CILIP’s Libraries Change Lives Award
ceremony moves to Umbrella 2009
CILIP’s prestigious Libraries Change Lives Award ceremony will now take place at its flagship Umbrella 2009 event on 15 July 2009 rather than at Incisive Media’s Library & Information Show (LIS). This follows the company’s decision to move LIS 2009 from early April to a new time of mid-June.
This places LIS just prior to Umbrella 2009, the biennial flagship event of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which attracts more than 700 attendees from across the library community. It comprises a 56-session conference, a major exhibition, and a number of social events. Full information is online at www.umbrella2009.org.uk
CILIP has also withdrawn from exhibiting at LIS 2009. Managing Director of CILIP Enterprises, John Woolley, says: “It is disappointing that Incisive Media has moved the LIS show from April. However, we are looking forward to an exciting and vibrant Umbrella on 14-15 July 2009. With more than 50% of exhibition stands sold and the addition of the Libraries Change Lives Award ceremony to the programme, I am confident that, once again, the event will be a great success”.
Linda Constable, Chair of the Award Judges, comments: “I am delighted the Libraries Change Lives Award ceremony will be held at Umbrella 2009. It offers a larger audience to showcase the innovation, dedication and impact on communities that the Award promotes.”
Award entries open on 14 November and close on 13 February. An application form will be available in CILIP’s Gazette magazine on 14 November and also via its website at www.cilip.org.uk/lcla
The 2009 CILIP Libraries Change Lives judges are:
• Linda Constable, Consultant and Vice-Chair, Leicester Libraries
• Simon Parker, Senior Community Librarian, Leicester Libraries
• John Vincent, The Network - Tackling social inclusion in libraries, museums, archives and galleries
• Ian Watson, Head of Libraries, Archive and Information Service at City of Bradford MDC
Contact:
Mark Taylor, Head of Corporate Marketing & Media Relations
Tel: 020 7255 0654
Email: mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
Notes to Editors:
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 36,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 21,000 are CILIP members and around 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. Visit www.cilip.org.uk for more information about CILIP.
The Libraries Change Lives Award is one of the leading accolades in the library and information world. Past winners that have been rolled out nationally include Bookstart and the Big Book Share. Visit www.cilip.org.uk/lcla for more information about the Award.
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Updated: 19 December 2008