy Director of NHS Library and Knowledge Services North and NHS Health Care Libraries Unit, North
Linda  was nominated by fellow members of the library and information community for her role as a committed mentor to others developing their careers in the profession and her work as a driving force behind CILIP’s mentor training programme over the last sixteen years. Linda is Mentor Support Officer for the North West, providing essential support day to day to all those in the region who are working towards professional development. Providing invaluable knowledge sharing and support for the career development of others in the workforce, CILIP currently has over 500 mentors UK-wide actively helping others to achieve internationally recognised professional registration. 

Moira Bent, Retired Librarian and National Teaching Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University
Moira was nominated for her outstanding contribution to academic libraries as a champion of libraries, information and digital literacy, for her research and teaching and for her part in a number of national projects to raise the profile of information literacy and develop librarians’ teaching skills. Moira worked in Higher Education libraries for over 20 years. She has been actively involved with the development of learning opportunities across the University, particularly working to integrate information literacy into the curriculum and into the teaching and learning strategy of the university. In recognition of her service to teaching, Moira Bent received the National Teaching Fellowship in 2005 and used the prize to continue her research into information literacy, sharing her learning with colleagues across the UK. 

Professional Registration

Our AGM Selfie Wall shows members who have gained or renewed professional registration in 2016.

Anne Mary Inglehearn, Librarian and Learning Resource Manager at Leeds College of Building, has been named Mentor of the Year by CILIP. The honour is given to one professional who has formally mentored another worker in the library and knowledge sector to positively support their career progression.

Nominations for Mentor of the Year are based on the real experiences of mentees. Providing invaluable knowledge sharing and support for the career development of others in the workforce, CILIP has over 500 mentors actively helping others to achieve internationally recognised professional registration.

Jess Haigh, mentee and nominator said:

“As a member of the local library community, Anne Mary is always looking for ways to support and enhance the community of practice, and is a great library manager, mentor and voice for her sector. It is people like Anne Mary that really make FE libraries beacons of good practice, which need shouting about more.”

Anne Mary received the honour at CILIP’s celebration of achievement at Leeds City Museum on 29 September, which included the announcement of the prestigious Libraries Change Lives Award.

Anne Mary manages the library and learning resource centre, and supports the information and research needs of the 7,500 students and apprentices who train for careers in construction and the built environment at Leeds College of Building; the only specialist further and higher education construction college in the UK.

‘Gadget Days’ are events for library and information workers from all sectors.  By sharing experiences, attendees will learn about how technologies are being used in libraries and information settings and to think about how they might be used in their own. 

The event is aimed at people with either a little knowledge who are keen to learn more or those more experienced users who are happy to share what they know in an informal, relaxed atmosphere.

If you’re interested in technology we’d love you to join us! The morning session will be a show and tell so if you’re doing something different with technology or social media, this is your chance to show it off, share your ideas and get involved. Please let us know when you book what you’d like to talk about and be prepared to talk for around 5 minutes

Gadget Days’ are events for library and information workers from all sectors.  By sharing experiences, attendees will learn about how technologies are being used in libraries and information settings and to think about how they might be used in their own. 

The event is aimed at people with either a little knowledge who are keen to learn more or those more experienced users who are happy to share what they know in an informal, relaxed atmosphere.

If you’re interested in technology we’d love you to join us! The morning session will be a show and tell so if you’re doing something different with technology or social media, this is your chance to show it off, share your ideas and get involved. Please let us know when you book what you’d like to talk about and be prepared to talk for around 5 minutes.

The National Museum of Computing is a museum dedicated to collecting and restoring historic computing systems developed in Britain. The building was the first purpose-built computer centre in the world, hosting six Colossus computers by the end of World War II. Its exhibits look at code-breaking, punch-card machines and the history of the internet. Our visit will include a guided tour and a chance to spend time looking at the unique collection.

There is a charge of £12.50 (for CILIP members or concessions) or £15 (for non-CILIP members). This includes the admission charge and VAT. For details of how to pay, please see the booking form (below).

This will be an afternoon visit. If you can come early, you may like to visit the renowned Bletchley Park, which shares the site with the NMOC.

Getting to the NMOC

The museum is 400m from Bletchley Railway Station. It is also served by a good bus and coach service. For further details and directions see: http://www.tnmoc.org/visit/getting-here

Booking information

Preferred method of payment is by BACS; alternatively, cheques should be made payable to “CILIP ARLG Eastern Group". Please contact our treasurer, Helene Fernandes, for more details. 

Closing date for bookings: 15 November 2015

Concessions: please tell us if you qualify for a concession in the Comments box on the booking form.

ARLG Eastern accepts firm bookings via the booking form on the CILIP website. Invoices will be sent out before the event and all fees are payable in full prior to the date of the course. Cancellations received after the closing date for bookings will be subject to the full fee. For non-attendance at a course there will be no refunds and the full fee will be payable. 

CILIP ARLG Eastern reserves the right to cancel a course if insufficient bookings have been received; delegates will be offered a full refund of the course fee and will be notified if the course is offered at a later date. CILIP ARLG Eastern will not be liable for any consequential loss of travel or accommodation fees due to cancellation of the course.

The Yorkshire & Humberside Member Network are organising an event aimed at existing or potential candidates for Certification (ACLIP) or Chartership (MCLIP).

Taking place at the Adelphi in Leeds city centre, candidates will have the opportunity to meet with the Candidate Support Officer (Mark Naylor), the Mentor Support Officer (Maureen Pinder), other mentors and fellow candidates.

Candidates will have the opportunity to ask questions and clarify any issues regarding their CILIP professional qualification. The event will also provide an opportunity for networking and will count as a professional development activity. The event is informal and attendees will be able to purchase food and drinks from the bar (at their own expense, if required).

There is no charge for attending the event itself.

In order to assist with planning please let us know if you will be attending by contacting Mark Naylor. 

UKeiG is pleased to announce that the winner for 2016 is Hazel Hall, well-known international teacher and scholar in the multidisciplinary domain of Library and Information Science (LIS). Hazel's nomination noted successes in all of the award criteria! Her major contributions are in both theory and practice. In terms of theory, her main contributions have been in advancing knowledge and understanding of information sharing in online environments, while her contributions to practice are evident in a number of original initiatives, for example, in 2011/12 she led the creation of a UK network for LIS researchers and researcher practitioners. Hazel Hall’s work has also raised the awareness of the value of information in the workplace, as evident in the number of business organisations that have drawn on her research outputs in their own practice. In addition, her contributions have influenced the strategic direction of a number of professional bodies, and research funders. Since the early 1990s Hazel has enjoyed numerous high profile and prestigious appointments, invitations and prizes from research councils, professional bodies, publishers, conference programme committees, and universities worldwide. Her work on information sharing in online environments has led to the generation of new knowledge and understanding across a range of themes including: power relations in knowledge management; the agency of non-human actors in technology implementations; co-operation and collaboration in online communities; knowledge creation processes and innovation; and knowledge management as management innovation. She is committed to sharing her knowledge and expertise and perhaps her strongest legacy is found in those she has generously mentored over the years. These include undergraduate, Masters and PhD students who have benefited from her excellence both as a classroom teacher, and as a research degree supervisor and examiner. This legacy applies equally to the LIS practitioners and academics who have encountered her, whether this be in person or through her published work.

From the earliest of human times, we have told stories and shared information and ideas. Cave paintings, folk tales and old songs attest to that. Stories, clearly, are integral to the human condition. And for hundreds of years, books have been a primary means of expressing them.

Books make a better society

There is a profound affinity between books and concepts of freedom. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims our right to freedom of expression and information. Indeed, few in the world of books could carry out their work if Article 19 were not upheld.

Take a look, too, at Article 26 on our right to education. It says (in clause 2):

‘Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality’. 

There we have it. Books are desperately important to the development of the human personality and thus to civil society, embracing expression, literacy, imagination and progress. We who love them know that those little physical packages contain huge other worlds – worlds of information and ideas, knowledge, other voices and stories that not only influence how we make our personal way through the real world, but have a real impact on our actual chances in life. 

As a first step, storytelling and reading aloud are wonderful provocations for children to learn to read for themselves – to become literate members of society. Books inform, broaden horizons, raise awareness and – through the multitude of diverse characters that stride through works of fiction – they help us develop imagination and empathy.

Through empathy we are able to imagine and care about what it is to be that other person. Empathy is key to humanity’s social side. It empowers people young and old to protest when we see something unjust happening. It inspires us to stand up and make a difference. And it makes it terribly difficult to be a bigot.

At Amnesty we set great store by the power of children’s books. It’s because of this that we and CILIP entered into partnership this year to set up the Amnesty CILIP Honour, an additional commendation for a book on each of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway shortlists.

Creeping censorship

The right to freedom of expression is a ‘qualified’ right. It needs to be considered in the context of other rights and not mis-used to stir up hate crimes, for example.  At present, the UK government doesn’t ban books - unlike overtly authoritarian states. But censorship of the creeping variety can be widespread. It happens under the radar, such as when particular books are removed from schools or libraries by staff worried about parental backlash and negative PR. Reducing access to books is another form of the creeping disease - swingeing cuts in library services means that more children will inevitably lose out, especially in lower income and deprived families. And there can be little doubt that their life chances are likely to be sorely impoverished.

Why does this creeping control happen? Perhaps because books continue to be some of the most powerful instruments of change in the world. In terms of what it can achieve, the pen (or computer) truly is mightier than the sword. American author Judy Blume, whose children’s and YA books have often been censored because of their frank approach to sex, says: 

"I believe that censorship grows out of fear, and because fear is contagious, some parents are easily swayed. Book banning satisfies their need to feel in control of their children’s lives. This fear is often disguised as moral outrage. They want to believe that if their children don’t read about it, their children won’t know about it. And if they don’t know about it, it won’t happen."

Her views would tally with Amnesty’s experience of totalitarian governments, whose usual first tool of control is to censor writers and artists. Why? It’s fear again. Fear of the wonderful, dangerous ideas that books contain and their power to inspire thought – and to challenge a controlling status quo. 

Enabling young people to flourish

For children and young people to flourish in our fractured world, they need the tools to do so. What better toolbox than a pile of books? For those of us who had a good (book) start in life, it is an advantage forever to be cherished and shared. For children just starting on the adventure of life, books offer an endless treasure land of delight, inspiration, insight and knowledge. The future is in our children’s hands: a good book shared widely could help them make a better job of it than we have.