Marsh's Library in central Dublin, Ireland is advertising a Research Fellowship for three months on early Jewish books. See the link below for more details.
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You are invited to spend a spring afternoon with Alice Ford-Smith (Bernard Quaritch Ltd.) exploring some of London’s early eighteenth century libraries.
This walk will follow in the footseps of bookseller and antiquary John Bagford, whose An account of several libraries in and about London, for the satisfaction of the curious, both natives and foreigners was published in 1708. John Bagford was at the centre of London's book trade, selling collections and helping form new ones. In the process he created a unique record of the libraries that operated in the city he loved. Alice Ford-Smith will guide you through the streets and alleyways of John Bagford's London, introducing this book history pioneer and the libraries he knew so well. The walk will commence from the courtyard of Stationers' Hall at 2 pm and finish approximately 90 minutes later near Barbican underground station.
Numbers are limited to 25 people, and pre-booking is essential. Tickets, which are non-refundable, are £10 each. This event is open to all, so early booking is recommended. Please book your place by clicking 'Book now'.
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The 21st version of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries holds the general theme "Part of the Machine: turning complex into scalable" and wants to create a dialogue that will address the challenge of creatively transforming these highly synthesised environments into solutions that can scale for the benefit of varied communities.
Event details
18-21 September 2017
Grand Hotel Palace, Thessaloniki, Greece
http://www.tpdl.eu/tpdl2017
Digital libraries are complex systems that respond to the needs of multiple communities with escalating requirements. Undoubtedly the effect of big data in research and development is immense and their collection, aggregation, analysis and interpretation is currently the main trend. However, smaller developments are equally interesting in giving the example of managing highly structured and organised information resources.
In this series of conferences, the dialectic between theory and practice is intense, but always aims to produce a state of the art imagery of digital libraries, or else networked information systems that affect the life of academia, education, culture, society and industry. The components of this "machinery" are interconnected and claim the skills and knowledge of multidisciplinary researchers.
Keynotes
Topics
Contributions are welcomed in the following eight tracks. However, submissions are not limited to the topics included in these tracks, neither it is implied that one paper is associated with one topic.
1. Digital Humanities
2. E-Infrastructures
3. Information Retrieval
4. Semantics
5. Users and Societies
6. Content
7. Data
8. Services
Individual researchers and research groups are invited to submit full papers, short papers, posters and demonstrations on the topics above, but on other relevant topics as well. Their research papers should describe original, unpublished research that is not (and will not be) simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Students on any of the above-mentioned topics are encouraged to participate to the Doctoral Consortium (see Call below). A four pages paper, which will appear in the Proceedings volume, is required to be submitted through the Doctoral Consortium track.
Important Dates
Publication in Conference Proceedings
The TPDL2017 proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, ISSN 0302-9743). Therefore all submissions should conform to the formatting instructions described in the “For Authors” webpage. In case your paper includes images or screenshots please ensure that you set image compression at 600dpi when you produce your PDF file.
All full and short papers, posters and demonstrations must be submitted in electronic format (PDF) via the conference’s submission page.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tpdl2017
According to the registration regulation for TPDL2017, inclusion of papers in the proceedings is conditional upon registration of at least one author per paper.
Specific Call for Contributions
Information about specific calls for contributions in TPDL can be found at:
Post-conference Journal Publication
The TPDL2017 Program Committee will also nominate papers they consider highlight work of significance in the field. Authors of these papers are then invited to submit extended version (at least 30% new material) of their papers that expand upon the description of their work by providing more depth and detail on their technical approaches and results. These submissions then go through the International Journal of Digital Libraries (IJDL, ISSN 1432-5012) review process before acceptance in a focused issue of the journal.
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The CILIP in Scotland Annual Conference 2017 ‘Strategies for Success’ takes place in the Apex Hotel, Dundee on 5th and 6th June.
Liz McGettigan, CILIPS President, will host two days of thought provoking presentations, discussion and engagement with Scotland’s library and information community.
CILIPS will also host a CILIP Employer Engagement Breakfast and there will be a supplier exhibition across both days.
Keynote speakers for 2017 include:
This year’s programme features:
Book your place: https://cilips.formstack.com/forms/cilipsconference2017
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Ben Bailey Smith, Gill Furniss MP and Chris Riddell (left to right)
Credit Rolf Marriott Photography and CILIP
Actor Ben Bailey Smith and Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell joined politicians in a packed committee room at the House of Lords last night to launch the new All Parliamentary Group for Libraries.
Rob Wilson, Civil Society Minister, whose responsibilities include public libraries in England told the audience that he will use the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act against local authorities that can’t justify library closures.
Addressing a room full of MPs and Peers he said he aimed to take a strategic view of the problems facing the public library sector, “The challenge is to think strategically about reform and service delivery and not to tinker with the service piecemeal.”
The Minister made his strongest statement yet about policing library closures, “Councils really need to make these decisions based on robust evidence rather than being ad hoc and reactive. They should gather the evidence on local needs and actively consult local people and local professionals on the options to meet these needs. I also expect councils to consider a full range of funding and delivery options before making significant cuts. If we receive complaints at DCMS and where councils do not appear to be meeting their statutory duties, we will investigate and where needed we will take action under the 1964 act.”
CILIP, the library and information association has been campaigning for the public’s right to quality public library services. My Library By Right holds central and local Government to account for their legal duties under the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act to provide ‘comprehensive and efficient’ public library services.
At the event the new Chair of the APPG, Gill Furniss MP said, “I was brought up on a council estate in Sheffield and my dad was a reader. When I was four he took me with him to the public library and it was like walking into an Aladdin’s cave.”
She added, “If my dad hadn’t taken me to that library I do not think I would be stood here as a Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough. I’ve got my career and the knowledge it gave me which drove me on to go and get a degree and eventually become a Councillor.”
Commenting on her role she said, “What I have to say in response to the Minister is that many challenges have been placed on the libraries sector in the last few years, some of them becoming increasingly difficult. And as chair of the APPG I don’t mind falling out with the minister. If there’s a cause to be fought for I’ll go and tell him about it. So I’m just putting him on warning there.”
At the event Ben Bailey Smith, actor, rapper, comedian and children’s author gave an exclusive reading of a new work by best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch who is a trustee of Cityread London, the capital's library development charity which boosts library attendance and has generated £1.5m for library programmes since its launch in 2012.
Before the reading Ben said, “I’m not here by coincidence. I was raised on a council estate in North West London and shared a bedroom with my sister who was very annoying and used to read constantly through the night and keep me up and force me to read the books she read so I grew up reading Judy Bloom and Little Women that brought me to tears … but as much as she bugged me she got me into the library culture.” His sister is the acclaimed author Zadie Smith.
The All Parliamentary Group will promote the role of libraries across society and the economy. Libraries in communities, businesses, schools and Universities provide everyone with opportunities to ensure the UK benefits from a high-skilled economy and equal society.
CILIP supported the launch of the APPG and will provide its secretariat. Nick Poole, Chief Executive of CILIP reminded the audience of the wider community of 30-40,000 libraries staffed by, “an army of 90,000 librarians adding value making a profound contribution to the social and economic fabric of our great nation.”
CILIP and Health Education England have recently launched a new campaign, A Million Decisions, to remind health service leaders in England of their responsibility to ensure evidence-based practice under the Health and Social Care Act. The campaign highlights the beneficial outcomes when healthcare services are planned and delivered with input from dedicated health librarians and knowledge services. The campaign hashtag #amilliondecisions has received over one million impressions in twenty-four hours.
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Press contact
Mark Taylor Director of External Relations, CILIP
mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
020 7255 0654
07792 635 305
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Credit image Rolf Marriott Photography and CILIP
Notes for editors
1. CILIP, the library and information association is the leading voice for the information, knowledge management and library profession. Our goal is to put information and library skills and professional values at the heart of a democratic, equal and prosperous society .CILIP is a registered charity, no. 313014.
2. Cityread London is a registered charity that promotes the key ideas of reading for pleasure, engaging new library users, enhancing the experience of existing readers, and encouraging people to explore and celebrate London’s culture, landscape and history. Cityread London represents culture for all, with library services in London, Reading and Slough developing a programme of reading, activities and events using a variety of formats including ebooks, audiobooks, large print, and in translation where possible, aimed at encouraging readers at all levels.
Founded in 2012 it has featured: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Penguin), 2012; A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (Vintage), 2013; My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young (Borough Press), 2014; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz) 2015; Ten Days by Gillian Slovo (Canongate) 2016.
Further details of all Cityread London activity can be found at the website: www.cityread.london and at Facebook.com/CityreadLondon
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Dr Darren Bevin will be giving a presentation on Chawton House Library, the Hampshire study centre for English women’s writing from 1600 to 1830 and home to rare books and manuscripts by authors including Jane Austen and Mary Shelley.
Dr Bevin was previously Senior Library Assistant at the Faculty of Divinity Library at the University of Cambridge. His 17-year career also includes librarian posts at the University Centre César Ritz in Switzerland and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Please email janine.hall@berkshire.nhs.uk to book your place.
United Kingdom
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A new campaign will remind health service leaders in England of their responsibility to ensure evidence-based practice under the Health and Social Care Act1. It highlights the beneficial outcomes when healthcare services are planned and delivered with input from dedicated health librarians and knowledge services.
Launching on 30 January, ‘A Million Decisions’ is jointly led by CILIP, the library and information association, and Health Education England (HEE), who work together to support decision-makers and those delivering health services to make good use of library and knowledge skills to meet their obligations under the Act.
Professor Ian Cumming OBE, Chief Executive, HEE said: “Every day across the healthcare sector more than a million decisions are made which have a profound impact on people’s lives and which influence the quality and cost of healthcare services. The Government and health organisations have obligations under the Health and Social Care Act to ensure the use of evidence from research and to make use of the best available evidence in their decision-making.”
Nick Poole, CILIP Chief Executive said: “We encourage anyone responsible for healthcare services to take a look at the astonishing impact on the cost and quality of care when healthcare teams have good access to the specialist expertise of clinical librarians and knowledge specialists.
To those leading healthcare services, it’s a call to ensure that your part of the NHS or sector is meeting its duties under the Act, and where there are gaps, to work with CILIP and HEE to put arrangements in place so that your organisation and staff are able to access the evidence to inform their practice and decision-making.”
Health librarians within the NHS and wider healthcare sector can be called on to supply specialist knowledge to all members of multidisciplinary teams including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, managers and learners to support daily practice and decision making. Evidence of impact collected for the campaign shows how working alongside a specialist librarian delivers a wide range of beneficial outcomes, including freeing up time for clinicians and managers, reducing admission times, transforming care for long-term conditions and significantly reducing costs and inefficiencies.
The campaign references the duty on the Secretary of State for Health to ensure ‘the use in the health service of evidence obtained from research’ and the responsibility on Clinical Commissioning Groups and healthcare providers to make use of the best available evidence in their decision-making. 1 Arms length bodies, those commissioning or influencing healthcare services, including those reshaping and improving health services, have a responsibility to promote, monitor and take assurance of the use of evidence-based decision making.
cilip.org.uk/amilliondecisions
#amilliondecisions
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Press contact
Cat Cooper, Campaigns and Communications Manager, CILIP
cat.cooper@cilip.org.uk
020 7255 0653
07867 455070
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Additional Quotes
“I sincerely believe that the NHS can be a better organisation when library and knowledge support is harnessed in the right way. We’ve experienced some amazing moments at Wirral where this has been the case. Risk has been avoided by providing evidence that prevented a surgical procedure for a particular patient to take place. Service redesign has been informed by best practice and learning from others who have done it before. Knowledge that we’ve brokered has been used to write business cases, develop clinical guidelines and inform decisions about individual patients. We’re working really hard to embed library and knowledge services in the organisation so that everyone who needs it has access to our unique skills as library and knowledge service professionals.”
Victoria Treadway, Library & Knowledge Service Lead, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
“As a Critical Care consultant, I need to make very quick decisions about the most seriously ill patients in the hospital; having a librarian working in my team helps me to ensure that any knowledge-related risk is avoided. The Library & Knowledge Service has supported me on ward rounds, which is particularly helpful when we have any gaps in knowledge around a particular condition or treatment. I recall one particular incident when we adjusted our treatment of a patient with a life-threatening skin condition as a direct result of evidence that Victoria found for us. Victoria also takes a role in disseminating knowledge across the department so that we can develop a culture of learning and improvement.
I have worked for long enough with Victoria to realise that it benefits me and my team to have a librarian as a wingman on anything that I work on, and I recognise the huge potential that this group of professionals has to contribute to the wider NHS, should we harness their skills in the right way.”
Dr Girendra Sadera, Clinical Director Theatres & Anaesthesia, Consultant Critical Care & Anaesthesia, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
"Putting timely knowledge into the hands of healthcare professionals working across care settings is vitally important for making clinical decisions that are based on sound evidence. With unprecedented time pressures on health professionals, embedded health librarians and knowledge services to support them in clinical and community settings are a vital resource.”
Professor Wendy Reid. Director of Education and Quality, Medical Director HEE
“All healthcare students and trainees should have access to the best available evidence to ensure they do their very best to care safely and effectively for those that put their lives in their hands. Our excellent library and knowledge services, easily accessible and available, underpins the training that nurses undertake and supports them through their revalidation.”
Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Director of Nursing and National Deputy Director of Education and Quality, Health Education England
“The development of increasingly effective Primary Healthcare services is pivotal to the population's future health and wellbeing. Primary Healthcare requires support from agile knowledge services, led by healthcare librarians, that both understand and are truly responsive to its needs. They will need to supply knowledge to inform planning and delivery of improvements within Primary Healthcare that results in better value for individuals and communities alike."
Dr Johnny Marshall, OBE, Westongrove Partnership
1. Health and Social Care Act 2012 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/...
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A session on Information Modelling Using Data will be held at the UKeIG 2017 Members' Day and AGM on Thursday 16th March 2017. Full details of programme and how to register an expression of interest can be found in the attached document.
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The 39th Annual General Meeting of UKeiG, the UK eInformation Group, will be held at CILIP HQ, Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE on Thursday 16th March 2017. Please see attached documents for details on how to submit motions for it.
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PIUG, Inc., The International Society for Patent Information Professionals, is pleased to announce that applications for the PIUG 2017 Brian Stockdale Memorial Award are now being accepted. The deadline for applying for the PIUG Brian Stockdale Memorial Award is February 28, 2017. If you've previously applied for the award and believe you still qualify, you are welcome to update the essay you submitted earlier so you can be considered for the 2017 award.
Award Package
The award covers membership in PIUG for the current year, conference and workshop registration, and standard travel expenses up to an amount not exceeding $2000, to assist the award recipient in attending the PIUG Annual Conference, an International Conference for Patent Information Professionals. This award is generously underwritten by PIUG, Technology & Patent Research International and Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters.
Background
This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Brian Stockdale , who travelled extensively throughout the world imparting his knowledge of patent searching. Brian's career encompassed positions with Derwent, SmithKline Beecham, and Technology and Patent Research International. As Brian was so well known internationally and trained many patent information professionals, his work was highly regarded. Brian always relished each new search as a challenge and loved working with the people in this industry. Brian is dearly remembered by his friends and colleagues most of all for his dry wit, keen intellect, and ease of meeting people and socializing wherever he went. As one of the world's most talented patent information search professionals, he is sorely missed. This is our tribute to his personal dedication in training colleagues, particularly those new to the field of chemical patent searching.
Award Selection Process
The award recipient will be new to the patent information profession, with less than 3 years total work experience in the field of patent information. Alternately, the recipient will be a student currently enrolled in a college or university with a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in patents, preferably a career in patent information.
Potential candidates must submit a short essay, not to exceed 500 words, describing their professional or educational interests, as well as their need for financial assistance with respect to conference attendance. Submissions must include the candidate's name, mailing address, phone number, and email address as well as a description of his or her patent information experience and current employer/university name and address.
Essays must be sent to edlyns@earthlink.net on or before February 28, 2017. The award recipient will be notified on or before March 10, 2017. The award recipient will be recognized during the PIUG Annual Conference in Atlanta, in May 2017.
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These meetings are a chance to share best practice with colleagues responsible for similar library services to housebound residents across London and surrounding areas. The focus at this meeting is how our type of library service is delivered using volunteers managed by library staff.
Please contact Tom Berry if you wish to attend.
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Booking details will follow nearer the event, but if you'd like to express an interest in the meantime please email cilipsw@gmail.com.
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Booking details will follow nearer the event, but if you'd like to express an interest in the meantime please email cilipsw@gmail.com.
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Booking details will follow nearer the event, but if you'd like to express an interest in the meantime please email cilipsw@gmail.com
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Booking details will follow nearer the event, but if you'd like to express an interest in the meantime please email cilipsw@gmail.com
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This free event considers the importance of continuous professional development, both in preparing for Certification, Chartership and Fellowship, and throughout your career. It is aimed at those who have embarked on the Certification, Chartership or Fellowship process, or who are thinking about it.
There will be the opportunity to view some successful portfolio submissions as well as some practical reflective practice exercises. There will also be a tour of the school library.
You will need to bring along your own lunch, there will not be catering facilitates available at the school as it will be half term.
Learning outcomes
· Improved understanding of how to progress towards the relevant qualification and what you will gain by doing so
· Awareness of the Regulations and assessment criteria
· An understanding of what constitutes a portfolio and why CILIP requires this for submission for its qualifications
· Ideas about how to construct a portfolio and the types of evidence that can be included in it
· An enhanced understanding of the benefits of Continuing Professional Development
· Awareness of the support networks and information available to help candidates
· Confidence to progress towards gaining a CILIP qualification successfully
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Led by Alison Brettle, Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work at the University of Salford, Roy Vickers, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Salford, and Mark Burgess Subject Librarian at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This interactive workshop discusses the various phases in writing an effective research proposal, and covers the when you need to write a research proposal, why you write one, and how you write it, using examples to illustrate the most effective way to communicate research ideas.
9:30 – 10:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee
10:00 – 13:00 Workshop
This course supports the following strands of CILIP’s PKSB:
Research Skills
Allerton Building, room C805 at University of Salford.
United Kingdom
Email: m.burgess@mmu.ac.uk
Tel: No phone number
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LILAC 2017 will be taking place at Swansea University's beautiful Bay Campus, from 10th-12th April 2017. Bookings for LILAC 2017 are now open at our discounted early bird rate. The early bird rate is only available until 10th February.
If you are a member of the IL Group, you get a discounted rate even after the early bird deadline.
Coming soon.
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Ever considered nominating colleagues or yourself for one of the 3 prestigious information literacy (IL) awards presented annually at the LILAC conference? If so, this informal webinar is for you!
This year’s awards are open for business and we invite nominations for the IL Award, the Digital IL Award and Sponsored Student Place award. http://www.lilacconference.com/lilac-2017/awards The webinar will aim to demystify the nomination process. We will hear from past winners and judges and get to the heart of what exactly we will be looking for in our 2017 nominees.
The webinar will cover all three awards and offer plenty of handy hints and practical application tips. You will also find out exactly what will happen to your nomination after it has been submitted. We hope you can join us.
This webinar will be presented by Nigel Morgan (University of Cardiff) with contributions from Rosie Jones (Open University) and Anna Theis (University of Manchester).
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Nominations are invited from all sectors for the prestigious Information Literacy Awards 2017, which will be presented at the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) in Swansea on April 11th, 2017.
Established in 2008, these prestigious awards honour those special people who are making a significant contribution to information literacy within any sector.
Information Literacy Award
This award, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group and the National Library of Wales, recognises an outstanding individual contribution to information literacy by a UK-based practitioner or researcher. Nominations from all sectors are welcome. The winner will receive £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity. Closing date for applications: Friday, March 3rd, 2017 (17:00 GMT).
Credo Digital Award for Information Literacy
This award, sponsored by Credo Reference, rewards an individual or group who has developed the best new digital educational resource for promoting information literacy launched during 2016. The winner will receive £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity. The closing date for applications: Friday, March 3rd, 2017 (17:00 GMT).
Help us by nominating the colleagues who you feel deserve recognition (self nomination is possible too!).
We also reward the innovators of tomorrow:
Student Award: Sponsored place at LILAC
The Student Award, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, includes free registration for LILAC 2017, travel (from the UK only) and accommodation expenses where appropriate for three students registered on a UK study programme in information/library studies or information literacy. The closing date for applications is Friday, February 17th, 2017 (17:00 GMT).
More details on the awards, including the application criteria and processes for each, are available from the LILAC awards webpage.
Any enquiries and applications should be directed to: Nigel Morgan (LILAC Awards Officer): LilacAwards@cardiff.ac.uk
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Sheffield MP and Shadow Minister Gill Furniss will Chair the re-launched All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries. A special event will celebrate the re-launch at the House of Lords on Tuesday 31 January.
Children’s Laureate and political cartoonist Chris Riddell has produced a dedicated illustration for the event celebrating how librarians create the readers of the future.
Credit Chris Riddell
At the event there will be a speech by Minister for Civil Society Rob Wilson MP and an exclusive reading by Ben Bailey Smith, actor, rapper, comedian and children’s author of a new work by best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch who is also a trustee of Cityread London, the capital's library development charity which boosts library attendance and has generated £1.5m for library programmes since its launch in 2012.
Shadow Steel, Postal Affairs and Consumer Protection Minister Gill Furniss MP said, “As a former librarian and now a Member of Parliament, I am proud to Chair the APPG for Libraries. My first job was as a Library Assistant in Firth Park Library at the age of sixteen. Before entering politics I spent my early career working in libraries and gained a degree in library and information services as a mature student.
“I’ve seen what libraries mean to a whole range of people looking for work, studying, wanting the best start for their children, and escaping isolation and loneliness. I’m delighted to Chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group and raise the profile of libraries in communities, businesses, hospitals, schools, prisons, across Government, colleges and Universities.”
The launch event is hosted by Lord Graham Tope CBE, a long-standing champion of libraries with experience as a Liberal Democrat spokesperson on communities and local government, and as Executive Councillor at Sutton Borough Council had responsibility for libraries, heritage and arts.
With Gill Furniss as Chair and Lord Tope as Co-Chair also involved in the Group are Big Issue Founder Lord John Bird and Shadow Schools Minister Mike Kane MP.
The establishment of the APPG is being supported by CILIP, the library and information association. CILIP provides the secretariat for the Group.
Nick Poole CILIP Chief Executive said, “I look forward to working with politicians from all parties to raise the profile of libraries and information services in Parliament. I’m encouraged to see this Government’s increasing recognition of the vital need for basic and advanced skills to create the opportunities and prosperity the UK needs. We have incredible libraries embedded in communities, organisations and businesses. We now need to connect the need for skills with the services that can meet them.”
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Press contact
Mark Taylor Director of External Relations, CILIP
mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
020 7255 0654
07792 635 305
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Illustration by Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell, “Librarians create the readers of the future”. Credit Chris Riddell. High resolution image for press available on request.
Notes for editors
1. CILIP, the library and information association is the leading voice for the information, knowledge management and library profession. Our goal is to put information and library skills and professional values at the heart of a democratic, equal and prosperous society .CILIP is a registered charity, no. 313014
2. Cityread London is a registered charity that promotes the key ideas of reading for pleasure, engaging new library users, enhancing the experience of existing readers, and encouraging people to explore and celebrate London’s culture, landscape and history. Cityread London represents culture for all, with library services in London, Reading and Slough developing a programme of reading, activities and events using a variety of formats including ebooks, audiobooks, large print, and in translation where possible, aimed at encouraging readers at all levels.
Founded in 2012 it has featured: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Penguin), 2012; A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks (Vintage), 2013; My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young (Borough Press), 2014; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz) 2015; Ten Days by Gillian Slovo (Canongate) 2016.
Further details of all Cityread London activity can be found at the website: www.cityread.london and at Facebook/CityreadLondon
3. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal working groups at Westminster without powers in Government that bring together MPs and Peers from different parties with a shared interest in an issue.
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UKeiG is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 13 (issue 4) of eLucidate.
http://www.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/elucidate_13_4_december_2016.pdf (PDF)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/elucidate/elucidate-current-issue (HTML)
The opening article pays homage to the success of UKeiG’s Tony Kent StrixAward, with a brief overview of the fascinating 2016 Annual Lecture.
Amy Icke, recipient of UKeiG’s Early Career award, reports on the IASL(International Association of School Librarians) Conference 2016, held in Tokyo, 21st - 26th August 2016. The theme of the event was “A school library built for the digital age” and Amy outlines and discusses key conference themes illustrated with examples delivered by librarians working in a range of countries including Japan, Australia, Sweden and Canada. Key messages for our readers in all sectors includes:
Similar themes are reiterated in Marja Kingma’s report on the 2016 CILIPConference. Dr. Alison Brettle’s presented on how to prove the value, effectiveness and importance of professionally trained librarians, information and knowledge workers. “Library, information and knowledge professionals make a significant contribution to the overall aims of the organisations that they serve. And yet, their skill set is often over-looked and this contribution is under-valued.” Alison provides evidence that all LIS professionals can use to demonstrate their value in four key sectors: public, schools, academia and health.
Martin White also introduces us to the theory of information asymmetry and the significant role it should play in effective information management.
Enjoy, and we look forward to your feedback.
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UKeiG is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 13 (issue 4) of eLucidate.
http://www.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/elucidate_13_4_december_2016.pdf (PDF)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/elucidate/elucidate-current-issue (HTML)
The opening article pays homage to the success of UKeiG’s Tony Kent StrixAward, with a brief overview of the fascinating 2016 Annual Lecture.
Amy Icke, recipient of UKeiG’s Early Career award, reports on the IASL(International Association of School Librarians) Conference 2016, held in Tokyo, 21st - 26th August 2016. The theme of the event was “A school library built for the digital age” and Amy outlines and discusses key conference themes illustrated with examples delivered by librarians working in a range of countries including Japan, Australia, Sweden and Canada. Key messages for our readers in all sectors includes:
Similar themes are reiterated in Marja Kingma’s report on the 2016 CILIPConference. Dr. Alison Brettle’s presented on how to prove the value, effectiveness and importance of professionally trained librarians, information and knowledge workers. “Library, information and knowledge professionals make a significant contribution to the overall aims of the organisations that they serve. And yet, their skill set is often over-looked and this contribution is under-valued.” Alison provides evidence that all LIS professionals can use to demonstrate their value in four key sectors: public, schools, academia and health.
Martin White also introduces us to the theory of information asymmetry and the significant role it should play in effective information management.
Enjoy, and we look forward to your feedback.
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CILIP has launched its Call for Papers for this year’s CILIP Conference (5-6 July, Manchester). If you would like to be considered as a speaker at the CILIP Conference or know someone who might be interested, read the information below and then find more information and how to apply via the link below. It is also worth noting that speakers are admitted free of charge to the conference on the day of their session. The Call for Papers closes on 10 February 2017.
Securing a positive future for the library, information and knowledge sector and the communities we serve will be the main focus for discussion and learning at this year’s CILIP Conference and will be covered across two main strands. The first strand of the conference, Future Trends, is aimed at decision-makers who want to understand, discuss and share insight into the key issues that will affect our sector – how to identify opportunities, successfully adapt and influence the outcome. For the Workshops strand, CILIP is looking for speakers who are experts in a specific field guiding delegates to develop their skills and their ability to innovate and create services that meet current and future needs.
In summary the two conference strands are:
Strand 1 - Future Trends
The Future Trends strand is aimed at Heads of Service, Senior Managers and Decision Makers, who want to understand, discuss and share insight into key issues that will affect our sector, both today and in the future. By attending these sessions delegates will be able to understand the key changes they may face in the future; find out how these changes will impact our sector, and what they can do to prepare and influence the outcome. The format of these sessions will be determined on the response from the call for papers and may be presented in a number of formats such as Q&A’s, panel discussions or presentations. The sessions may consist of one or several submitted papers and should be relevant to a range of sectors.
The six Future Trends sessions are:
1. Public Policy : Devolution in public policy - Digital - Health and Social Care
2. Law : Public Law (safeguarding / prevent) - IP Law (copyright / data protection) - Privacy
3. Technology: Data / Infrastructure
4. Learning: Changing face of research - Classroom of the future
5. Society: Information Literacy
6. Social Justice: Equality and diversity - Mobility - Human rights
Strand 2 - Workshops
Workshops will be run by experts in a specific field to encourage discussion, sharing of knowledge and offer practical advice. This strand is aimed at practitioners, front line staff and managers who are looking to learn from other sectors, share experiences and knowledge and take away key messages and tools that can be applied in the workplace. Sessions should be relevant to a range of sectors. The duration, style and format of these sessions will be finalised following the call for papers, and may vary between each session. We may ask that sessions be repeated to allow delegates the opportunity to attend as many sessions as possible.
The six Workshops will cover:
1. Marketing
2. Copyright
3. Data Protection / Freedom of Information
4. Teaching Information Literacy
5. Evaluation and Impact
6. Customer Service
As well as officially announcing that the call for papers is now open we are also delighted to announce that the opening keynote speaker at the conference is Dr Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Dr Hayden is the first ever African American and first female to be appointed to the role at the Library of Congress, which holds more than 162 million items, including many unique items from America’s history. She is keen to make those resources more easily available and connect with people outside the limits of Washington, bringing benefits to citizens across the US. We have also opened Early bird registration with further discounts available for CILIP Members.
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