A meeting of the CILIP Library and Information History Group will take place to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (3 vols., Cambridge University Press, 2006). This publication was sponsored by the Group, with Peter Hoare, former Chairman, as general editor. The intention of the meeting will be to look forward rather than backwards, and the afternoon’s events will be followed by a meeting of the Seminar in the History of Libraries in which a major new project in library history will be described. This series of seminars is also sponsored by the LIHG and is intended as a means of continuing the example of the Cambridge History.

Venue: The Great Hall, Lambeth Palace Library, Lambeth Palace Rd., London SE1 7JU. Entrance via the main gatehouse of Lambeth Palace (facing Lambeth Bridge). The nearest Underground stations are Westminster, Vauxhall, Lambeth North and Waterloo. Bus routes stopping outside the Palace include the number 507, 3, C10 and 77.

All members of the Group are welcome to attend either the afternoon or evening meetings, or both. These events are free, but it is essential that those wishing to attend should send their names in advance to archives@churchofengland.org, or tel: 020 7898 1400, not later than Friday 26th February. Please specify whether you wish to attend one or both of the meetings. Admittance for those attending the evening meeting only will not be before 5.15 p.m.

2016 CILIP Library and Information History Group Conference: Call for Papers 

The theme of the 2016 conference of CILIP’s Library and Information History Group will be Information History: Perspectives and Prospects. The conference will be held on Friday 6 May 2016 at the HQ of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals), 7 Ridgmount St, London, WC1E 7AE. 

The informatisation of our culture has prompted a lively discussion across a range of academic disciplines on topics that can justifiably be marshalled under the term ‘information history’. While accepting that different cultures and periods of history have understood information in different ways, this conference takes its cue from modern connotations attached to the word. Such connotations revolve around the nature of information as, firstly, something of immediate functional utility and value, and secondly, as discrete units of communicated knowledge, what Nunberg referred to as the ‘corpuscular’ or ‘morselised’ nature of information. Papers are welcome on all aspects of information history, though preference will be given to topics that address the management of information, throughout all periods of history, in the modern sense outlined above. 

The keynote speaker will be Martin Campbell-Kelly, Emeritus Professor of Computing, Warwick University. Professor Campbell-Kelly has undertaken pioneering studies on data processing in the nineteenth-century railway and insurance industries and is co-author of Computer: A History of the Information Machine (2014, 3rd edn.) and From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry (2015). An additional invited speaker is Dr Toni Weller, Visiting Research Fellow in History, De Montfort University, Leicester. Dr Weller is author of Information History – an Introduction (2008) and editor of Information History in the Modern World (2011).

 Abstracts of no more than 250 words (for individual 20 minute papers) should be sent to Monica Blake at info@blakeinformation.com by 29 January 2016. Accepted conference papers may be considered for publication in a special issue of the Group’s journal Library & Information History.

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This is a workshop for those who are working on, or planning to begin the process of, Certification, Chartership, Fellowship or Revalidation. The workshop will be led by Dr Alison Yueng. Alison is Teaching Fellow in Doctoral Writing Skills at the University of Surrey, with responsibility for designing doctoral and post-doctoral writing training across all faculties. She has also worked in the educational publishing industry and has run her own English language support service for international academics.

The Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, has today confirmed a new interdisciplinary 'Research Hub' to drive forward UK research in the Internet of Things (IoT). A consortium of nine UK universities will work together over the next three years to explore critical issues in privacy, ethics, trust, reliability, acceptability, and security. The Minister said  "UK universities are renowned for their creativity, and pioneering research and development. We want the UK to be a world leader in the adoption of Internet of Things technologies, and I know that bringing these universities together with partners from the UK's thriving tech industry will be instrumental in making this a reality."

The Hub's director, Jeremy Watson, said: "We will maximise the economic and societal opportunities of the Internet of Things by removing barriers to adoption. Working with business, public, and third sectors will enable the PETRAS IoT Hub members to investigate questions of safety, security, privacy and trust within real life settings."

For the full Research Information press release, see: http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=2060

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We are holding our AGM at Newcastle City Library on Tuesday 26th January 2016. In addition to the AGM part of the proceedings - and the usual networking opportunities of course!

A press release on the Information Literacy mailing list (LIS-INFOLITERACY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK) has announced that, "as of 1st January, InformAll exists as an organisation in its own right. As some of you will know, InformAll brings together partners and experts from different communities and interest groups, within and beyond the library world, that offer distinctive perspectives on the developing understanding of information literacy. Over the past three years, it ran as a programme of activities under the auspices of the closed Research Information Network (RIN), which closed at the end of December. InformAll has now been set up as a distinct community interest company, a social enterprise that seeks to harness the expertise of its partners to work collaboratively on research and other projects. Please do take a look at our new website at www.informall.org.uk."

InformALL is very open to suggestions and ideas about collaborative projects, so, the press release continues, "if you wish to work with us, or have any thoughts about topics that we might cover (particularly in realms other than IL in higher education), feel free to get in touch - [Stéphane Goldstein is] happy to answer any enquiry. The website also features a blog where we are keen to offer guests an opportunity to set out their views - so if you have anything to say and would like to contribute a piece (if possible, 500-1000 words) on any subject related to IL, let me know too."

The contact details for InformALL are:

Stéphane Goldstein
Executive Director
InformAll
39 Esmond Road
London NW6 7HF

tel: +44 (0)7913 464393
email: sg@informall.org.uk
Skype: stephanegoldstein
Twitter: stephgold7
website: www.informall.org.uk

We have a number of events taking place in January. Check the Latest Events and Training at the bottom of this page.

Dr Ernesto Priego (City  University London) 

Member of the Board of Open Humanities

Ernest will talk about his experiences as an editor of an open access journal and associated pressures of publishing an OA journal.

Claire Sewell, Research Skills Coordinator (University of Cambridge)

Claire will run an interactive group activity exploring library staff contributions to the OA agenda.

Dr Danny Kingsley, Head of Scholarly Communications (University of Cambridge)

Danny will speak on one of a range of options about Open Access and Scholarly Communications as voted for by delegates.

The December 2015 issue of Catalogue and Index is now available. The theme of this issue is the library supply sector. We have articles representing Dawson books, ProQuest Coutts, Bibliographic Data Services, Special Libraries Cataloguing and Backstage libraries.

Catalogue and Index is now an open access publication so there is no need to log on to the website to read it.

We have collected together the 10 most popular blogs published on the CILIP website in 2015 (based on the number of page views).

We published 122 blog posts on the CILIP website last year to encourage discussion about important topics affecting the library, knowledge and information community. The blog topics covered ranged from how to digitise images on a massive scale to the importance of data literacy and how libraries can support people in personal, national and community crises.

What do you think are likely to be the big topics of discussion this year? What topics would you like to see more blogs posts about? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

1. The role of libraries in times of crisis

Author: Nick Poole
Published: 13 October 2015

"Crisis is a natural part of the human experience. In this blog, we explore the reasons why so many people turn to their library during times of crisis and the different types of support which our libraries can offer. In so doing, we offer a conceptual model of the different roles of libraries during times of crisis on a scale from the personal to the global."

Read the full blog

2. How people engage with data visualisations and why it matters

Author: Helen Kennedy
Published: 14 July 2015

"As data visualisations become increasingly ubiquitous, just like the data on which they are based, the ability to make sense of and engage with them becomes increasingly important. In this context, visualisation literacy is a necessary skill for living in our information and (big) data times [...] The proliferation of visualisations and chart types can make understanding them difficult, yet it is also essential for those of us who wish to make sense of the data within them and so to participate in informed ways in data-driven conversations and society."

Read the full blog

3. Why all pupils deserve a real school library

Author: Dawn Finch
Published: 23 February 2015

"A school librarian is a reading professional who is there to support the child and to guide them through the world of books, until they find such a sense of belonging that reading is an intrinsic part of their life. Pupils with higher literacy levels achieve higher results across the curriculum and achieve more in life." 

Read the full blog

4. Why librarians should know the basics about archives and records management

Author: Margaret Crockett
Published: 1 December 2015

"Whilst a qualified archivist and records manager should be in charge of managing recordkeeping programmes, many other people with different skill sets and qualifications get involved at some point in their working lives - and librarians are probably pulled into it more than anyone else. Here are 10 reasons for learning the basics."

Read the full blog

5. Why teach information literacy in an academic library?

Author: Nazlin Bhimani
Published: 11 February 2015

"Learning in most academic institutions relies on the provision of library resources to both support and supplement what is being taught and researched.  With the rapidly changing information landscape and the myriad ways in which users can search for information, the challenge of locating, accessing and finding relevant and appropriate information resources for academic research is ever present. 

"Library users require skills that include knowledge of different types of information resources and an understanding of the most appropriate ways of critically evaluating information, using it in an ethical manner and managing this information."

Read the full blog

6. Libraries don’t need more advocacy, they need better advocacy

Author: Wendy Newman
Published: 4 March 2015

"Though it’s still important, of course, to promote libraries to increase use by a wider range of members, our strategic focus today must be on advocacy for support. Why? We can double or triple our library use and still get no more support.  We’ve seen this again and again. So support (in terms of funding and policy) is the critical goal of our advocacy."

Read the full blog

7. Libraries, equality and the "turnaround decade"

Author: Nick Poole
Published: 7 October 2015

"Public libraries provide equal access to information and knowledge that underpins the drive for equality that the Prime Minister calls for. In communities, Universities, schools, prisons, healthcare and banking it is our professional skills that will unlock the transformative potential of this economy."

Read the full blog

8. Libraries and social media: the activity is important, not the tool

Author: Phil Bradley
Published: 19 January 2015

"Social media activities are communicating, presenting, promoting and marketing (among others), just using a different range of tools. I find it quite depressing when I hear people say ‘I don’t have time for Twitter’ or ‘I don’t see the point of Facebook’ because this illustrates a lack of understanding about their use and value. 

"To be fair, if you haven’t had a chance to use these tools they are going to seem like some sort of black art, so in this blog post I’d like to try and dispel a few concerns, and show you how important and useful it can be to include them in your daily routine."

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9. Emerging trends and the implications for libraries

Author: James Griffith
Published: 2 September 2015

"As the 21st century progresses, what roles will libraries play in connecting communities and users with knowledge and knowledge creators? As information becomes ever more digitised and omnipresent, what physical space will libraries require? What impact will relentless technological advance and social change have on the skills required of a librarian to deliver services of value, against a back-drop of increasingly limited public funding?"

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10. How Digital.Bodleian will open access to over 1 million extraordinary images

Author: Lucie Burgess
Published: 12 October 2015

"With Digital.Bodleian we had a clear vision: to draw in new audiences, provide a more modern service to academics, and to unite the collections in a more contemporary and engaging way, using innovative technology. The result is that we now have over 120,000 freely available digitised images accessible to users worldwide, and at least another 1.5 million images which we hope to release over the course of the coming year."

Read the full blog

The latest e-Bulletin is now available to view.

This walk will carry you back through time to find out how previous generations have attempted to make sense of London. Whether a Cockney by birth or visiting the city for the first time, come along to hear the fascinating stories that lie behind the guides, handbooks, lists, directories and maps of old.

Alice Ford-Smith (Bernard Quaritch Ltd) will share some of the printed advice our ancestors could call upon for getting to know London. From Bloomsbury to the Thames, discover long-lost places to penetrate, streets to scrutinize, people to pursue and areas to avoid.   

The walk’s meeting point will be the open-air entrance lobby of Senate House at 3pm. Navigating London ends at approximately 5pm not far from Charing Cross. Please be prepared for no breaks.

Numbers are limited to 25 people, and pre-booking is essential. Tickets are £10 each. Please email Erika Delbecque (erika.delbecque@st-hildas.ox.a...) to reserve your place. This event is open to all, so early booking is recommended.

Celebrate National Libraries Day with a free walking tour introducing the capital’s fascinating library history. Twenty-first century London contains some of the finest book collections in the world but this walk focusses on their forebears. From Bloomsbury to the City, Alice Ford-Smith (Bernard Quaritch Ltd) will guide you through London’s streets and alleyways to uncover the ghosts of libraries past.  

The walk’s meeting point will be the open-air entrance lobby of Senate House at 11am. The event will finish not far from Blackfriars station at approximately 12.30pm. Please be prepared for no breaks.

Numbers are limited, and pre-booking is essential. Please email Erika Delbecque (erika.delbecque@st-hildas.ox.a...) to reserve your place. This event is open to all newcomers to the Group’s walks and early booking is recommended.

CILIP in Kent are holding a Teachmeet for librarians, information professionals and staff working in libraries from other professions (e.g. Careers Advisors, Learning Development Tutors), and those who would like to work in libraries, but currently do not. The event will be a chance to get together and share ideas, experiences, and best (and worst!) practice.

How does it work? You can either participate as a presenter, or as an audience member. Presentations can be between 5 and 20 minutes, and will be followed by questions from the audience. A projector and clipboard are available. 

If you are interested in presenting at the event, please email cilipinkent@gmail.com by 12th February 2016. 

The event is free and refreshments will be available. A full programme will be circulated nearer the time.

Our thanks to Graham Cornish for permission to copy and forward his Copyright Circle News to UKeiG members. We felt that copyright was central to much of what we cover and the newsletter is reproduced in full:

Thanks to all who provide information to Copyright Circle including LACA, Anne Lennox, IPKat, 1709 Blog

News

Scottish theatre fined by Dublin court for using copyright photo of Dylan Thomas
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/scottish-theatre-company-fined-for-using-dylan-thomas-photo-1.2420332

IPO issues copyright guidance note on digital images, photographs and the internet
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481194/c-notice-201401.pdf

Kuwait joins Berne Convention
Notification no.271 to WIPO

Image rights and football
A useful analysis of the rights that footballers and their clubs enjoy in IP especially copyright
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=449950&email_access=on

Copyright, duration, authorship and moral rights: the case of Anne Frank’s Diary
This shows just how complex and arcane copyright law can be
http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/copyright-term-authorship-and-moral.html

Produced by Graham Cornish of Copyrightcircle.co.uk - Grhaam@copyrightcircle.co.uk

#ARLG16 "Are You Being Served" will take place in the comfortable modern surroundings of Conference Aston

The venue is ideally placed  close to Birmingham rail stations and all city centre facilities.