In No Shelf Required 2: Use and management of electronic books, editor Sue Polanka delves deep into the world of digital distribution. Expert contributors from across the e-book world offer their perspectives on what’s happening now and what to expect in the coming months and years. Included in this invaluable resource are:
The Cybrarian’s Web: An A-Z guide to 101 free Web 2.0 tools and other resources by Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis is a field guide to the best of free Web 2.0 tools and their practical applications in libraries and information centres. The book will show librarians how to:
Stephen Abram of Gale Cengage Learning said, “This book belongs on every library innovator's bookshelf. This isn't just for the techies and, indeed, it would be a shame to limit its use to techies. Web 2.0 is first and foremost about the end-user experience and, so, for every reference librarian, trainer, director, web content writer, blogger and library leader, review the opportunities in this guide as part of your strategic planning process. You'll be glad you did!”
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Notes to editors:
1. No Shelf Required 2: Use and management of electronic books (February 2012; 280pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-830-9; £49.95) and The Cybrarian's Web: An A-Z guide to 101 free Web 2.0 tools and other resources (February 2012; 280pp; paperback; 456pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-829-3; £44.95) are published by Facet Publishing. It is available from Bookpoint Ltd, Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. The book is available in the US and Canada from Neal-Schuman Publishers www.neal-schuman.com
2. No Shelf Required 2: Use and management of electronic books is edited by Sue Polanka who created the award-winning blog ‘No Shelf Required’ about the issues surrounding e-books for librarians and publishers. Polanka is the Head of Reference and Instruction at the Wright State University Libraries in Dayton, Ohio and the Vice President/President Elect of the Academic Library Association of Ohio. She has served on Booklist’s Reference Books Bulletin Editorial Board for over ten years, serving as Chair from 2007–2010. Her column on electronic reference, ‘Off The Shelf’, appears quarterly in Booklist. She was named a Library Journal 2011 Mover and Shaker for her work with e-books.
3. The Cybrarian's Web: An A-Z guide to 101 free Web 2.0 tools and other resources is by Cheryl Peltier-Davis, who is Archives and Digital Librarian at the Alvin Sherman Library, Research and Information Technology Center, at Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
4. All titles are available at 20% discount to Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals members. Remember to quote your Membership Number if claiming the discount.
5. Facet Publishing, is the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is the leading publisher of books for library and information professionals worldwide. At the forefront of library and information development, Facet Publishing has a comprehensive list covering all the major areas of professional activity.
6. 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. Visit www.cilip.org.uk for more information.
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JISC Advance is inviting proposals to enhance or repurpose existing resources for use in the further education and skills sectors.
This £1.4 million funding will both improve the learner experience and increase efficiencies. JISC Advance is looking for proposals which:
• apply existing resources (from JISC or elsewhere) to their work and adapt them for their needs
• identify gaps in these resources or current uses for technology leading to the development of additional resources for the sector
£900,000 will be available for large-scale projects and £450,000 for smaller projects.
Bids may be submitted from 1 March until noon on 31 May 2012, but the call will be closed once all the funding has been allocated.
The project will be supported by the Regional Support Centres (RSCs) who will provide advice and support for providers in developing and implementing their projects.
Guy Lambert, managing director of JISC Advance, said: “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for the FE and Skills sector and JISC Advance is proud to be leading the project. Not only will it enhance the learner experience, but it will also improve the efficiency and effectiveness of providers, a challenge which everyone is currently facing.”
For more details, contact your local RSC or Nigel Ecclesfield, programme manager at JISC Advance, nigel dot ecclesfield @jiscadvance.ac.uk tel: 07508 531431.
Read full details of the bid and how to apply
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CILIP reimburses members of Council, committees, working parties, etc for the cost of attending meetings. Co-opted members of committees also have their expenses reimbursed.
The expenses of observers on committees are not met by CILIP unless special considerations justify doing so.
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Lauren Smith has announced her decision to step down from her role as Vice President of CILIP. Lauren said that she did not take the decision lightly but wanted to focus her time and energies more on active campaigning than she feels is currently possible within the scope of the Vice President role.
John Dolan, Chair of CILIP Council said “I have every respect for Lauren for taking what must have been a very difficult decision. On behalf of CILIP Council I wish her the very best in the future.”
Trustees will discuss next steps at the Council meeting on Monday 26th March.
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How to gain the best value from journal subscriptions? JISC offers library managers and librarians advice in the first of a number of interactive online seminars this spring.
The webinar on 29 February at 13.30 will offer a practical demonstration of the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP), a 'one-stop shop' for academic libraries to download and analyse their journal usage.
Jo Lambert, senior development officer at Mimas and Angela Conyers of Evidence Base will highlight the time and cost saving benefits you can achieve by using JUSP to manage your usage statistics.
Using open source software could also improve the efficiency of your organisation, so the team from OSS Watch will be leading the following two webinars in March.
The first webinar will offer advice to open source project managers on how to increase the chances of sustainable community engagement in your project.
The second webinar will discuss how to increase the longevity and sustainability of your academic project or research outputs by choosing the right open source licence.
Future webinars will explore how to increase citations of your research data, extend your Virtual Learning Environment for the benefit of students and access and use a wealth of free online moving images and sound to enhance your teaching and research.
Find out more about the webinars and register now for the next one
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The Network provides a comprehensive range of opportunities including regular Supplier Showcase events with potential buyers, high visibility through special advertising packages and web content, and a range of discounts and offers to make your sales and marketing budgets go further. Click here to see the packages available.
Annual membership starts at £395.
To discuss your involvement in Suppliers Network and the many opportunities it offers you and your business telephone Angela Krzyzanowska on 020 7255 0553 or email angela.krzyzanowska@cilip.org.uk
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Recognising the vital role of suppliers
Suppliers play a vital role in the work and activities of CILIP as it seeks to promote the best interests of the library and information community.
The Suppliers Network delivers exclusive benefits to its members and enables them to present their message directly to CILIP members and other potential purchasers. It also is a highly cost effective way of researching purchasers’ specific requirements and understanding emerging market trends.
Membership is open to all companies supplying the LIS marketplace, and by joining Suppliers’ Network a company is stating its support for the UK’s only chartered body of more than 16,000 library and information professionals.
No other organisation is closer to this community and CILIP can open up special sales and marketing opportunities unavailable elsewhere.
How to take advantage of Suppliers Network
Becoming a member of Suppliers Network could not be easier, and you will be in good company as many leading companies have already signed up.
To apply for membership:
Contact Angela Krzyzanowska on 020 7255 0553 or email angela.krzyzanowska@cilip.org.uk
Why CILIP matters
CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It has up to 16,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.
No other UK library/information group has more members, more services, more meeting space, more networking, more advice & support, more publications, more training & development opportunities, and more jobs information and support. CILIP supports its members, throughout their entire careers, helping them stay informed and employable.
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Do you have a smart idea for using technology in your college or university? If you’re looking for rapid project funding, pitch your idea on a new JISC website and receive feedback from your peers.
The JISC Elevator is a new beta platform for people to pitch ideas for projects up to £10,000 using video and short descriptions.
Once an idea has been submitted to the site, people working and studying in UK higher and further education will be able to vote if they like the idea.
When an idea receives the target number of votes then JISC will decide whether or not to fund the idea.
Andrew McGregor, who is managing the JISC Elevator, said: “JISC’s remit is to fund cutting edge innovation – so we hope that by creating a different platform for bidding we’ll be able to capture the brainwaves of many more people in colleges and universities, perhaps people who haven’t previously bid for JISC funds. The voting mechanisms on the Elevator will also allow us to respond directly to what’s important for people in further and higher education.”
The JISC Elevator is open to all kinds of ideas, with suggestions including:
For details on what kinds of idea we are looking for please see the submission criteria.
Successful projects will be notified in April and expected to complete by the end of July 2012.
Visit the JISC Elevator
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Doctoral theses can attract significant attention when made openly accessible in electronic form according to the respondents of a sector-wide survey of information professionals.
The JISC-funded survey gives a clearer picture of progress toward electronic thesis deposit in the UK, and how universities are achieving it.
The respondents to the survey were library and repository staff from 144 higher education institutions – and their responses suggested that 81% of their organisations will be providing open access to doctoral theses in five years time.Neil Jacobs, programme director at JISC, said: “Doctoral theses are important records of research. Many of them are already openly accessible via repositories and the UK EThOS Service, which most UK universities have joined. The resulting high visibility benefits both researchers and universities, and suggests that electronic theses will have a significant role to play in accelerating sharing our knowledge in the future.”
This publication was a joint venture between UKCGE, and UCL Library Services, based on a JISC project by UCL Library ServicesTina Barnes, senior research fellow at the University of Warwick, is one of the authors of the report. She said: “The move to electronic theses is a very positive development that wholly supports the academic principle of sharing knowledge for the common good and for the advancement of science and human development.”
Paul Ayris, director of UCL library services and co-chair of the DART-Europe partnership, said: “DART-Europe provides access to the full-text of over 280,000 Open Access research theses from 403 European universities in 20 countries. Open Access to such a critical mass of blue skies research is good for research and good for the researcher .”
The report shows there are a number of reasons why researchers may not make their theses available electronically, but the principal reason may be the inclusion of sensitive material.
Concerns regarding third-party copyright, plagiarism and restrictions on future publications are having little impact on access so far.
The report also suggests that theses need to be preserved over the long term - something that the British Library service, EThOS, originally a JISC project, aims to do.
Watch the presentation for more on the key findings of the report
JISC EMBEDDED OBJECT
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A few UK smaller libraries have applied for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support for their preservation and conservation needs.
There are different programmes under the Heritage Lottery Fund umbrella. Your Heritage supports projects from £3,000 to £100,000.
The Heritage Lottery fact sheet below is offered as initial advice for libraries that want to apply.
The National Archives offers support and training through its Lottery Advice service.
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Resources and links for preservation and conservation issues including digital preservation and disaster management
Digital preservation study
In 2009 the Digital Preservation Coalition with the University of London Computer Centre and Portico, carried out an extensive analysis for the JISC Digitisation Programme. It examined the projects funded through this programme and assessed their plans for access beyond the existence of their project. The report also contains some case studies.
Sources
The following websites provide sources on disaster management/emergency planning:
'Advocacy, evidence, support' - Preservation Advisory Centre Summer 2010 Roadshows
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There are a number of groups comprising representatives from CILIP and cognate professional organisations that look at professional policy issues for a specialist area and report into the Policy Forum.
These subsidiary bodies include:
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Read the latest blog post from Policy Officer Jacqueline May
The Government's Prevent Strategy is part of an overall counter-terrorist strategy and proposes steps to remove 'unlawful' and 'harmful' content online in schools, public libraries and other public buildings. As a result the strategy could potentially impact on CILIP members in a variety of sectors.
CILIP has therefore produced a briefing paper on the Prevent strategy exploring those areas with especial relevance to libraries and existing CILIP policy statements that are relevant to the issues it raises.
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Final Report: Digital Monograph Technical Landscape: Exemplars and Recommendations
Listen to the podcast (Duration 6:31)
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Join CILIP to be part of a vibrant community of people working in the library and information industry.
Specialist events take place throughout the year. Regional Branches and Special Interest Groups run meetings, workshops and conferences. Network online using CILIP Communities.
Search the calendar of events to find conferences, training and seminars taking place across the UK.
CILIP's Special Interest Groups cover a wide range of interests. You can belong to two Groups for free as part of your CILIP subscription and you can join others for £10 each.
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Annie Mauger, CILIP Chief Executive, has been asked to give evidence at the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry into public library closures in England on the 21st February. It is the second of three evidence sessions inquiring into library closures and what constitutes a comprehensive and efficient library service for the 21st century.
Annie said, “I am extremely pleased to be giving evidence on behalf of CILIP at the inquiry. I look forward to highlighting the issues raised by members and from our Community Libraries Panel that were included in CILIP’s written evidence. This is an opportunity to expand on our evidence and let MPs from all parties know how damaging cuts to public library services in England could be.
I will be talking about the importance of a professionally run service and calling on Westminster government to provide the national leadership that an effective, locally delivered service needs. We want to be a powerful voice for our profession.’’
Annie’s appearance before the Committee follows the submission of written evidence from CILIP. In its evidence CILIP urged the Select Committee to recommend that the Secretary of State:
CILIP believes that a fresh vision and a clear strategic framework at national level will better enable the planning and delivery of library services at a local level.
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Press contact:
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CILIP’s Finance and Membership Administration Departments are managed by the Director of Finance and Membership Administration, Rowena Wells BA ACA.
The Finance Department is responsible for budget preparation and monitoring, financial accounting, treasury management and control of all payments made and income received by the Institute. Its main aims and objectives are:
The Finance Department team is:
Maureen Ndagire FCCA : Head of Finance
Peter Norman : Accounts Controller
Toyin Okunuga : Payments Controller
Ena Miller : Financial Accounts Assistant
They can be contacted Monday to Friday: 09:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00
The department handles all matters relating to management of the Membership database, including joining and renewals and processing subscription receipts.
Full details of the Membership Team
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Professional qualifications
What is the difference between a professional qualification and academic qualifications and training?
Why do I need to stay in membership to keep the qualification I earned?
ACLIP Certification
What is ACLIP Certification?
Can I apply for Certification?
Can I see a successful portfolio?
Is ACLIP asked for by employers?
How much do I have to pay?
Professional qualifications
What is the difference between a professional qualification and academic qualifications and training?
Professional qualifications measure your development and recognize your achievements in your job(s). CILIP's qualifications ask candidates to reflect on their knowledge, experience and achievements to identify what they've learned and how they've applied their increased knowledge to benefit their workplace. This is why we ask all our candidates to submit a portfolio of evidence with an evaluative statement.
ACLIP Certification
What is ACLIP Certification?
Can I apply for Certification?
Yes: if you are working as a library or information assistant or other information job and want formal recognition
Yes: if you want to work towards Chartership but don't have an accredited qualification
If you've just started your job, you can Register straight away, build up evidence and submit your portfolio in two years.
If you've already been working for some time you can register now and may be eligible to submit a portfolio immediately.
Our notes on the body of professional knowledge tell you how your activities might be used in an application.
Can I see a successful portfolio?
Click here to view example submissions.
Also we send out copies to Candidate Support Officers who bring them to portfolio building courses and can lend them to candidates.
Each candidate creates a portfolio which demonstrates how they take part in training and development to improve their performance and offer their users excellent service.
Is ACLIP asked for by employers?
When employers include ACLIP in their person specifications, it means they are looking for candidates with good experience and evaluative skills. Some employers ask for ACLIP plus substantial experience and a commitment to Chartering for managerial and professional roles.
How much do I have to pay?
Registering to get started £25
Submitting ACLIP portfolio £25
The major fee is maintaining Membership of CILIP. You may incur other costs through training opportunities you undertake. However these are not mandatory and there may be free or cheaper alternatives.
MCLIP Chartership
Can I see a successful portfolio?
Click here to view example submissions
Also we send out copies to Candidate Support Officers who bring them to portfolio building courses and can lend them to candidates.
Can I apply for Chartership?
Yes: if you have a qualification accredited by CILIP
Yes: if you have ACLIP Certification
Yes: If you have an accepted overseas qualification
Yes: If you have approved professional level experience plus a non-library qualification at degree level
If you think you fit any of these descriptions, contact CILIP ro find out your next steps.
Also our body of professional knowledge defines what makes your work part of the library and information profession.
quals@cilip.org.uk
020 7255 0610
How much do I have to pay?
Registering to get started £50 Submitting your portfolio £50. The major cost is maintaining membership of CILIP
FCLIP Fellowship
Can I apply for Fellowship?
Yes: if you've been Chartered for six years and have six years work experience since Chartering
Yes: If you have completed two cycles of Revalidation
Yes: if as well as maintaining your professional development, you've made a significant contribution to the profession.
What constitutes a significant contribution to the profession?
For various reasons, including working out of the country, I haven't Chartered. Is it possible for me to apply directly for Fellowship?
If you have been practising at a senior level, have a degree and believe you have made a significant contribution to the profession, you may be eligible to apply directly for Fellowship. You can contact the CILIP office quals@cilip.org.uk to see if this is a viable route.
How much do I have to pay?
Registering for Fellowship £65
Submitting your portfolio £65
How many letters of support should I include in my application?
There is nothing in the regulations on this but most applications have three letters. It's useful if one or more can be from a current Fellow.
Can I see successful Fellowship applications?
Fellowship portfolios often contain primary evidence so aren't suitable to be added to the website. However if you contact the CILIP office we may be able to arrange for you to see a portfolio and talk to a successful candidate. On the website, you can see the citations made for Fellows over the last few years.
Will I have to Revalidate after I've gained Fellowship?
You will still have the option to Revalidate
Revalidation
When can I apply for Revalidation?
You can apply for Revalidation if you have been on a career break to show you have been maintaining your professional development. The three year cycle does not have to include full time employment as long as you have been in Membership for three years, have some professional level experience to draw upon and can meet the criteria demonstrating your reflection.
I didn't register to Revalidate after Chartering three years ago and I haven't been sending in my logs. If I register now, will I have to wait for another three years before I can submit my application?
You've met the qualifying requirements, so you are eligible to submit your portfolio as soon as you wish.
Submitting your portfolio
When will I get a result?
Board meetings are run throughout the year and we send portfolios to the Assessors as they arrive. We only advise that candidates and their mentors are assured the portfolio is ready for submission.
The majority of applications get a decision between two and three months. This may take longer when assessors consider the different options open to them. You can see the timeline on our website.
When does the Board meet? I want to make sure my portfolio arrives in time.
if they get their application to us up to a month before the Board we'll send it out to the assessors but this doesn't mean that the portfolio will be assessed at that meeting. Reminding her of this might change her mind about rushing the portfolio to us.
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CILIP have just announced that Biddy Fisher OBE has been appointed Conference Programme Director for CILIP’s Umbrella Conference 2013. Umbrella is CILIP’s flagship conference which takes place every two years. In 2013 it will be held in Manchester.
On hearing of her appointment, Biddy said, “I’m delighted to take up this post and I look forward to working with colleagues to create a dynamic conference that has appeal across and beyond the whole of the library and information sector.”
Biddy has had recent, successful experience in programme design and implementation including the organisation of the Library Theory and Research Section conference, which was part of the IFLA conference in Gothenburg 2010. In her role as programme co-ordinator she helped plan and create a programme comprising of practitioner and academic research to illustrate the impact of libraries and information services. She was also a member of the 2011 Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Local organising committee for the Manchester conference that was held in the summer.
As Umbrella Programme Director Biddy will be responsible for setting the overall themes for CILIP’s flagship conference and will help shape the final programme. Biddy has vast experience within CILIP; as a member of various Special Interest Groups, Chair of CILIP’s Library and Information Research Group, Chair of CILIP’s Defining Our Professional Future programme, as well as CILIP President in 2010. She has an in-depth understanding of CILIP and the library and information community. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role.
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Below are links to open consultations, and completed consultation responses, that relate to copyright law.
In December last year The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published a consultation paper on amendments to UK copyright law. It is a follow-up to Hargreaves Report, Digital Opportunity, which was published last May. Several of the proposals in the paper would provide some significant benefits to librarians if they were to be implemented into UK law. These include an orphan works licensing scheme and an extension of statutory exceptions. It is also suggested that such exceptions should not be overridden by the terms of licences, as is often the case currently.
Date: 10th February 2012
As stated in evidence to the House of Commons BIS Select Committee Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property, LACA supports the concept of a DCE, beliving it would benefit users and creators alike. Libraries and archives could contribute significantly to such a project by making their cultural heritage and research output material available for licensing online.
Read LACA's response
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Library and information professionals are facing questions about their value to their employers and the communities they serve. The Campaigning Toolkit is a resource designed by CILIP to help you create an effective action plan to demonstrate your value as a library and information professional. Your campaign can be big or small - about the impact of the recession in your service; about a single staffed library or a corporate information service; about a large university library or public library authority - it's your campaign.
What's happening? Email campaigning@cilip.org.uk
Your Campaigning Guide
Your step-by-step guide to delivering a successful campaign.
Defining our professional future highlights key issues for the future of the profession.
The Library and Information Manifesto also provides guidance and key messages to support campaigning activity.
Your Campaigning Successes
Find out more about Chris Rhodes, winner of Special Libraries Association (SLA) Early Careers Award, and his role as a CILIP activist and an Enquires Executive, Statistics Resource Unit, House of Commons Library. He also advocates for the importance of having 'a forum for new voices and ... a beacon of new ideas in the profession'.
Your Campaigning Resources
Here are the resources that CILIP members can access and download to support their campaigning activities.
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Over 14,000 items of archived TV footage from 17 European countries are now available via the EUscreen online portal.
EUscreen – the result of collaboration between 36 partners across Europe – provides a rich insight into Europe’s television heritage with content dating from the 1920s to the present day.
The portal includes rare footage and commentary on key events in history, including a 1962 interview with Martin Luther King about racial discrimination in the US.
John Ellis, Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway and principal investigator on the EUscreen project, said: “This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in social history or indeed TV history, as it brings together tens of thousands of clips from across Europe. The portal is available to anyone (not only academics) and it is very easy to get absorbed and spend hours browsing all of the footage.”
The expansive footage has also proved popular as a learning aid for foreign language students, with clips available in 14 languages.
The British Universities Film & Video Council which is partly funded by JISC, and Royal Holloway, University of London, are the two UK partners in the project.
The three year EUscreen project began in October 2009 and is funded by the European Commission. The project aims to standardise and provide a framework for the diverse collections held throughout Europe and encourage exploration of Europe’s rich and diverse history.
By the end of September 2012, there will be around 30,000 items of digital content freely available on the portal as the European providers continue to add carefully selected material.
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Information about the definition of information literacy
Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.
This definition implies several skills. We believe that the skills (or competencies) that are required to be information literate require an understanding of:
These areas are explored in more detail below.
Understanding a need
Recognising that information is needed; understanding why information is needed, what (and how much; what kind of) information is required, as well as any associated constraints (e.g. time, format, currency, access); recognising that information is available in a wide range of formats in various geographical and virtual locations. The ability to articulate a question and so develop a focus for the research is an important skill.
Note: Information may be available on paper (books, reference works, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc), digitally (on CD-ROMs, over the Internet or the World Wide Web, on DVDs, on your own computer or network, etc), through other media such as broadcast or film, or from a colleague or friend. It may or may not be conveniently close to hand and easily accessible, and quantifying your need and making a decision about the use of an information source may be tempered by the ease and speed with which an answer can be obtained.
Understanding availability
Be able to identify what resources are available for exploitation, where they are available, how to access them, the merits of individual resource types, and when it is appropriate to use them.
Note: As suggested, this requires an understanding of types of resource (paper-based, electronic/digital, human, etc) and when to use each; what are the merits of individual resource types; what are the differences between them.
Examples
Understanding how to find information
An ability to search appropriate resources effectively and identify relevant information.
Note: Strategies need to be tailored to the resource being used, so as to get the best results from that resource. Users need to respond to search results – possibly because there are too few or too many – and know when to stop searching. An information literate person would also understand that, in addition to purposive searching, information can be acquired by browsing, scanning and monitoring information sources.
Examples
Understand the need to evaluate results
Be able to evaluate information for its authenticity, accuracy, currency, value and bias. Also, be able to evaluate the means by which the results were obtained in order to ensure that your approach did not produce misleading or incomplete results.
Note: This is not just whether the resource appears to answer the question, but whether it is intrinsically trustworthy.
Examples
Use prior knowledge of author, editor, series, publisher
Examine:
Understand how to work with or exploit results
Analyse and work with the information to provide accurate, presentable research results, or to develop new knowledge and understanding.
Note: To understand, compare, combine, annotate, and apply (use) the information found. Recognise and understand a possible need for further information searching.
Examples
Understand ethics and responsibility of use
Know why information should be used in a responsible, culturally sensitive and ethical (professional, business, personal ethics) manner. Respect confidentiality and always give credit to other people’s work. Understand the nature and uses of bias, in order to report appropriately. Where appropriate, provide a balanced (unbiased) report.
Note: This could include issues of intellectual property, plagiarism, unfair practice, fair use, freedom of information, data protection, codes of practice and ethical principles as set out by your employers, institution or professional body (e.g. CILIP).
Examples CILIP’s Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Practice for Library and Information Professionals
Understand how to communicate or share your findings
The ability to communicate/share information in a manner or format that is appropriate to the information, the intended audience and situation.
Note: This goes beyond analysis to the synthesis, organisation and/or creation of further information in an appropriate form.
Examples
Understand how to manage your findings
Know how to store and manage the information you have acquired using the most effective methods available. Reflect critically on the process and achievement as well as on the sources found in order to learn from the experience of finding and using information.
Note: Continual or ongoing management for yourself and/or others.
Examples
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These pages are about the value of special library and information services such as government libraries, law libraries, health libraries and corporate libraries. Here you can read and download our good practice pointers, 'Are you at risk?' checklist and resources lists.
Ten key aspects of current good practice in ILS provision in the special library and information services sector to help managers and staff reflect on the key question 'Are we delivering value for money to our organisation?'
A list of questions to help identify whether your library and information service is a possible candidate for staff and resource reduction (compiled by Sandra Ward of Beaworthy Consulting). The list covers:
Are you at risk?We have compiled a selection of resources that demonstrate the value of special library and information services.
You can also download a PDF of the complete list of resources and a PDF of selected resources.
The resource lists were produced by the CILIP Information and Advice Team in September 2010 (updated May 2011) in collaboration with Peter Griffiths, Sandra Ward and the Special Library & Information Services Sector Panel.
Queries relating to this resource including requests for articles to be added should be sent to the Information and Advice Team at info@cilip.org.uk .
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Details of all the consultations CILIP has responded to in 2012
Culture, Media and Sport Committee Inquiry into Library Closures
January 2012
The submission sets out CILIP's views on 'comprehensive and efficient' library services, the impact library closures have on local communities, the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 and the effectiveness of the Secretary of State's powers of intervention under that Act. CILIP believes that the impact of closures and reductions in levels of service and staffing will be significant and damaging. And that the front loading of expenditure reductions creates greater risks of breaches of the Act.
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