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News, informed and current insights from the sector, emerging issues, latest trends in the workplace as well as papers and selected reports from our sector renowned magazine, Information Professional.
Graham Cornish explores three aspects of copyright: what
types of material are protected; what actions it covers and how it reacts with
those who use the organism.
Results saw Professor Judy Broady-Preston elected as
incoming Vice President and Shirley Yearwood-Jackman, Jo Webb and Steve
Williams elected to the board.
We library and information professionals stand for
freedom of information and freedom of expression; and privacy is essential for
citizens to make full use of those rights.
The Carnegie UK Trust has been looking at ideas to embed
kindness in workplaces, services and communities, and exploring the role of
kindness in public policy.
CILIP and The Big Issue Group have collaborated on
producing evidence of both the popularity of public libraries and their impact
on a range of social issues.
CILIP CEO Nick Poole provides an
introduction to PMLG's Teachmeet looking at the role of public libraries as
the common rooms at the heart of our communities.
Author and illustrator Tom Percival is in
Leicester with literacy charity, Read for Good this Libraries Week as part of
the city’s first mass Readathon. Here Tom writes about why he rates
libraries.
Libraries Week sees community choirs, live
gigs, late-night openings and wellbeing sessions bringing communities together
to celebrate the nation’s libraries.
Speech given by CILIP CEO Nick Poole at the
‘Opportunity for all: Setting Labour’s vision for Libraries’ fringe event at
the Labour Party Conference 2018
Three library services in Glasgow, Kirklees
and Newcastle have been shortlisted for the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award
for excellence and innovation in UK libraries.
Campaigners fighting library closures in
Northamptonshire have hailed a review at the High Court as a Judge orders the
county council to rethink its plans.
Campaigners fighting library closures in Northamptonshire have hailed a review at the High Court as a Judge orders the county council to rethink its plans.
CILIP and CILIP in Scotland have signed a
new agreement to provide support, advocacy and representation across the UK
while recognising the distinct context in Scotland.
"Libraries and librarians can and do aid
change. If Marx wrote Capital with the help of the library, imagine what all
our readers could do with a joint effort..."
Sally Walker, Scotland’s first Library and Information Professional of the Year delivered an impassioned speech about the life-changing impact of the award at CILIP Conference.
The interview is not about you, it's about your subject, but you can only fulfil this aim if you let the user speak and become comfortable with silence.
CILIP looks at the benefits of libraries,
profile of library users, impact of new technologies and funding pressures and
examples of library partnerships.
CILIP Fellow Liz Jolly has been named as the
British Library's new Chief Librarian. She said: I am delighted to have the
opportunity of working in one of the UK's leading cultural institutions
at such an exciting time." (Picture: Tony Antoniou)
Libraries around the world share a “deep
commitment” about the value they bring to society and individuals, according
to IFLA’s Global Vision Report Summary.
Tagging on another activity to a trip to the
library is an important factor for many visitors, according to new research
from the University of Leicester.
Facet Publishing have announced the release
of Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloguing and Metadata: Practical
applications of XSD, XSLT, and XQuery.
Jake Hope, Chair of Judges, outlines debates about the CKG awards and why as many people as possible need to have their say through the Diversity Review survey
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has intervened following CILIP’s formal complaint about Northamptonshire County Council’s plans to cut library services.
CILIP corrects The Guardian on local and national government's need to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service as part of its
statutory responsibility.
Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second edition of David Haynes’ Metadata of Information Management and Retrieval:
Understanding metadata and its use.
Illustrator Lane Smith and author Ruta Sepetys have announced a joint donation of £1,000 to North Kensington Library,
the closest library to Grenfell Tower.
Angela Hall describes how the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT) Library
Service is utilising clinicalskills.net to connect its workforce to corporate knowledge and best practice.
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