1 day ago by Liz

This looks like such an exciting list! Maybe we institute a Carnegie Reading List and Review for the long list...hmmm... Having re-read the long list, there are quite a few on here which we have already read and reviewed. I will link to those reviews from home later this weekend and highlight the bo ...

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2 days ago by bethan

I was invited to attend this training day by my co-chair on the SLA Europe ECCA committee, Lyndsay Rees-Jones. The day was run by the CILIP Membership Support Unit for the CILIP Career Development Group (CDG) regional New Professionals Support Officers (NPSOs). I’m not an NPSO – yesterday, I wasn’t ...

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11 days ago by admin

The following press release from Carolyn Long at the McOnie Agency reached me via a somewhat circuitous route this evening. Informally I learned some time ago that a statement of this kind was being planned by the UK’s main RFID suppliers some time ago but one company was apparently not co-operating ...

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12 days ago by Christine Rooney-Browne

© Blogging Librarian on Flickr A few months ago Peter Chapman, editor of Refer approached me and Jo Alcock (after fellow blogger Jennie Law recommended us) to co-author an article on librarians and blogging for the Autumn edition of Refer: The Journal of the Information Services Group. Our article i ...

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17 days ago by Stuart

It looks like this, if you try CILIP’s Guidelines on public library provision in England for portfolio holders in local Councils. The guidelines are mercifully short - two and a half pages by my reckoning - but are slightly disappointing for me by not mentioning ‘professional librarians’ once. In pa ...

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24 days ago by harpreetsanghera

At the PLA 2009 conference last week, Bob McKee, Chief Executive of CILIP, proudly presented a new set of guidelines as to what makes a good library service. In comparison to the traditional bulky, text heavy and complex use of language presented in traditional library guidelines, this A5 pamphlet c ...

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25 days ago by James Mullan

Once a year, CILIP hosts a Graduate Day providing help, support and advice to those who are considering a career in the library and information sector. As a part of this day, BIALL’s President Daniella King was joined by Tracey Dennis of the Inner Temple Library to be a part of a Speed Networking Pa ...

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27 days ago by dbawden

A report on governance and leadership in the English public library service has been published, following an enquiry by the grandly-named All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries, Literacy and Information Management. Cynics have pointed out that this group is not quite the impartial assembly of th ...

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30 days ago by Harpreet

I confess: I am a PLA virgin. My expectations for the next three days had been built up of a combination of colleagues’ experiences, event reviews and a bit of imagination. However, on my journey into Bristol this morning, I decided I would put those expectations aside and approach PLA 2009 with an ...

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31 days ago by abevan

CILIP has launched new Guidelines which it hopes will support public library services in England as they face increasing financial pressures. Announced at the annual Public Library Authorities Conference in Bristol, the Guidelines state that a good library should be accessible with opening hours tha ...

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