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AGM Minutes 14 May 2025 with Call to Action to join ARLG Committee or Regional Working Groups

Posted By Judith Wells, 24 September 2025

The ARLG AGM was held on the 14 May 2025 minutes are attached for members to view.

There is a CALL FOR ACTION – get involved!

Join an ARLG Regional working group – we have around 2,497 members from Further Education, Higher Education and Research Libraries. We are the largest and one of the oldest groups. We will fund events and can help promote them, but we need groups of people regionally to run the events. We need more volunteers to help organise events in your regions and online.

 

Involvement in ARLG Regional working groups makes it possible for members to help design and run the events and visits you want to attend  - for free, except travel, and many events can be offered online for convenience. For professional registration candidates this provides opportunities to gain transferable skills, network and subsequently evaluate your involvement and include it in your portfolio. Even if you only get involved for a year, we welcome new people to run events in your regions. Regional Co-ordinators are part of our National committee and hold planning meetings amongst themselves, so do volunteer even if you can only offer to plan F2F events in your own city or nearby area.

 

ARLG is supported financially by CILIP and the committee will pay invoiced catering, speaker or venue costs for events held by Regional working groups comprising CILIP ARLG members that have been agreed in advance with the committee.

New committee members filled some of our vacancies at the AGM:

Chair and Co-Chair

Chair: Sarah Elsegood

Co-Chair: Judith Wells (Appointed at AGM)

Nominated by Patricia Crosier, seconded by Craig Martin

Secretary and Co-Secretary

Mike Jones and Graham Martindale

Treasurer and Co-Treasurer

Treasurer: Linda Coombs  (Appointed at AGM)

Nominated by Patricia Crosier, seconded by Craig Martin

Co-Treasurer - VACANCY - Lynne Emery has shown interest

Publicity and Web Officer and Co-Publicity and Web Officer

Publicity and Web Officer - Joe Elliott

Co-Publicity and Web Officer - VACANCY

Regional Event Working Group Co-ordinators:

Lead on delivery of online and in person events in your region 

funded by ARLG

 London and South East - Vicky Robertson

 Eastern -Craig Martin 

 North East, Yorkshire and Humber - VACANCY 

 North West - VACANCY

 Midlands - VACANCY - Theresa Oakley has shown an interest

 Southern/South West - VACANCY 

 Wales -VACANCY

CILIP Scotland ARLG representative

Catherine Small (Secretary)

DARTS9 Conference Committee

Mandy Smith, Anna Lawson, Jane Belger, Theresa Oakley, Cath Borthwick

We will invite all the candidates who show interest in any of our vacancies, to our next committee meeting in November to be nominated and seconded if the meeting is quorate.

Please email chair.ARLG@cilip.org.uk if you are interested in any of the vacancies.

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Tags:  AGM  Committee  Regional Events 

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Libraries and Positive Climate Action - 30th October 2025

Posted By Marette Hickford, 13 August 2025
Life is going green at the British Library. We are holding a variety of events during Green Libraries Week (27th Oct - 2nd Nov) - keep an eye over the next couple of months (https://events.bl.uk/). An early alert to one GLW25 event that is already open for booking - Libraries and positive climate action. One of a series of events, this event is focussed on carbon literacy and what libraries are doing to help in this challenging situation. Tickets are free: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-and-positive-climate-action-inform-to-transform-tickets-1480282437619?aff=oddtdtcreator. This event is taking place on Thursday 30th October. Thank you.

Tags:  carbon literacy  Events  networking  professional development 

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Academic and Research Libraries Group AGM Wed 14 May 12:30 (MS Teams)

Posted By Sarah A. Elsegood, 15 April 2025
Registrations are now open for our ARLG AGM on Wed 14 May from 12:30 via MS Teams. We look forward to seeing you there and hearing our CILIP CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn. The AGM will be followed by a CILIP strategy consultation workshop. Come along to all or part of this event 12:30 - 14:00. The URL for registrations is here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/event/ARLG_AGM25

Tags:  #AGM #strategy consultation 

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Save the date! Notice of ARLG AGM Wed 14 May 2025

Posted By Sarah A. Elsegood, 10 April 2025
Updated: 10 April 2025
CILIP ARLG AGM 14 May 2025 12:30 - 13:30 with optional strategy consultation workshop until 14:00. The 2025 Academic and Research Libraries Group AGM will be held on MS Teams on Wednesday 14 May from 12:30 – 13:30. Our AGM invited speaker is CILIP CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn who will be speaking from 13:00. The event will also include an optional consultation workshop on CILIP's future strategy from 13:30-14:00 led by Louis Coiffait-Gunn. Meeting link and registration details to follow.

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Invitation to participate in survey - Use of Learning Analytics in Higher Education Academic Library Online Instruction

Posted By Janice Pereira, 10 February 2025
Updated: 10 February 2025

*** Apologies for any cross-postings ***

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to participate in a research study exploring the Use of Learning Analytics in Higher Education Academic Library Online Instruction.

Use of Learning Analytics in Higher Education Academic Library Online Instruction Survey:
https://forms.office.com/r/uVZxFF1JPj

The survey will take approximately 20 – 30 minutes to complete on average.

Intended Participants:

  • academic librarians who capture, use data or are interested in learning analytics to support and assess the impact of their academic library online instruction / teaching
  • employed by higher education academic libraries

The survey focuses on the following questions:

  1. How do higher education academic librarians currently use data to measure and support their academic library online instruction?
  2. What are some of the methods, tools, and practices that are implemented in higher education academic library online instruction learning analytics?
  3. To what extent are higher education academic library online instruction data initiatives aligned with institutional learning analytics initiatives?
  4. What are the institutional supports that benefit and the challenges that hinder adoption of learning analytics approaches in higher education academic libraries?
  5. What supports do higher education academic librarians require to develop skills and apply knowledge to support their learning analytics activities?

Participants will have the opportunity to benefit from reflecting on their teaching and instruction practices and share your experiences with using learning analytics at your institution.

The results of the research study will be shared to provide a current picture of the use of learning analytics in higher education academic library online instruction to encourage greater awareness of learning analytics, including benefits and challenges. Librarians, library staff, and library administrators will have an opportunity to share information regarding benefits and challenges with learning analytics initiatives related to their academic library online instruction and supports needed to develop librarian learning analytics skills and application of knowledge to improve higher education academic library online instruction.

Survey responses are anonymous, and only randomly generated identifiers will be associated with your response.

The research study is being undertaken by Simone Laughton, Head of Library & Instructional Technologies at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library.

This research has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Toronto. If you have any questions or concerns about this project, you may contact the above-named persons or the Office of Research Ethics, University of Toronto at ethics.review@utoronto.ca or 416-946-3273. Further details are included in the “informed consent” text (first question of the survey).

The survey will be available until February 28th, 2025.

Thank you in advance for your participation and contributions to this research study,

Simone Laughton
Head of Library & Instructional Technologies
University of Toronto Mississauga Library
simone.laughton@utoronto.ca

Tags:  Academic and Research Libraries  learning analytics  online instruction  survey 

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University Librarians in Theology and Religious Studies Survey

Posted By Christine R. Love-Rodgers, 11 December 2024
Dear colleagues, *With apologies for cross-posting, I am distributing this survey through multiple routes so please excuse me if you receive it more than once* Do you work in a UK University that offers courses in Theology and Religious Studies? The Association for British Theological and Philosophical Librarians (ABTAPL) would like to hear from staff in university libraries that support Theology and Religious Studies. We’d be grateful if you could complete the survey below, which will help us improve what we do and develop future activities that could help you. https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/university-librarians-in-theology-and-religious-studies The Association for British Theological and Philosophical Librarians (ABTAPL) works to support everyone working in libraries containing theological, philosophical and related materials. Find out more about ABTAPL at https://www.abtapl.org.uk/. Find out about the ABTAPL Spring Conference, 10-12 April 2025 at https://www.abtapl.org.uk/spring-conference-2025-rethinking-challenges-reimagining-opportunities/. Thank you, Christine Love-Rodgers Deputy Chair, ABTAPL Christine Love-Rodgers (she/her) | Academic Support Librarian for Divinity| Library & University Collections, University of Edinburgh | Email: Christine.Love-Rodgers@ed.ac.uk

Tags:  Academic and Research Libraries  religious studies  survey  theology  university library 

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Visiting a Library

Posted By Marette Hickford, 20 November 2024
Hello, I am currently working on my certification and part of my assessment to gain an insight into libraries from other sectors. Would anyone in this list be willing to invite to their library and show me around their services? I am happy to book for a slot in January. I am happy to offer one in return. I am based in the Business and IP Centre at the British Library. Regards, Marette

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Tackling misinformation

Posted By Hannah Martin, 06 November 2024
Hi, I am currently looking into how I can improve on my delivery of information literacy at my school. I was hoping that some librarians from other sectors might have some advice on how they tackle this issue and if there's anything your organisation does to combat misinformation? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Hannah

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Register today for 24 Hours of Global Information Technology

Posted By Elisavet Chantavaridou, 17 August 2024
Forwarding for your information
 
 
24 Hours of Global Information Technology, a virtual online event across multiple time zones, 28 August (from 2 am CEST timezone), 2024
 
The IFLA Information Technology Section, IFLA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Special Interest Group, and IFLA Big Data Special Interest Group are pleased to announce an upcoming international virtual event focused on Information Technology (IT) and Libraries. This webinar held across multiple time zones seeks to provide a snapshot of IT challenges and opportunities in libraries and provide regional perspectives on issues.

You can pre-vizualize the amazing travel of the conversation around the world following this link.

#IFLAGlobalIT24
#GlobalIT24

Registration link on the Zoom Event webpage : here

For any question please contact

Cory Lampert | cory.lampert@unlv.edu
Chair, IFLA IT Section

François-Xavier Boffy | francois-xavier.boffy@univ-lyon1.fr
Information Coordinator, IFLA IT Section

Tags:  #GlobalIT24  #IFLAGlobalIT24 

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ARLG Bursary for CILIP Conference (Deadline 17 May 2024)

Posted By Sarah A. Elsegood, 07 May 2024
ARLG committee is delighted to announce that we are sponsoring one bursary place for the CILIP Conference 2024 at The Hilton Birmingham Metropole from 10-11 July. Please complete this form and return your application to the ARLG Treasurer (Treasurer.ARLG@cilip.org.uk) no later than Friday 17 May 2024. Decisions as to the successful candidate will be made by Friday 31st May. This bursary place is intended for a CILIP member who fulfils at least one of the following criteria: * studying (full or part time) * new to the profession (in last 5 years) * working towards a professional registration qualification (Certification, Chartership or Fellowship) * without the financial means to cover the event The bursary will provide an opportunity to attend the conference and benefit from professional development and networking opportunities. * Option 1 - 1 day ticket 10th July at £340 + VAT * Option 2 - 1 day ticket 11th July at £340 + VAT * Option 3 - Full conference package including accommodation at £849 + VAT (N.B. We can only support accommodation for the evening of 10th July). This will also include Standard Class return rail fare from within the UK to Birmingham but will not include subsistence expenses. We also cannot support plane or ferry fares. We are particularly interested in hearing from people who have never been to the CILIP Conference before, and who wouldn't ordinarily be able to go.

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