News from the Regional Groups - but please also see their individual sections.

East of England Section

The section held two committee meetings, with the AGM and a cut above the rest event on the 21st April.

London and South East Section

 The section held five committee meetings, with the AGM on the 14th April and organised visits to the following libraries and archives;

Visit to the University of the Arts - London College of Communications Library and the Stanley Kubrick Archive - Monday 26th April 2010.

Visit to the British Postal Museum and Archive - Thursday 20th May 2010.

V&A Museum Theatre & Performance Collection Archives -Monday 27th September 2010.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre & Library - Wednesday 20th October 2010 and 17th November 2010

Royal Society Library - Tuesday 8th February 2011. 

Science Museum Library - Thursday 10th March 2011.

SCOTLAND

At the Annual General Meeting of the Information Services Group (Scotland), held on 27 January, 2012, a motion was passed to suspend the activities of the Group.

Over the years ISG (Scotland) has organised many successful training events and tours of libraries around Scotland. Sessions have also been organised regularly as part of the CILIPS Branches and Groups Day at the annual conference. Recent events include a visit to the BBC Digital Library in Glasgow, a study day at the University of the West of Scotland on getting the best out of the web, and a very successful and thought-provoking lecture on information literacy given by Professor Tara Brabazon in Edinburgh.

While events have been well-attended, and feedback on individual events has been positive, they have not resulted in an increase in ISG membership in Scotland. Moreover, the Committee’s membership had been static for several years and the need to refresh and enlarge the Committee had become urgent. Over the last three years, various attempts have been made to recruit new Committee members with little or no success.

In the current climate many groups are experiencing difficulty in maintaining their support but there are still a range of professional development events available in Scotland and I am confident that others will fill the gap left by ISG (Scotland).

I gratefully acknowledge the work of successive Committee members and Chairs who over the years have brought a wide variety of successful events to members in Scotland.

Gordon Hunt (Chair)