NEWS
Manchester takes busiest library title
MANCHESTER’S recently refurbished Central Library has been named as the UK’s busiest – with more than 1.8m visits in 2018/19.
Around £50m was spent on the library as part of a huge refurbishment programme. It was re-opened in March 2014 after four years of work, and has seen usage increase in the intervening six years. The latest figures show a 20 per cent year- on-year increase in visitor numbers. Nationally there were around 7m fewer visits to the UK’s public libraries in the same period, according to Cipfa’s latest analysis. l
www.manchester.gov.uk/centrallibrary
Fee rise will keep standards high
THE cost of Professional Registration fees is set to increase as CILIP looks to ensure standards are kept high. The change was announced in December and come into effect at the start of Febru- ary. The increase reflects the rising cost of administering registration – including assess- ments. Costs for all levels of registration are below £100 and revalidation remains free. Members who are currently enrolled should have been contacted separately about how the changes will effect them.
For full details of the new charges visit
https://bit.ly/2ROPU6e
ISKO discussion
on taxonomy AN evening discussion looking at the differences between taxonomy, ontology and thesaurus has been organised by ISKO at Canada Water Library in London on 18 February.
The discussion will be led by Niké Brown, Content Enrichment Specialist at Wiley, and is free to all ISKO members. Others are welcome to take part, with tickets priced at £5 to cover costs The event is aimed at newcomers to world of taxonomy and participants can expect to leave with a better understanding of the concepts. l
https://bit.ly/3ay2LSB
6 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Copyright Conference
CILIP is holding its annual Copy- right Conference in association with Naomi Korn associates. The conference is an opportunity to
delve deeper into copyright issues and gain a better understanding of how policy impacts on libraries and the information sector. Changing policy and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU have the potential to transform the copyright landscape, and understanding the changes will be crucial for many information pro- fessionals.
Conference organiser Naomi Korn said:
“The shifting political and technological landscape, including Brexit and the impact this has on the copyright legislation, copy- ing practices and approaches to resource access and use, means that keeping up to date with copyright develop ments is more essential now than ever. “The annual CILIP Copyright Conference 2020, run in association with Naomi Korn Associates, brings together some of the top experts in the country from academia, publishing, licensing and library and information practitioners, to discuss the latest developments. The conference will include keynotes, lightning talks and panel discussions to enable a deep analysis and audience engagement with current issues, challenges, opportunities and questions: an ideal opportunity for delegates to be kept in the loop and up to date with the latest information.” Speakers include Stephanie Ash- croft, James Bennett, Dr Sarah Greaves,
Jonathan Griffiths, Patrick Ibbotson, Anthony Misquitta and Dr Andrea Wallace, Tim Padfield, Fred Saunderson, and Claire Sewell.
Sessions will cover broad copyright impact for the profession as well as look- ing in more detail at aspects of public, academic and NHS libraries. Attendees can expect to come away from the con- ference:
l Informed about the impact of new European Copyright Directive on the copyright law in the UK.
l Familiarised with key issues on the horizon such as Plan S
l Updated about the current legislative, licensing and publishing related landscape and the latest copyright research and how these might impact your day-to-day work.
l Updated about pertinent copyright issues in a ‘quick fire’ five minute lightning talks sessions.
l Engaged by a lively expert speakers’ panel, who will be debating key issues and responding to audience questions and comments.
l Exposed to issues raised by other par- ticipants and provided with opportunities throughout the day to network.
The conference takes place at CILIP’s Ridgmount Street office on 30 April, and early bird booking is open until 27 March – offering a saving of up to £50 on the full delegate package. For more information and to book a place visit
www.cilip.org.uk/ page/CopyrightConf20
Sign up to World Book Day and be in with a chance to win £1,000 of books
LIBRARIES and schools are being asked to sign up for this year’s World Book Day, and help to “Share A Million Stories”.
This year’s theme is sharing stories and organisers want as many people as possible to get involved so they can reach the one million target. World Book Day takes place on 5 March, but story sharing events will be running from 27 February to 29 March. More than 15 million £1/€1 World
Book Day tokens will be distributed to children across the UK and Ireland, and twelve specially commissioned books – costing just £1 – are also available to buy.
Schools that sign up to scheme are also in with a chance to win £1,000 worth of books and prizes each week throughout the story sharing period. To find out how to get involved and to register visit
www.worldbookday.com/ share-a-million-stories.
January-February 2020
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